Book Three

The Apothecary – Maile Meloy The Apothecary takes place in 1952 between World War 1 & 2 and is about a girl named Janie who moves from Los Angeles to London and meets a boy named Benjamin, who’s father, Mr Burrows, works as the local Apothecary down the street. After Benjamin’s father goes missing Benjamin…

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Book Three

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne The Boy in the striped Pajamas is about a little boy named Bruno who is forced to move from his only known home in Berlin to a new house he knows to be called “Out-With” for his father’s job with the military. As the months go…

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Sickle Cell Anemia

Hi, my name is Sickle. I’m a red blood cell in my host’s, Amanda’s, body. I cause, or rather, we all cause sickle cell anemia, or hemoglobin S, in Amanda’s body. I say “we” because there is way more of me than the other blood cells, hence our namesake. But let’s talk about me specifically,…

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Book Two

Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children –  Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar children is about a boy named Jacob, who’s grandfather used to tell him magnificent stories of young children who possessed unique powers, uncommonly possessed by man, such as the ability to fly, or to shoot fire straight out of your hand. As…

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Static Sister Study Session

Define: We need to know all the dangers of static We need to know all the dangers of static electricity and tell our class how to prevent them.   Discover: Where do we need to film? Where do we need to film? Will we need any special materials? Will it be difficult to get our point…

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Analysis – House of Gold

For my poem analysis I chose House of Gold by Twenty One Pilots.   The lyrics: She asked me, “Son, when I grow old, Will you buy me a house of gold? And when your father turns to stone, Will you take care of me?” She asked me, “Son, when I grow old, Will you…

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Take Your Kid to Work Day

toktw-reflection-sheet-2016 For Take Your Kid to Work Day I could not go with my dad because the majority of the time he works on restricted or access-given job sites as a fire alarm technician, and I couldn’t shadow my mum because she takes night shifts. so today I am shadowing my dad’s coordinator, Marian, in…

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The Van der Graff

  The other day we did an experiment with a grade ten class with static electricity with a machine called a Van der Graff. An object surrounded by a metal ball with a chain inside that moves according to how high you turn the dial. To try out this experiment our teacher chose volunteers to…

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