Newfound Passion I will never forget the first time I started crying in a high school class. I had opened up my email to find a particularly harsh (in my opinion) message from my modelling agent. She told me that the reason I had been cut from a runway show was because I wasn’t graceful […]
Category: Grade 10
Histoire francais
French Story Georgio est un petit chien. Il habite à Paris avec sa propriétaire, Lee. Lee aime une femme qui habite en l’immeuble. Elle s’appelle Anna. Il pense qu’elle est tellement belle. Il veut lui parler, mais il est timide. Quand ils vont nous promener, Georgio va à Anna parce qu’il s’aime. Elle a toujours […]
Connection to a Poem
Miracles by Walt Whitman, 1819 – 1892 Why, who makes much of a miracle? As to me I know of nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky, Or wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge of the water, Or […]
Lit Circle Inquiry Post
How does dwelling on past mistakes affect one’s life? In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, protagonist Amir witnesses his best friend and Hazara servant raped in the streets of Afghanistan. This is a very unusual event, and it changes Amir’s life completely. This event affects him for the rest of his life and it makes it […]
On the use of Poetic Devices in “I, Too” and “Yet Do I Marvel”
The way a poem is structured greatly influences the effect it has on readers. Use of poetic devices such as repetition and alliteration can change how a poem is read and how it makes a reader feel. How do the writers of “I, Too” and “Yet Do I Marvel” use poetic devices illustrate the meaning […]
NW Uprising Essay
Megan MacGregor Ms. Ross Social Studies 10 April 25, 2016 The Northwest Rebellion The Northwest Territories, settled by First Nations, Metis, and White people, had widespread issues affecting everyone living there. The Canadian government was slow to hand out land grants, or scrips, to people they were pushing off the land. Moreover, the Metis […]
To Kill A Mockingbird Thematic Paragraph
In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee confronts the idea that breaking social norms can result in prejudice. This is done through the insightful words of Miss Maudie and Atticus, and the hateful thoughts of the citizens of Maycomb. Scout, the protagonist and narrator, doesn’t quite understand why the people of Maycomb are […]
TKAM Related Article
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/11/20/syrian-refugees-kathleen-wynne_n_8613846.html This article, from the Huffington Post, highlights the evident racism against Muslims immigrating to Canada. I chose this article because it describes situations that are alarmingly similar to some of the racially motivated situations in To Kill a Mockingbird. The article has this quote, from Phillippe Couillard, “We have those two devils within our […]
Best Fur Trade Company
In 1870’s Canada, I would’ve preferred to work for the Hudson’s Bay Company. I like that they are very well known in this time for what they do. I also like HBC that employees had salaries that they were guaranteed to make. Family and friends are really important to me so I like that with […]
Inquiry Post #1 Caged Bird
What leads to segregation? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, learned racism pushes the citizens of Maycomb to believe crazy thoughts. They wrongly convict Tom Robinson of raping Mayella Ewell because their minds have been conditioned to believe that all black men commit horrifying crimes such as these. Moreover, these racist ideas lead them […]