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: English 10 Honours
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Get to know you assignment
Based on this prompt: http://writingprompts.tumblr.com/post/63232025861/777-a-rainy-day-lost-luggage-and-tangled “You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas lights.” –Maya Angelou A list of the little things that you need to know about someone before you marry them (including the above) When it rains, what do they […]