Examples of travel writing
These are some examples of the types of travel writing from our menu. Personal Essays: Where the Roads Diverged by Catherine Watson Why We Travel by Pico Iyer Restaurant Reviews: Restaurant Reviews by Gourmet Traveller […]
Unit Task
Getting Started with Critical Perspectives
for TR16E Concordian’s Class of 2016 This week, the incoming Year 5 will receive their Summer Reading Assignment. Things to Do To support you in this assignment, sign up as a follower of this blog […]
Memories, Facebook, and the concept of Time, Place and Space
In the introduction to our new unit, we also viewed a Youtube video about Facebook being the new record of memories. Gone are the scrapbooks, large photo albums and letters of old for sharing and […]
The Facebook Observation
How do people change when the setting changes? Our task for the next three nights is to spend a TOTAL of 30 minutes on Facebook to observe the following: How do people show their levels […]
Deconstructing point of view
Our task today is to examine two texts. Text A is a blog. Text B is a feature article in an online news publication. To what extent does the point of view shift the way […]
Concept Mapping
Our task for the next few days is to develop a concept map. Choose one of the unit concepts from our current unit (aesthetics, form, truth) or the inquiry this week (creativity, flow and creative […]
The Romantic Period as context for Frankenstein
View the presentation slides embedded in this post and ponder the ideas that formed the period known as the Romantic Period. What ideas surrounded this historical time? How might these ideas influence the writers who […]
An Inquiry into Identity
This week we’re extending our inquiry by asking “What is the nature of the self?” Watch this video and ponder the question above. Who are you? Are you the clothes you wear, or the group […]
Highlights from “The Importance of Setting” task
Here are some useful generalizations that you wrote in the task last October 12th. Read and ponder, then please complete the reflection, below. Not only does Prospero have control over the island and nature, he […]
Why Learn Through Shakespeare?
Read this blog post summarizing the benefits of studying Shakespeare. Our new unit is called “Stranger in a Strange Land.” The AOI context is Community and Service. The significant concept for this unit is “People […]
