Our second class video is now up on youtube and already receiving a great number of hits! This one is about personification. Tara, Stephanie, Greg, and Yana worked really hard to get their video done on Thursday before I left with the Grade 7′s on their year-end camping trip. So now we have 2 down [...]

Over the last month and a bit, students have been working in groups to produce their own instructional videos about figurative language and poetic devices. There are 5 in total that cover the topics of similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and personification. Below is the first of these.    Super Awesome Spectacular Similes from Jaki Braidwood on Vimeo. [...]

The last two weeks has been an exciting time for Canada. With the Olympics only a ferry ride away, some of us have been lucky enough to able to experience the spirit of the Winter Games in Vancouver. We have been following the great updates provided by CTV in their coverage of the Olympics which has given [...]