It takes a certain type of person to be able to overcome adversity, show resilience, and come out of all of it with a feeling of hope. It takes a certain type of person to be able to share that story after surviving some of the hardest things that life can throw at you. Stories […]
The Oxford English dictionary defines hope as, “a belief that something you want will happen”. Cambridge says, “to want something to happen or to be true, and usually have a good reason to think that it might.” Merriam-Webster’s definition is “to cherish a desire with anticipation”. From a literal standpoint, hope is defined as a […]
About seven seconds into my speech, the only thought that was running through my head was, “Amy, slow down.” I was doing it again. I was speeding up and going ahead and getting lost with what I was saying. I don’t remember what I said, if I faltered, if I sturrered. I only remember that […]
Hello Lovely Readers, and welcome back to another blog post? Are you ready to Think Different? In our most recent project, we were challenged to define a changemaker; essentially someone who thought different about the world around them, and used that thinking to make an impact in our community. In all of our projects, a big […]
Hello Lovely Readers, and welcome back to another blog post! Today, we are going to be talking about my year. Thank you for coming to my presentation of learning. I am the expert on my own learning. I am also responsible and accountable for my own learning. You can expect me to give an honest […]
Hello lovely readers, and welcome back to another blog post. Today, we are going to be talking about our most recent project in Humanities: Shore to the Core. Throughout this project, we created multi-paragraph compositions (essays), focused around a local and a national topic of significance. We then turned our multi-paragraph compositions into zines, that […]
Hello Lovely Readers, and welcome back to another blog post. Today, we are going to be talking about my most recent project, The Hidden Chapters of World War Two. This project took us through different perspectives, twists, turns, books, eerily similar real-world connections, intense intro music competitions, and more, all relating to World War Two. […]
Hello Lovely Readers! Is ologizing a word? I don’t think so. Should it be? Yes. Welcome back to a (hopefully) long awaited blog post. I’m really excited about this one! Now, if you have not read my last blog post, I highly recommend you doing so. Not only will you learn something, you will also […]
Hello Lovely Readers™, and welcome back to another blog post. As we just had an election in Canada, it makes perfect sense that we would talk about it. So here we are! Talking! Exciting! Woohoo! Let us get to the good stuff. In the midst of a Liberal “power grab”, the political system has never […]
Hello! My name is Amy, and today I am going to be talking about how we might use artifacts and film to show the significance of WWI to Canada. In this post I will be walking you through our project, starting with my video, and then a general overview. But wait! I might not know you, […]