Teaching Units
Text to Go: Greta Thunberg Speech
Here's the full transcript of Thunberg's speech, beginning with her response to a question about the message she has for world leaders. "My message is that we'll be watching you. "This is all wrong....
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Text to Go: Malala's Nobel Prize Speech
Malala Yousafzai: Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech Bismillah hir rahman ir rahim. In the name of God, the most merciful, the most beneficent. Your Majesties, Your royal highnesses, distinguished members...
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Text to Go: HeForShe - Emma Watson
In 2014, Emma Watson was named a U.N. Women Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations to serve as an advocate for U.N. women's gender equality campaign known as HeForShe. This programme is dedicated to...
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Text to Go: Malala's Speech
Malala Yousafzai: Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech Bismillah hir rahman ir rahim. In the name of God, the most merciful, the most beneficent. Your Majesties, Your royal highnesses, distinguished members...
Teaching Units
Text to Go: Greta Thunberg Speech
Here's the full transcript of Thunberg's speech, beginning with her response to a question about the message she has for world leaders. "My message is that we'll be watching you. "This is all wrong....
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Our Community
Our students encounter different types of community in the texts they read in Language & Literature. Throughout history, groups of people have formed communities to increase their chances of survival....
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The Power of Love
The power of love and relationships is one of the most explored topics in the literary world. This unit begins with one of the greatest love stories of all time: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare...
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Dystopia: Back to the Future
In this unit, we explore the theme of dystopia in literature. Dystopian literature is a genre of fiction set in future or near-future societies where life and social structures are in calamitous decline....
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The Danger of a Single Story
In this short unit we explore Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's The Danger of a Single Story, in which she discusses her experiences with literature and the influence stories can have on constructing...
Approaches to Learning and Teaching
Thinking Skills
Practise observing carefully in order to recognize problems Gather and organize relevant information to formulate an argument Recognize unstated assumptions and bias Interpret data Evaluate evidence and...