English Dept. at Monsignor Percy Johnson, TCDSB, Literacy, Lovers of Books. "The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories." - C. M Bateson
Joined October 2022
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Choice reading loading for our new grade 9s through a fun speed date. #readingfortheloveofit
Beautiful trip to Stratford today to watch Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet! @MPJ_TCDSB @TCDSB
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This week our grade 9 book clubs are focusing on character development. They’ve been brainstorming traits, finding important quotes etc. Today as a critical thinking challenge, they used their ideas to connect characters using hexagonal thinking. Results were great!@ MpjEnglish
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Join us for our annual Christmas Market!
November 25 at Msgr Percy Johnson 2170 Kipling Ave
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Happy Halloween! From your friendly neighbourhood logophiles 🤓📖 @MPJ_TCDSB
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Reading declines sharply when kids enter high school. If we provide choice and engaging texts that reflect their experiences, they WILL read. Here are some of the popular ones for my grade 9s right now.
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Grade 9s collaborating and using reading strategies and make their thinking visible. @MpjEnglish
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Inspired by “Small Kindnesses” by Danusha Lameris,our grade 9 class collaborated to create our own poem about that little things that help show we appreciate and care about each other in our very busy world. A code for caring if you will. @MpjEnglish
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Grade 9s get to know their new classmates through a spaghetti and marshmallow tower building challenge @MPJ_TCDSB @MpjEnglish
NBE Grade 11 Students taking a nature walk and writing about what inspires them. @MPJ_TCDSB
Book club season has arrived in our grade 10 classes. Students engage in book talks about their chosen novels from our offerings: Gutter Child, The Hate You Give, Patron Saints of Nothing, Dear Martin, Book Thief, Hunger Games, Internment, etc. @MPJ_TCDSB
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Are you an Ontario school educator? Check out our story on our week with @MPJ_TCDSB
This is what makes Indigenous Tourism special! It was a powerful, emotional, transformational experience for all-we welcomed Etobicoke highschool students for a multi day Reconciliation Program!
See our journey to Manitoulin and follow the wonderful Wikwemikong Tourism! instagram.com/p/Cj72wRrONR0/…
It’s more fun when you can write it on the windows…or boards. Students working on organizing their ideas using “I say, it says and so” strategy. @MPJ_TCDSB
