Author Archives: Charles

The links to my Twine and Interactive Writing/ Reading resources: My Teaching Writing PLC Group’s assignment about online/offline writing tools. (including Twine, Quest, Google Docs, Microsoft OneNote and others) My Teetering School Subway Game Twine. Interactive Text [IT]  (play if … Continue reading →

Hi folks: I came across this e-book at https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137483904   Free Preview © 2016 Teaching Stephen King Horror, the Supernatural, and New Approaches to Literature Authors: Burger, A. About this book About the authors Reviews Teaching Stephen King critically examines … Continue reading →

Unwind (novel) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Unwind Original hardcover edition Author Neal Shusterman Cover artist Daniel Roode Country United States Language English and Genre Science fiction, biopunk, adventure, dystopia, dystopian fiction Publisher Simon & … Continue reading →

I highly recommend Barefoot Gen to be a companion piece with the BBC documentary Hiroshima; also with any Socials unit about the WW2 Pacific War and any relevant docs about it. I teach it every three years or so across … Continue reading →

For years I have been teaching graphic novels in ELL 2 and 3 classes. I think it is also suitable for grade 8s. One of my favourites is Death Note.  It is probably one of the most popular graphic novels … Continue reading →

These films/stories below – with the theme of life just before/after death are good to show in a class of rowdy self assured (even cocky students) who seem very disengaged.  However, if the class has many students (even one) with … Continue reading →

Wikipedia description: Empire of the Sun (film) 1987 American coming of age war film by Steven Spielberg Empire of the Sun is a 1987 American epic coming-of-age war film based on J. G. Ballard‘s semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. … Continue reading →

Children’s book banning – especially of LGBT text – has a unique and landmark history in BC.  It involved a school board with a fundamental Christian chair, a gay teacher couple, and the Supreme Court of Canada.  The lasting legacy … Continue reading →

Here is a link to our presentation which has other links for discussions etc. Thanks for listening and engaging: Julie, Judy, Charles, and Daniel

This book is by an acquaintance of mine name Raziel Reid.  It is Canadian and an award winner.  Written in the first person.  It has a few bullying passages and can be pretty blunt but it is very “real”.  In … Continue reading →