MPJ English Department

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

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

Join us for our annual Christmas Market! November 25 at Msgr Percy Johnson 2170 Kipling Ave @TCDSB @Mr_Valvo @MalecStanley @StBenedictTCDSB @stephenTCDSB @holychildtcdsb @Trust15Official @stmauricecs @roch_we @StAndrewStormP @MpjEnglish

Happy Halloween! From your friendly neighbourhood logophiles 🤓📖 @MPJ_TCDSB

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.

Grade 9 Curriculum Night!

Grade 9s collaborating and using reading strategies and make their thinking visible. @MpjEnglish

This week we reflect on the truth @MpjEnglish @MPJ_TCDSB

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

Grade 9s get to know their new classmates through a spaghetti and marshmallow tower building challenge @MPJ_TCDSB @MpjEnglish

@byjoannesantos @MPJ_TCDSB Hi! That’s amazing! Congratulations! Best people to speak to right now are either Mr. Fratterelli or Mrs. Ferreira. Gives a call and we can set up a meeting.

@MpjEnglish @MPJ_TCDSB Hi! I’m an MPJ alumni (graduated in 2008) who self-published a poetry & prose book. Who do I get in contact with if I want to have my book taught in a literature/English/writers craft class?

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

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/…