Composition & Essays

• Grade 8 Creative Writing - Ada Cheung
• Grade 9 Media Education - Amy Patterson
• Grade 10 Language = Power - Grace Hawley
• Grade 11 Essay Composition - Becky Holloway
• Grade 11 Essays - Jessica Young
• Grade 11 Composition - Vicky Wilding

Lord of the Flies

• Grade 10 - Gordana Stanisic
• Grade 11 - Carolyn Chee
• Grade 11 - Christie Russel
• Grade 11 - Marina Simpson and Jennifer Park
• Grade 11 - Sarah Paulsen

Other Studies

• Grade 8 - Killing Mr. Griffin - John Tyler
• Grade 8 - The Giver - Kyla Ayers
• Grade 8 - The Outsiders - Sabrina Block
• Grade 10 - Ishmael - Vicki Schraeder
• Grade 11 - Catcher in the Rye - Charles Cox
• Grade 11 - Joy Luck Club
• Grade 12 - Twelve Angry Men & Media Literacy
• Grade 12 - Short Stories - Dina de Nys Chase & Jonathan McIntosh

Poetry

• Grade 9 - Pam Haugland
• Grade 10 - Chris MacKenzie
• Grade 10 - Frances Lew
• Grade 11 - Sarah Fung, Qually Ho and Sandra Park
• Grade 12 - Jennifer Mah

Shakespeare

• Hamlet
  • Grade 12 - Trevor Kew Jessica Threadkell
• Macbeth
  • Grade 10 - Catherine Prociuk
  • Grade 11 - Allie Chan
  • Grade 11 - Janice Son
  • Grade 11 - Simon Mah
  • Grade 11 - Tracy Sullivan
• Midsummers Night's Dream
  • Grade 8 - Gail Fowler
  • Grade 9 - Amanda Rabb
  • Grade 9 - Angela Campbell
  • Grade 9 - Debora Lisaingo
  • Grade 9 - Megara McCormick
  • Grade 9 - Melody Morgan
• Romeo and Juliet
  • Grade 8 - Karen Ounpuu
  • Grade 10 - Adam Miller
  • Grade 10 - Angie Graham
  • Grade 10 - Maureen Nicholson
  • Grade 10 - Pablo Strauss
  • Grade 10 - Bria Hooper
• Tempest
  • Grade 9 - James Ducket

To Kill A Mockingbird

• Grade 10 - Brad Dingler, Chris Murphy and Lisa Yu
• Grade 10 - Mindy Pei

Kyla Ayers

Title of Unit: The Giver- A Novel Study
Grade level: 8
Duration: 12 lessons, 80 minutes each


Global Rational: This unit has been designed to provide students with opportunities to explore various issues and concerns presented in the novel, The Giver. The aim for students is to engage with the novel in an expressive, creative and meaningful way. As well, this unit aims to encourage students to develop their critical thinking skills and to relate the experiences of the novel to individual life experience.