“Until the lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter”. My understanding of the key message that underlies this quote is how humans have a tendency to tell others/document the side of the story that ‘lionizes’/favours them the most. it would be unfair to say that when only one […]
Grade 9/10
Queen Denies Murder Allegations of Princess on Two Accounts
Court Assesses Princess Snow-White’s Accusations of Queen’s Attempted Murder Anonymous Witness captures the attempted assassination in action A recent report by 18-year old Snow White states that her Mother in Law recently attempted to kill her twice, after failing to do so in the process. “I was almost killed first in the woods, where the […]
G9 Identity
As we are approaching the halfway mark in grade 9, we are asked to reflect upon what we have done so far, and how our grade’s identity has grown/changed. For me personally, I have definitely noticed a significant increase in workload and therefore in my responsibilities, and have found it quite overwhelming. In spite of […]
Commentary on “The Moment” by Margaret Atwood
In this thought-provoking poem entitled “The Moment”, the poet Margaret Atwood illustrates the point in time when a hypothetical man takes a step back from his accomplishments/work after many years, and takes complete pride in where he is able to stand in life. She then reflects upon how as a result of this, nature shows […]
Poetry Commentary – Draft Work
Here in my introductory paragraph, I intended to follow the specific structure that we had learned. To make this evident, I annotated it to point out my 5 W’s, my thesis strands, and more. I tried to engage the reader so that it would outline the remainder of the essay. This is the first body […]
Autobiographical Poem
Tilly Giaever-Enger Who loves the feeling of a favourite song on full blast when in a long journey in the car Who hates it when a heavy burden can’t seem to be shaken Who wants to someday find something she can call a life’s passion Who fears that she will die knowing there was so […]
Fry’s Planet Word Analysis
After watching Fry’s Planet Word, I have learned a lot about language and the different ways it can include, exclude, represent and misrepresent. On a day to day basis, we come across these implications of languages; a lot of the time not even being cognizant of it and making assumptions. One example that really stood […]