Pieces, at peace.

JvR chess quad @ 11 Nov. 2015

Parents moaning about tech addiction? Point them here...

http://gizmodo.com/weve-been-using-media-to-escape-human-interaction-for-c-1741403556

Gr11 - final poetry prep for Nov. exams

Gr11 - final poetry prep for Nov. exams:

1. Complete "Mending wall"
2. Read "My parents kept me..."

We can do this.

Friday words 2

Friday words 1

It's a beautiful Friday in Cape Town...

Shot from school parking lot at about 7.20 am.

Touched up only slightly

[brightness, contrast, edged up the warmth]. 

At least not Instagrammed!

Exams: November 2015: work to study

Exams: November 2015

English work to study [files linked to Google Docs]

Grade 9 FAL

Grade 10 FAL

Grade 11 FAL

Gr12: memo for "A Prayer for all my countrymen"

Grade 12 -- re. our poem "A Prayer for all my countrymen":
I've created a memo for the worksheet. 

You'll find the PDF at Google Docs

or copy and paste:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0lqGfqtBMJJd0IzX3oyWnpkNXc/


Toodles
Mr M

PS: you'll find lots of other English worksheets and notes at
Mr Mönnig - Google Docs English Resources

JvR prize giving 2015 - hall decorations by Mrs Franken

JvR prize giving 2015 - calm before the storm...

Just heard some kids in my class confuse the sci-fi show Terra Nova with the SA stand-up comic, Trevor Noah. Delicious!

Cute.

Kate and her donated Egyptian pic (now we need some oats crunchies, please!)

Interesting post about figures of speech

http://myweb.stedwards.edu/georgek/poetics/devices.html

Kids and tech? Let the trolling begin!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-grover/4-ways-to-prevent-your-kid-from-becoming-a-tech-addict_b_8272282.html

Artwork by Alexa Mönnig, 2015

Witrokdag 2015

Witrokdag 2015

Witrokdag 2015

Witrokdag 2015

Art by Alexa Mönnig, 2015.

From Taylor Walton!

Words of infinite wisdom 1

Notes of infinite wisdom 2

Ok - this spelling is new!

Gr12, your future in progress...

Gr.12 - last poem to complete!

Hi, Grade 12's!

We have one more poem to complete before mid-week: 
"A Prayer for all my countrymen".

So don't miss Monday...

Is it an -ism or is it art?

Courtesy of Mignon M.

Last week of term 3 [2015]

Gr.9 - Paddington bear movie [theme: Acceptance of the other...]

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Gr.10/11: Visual Literacy: Satire, Caricature, Stereotypes and Parody - the art of the mockumentary

Work this week

Gr. 9 - answer Tattoo short story questions

Gr. 10 - sonnet questions

Gr. 11 - point-form summaries

Captives of our desires

Haiku [June 2015]

Haiku

Grey skies draw the soul;
her eyes, cool somnolent pools;
bracing, breath-taking

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rays of struggling sun;
the frozen earth will not budge:
your coolth defies me.

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Leaf falls in still air;
Drifts gently onto the grass.
Quiet autumn comes.

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Dust drifts in bright beams,
Obscuring shine like light snow;
So youth fades, gently.

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The mongoose scuttles
Traversing dark roads by day --
We risk all, to sup.

Haiku for her

Distant clouds sigh by;
Faint shadows map our contours:
Wide worlds in your eyes.

(1 Jan. 2015)