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Archives for September, 2009

Grade 7 research, ‘The 1976 Soweto Riots’.

Individually research the 1976 Soweto Riots. What were the students protesting about? What theories/ explanations can you find for the why the riots became so violent and so many people got hurt or killed? Remember to show where you got your information from. Mr C

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Grade 8 “genre, theme and technique” activity

Here is a link to see the video full screen. In your groups discuss your reaction to this short film. Then think about the following questions and carefully answer them and post your answer in the comments on this post. 1. What genre would you put this short film in? 2. What techniques does the [...]

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Marc Levitt’s visit to YIS

We were delighted to welcome storyteller Marv Levitt to YIS this week. We will post more pics and information here later but to start us off can you please think about the following question. 1. What did you like about the stories that Marc told? 2. What have you learnt about the skill of telling [...]

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