Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Degrassi: The Next Generation: Miss Kwan

Miss Kerwin, Mr. Brooks, this is a school not a petting zoo. Kindly disengage yourselves. Would you prefer to take it up with the principal? I’m sure he’d be happy to discuss the finer points of Degrassi Code of Conduct. You two may think you’re adorable, but that doesn’t mean anyone else does.

The student I could never forget even after years and years of therapy. Who could that be? [Spinner]

The student of all students. Drum roll please. Ashley Kerwin.

C.S. Lewis called romance the religion of love, but for many writers, romance isn’t so simple. It is often a confusing experience.

Gavin, if only you could apply this passion to your poems in class. “Oh Miss Kwan, your hair kissed by the wind, your lips kissed by me. Spinner Mason.”

A smart reader uses strategies before she reads to preview the text, and to activate their prior knowledge of the topic. A smart reader also tracks and reports ideas as they read them.

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