Add a comment January 27th, 2012 by MisterGo
This week, the library is busy delivering some workshops for Grade 10 English classes around building a proper Works Cited page and the importance of crediting your sources.
Plan ahead knowing there will be limited access.
Monday: Period 3
The library is reserved for quiet work when a lesson is being taught. Please arrive in the first ten minutes of the period if you want to use the library during this time. Note: you must stay until the end of the period.
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Add a comment January 23rd, 2012 by Ms. Hall
The library will close at 12:45 on Thursday Jan. 26 and Fri. Jan 27 to accommodate exams (1 – 3:00 p.m.). Please speak to a teacher-librarian if you need access to library resources during those times.
JANUARY 26 & 27 EXAM DAY SCHEDULE
PERIOD 1 8:50- 9:35
PERIOD 4 9:40-10:25
PERIOD 5 10:30-11:15
EXAMS IN THE AFTERNOON
Add a comment January 21st, 2012 by MisterGo
Do you like to write stories, poems, plays, essays? Check out the library display to see what we have in print on improving your creative and nonfiction writing. Some writing contests to check out:
- ◙Pierre Berton (Earl Haig Secondary’s own contest evaluated by the English Department and students – Due Feb 1st, 2012)
- ◙Write Across Ontario (Due Feb 1st, 2012!)
Add a comment January 21st, 2012 by MisterGo
To those who celebrate, Gōng Xǐ Fā Cái (click to hear Cantonese) and Xīn Nián Kuài Lè (click to hear Mandardin – from about.com). Check out our databases for more information on this holiday (◙click here for more on the Lunar New Year from Britannica). 2012 is the ◙Year of the Dragon. Come see the display for print materials on the holiday.
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Add a comment January 18th, 2012 by MisterGo
Ola! Join the Spanish Club this Thursday (Jan. 19th) in room 229 and make your very own piñata!
Find other fun articles in the English Language Learner database. Just click List of Databases on the right panel and use your agenda for the username/password to log into this resource where you can find all sorts of interesting information including “Making your own Holiday Piñata”!
Add a comment January 17th, 2012 by MisterGo
Join the discussion and prepare for the debates. ◙CBC’s Canada Reads. The nominees are:
The Game – Ken Dryden
On a Cold Road – Dave Bidini
Prisoner of Tehran – Marina Nemat
Something Fierce – Carmen Aguirre
The Tiger – John Vallant
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Hosted by: Jian Ghomeshi
Welcome to Canada Reads: True Stories. For the first time ever, Canada Reads is all about non-fiction.
The debates will air on February 6,7,8 and 9 at 11 a.m. in your time zone on CBC Radio One 99.1FM and will be live streamed on CBC Books at 10 a.m. ET. Find out how to be part of the Canada Reads studio audience.
Add a comment January 13th, 2012 by MisterGo
This week, the library is busy delivering some workshops for Gr. 12 Law classes. Plan ahead knowing there will be limited access.
Monday: Period 2 and Period 3
Tuesday: Period 2
Wednesday: Period 2
Thursday: Period 2 and Period 3
The library is reserved for quiet work when a lesson is being taught. Please arrive in the first ten minutes of the period if you want to use the library during this time. Note: you must stay until the end of the period.
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Add a comment January 9th, 2012 by MisterGo
Happy New Year Haigers!
Note that this Wednesday is a special day schedule, so the library will not open until the start of Period 1, 10:30am.
Overdue Fine notices will be rolling out soon so please pay your fines and get a fresher start in 2012.
The ◙White Pine reading club resumes on Monday January 16th at 3:30pm in the library computer lab.
Don’t forget about the ◙Write Across Ontario contest – due February 1st.
“Get your writing read by well-known authors! Chose one of the story starters and submit your work to ◙Write Across Ontario’s creative writing competition by February 1st, 2012. Winners will be published and win a cash prize.
Add a comment December 23rd, 2011 by MisterGo
To you and yours, have a restful, safe, and fun-filled holiday. Consider some good reads by visiting the library!
◙White Pine
◙Toronto Public Library Teen Ramp
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Add a comment December 23rd, 2011 by MisterGo
Winning entries will be published online in the Open Book Magazine. Each winner will also receive a prize of $500! Click image for more info.
- Start date: November 1, 2011
- Closing date: Feb. 1, 2012
- You must be an Ontario high school student to enter
- Three (3) authors will write story-starters (What’s that? A story-starter is a couple of sentences or a paragraph that provides students with a place to start their story, but where the story goes from there is in the hands of each individual student)
- Entries will be judged by Authors at Harbourfront Centre, in conjunction with Open Book Ontario
- There will be four (4) winners selected, one (1) from each grade of high school
- One submission per student will be accepted and entries will not be returned
- Only entries submitted online via writeacrossontario@harbourfrontcentre.com will be accepted
