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Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Oct 3, 2023 Edgar allan poe short stories for middle school As we hit record temperatures here in BC, I will admit I am already looking forward to…
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Activities for Orange Shirt Day
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated June 18, 2024 With September 30th approaching, it is important to spend some of our classroom time teaching about residential schools in Canada. Only when we…
Social Justice Novels for Middle School
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 08, 2024 As a middle school teacher, I know the importance of teaching my students all about the social justice issues going on in the world. However,…
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Residential School in Canada
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated June 18, 2024 As a BC educator, this is a topic that hits very close to home. There have been ongoing discoveries of so many lost…
Back to School Activities and Resources
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 08, 2024 It feels like summer has only just begun, but the planner in me is already thinking of September. Those first few weeks are always my…
Reading Response Journals
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 09, 2024 I have been getting a lot of questions on Instagram lately about Reading Response Journals, and ways to implement them in the middle school and…