Category Archives: #PennPBL

Broken Promises, Even After Death

Posted on May 23, 2022 by maxhendo44

In our English IV Honors class, we have chosen Damon Galgut’s The Promise, and have been engaging in literature circles. We discuss the novel, help each other understand confusing parts, complete projects, and enjoy reading literature. Themes of death, family … Continue reading →

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How Alienation Leads to Broken Promises – A Podcast on The Promise

Posted on May 19, 2022 by 22kmh

Listen to Karrah and Manoush’s new podcast on the 2021 Booker Prize-winning novel The Promise by Damon Galgut. The two take a deep dive into the novel’s themes of separation and alienation, focusing on how it directly leads to breaking … Continue reading →

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Damon Galgut’s, The Promise

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Bill Sullivan

After a seven year hiatus, previously nominated writer, Damon Galgut, delivers an emotional and introspective look into family dynamics and the manifestations of grief. Through the lives of three south African children, Astid, Anton and Amor, Galgut mirrors the turmoil … Continue reading →

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The Secret War of Independence

Posted on May 26, 2021 by mileshenle

Near the beginning of The Shadow King, Aster is presented as this sort of mean stepmother, who uses Hirut as an outlet for her anger that should be directed towards her husband, Kidane. As readers, we learn that Hirut was … Continue reading →

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Minecraft Reimagined: Exploring #BritLit Monuments in the Virtual World

Posted on December 19, 2019 by nicolestjacques

Minecraft is a game where creativity and divergent thinking is celebrated through architecture and creation, and Suffield students have taken advantage of this opportunity right in the classroom. We have begun to outline and construct the Tabard Inn, a place … Continue reading →

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Let’s Have Each Student Design a Project in our British Literature Survey

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Bill Sullivan

What is project-based learning? Let’s start by celebrating this diagram that will explain our instructional goals during this creative and meaningful learning process. After deliberate reflection, the way for us to enter into this great mode of learning is for … Continue reading →

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