Letter
to Parents / Guardians
February 6, 2012
Dear Parents / Guardians,
This semester, Mr. Racco's, ENG 1DYa Grade 9 Pace English class will participate in a class blog. This is one of the academic extensions in our PACE course. The purpose of this activity is to promote cooperative learning in a virtual space, to meet, learn, understand and accept various cultures through different genres: the novel, the diary, the film, the documentary, and children's short story . Students will reflect, respond, and critique each other's posts based on their understanding of the Jewish and German cultures and Holocaust literature and film.
The creative writing activities posted are culminating tasks that stem from the reading and discussion of the various genres. The students' responses will inform our understanding of the preconceptions of different cultures, and how these relate and affect our daily lives.
The aim is to create an awareness of various cultures in our daily lives and to create a borderland where various cultures come together to learn and accept one another.
Given the sensitive nature of this learning activity, please be aware of the following:
. the blog will not be published on a public listing; this prevents anyone who has not been personally given the site's URL from accessing the blog.
. since only my students will be given the web address for this blog, they are asked not to share it with anyone except their parents/guardians.
. Administrators will be given the URL and invited to participate.
On the blog site, I have posted the "ground rules" - the parameters which will help to ensure a safe and enriched learning environment. Should there be a breach in these ground rules at any point, this activity will cease. Please feel free to visit our class blog at creatingborderlands.blogspot.com.
I encourage parents / guardians to enjoy my students' reflective responses on this blog. Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at the school.
Sincerely,
Mr. Racco, Department Head ofEnglish
Father Bressani Catholic School
YCDSB
Dear Parents / Guardians,
This semester, Mr. Racco's, ENG 1DYa Grade 9 Pace English class will participate in a class blog. This is one of the academic extensions in our PACE course. The purpose of this activity is to promote cooperative learning in a virtual space, to meet, learn, understand and accept various cultures through different genres: the novel, the diary, the film, the documentary, and children's short story . Students will reflect, respond, and critique each other's posts based on their understanding of the Jewish and German cultures and Holocaust literature and film.
The creative writing activities posted are culminating tasks that stem from the reading and discussion of the various genres. The students' responses will inform our understanding of the preconceptions of different cultures, and how these relate and affect our daily lives.
The aim is to create an awareness of various cultures in our daily lives and to create a borderland where various cultures come together to learn and accept one another.
Given the sensitive nature of this learning activity, please be aware of the following:
. the blog will not be published on a public listing; this prevents anyone who has not been personally given the site's URL from accessing the blog.
. since only my students will be given the web address for this blog, they are asked not to share it with anyone except their parents/guardians.
. Administrators will be given the URL and invited to participate.
On the blog site, I have posted the "ground rules" - the parameters which will help to ensure a safe and enriched learning environment. Should there be a breach in these ground rules at any point, this activity will cease. Please feel free to visit our class blog at creatingborderlands.blogspot.com.
I encourage parents / guardians to enjoy my students' reflective responses on this blog. Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at the school.
Sincerely,
Mr. Racco, Department Head of
Father
YCDSB
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