North East School Division

On November 24 and 26, 2009, Mrs. Batiuk's English Language Arts 20 class from MUCC visited Mrs. Kellington's  grade 1 and 2 students at Brunswick School.  As part of their recollections unit in ELA, the grade 11 students are focusing on the literature that was read to them as children.  The grade 11 students are concentrating on the themes apparent in children's literature and are thinking about the influence that children's literature has had on their development and about whether or not children's literature continues to influence young people.  The grade 11 students are doing a case study to determine if reading to children is pleasurable experience for the reader and for the listener and tested their theory at Brunswick School.  The grade eleven students choose a book to read aloud to several children during each of the sessions and noted their partners' responses.  The grade 11 students also completed a self-assessment of their own speaking and reading aloud skills after each story.  Mrs. Kellington's class presented Mrs. Batiuk's class with a poster full of digital pictures to say thank-you. This was a fabulous experience for both the highschool and elementary students!