West Hill Collegiate Institute is a high school in the Toronto District School Board. It is located in the east end of Scarborough. We are not far from Lake Ontario and the view from the foot of Morningside Avenue is gorgeous, but Laurier is way closer to the lake. W.H.C.I. is a school of 1,100 students.
In my grade ten English Applied level courses, we are reading are Mark Haddon's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." By the time we get halfway through, I'm going to have them write a news report on what they've read so far. The Ontario literacy test in on March 29th and one of the tasks they have to do is write a news report.
In my grade eleven English College level course, we are reading "Marty" by Paddy Chayevsky. It's so great. Quiz next day on act one, students.