Overview – Nov. 4, 5, 7

  1. Themes
    • Money, Money, Money (in a rich man’s world….)
      • Power to get the things I want…
    • Power of Love
      • Power to belong and build community
    • Justice! (An eye for an eye….)
      • Power to survive
  2. “Silence = Death”
    • Power to survive is life and death, speaking up and being heard to get what you and your community need
  3. Martin Luther King Speech
  4. Shakespeare
    • Why did he write?
    • How did he become so famous?
    • How to read his work
    • Understanding the history of the times, context
  5. Romeo and Juliet
    • Learn about changes in meanings of the words
    • Act 3, Scene 2
    • Why double meaning?
    • What can it mean?
    • Why do you think that?
    • How does this connect to modern communication?

Auden Poem – Read the entire poem here

Mr. Kertes is a Language Arts teacher in Prince Rupert, in the territory of the Ts’msyen, at Charles Hays Secondary School - home of the Rainmakers.

Tom Kertes Resume and CV

2024-25 Term 1 Courses

2024-25 Term 2 Courses