{"id":1136,"date":"2026-02-09T17:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:19:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:19:02","slug":"celebrating-stories-and-young-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/celebrating-stories-and-young-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Stories and Young Minds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Celebrating Stories and Young Minds<\/strong> <\/span>\ud83d\udcd6<\/p>\n<p>Grade 7 Honors Gill Lewis During Literary Appreciation Week<\/p>\n<p>This Literary Appreciation Week, our Grade 7 students dove into the captivating world of Gill Lewis\u2019 White Dolphin \ud83d\udc2c, creating stunning Google Slides presentations that showcased their creativity, insight, and analytical skills \ud83d\udcbb\ud83c\udfa8.<br \/>\nThrough this activity, students explored powerful themes of marine conservation \ud83c\udf0a, resilience \ud83d\udcaa, and hope, reflecting deeply on the messages embedded in the story. They worked thoughtfully to analyze characters, plot, and setting, while connecting these themes to real-world environmental issues and personal values \ud83c\udf0d\ud83d\udd8b\ufe0f.<br \/>\nPresenting their insights with confidence, each student brought their interpretation to life, demonstrating not only their understanding of literature but also their critical thinking, communication, and digital skills. The presentations transformed into vibrant showcases of learning, creativity, and reflection.<br \/>\nThis activity reminds us that literature is more than words on a page\u2014it is a tool for empathy, awareness, and inspiration, connecting readers to the world around them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating Stories and Young Minds \ud83d\udcd6 Grade 7 Honors Gill Lewis During Literary Appreciation Week This Literary Appreciation Week, our&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/celebrating-stories-and-young-minds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celebrating Stories and Young Minds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":1130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[3,31,32,39],"class_list":["post-1136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hands-on-activities","tag-bclr","tag-bss","tag-bssontop","tag-grade7","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1137,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions\/1137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}