by Andrew JOHNSON | Jun 15, 2022 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
In English students have been working in groups to create websites that contain book reviews. They have used google sites to design and organize the site. Students have been reading books in order to create reviews to put on that site. They have agreed about what...
by Andrew JOHNSON | Jun 8, 2022 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8
In English students competed their film scripts of an event or chapter from ‘Red Scarf Girl’. These showed a great understanding of the different needs of a screenplay compared to those of a book. As an end of year project students are now designing a webpage for...
by Andrew JOHNSON | Jun 1, 2022 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, The Grades
Grade 9 have completed reading the play ‘The Crucible,’ by Arthur Miller. They reflected on how Miller created tension and how it related to the events of the time. They then watched the movie version and accounted for the differences between the two. At present...
by Andrew JOHNSON | May 25, 2022 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), The Grades
In English students have completed their fourth unit of the year. They watched the movie ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ and compared it to the book. They wrote an essay comparing the two using the PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link approach). They explained why the...
by Andrew JOHNSON | May 18, 2022 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8
In English we finished reading the book ‘Red Scarf Girl,’ and discussed how it traced the growth into adulthood of the author. We discussed the harrowing experiences that she had and how she came to the decision that she would look after her family rather than...
