by Andrew JOHNSON | Mar 9, 2023 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8
In English students have continued their investigations into newspapers by studying feature articles. They completed a summative task on news reporting based upon a poem. They are now inquiring into newspapers as historical sources and whether or not attitudes have...
by Andrew JOHNSON | Feb 23, 2023 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
Students have started the interdisciplinary unit with Individuals and Societies. In English we are investigating how different text types and genres convey information and emotions about humankind’s reprehensible treatment of each other in terms of persecution and...
by Andrew JOHNSON | Feb 16, 2023 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8
In English students have started a new unit based upon newspapers. They have studied why newspapers are important, the role of newspapers in this digital age, and the different sections of newspapers. They have investigated the conventions of a newspaper report....
by Andrew JOHNSON | Feb 9, 2023 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
In English, students have started a new unit called ‘Expressing Ourselves.’ In this unit students will be analysing different types of poems and creating their own poetry anthology. To enable them to do this, students have been creating posters based on one poetry...
by Andrew JOHNSON | Feb 1, 2023 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
Students have completed the second unit of the year. We finished reading ‘Animal Farm,’ and students wrote an essay where they compared and contrasted the book as two of four genres: fable, allegory, satire or fairy story. Next we have an interdisciplinary unit...
