by Albert Hoffmann | Oct 15, 2026 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Secondary English
This week, Grade 12 English Language and Literature students have elected to modify a unit that normally explores rhetoric and persuasion used in speeches made by former US president Barack Obama. Instead, students are taking advantage of the current midterm elections...
by Albert Hoffmann | Oct 8, 2026 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary English
This week, Grade 11 students began the English Language and Literature unit over Albert Camus’ seminal 1942 novella, The Outsider (or The Stranger). Usually when students are studying literature, they ask questions about how texts shape meaning and help us find...
by Albert Hoffmann | Oct 1, 2026 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English, The Grades
This week, Grade 9 students worked with their Grade 8 peers in an English Language and Literature Service as Action project. Grade 9s taught their peers a series of lessons on rhetorical devices used in persuasive advertisements and analytical writing structures that...
by Albert Hoffmann | Sep 24, 2026 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary English
This week, Grade 11 students completed their first English Language & Literature Paper 1 summative assessment. The Paper 1 exam is an opportunity for students to demonstrate their ability to analyze and evaluate a previously unseen non-literary text. Exams may...
by Albert Hoffmann | Sep 17, 2026 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary English
During the past few weeks, DP2 English Language and Literature students have begun exploring the content and concepts portrayed in Japanese author Naoki Urasawa’s graphic novel, Monster. This literary work explores many archetypal conflicts such as the battle of...
