by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Oct 12, 2023 | Grade 10, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
Well, the movie we chose to see wasn’t in the cinema yet! So, we did some last minute changes and agreed to see Paw Patrol, a film with a much younger audience in mind than the nine of us. However, it still works for our film summative as the students are...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Sep 27, 2023 | Grade 10, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), The Grades
Next week, we will be finishing up our film unit in grade 10. This exciting unit culminates in an exciting field trip to the cinema. We have been studying how to analyze film and more recently how to produce film reviews, including through writing, video and audio...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Sep 14, 2023 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12
As a vocabulary building exercise, I have instituted a “word of the day” competition in the DP classes. Each class, we start off with a word (usually drawn from SAT vocabulary lists), which the students then need to define and provide an example for. They...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Sep 6, 2023 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
We are already finishing up our first unit in DP year 1 English and Literature. We have been studying film reviews, returning to our first unit from grade 10, but this time as critical readers rather than creators. From next week, we will be starting our first novel....
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Aug 31, 2023 | Grade 10, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
We are two weeks into our first unit. We have been busy analyzing film clips considering how they build character, setting, and conflict. I have just collected our first analysis and looked at student notes. They are quickly picking up what to look for and have...
