by Melodee PETERS | Apr 24, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English
Grade 8 students are delving deeper into the sub-genres of science fiction. They have explored alien invasion texts and movie trailers, such as H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds. They have started looking at the conventions of dystopian science fiction, which they...
by Melodee PETERS | Apr 17, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English, The Grades
This week the grade 8 students watched the movie Ender’s Game (2 students also opted to read the novel) in preparation for their formative task to create a science fiction movie poster for the 2025 re-make of Ender’s Game. Each student chose a learner...
by Melodee PETERS | Apr 10, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Humanities, Secondary English, The Grades
Both grade 7 and grade 9 students have been practising their transfer skills this week. Grade 7s used their research skills from Humanities to research the history of Australia with regard to colonialism, Aboriginal culture, the Stolen Generation as connected to the...
by Melodee PETERS | Mar 27, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English, The Grades
This week was the culmination of the poetry unit for Grade 7 students. Grade 5 students, who had also been writing haikus, concrete poems, etc., were invited to share and discuss their poems with the grade 7s. The students were engaged and enjoyed reading each...
by Melodee PETERS | Mar 20, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English, The Grades
This term all students in grades 7 to 9 focused on developing their communication skills, specifically their reading skills so that they could make notes that would help them complete their summative assessments based on analytical reading of poems. The specific...
