by Melodee PETERS | Feb 13, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), The Grades
This week grade 7 students learned about Found Poetry. They had an opportunity to create their own and then began practising how to analyse poetry for tone and mood. Here they are sharing their found poems with each other:
by Melodee PETERS | Feb 6, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English, The Grades
Grade 7 students are in the middle of their poetry unit in which they study different forms of poetry and the write their own poetry in that form. Here they are learning about cinquains from Children’s Poet Laureate online: After that they had another online...
by Melodee PETERS | Jan 23, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), The Grades
Ayyoub was recognised in our advisory for being awarded the most house points for his participation; this ranges from coming to school on time, wearing his uniform, working in a timely manner on recording Service as Action and goals, among others.
by Melodee PETERS | Jan 16, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English, The Grades
This first week back the Grade 7 students started their Poetry Unit. The focus is on learning about the various forms of poetry and the styles in which poets express their points of view and feelings. As part of their discovery, the students worked on Acrostic poems...
by Melodee PETERS | Nov 28, 2024 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Humanities, The Grades
Grade 7 students were tasked to create their own quiz questions and answers based on a reading text about the geography of Mesopotamia. In class, this week, they were introduced to the Kagan Cooperative Learning structure called Quiz-Quiz-Trade. This activity is...
