by Melodee PETERS | Mar 20, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English, The Grades
As a great way to end their unit on Poetry Analysis, Grade 9 students could choose a poem to perform as a group, a pair, or individually. The students had great fun making props for the performance. They had to focus on using non-verbal communication techniques to...
by Melodee PETERS | Mar 13, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Humanities, The Grades
The grade 7 students have been practicing reading texts and answering IB questions based on their understanding of the sources. Students got to share their answers with each other in the Quiz-Quiz-Trade activity. Afterwards, they worked collaboratively to answer a...
by Melodee PETERS | Feb 27, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English, The Grades
This term Grade 9s students have been studying protest poetry. They learned note-making skills such as annotations and how to use a key for their annotations. They learned and practised identifying poetic devices that poets use to structure their poems as well as...
by Melodee PETERS | Feb 27, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English, The Grades
Students in grade 7 who did not go on the field trip had an opportunity to learn about reverse poems and write their own. Upon the return of the other students, these students took on the role of peer coaches to teach their peers about reverse poems and help them...
by Melodee PETERS | Feb 20, 2025 | Community and Service, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), The Grades
This week all grade 7 students had an opportunity to participate in their second Service Learning activity as a group. The students who went on the field trip to Sifah helped to clean up the beach; while those who opted to come to school had 2 sessions in which they...
