by Melodee PETERS | Oct 9, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English, The Grades
As you all know, Grade 8 students analysed print advertisements for the first half of this term. Now, they are creating their own print advertisement or commercial for a brand and product of their choice. This requires them to do research into the ethos of the brand...
by Melodee PETERS | Oct 9, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English, The Grades
Grade 9 students are working on descriptive travel writing. They started by personifying a city and then they had to transform the description into an evocative monologue performance. It is not easy to stand up in front of one’s peers to perform and some...
by Melodee PETERS | Oct 2, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Humanities, The Grades
Grade 8 students have accomplished much learning about natural hazards this term by exploring the geography and geology of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. They now know the acronym CCRIE which helps them remember the components to present in a case study: Causes,...
by Melodee PETERS | Sep 25, 2025 | The Grades
It is Week 5! We are more than halfway through this term, which means students have been working on developing specific skills for their summatives. In English, the grade 7s students have learned how to annotate a text. They then used their annotations to draft their...
by Melodee PETERS | Sep 18, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English, The Grades
This term both grade 8 students and grade 9 students are analysing advertisments. Grade 9s are focusing on specifically tourism advertisements while grade 8 students select advertisements for their final analysis. On Wednesday, the 2 groups had the opportunity to...
