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...
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...
