by Tynisha LOUGHER | Aug 27, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary French
Bonjour à tous! In preparing for our first few days in French class, I thought it important to consider our essential agreements for our virtual (and physical) classroom. Of course, we’ll all need to work collaboratively to come up with more if we need to, but I...
by Erin REHIL | Aug 27, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), IB DP Visual Arts, Secondary Visual Arts
Hello again, ABIS families! While waiting for permission to begin the school year, your teachers have been busy making Google Meet links, putting content into Google Classroom, updating unit plans in ManageBac, collaborating on new shared units, and creating...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Aug 27, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English
How did I spend my summer, you ask? I have been reading books, watching movies, watching controversial news and debates, watching interesting advertisements, traveling in Oman and taking pictures. And guess what? All of those were part of preparing for the new...
by Gary GOODWIN | Aug 27, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Secondary History
As I continue to plan for all classes, I have spent this week planning for paper 2 in DP History. The topic is Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars. We will be looking at the First World War as part of this paper and I have been planning lessons to this effect. In...
by Sean HOWES | Aug 26, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
I have been spending lots of time over the last week or two preparing work and lessons with the hope that we will soon be able to teach. I look forward to team teaching Grade 7 with Ms Mekhala for English and I am excited about studying the evolution of special...
by Maureen BAIER | Aug 26, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
We are enjoying our days as best as we can here in Illinois! Julia has some friends come over for pool time. We go on a walk every evening even through the humidity. I never saw a flower on a sweet potato vine before (the decorative vine, not the produce plant) so I...
