by Melodee PETERS | Oct 24, 2024 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English, The Grades
Thursday classes for English are student-led. This Thursday, Luis designed a debate for his peers on the ethics and perspectives of a murder that occurred in the text they are reading in class. It was interesting listening to opposing perspectives about the reasons...
by Melodee PETERS | Oct 23, 2024 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English, The Grades
Grade 7 students, this week, started practicing critical reading strategies (aka Active Reading Strategies) as the lead-in for their second unit in English. In teams, they discussed the strategies they used when reading the exposition of a Dick King-Smith novel. The...
by Melodee PETERS | Oct 17, 2024 | Front Page, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English, The Grades
G8 Teaching G8 The grade 8 students take responsibility to teach their peers about a specific narrative element of the novel they are studying. Last week, Mona presented an activity on characterisation and Fatma on Setting. Mona had the students create character...
by Melodee PETERS | Oct 10, 2024 | Community and Service, Front Page, Grade 2, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English
This term grade 7 students in MYP Language and Literature have analysed myths from a variety of cultures. Then they had to apply their understanding of the conventions of myths by writing their own original myths for grade 2 students. By engaging in this learning, the...
by Melodee PETERS | Sep 25, 2024 | Front Page, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English
This week the grade 8 students had an opportunity to decide what they want to study for our second unit. They could choose from 4 options: 1. Poetry and Song; 2 Novel Study “The Outsiders”; 3 Gothic, Mystery, or Personal Short Stories; and 4 A Comparative...
by Melodee PETERS | Sep 19, 2024 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English
This week in English, Grade 8 students completed their first unit with a summative in which they analysed their choice of print advertisement. Grade 9 students completed the first part of their unit on “Travel Writing” by analysing a travel/tourism...
