by Geetika MEKHALA | Jan 7, 2021 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Secondary English
Our English A students did not waste any time diving into the final four months of their IB journey. We started the classes with mock individual oral (IO) assessments. Students reflected on these assessment to identify their strengths and weaknesses. Using the...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Dec 3, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
Grade 9 has been engaged in an interdisciplinary unit with I&S for the past few weeks. While they get the factual information about various genocides around the world in their history class, in English, we read creative pieces written on these subjects and also...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Oct 15, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary English
It was an intense week with some major deadlines for our grade 12 students. Students worked hard to meet their EE deadline (4000 word essay) and their English essay deadline. Additionally, we also reviewed the requirements of paper 1 from last year and learned some...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Sep 24, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
After weeks of researching background/contextual information, presenting to classmates and learning some drama related literary terms, this week we started reading the play. It definitely is an interesting experience to read our separate parts from each of our homes...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Sep 17, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Secondary English
What are the consequences of war? How far have women progressed in their fight for equality with men? What role does politics play in religion? To what extent does religion shape an individual? These are some interesting discussions that grade 12 DP English students...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Sep 10, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
Prior to starting our drama, “All My Sons” by Arthur Miller, grade 9 students spent the week researching some contextual information. For this, we focused on sprucing up our ATL skill of research and presentation. We reviewed how to choose appropriate...
