by Abby BREWER | Mar 8, 2018 | Grade 6, Secondary English
It’s time for LitFest! Ms. Brewer, Ms. Larsen, and 7 students from grades 6 to 10 are heading to Dubai for the weekend to soak up the literature at the 10th annual Emirates Literature Festival! We’re very excited to be going, so watch this space for...
by Abby BREWER | Mar 8, 2018 | Grade 12, Secondary English
This week the grade 12 students had the opportunity to try their hands at performing scenes from Antigone, the final play we’re reading for Part 3 of the course. It was very interesting to see how the students interpreted their characters and really got into...
by Todd DAVIS | Mar 8, 2018 | Grade 11, Secondary English, Secondary ToK, The Grades
Grade 11 Theory of Knowledge students have begun inviting guests to visit our class so they can talk TOK. This week Christine, invited Ms. Kenney to share how the classic 1939 movie “Gone with the Wind” influenced her views of the American South and...
by Meghan KENNEY | Mar 1, 2018 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English
After reading the dramatic adaptation of Dracula, the students have developed their appreciation of how suspense is created. They practiced with another short story, and are developing both comprehension skills and analytical ones. They are moving towards creating...
by Meghan KENNEY | Jan 25, 2018 | Grade 10, Secondary English
Grade 10 students are exploring the intersection of fate, ambition, and the noble Macbeth as they have begun the classic Shakespeare play. They are already enjoying language such as “Disdaining fortune, with his brandish’d steel, which smok’d with...
by Meghan KENNEY | Jan 11, 2018 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English
Grade 7 students are reading a dramatic adaptation of Dracula in order to learn suspense writing techniques, as well as read a classic. They are enjoying the chance to use their dramatic reading abilities, as well as developing their suspense writing...
