by Abby BREWER | Nov 8, 2018 | Grade 10, IGCSE, Secondary English
As a way of celebrating an end to our Romeo and Juliet unit (and for the teacher’s entertainment!), students worked in groups to perform a scene from the play. They had to select a scene that was significant in terms of character development, since in addition...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Oct 25, 2018 | Grade 11, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English
Grade 7 Language Acquisition class wrapped up their first unit on different cultures around the world along with learning about coordinating conjunctions. Grade 9 continues with their analysis of Carol Ann Duffy’s poetry. The students were able to relate more to...
by Abby BREWER | Oct 18, 2018 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary English
Grade 12 HL English students are nearing the end of their study of Carol Ann Duffy, England’s poet laureate. As we finish this we’ll start to get ready for the IOC examination, which the students should feel totally confident about because their poetry...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Oct 18, 2018 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, IGCSE, Secondary English, The Grades
Grade 11: We have started looking at stereotypes as part of our media and mass communication studies and had some passionate conversations about the idea of feminism and gender stereotyping. Grade 9: Writing, writing and more writing! All this because we focused on...
by Abby BREWER | Oct 11, 2018 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English
Grade 7/8 Lang/Lit has been studying the characters from our first class novel, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton. After reading a chapter in small groups, the students got into pairs and trios to do an in-depth study of the main characters. We started presenting the...
by Abby BREWER | Sep 27, 2018 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), IGCSE, Secondary English
We had a great Book Week this year! With a Neverending Story making its rounds in English class (ask your kids about it…it ended poorly with ramen is all I’ll say!), some window questions inspiring reading all week, and a final competitive Book Week Quiz...
