by Meghan KENNEY | Oct 5, 2017 | Grade 9, Secondary English
Grade 9s are taking their Advisory time to develop their organizational skills. As IGCSE students, they need to make sure that regular revision is part of their study routines. They have also amassed quite a few files over the years and so we review organizational...
by Abby BREWER | Sep 28, 2017 | Grade 9, Secondary English
In Grade 9 we have been working our way through Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” trying to figure out what on earth Poe was saying with his archaic language. Although a sad poem, today we finally cracked through the narrative to reveal the true story...
by Meghan KENNEY | Sep 21, 2017 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English
One of the book week activities this week was a collaborative story written together with the entire secondary. Each class was responsible for a different part, and by the time grade 7 received the story it was clearly a suspense tale. Grade sevens quickly revealed...
by Meghan KENNEY | Sep 14, 2017 | Secondary English
Secondary got a head start with book week this Thursday, as our morning advisory time was devoted to some creative writing. Student’s created 6-word memoirs, two-sentence mysteries, poems, and riddles and jokes to create a language rich environment. This...
by Meghan KENNEY | Sep 14, 2017 | Grade 10, Secondary English
Part of IGCSE English literature is the study of poems about family. To help find the deeper meaning in the poem “Coming Home”, students pulled out powerful word and images to look for patterns and themes. They discussed how particular words shift the tone...
by Abby BREWER | Sep 7, 2017 | Grade 11, Secondary English
As we work our way through Othello, we are getting to know the characters better, including the baddies, like Iago. Strange as it may seem, our sympathy and appreciation for Iago are growing. Today we worked through the start of Act III, which is the beginning of the...
