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...
by Abby BREWER | Dec 20, 2017 | Grade 12, Secondary English
Grade 12s had a chance to look at some of the weird Paper 2 questions they might get on their upcoming exams by doing a categorizing practice in class. After reading each question, they had to decide on the category as a way of helping to guide their annotations as...
by Meghan KENNEY | Dec 14, 2017 | Grade 8, Secondary English
Grade 8 English have been reading the book Ender’s Game as part of a unit, where they explore how Science Fiction set in the future allows them to investigate the ethical issues of today. With themes such has ethics during wartime, bullying, responsibility and...
