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...
by Abby BREWER | Aug 30, 2017 | Grade 9, Secondary English
In grade 9 we’ve started the year with a short story unit. After doing a group story, we’ve been going through some of the elements of narrative stories. Today, we looked at famous first lines. What makes a story start off with a bang? We collected our...
by Abby BREWER | Aug 24, 2017 | Community and Service, Secondary English
We had a very energetic start to the 2017/2018 school year in our Advisory program! Our first day was filled with reminders about our Essential Agreements and the Dress Code, the distribution of supplies, and our annual Secondary ABIS Olympics. Monday and Wednesday...
by Meghan KENNEY | Aug 24, 2017 | Grade 8, Secondary English
Grade 8 students spent some time reflecting on their strengths and challenges in English. They connected the skills that they learn in English class to their life goals, and then made some specific goals for this year. This was done in the Secondary Library area for...
by Abby BREWER | Jun 8, 2017 | Community and Service, Creativity, Action, Service, Secondary English, Secondary ToK, The Grades
We’ve been back at school for a week now, but the memories from Maher are still strong in our minds and hearts. The grade 10s, Mr. Davis and I had a wonderful visit, during which we got to see the impressive work Maher is doing. We also got to see our school...
