by Meghan KENNEY | May 25, 2017 | Grade 9, Secondary English
As preparation for final exams, grade nines have been reading poetry and practicing their analytical skills. With one particular poem, “The Lost Woman”, the meaning was difficult at first, and so the students worked hard to uncover the themes and ideas. In...
by Meghan KENNEY | May 18, 2017 | Grade 8, Secondary English
Grade 8s have been studying the techniques of propaganda, both how to recognize it and how to create it. As their culminating project they had to create a piece of propaganda related to an event in the French Revolution, which we had been studying in Humanities. The...
by Abby BREWER | May 11, 2017 | Secondary English
Grade 8s started an examination of fake news during IWS time today. By starting with a suspicious photo, they began to consider how to define fake news and why it is important to be able to tell real news from fake. We are working our way through their list of inquiry...
by Abby BREWER | Apr 6, 2017 | Grade 12, Secondary English
In grade 12 English B we have already begun the final frontier: revision! This week we focused on paper 1 type questions, coming up with our own set of rules to follow when tackling each set. Next week we start with paper 2, and then it’s already study week! The...
by Meghan KENNEY | Apr 6, 2017 | Grade 10, Secondary English
Grade tens have been reading An Inspector Calls in class for IGCSE. It has been quite a contrast to reading Shakespeare, and students enjoyed learning about the elements of a well-made play, and developing their dramatic reading skills.
by Abby BREWER | Mar 23, 2017 | Grade 12, Secondary English
With a final FOA this week, the English A 12th graders can officially say that they are done with their internal coursework, and with their Individual Oral completed this week, so too can the English B 12th graders! Now we can turn our attention to final texts...
