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...
by Abby BREWER | Mar 16, 2017 | Grade 11, Secondary English
We’ve been talking about stereotypes in English A with grade 11 recently. After covering the typical ones – gender, race, nationality – we started talking about stereotypes very near and dear to our 11s’ hearts: those concerning...
by Meghan KENNEY | Mar 16, 2017 | Grade 10, Secondary English
Grade 10 IGCSE English involves learning how to write in a variety of styles. One style that we just learned about is the formal report. So to practice this, students took on the role of a visiting CIS committee, and created a report about the school and its...
by Abby BREWER | Feb 16, 2017 | Community and Service, Creativity, Action, Service, Secondary English, The Grades
Next week is our annual Spirit Week! With the Swim Gala on Wednesday, it’s the perfect week to show your pride in ABIS! The week will be as follows: Sunday, February 19th: Pyjama Day Come to school in your favorite, school-appropriate jammies! Monday, February...
by Meghan KENNEY | Jan 19, 2017 | Grade 9, Secondary English
Grade 9 English have been reading the IGCSE text Spies for the past few weeks. This week they arrived at a key chapter where many tense moments and character decisions happened. To help students really dive into the scenes, and to identify these key moments, they are...
