by Abby BREWER | Sep 8, 2016 | Grade 11, Secondary English
The grade 11 English class made great use of the lovely large windows in LC1 this week when they did a group brainstorm about an upcoming poetry essay. Hopefully the view looked as nice from the outside as it did from the inside!
by Meghan KENNEY | Aug 25, 2016 | Grade 8, Secondary English
Students in 8th grade English started off the year right away with some descriptive writing work. This work gives them a chance to show off their writing skills and also think about how to create effective descriptions full of imagery and detail. They shared their...
by Abby BREWER | May 19, 2016 | Secondary English
Grade 10s had a bit of any easy week this week with no IGCSE exams scheduled besides Arabic, so it seemed only fitting to give them something to work on! To help them revise for their first English Literature exam next week, they created poetry revision videos on...
by Meghan KENNEY | Apr 21, 2016 | Grade 9, Secondary English
Grade 9 English students are developing their arguing skills. This is not to say that they are fighting in class, but rather that they are learning the elements of an argument, of taking a position and defending it. We’ve investigated into the very current topic...
by Abby BREWER | Apr 14, 2016 | Secondary English
This week the Grade 12 English A class finished up The Crucible by taking all the “big ideas” from the play and mapping them out in a very interconnected graphic organizer! It was great to see them synthesizing and categorizing all of the information...
by Abby BREWER | Mar 24, 2016 | Secondary English
To help grasp the difference between reading a play and performing a play, the 10th graders took a turn showing off their theatrical skills this week. They worked through Henry’s famous “St. Crispin’s Day” speech, just before the battle of...
