by Meghan KENNEY | Sep 3, 2015 | Grade 9, Secondary English
Our 9th graders are ready to start their journey into IGCSE English language and literature. They are ready for the challenge, if perhaps a little nervous. We have started our literary journeys by going “Blackberry Picking,” reading the poem by Seamus...
by Leo THOMPSON | Jun 18, 2015 | Grade 7, Grade 8, Secondary English
To finish a great year off we worked on some poetry skills together. The results were amazing! A privilege working with these students this year. Have a well deserved break and see you all next year. Good luck in your next step in life Kalea and Ellie; you will be...
by Leo THOMPSON | May 28, 2015 | Grade 7, Secondary English
The students have been preparing for this task for a few weeks. We have been looking at the play Romeo and Juliet and discussing the fight scene as an introduction to this genre. The have taken all this onboard and participated fully to develop some great scenes and I...
by Leo THOMPSON | May 12, 2015 | Grade 7, Grade 8, Secondary English
The grades 7 and 8 have been studying an introduction to the works of Shakespeare, in particular the play Romeo and Juliet. We have also looked at the skills of visual text...
by Leo THOMPSON | May 7, 2015 | Grade 7, Secondary English
We have begun an introductory unit to Shakespeare. Today we had a lot of fun with the students using visual text to represent their interpretation of a few of the lines. More fun to be had next week with this!
by Leo THOMPSON | Apr 30, 2015 | Grade 8, Secondary English
Grade 8 are finishing off the year with a study of Shakespeare. They have been getting a taste of his language and they are now studying the fight scene from Romeo and Juliet. They have been looking at using visual texts to develop meaning and had some fun doing...
