by Melodee PETERS | Oct 10, 2024 | Community and Service, Front Page, Grade 2, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English
This term grade 7 students in MYP Language and Literature have analysed myths from a variety of cultures. Then they had to apply their understanding of the conventions of myths by writing their own original myths for grade 2 students. By engaging in this learning, the...
by Melodee PETERS | Sep 25, 2024 | Front Page, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English
This week the grade 8 students had an opportunity to decide what they want to study for our second unit. They could choose from 4 options: 1. Poetry and Song; 2 Novel Study “The Outsiders”; 3 Gothic, Mystery, or Personal Short Stories; and 4 A Comparative...
by Melodee PETERS | Sep 19, 2024 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English
This week in English, Grade 8 students completed their first unit with a summative in which they analysed their choice of print advertisement. Grade 9 students completed the first part of their unit on “Travel Writing” by analysing a travel/tourism...
by Melodee PETERS | Sep 4, 2024 | Front Page, Grade 9, Secondary English, The Grades
Grade 9 students started their first week by creating introductory posters about themselves for me to get to know them. They also identified the ways in which they learn best. . They then dove into their first MYP unit for the year which will be assessed...
by Melodee PETERS | Sep 4, 2024 | Front Page, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English, The Grades
Grade 8s have been honing their analytical skills by studying various print advertisements. As a class they memorised the 8 conventions of adverts and then went through a guided process of analysing one ad together. After that, they took on the challenge of choosing...
by Melodee PETERS | Aug 28, 2024 | Front Page, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English, The Grades
Grade 9 students started this week by creating introductory posters about themselves for me to get to know them. They also identified the ways in which they learn best. They then dove into their first MYP unit for the year which will be assessed on Year 5 criteria....
