by Geetika MEKHALA | Nov 14, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
What shapes our identity? How do context and points of view influence and change our identity? These are some inquiry questions we are exploring as we read our novel ‘Night’, a memoir of a holocaust survivor. After having read the first chapter, and in...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Nov 7, 2019 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary English
Having successfully completed their IOCs last week, grade 12 DP English class worked on reviewing Paper 1 skills this week. Additionally, they have been researching contextual information for their next literary work – ‘Persepolis’. I look forward to...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Oct 30, 2019 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary English
The grade 12 English class hit the ground running after the week long break. They survived a grueling assessment, Individual Oral Commentary, which tests their ability to think on their feet and express themselves orally by analyzing a pre-studied text. Well done,...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Oct 17, 2019 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English
In the past couple of weeks, our grades 7 and 8 language acquisition students have learned to use similes and adjectives to ‘show’ rather than ‘tell’ something. This culminated in a descriptive writing assessment to finish off our unit on...
by Sean HOWES | Oct 13, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English, The Grades
Grade 9 have been enraptured by the dramatic twists and turns of Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons,’ but all good things come to an end. Having reached a powerful conclusion, the class is now working on the summative assessment task which turns on...
by Sean HOWES | Oct 8, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
Grade 9 have been enraptured by the dramatic twists and turns of Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons,’ but all good things come to an end. Having reached a powerful conclusion, the class is now working on the summative assessment task which turns on...
