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...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Oct 3, 2019 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary English
Grade 11 class continues to explore the unit on readers, writers, and texts. We studied and analyzed advertisements on ‘blood diamonds’. Then, we chose different text types on the topic of blood diamonds and explored how each text type has specific...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Sep 26, 2019 | IGCSE, Secondary English
As we continue with our study of Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’, the effects of mass hysteria under theocracy is becoming apparent. What can we do if we lived in a society driven by power, not reason? What can we do in a society where justice is...
