by Geetika MEKHALA | Sep 24, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
After weeks of researching background/contextual information, presenting to classmates and learning some drama related literary terms, this week we started reading the play. It definitely is an interesting experience to read our separate parts from each of our homes...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Sep 17, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Secondary English
What are the consequences of war? How far have women progressed in their fight for equality with men? What role does politics play in religion? To what extent does religion shape an individual? These are some interesting discussions that grade 12 DP English students...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Sep 10, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
Prior to starting our drama, “All My Sons” by Arthur Miller, grade 9 students spent the week researching some contextual information. For this, we focused on sprucing up our ATL skill of research and presentation. We reviewed how to choose appropriate...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Sep 3, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English
What an exciting week it has been! After weeks of preparation it was nice to finally see our students and interact with them face to face. In MYP English classes we are still focused on learning how to send formal emails to our teachers. Also, we played vocabulary...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Aug 27, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English
How did I spend my summer, you ask? I have been reading books, watching movies, watching controversial news and debates, watching interesting advertisements, traveling in Oman and taking pictures. And guess what? All of those were part of preparing for the new...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Jan 23, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
We jumped into an exciting new unit: “Men vs. Women – is one gender better than the other?”. As one can imagine, this topic elicited passionate discussions. We started by discussing what feminism is and what it isn’t. I was impressed with their...
