by Andrew JOHNSON | Sep 8, 2022 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
In the first two weeks of term Grade 9 has revisited the underlying approaches and expectations of MYP. They have started their fist unit which has travel as its topic. Students will be reviewing many different genres of literature related to travel and asking...
by Andrew JOHNSON | Jan 19, 2022 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary English
In English Grade 8 students finished their unit on fitting in by creating a poster. They analysed a character from ‘The Outsiders’ and compared it to their own personality. This term we have started studying newspapers; inquiring about why they exist and the impact...
by Andrew JOHNSON | Dec 2, 2021 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
Students have been continuing their studies of bias and propaganda by reading ‘Animal Farm.’ We have seen how the ideals of the revolution have been twisted to serve the purposes of the pigs. We are investigating how the pigs used propaganda in order to keep...
by Andrew JOHNSON | Nov 10, 2021 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
Grade 9 completed their first unit on Travel by creating their own blogs or vlogs, using the appropriate techniques. They have just started the second unit in which they are investigating bias and propaganda. Students have defined these two words and have...
by Andrew JOHNSON | Oct 20, 2021 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Humanities, Secondary English
In both English and Individuals and Societies we have completed the first units. As a summative task in English, students wrote an essay analysing the techniques and success of an advert. In Individuals and Societies, students worked in small groups to present a...
by Andrew JOHNSON | Oct 14, 2021 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary English
During the last three weeks we have continued our investigation into travel writing. Students looked at examples of travel writing from books, for newspapers and blogs. Then they identified common techniques and differences between the text types. In addition they...
