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Highlights from the Seniors’ Blogs
Here are some exemplary blogs from Trimester 1 of the IB Higher Level year two class. Happy reading! Jordynn Lurie created a truly wonderful music video that combined many of the contradictions and equivocations that the witches use Macbeth. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, English teaching, literature, Macbeth
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My Senior Speech
Welcome, Seniors, to your last English lecture, which will be the first in a long series of lasts. Welcome to exam limbo, a three week purgatorial drift. You will drift into school for exams, drift out for lunch. You’ll study … Continue reading
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Tagged English, English teaching, Graduation, Senior Speech, teaching
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Sharing the Joy of Reading
Our English department always required some summer reading. …and historically, nobody did it. …Well, OK. Some students did it. Some LOVED it! and many, many more didn’t bother. Then we got really good: we required students to ANNOTATE the summer … Continue reading
A Year in the Life of an English Class 