Teaching & Learning English
(Note: Before the seminar, my classmates and I created holiday advertisements for different locations. My group made one for Hyrule from The Legend of Zelda. Other groups created an ad for Australia featuring kangaroos on a beach, and another created an ad picturing a soccer tournament. ) After this preparation we started analyzing and criticizing … Read more
The seminar on what makes a good blog post was eye-opening for me as someone who enjoys writing but doesn’t always know how to make posts engaging. The presenters Kitty and Vinci explained the difference between a forgettable post and one that grabs attention– it often comes down to a few key elements that work … Read more
Meta Reflection Seminar I and was one of the last Leaders of the Seminars in Grade 8. This one is focused on one of the biggest range of topics. A reflection on the entirety of middle school. Dr Terret suggested that it would be incredibly emotional but that turned out not to be the case … Read more
Just yesterday we did a seminar discussion on our whole MYP journey. Looking back, I’ve been staying in ELL for over 2 years. It’s a bit astonishing to know I’ve stayed in this class for so long, and a bit frightening and sad that this is going to end soon… 😭 ELL has a huge … Read more
In this seminar, we explored different quotes about travel and discussed their meanings. I really enjoyed analyzing these quotes because they made me think about travel in new ways—not just as a fun vacation, but as something deeper that can change how we see the world. There were many controversies around the quote “All roads … Read more
Recently, we had a seminar discussing the travel advertisement we designed. The seminar was divided into two parts: group discussion and class discussion. Both focused on praising or giving constructive suggestions for the advertisements we created based on our travel blogs. I was impressed by how critical and engaging the participants were in providing amazing … Read more
Recently, Kitty and I led a seminar discussing “What Makes a Good Blog Post.” The main part of this seminar was the voting part. We had participants vote for their preferred type of content, title, and picture for a blog about “Traveling to Century Park.” It was super fun to see people engage in intense … Read more
We did the group seminar of quotes sharing on Wednesday last week, this is a completely new way of seminar-ing came up by Dr.Terret. We need to choose four leaders, with each leader managing a group. I volunteered to be a leader, because I found it interesting, and felt happy to try it as my … Read more
Recently, we had two seminars on the topic of travel, both of them very interesting. The first seminar was a class seminar, meaning the entire class discussed together. The main topics we explored that day were: 1) the definition of travel, and 2) the purpose of travel. Both of these abstract and vague topics were … Read more
Seminar reflection™ is now officially trademarked by me🙃 Whenever you use it, you’ll have to give me a like 👍 This was a new approach to seminar discussions that Dr Terrett had never introduced before, and compared to the original way of hosting a seminar, there were both many benefits and drawbacks to this new … Read more
On May 6th, Serena and I led a seminar discussion about travel. (I had no idea I was going to be a host in my ELL academic career… thanks Serena. 😭) Even though I did not speak as much as others (especially my partner, whose level of engagement is astonishing), I contributed to this seminar … Read more
Anyways. I belong in the middly group(Ian’s group.) I was responsible for the voiceover of Antonio and Alonso. Pros: My part for Alonso was really good(Actually nailed it) I was responsible for acquiring the flashlight and the images at the flashback scene. Readjusting the Harpy when its butt was facing the camera during the performance … Read more