Visite de l’expo Hip Hip 360 à la Philharmonie de Paris

Cet hiver, les élèves de la SI arabe (4ème) et de la SI américaine (4ème et 3ème) sont allés visiter l’expo Hip Hip 360 à la Philharmonie de Paris pour mieux comprendre l’histoire de ce genre de musique. La visite faisait partie d’un projet commun sur le rap bilingue en…

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Open House 2022

This Saturday, the American International Section was buzzing with prospective parents and students during our school’s Open House. American Section parents sold cookies, brownies, and cakes while students helped present their work in our classroom. In case you missed it, here is a PDF of the slides presentation we shared…

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

This Monday is Valentine’s Day. In France, it’s a day for couples and romance, but in the United States and other English-speaking countries, it’s a holiday for everyone. When students are in elementary school, they give cards or candy to each of their classmates. Instead of only romantic love, all…

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Happy Thanksgiving!

This year to celebrate Thanksgiving, the American International Section decided to share the tradition of giving thanks with the whole school. Students prepared a short explanation of the history of the holiday and then explained that many Americans choose to go around the table and share what they are thankful…

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The Tempest: Caliban

The 6ème and 5ème in the American Section are just wrapping up their work on The Tempest. They have not only discovered aspects of Elizabethan England and William Shakespeare but have also learned that Shakespeare’s plays can be accessible at any age. One of our major projects revolved around the character…

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Shakespeare’s Globe

Here at Les Renardières, our 6ème and 5ème have been learning more about William Shakespeare in preparation for their study of The Tempest. As an introduction, they learned about the legendary Globe Theatre where Shakespeare’s plays were often performed during his lifetime. In groups, students made paper models of the playhouse…

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Six Word Memoirs

One of the activities the American International Section did this year was linked to our unit on memoirs. In order to understand what a memoir is in the English-speaking world, we explored memoirs in six words. The concept of trying to tell a story using the absolute minimum of words…

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