The American Section decided to celebrate Thanksgiving this year by thinking about all the things we’re thankful for. Some of the things were simple like being thankful for having a PS4. Some of them were more complex like being thankful for Taekwondo and for having a dad that is always…
Our 6èmes are working on poetry this trimestre. As part of our lesson on haiku, they spent time in the park next to our school using four of their five senses to observe nature. This observation led them to write their own haiku poems about Fall in La Défense. We…
The American Section has spent the week learning about Remembrance Day (UK)/Veterans’ Day (US). We learned about why many people use poppies to commemorate soldiers who died beginning just after WWI. After reading a short text and doing a word search, we analyzed the poem In Flanders Fields by John McCrae…
The International American Section is reading The Giver by Lois Lowry this year. Today, the students made 3D pumpkins to explore what they’ve learned so far. Each pumpkin had one side for the description of a favorite character from the book, another side describing the setting, another for the important plot…
Part of our work on The Giver includes an introduction to character analysis. First, the students worked individually to describe Jonas, the main character. We looked at personality traits and quotes from the book that supported our description. Then, the students worked together to create a word illustration of Jonas,…
Le livret de la SI américaine (2018-2019) est disponible en français et en anglais. Il vous permettra d’en savoir plus sur la section américaine à Courbevoie ainsi que sur le programme et les heures d’instruction.