Biddle's Bits and Bytes: Henrico High School IB Program > 2010

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Posted by Mrs. Biddle in Program News for Parents
at 2:29 pm on Tuesday, 14 December 2010

On Thursday, December 16^th, the students in Galloway’s 10^th grade MYP English class will have a Night of Night. Galloway encouraged their parents to read the novel Night along with them and come to the evening discussion of the theme of tolerance. Students are bringing food from their cultures and sharing some of their group projects with their parents. Moreover, Simon P. Sibelman, PhD., a Wiesel scholar with one scholarly book and a dozen articles published about Elie Wiesel and his literary opus, is the guest speaker for the night. The evening will conclude with a mini-Socratic seminar where some of the novel’s themes will be explored. This event will be held in the Henrico High School Library from 5-7 p.m.

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December Seminar Work for Jrs. and Srs.

Posted by Mrs. Biddle in Seminar Topics
at 2:56 pm on Monday, 6 December 2010

Juniors will be watching the 1994 NOVA documentary “Secrets of the Wild Child,” concerning the 13 year old girl, Genie, who was discovered, locked in a room her entire life, and with no language skills. Psychologists took the rare opportunity to study a child who had been deprived of language to ascertain whether there is actually a “critical period” for language acquisition. The worksheet, due before break to TOK teachers, is here : IB Junior Seminar_secret of the wild child

Seniors will be watching the 2001 award-winning documentary, “Promises.” The worksheet, due to their TOK teacher once the film is completed in January, is here: Promises wksht

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