Hello everyone, 

Welcome to the latest edition of our InThinking MYP English Language & Literature Newsletter!

Over the past few months, we've turned our vision of providing a comprehensive, content-rich platform for MYP Language & Literature educators into a tangible reality. The journey has been thrilling as we've welcomed new subscribers from across the globe. As of now, we're proud to be the chosen resource for over 570 Language & Literature teachers from more than 375 schools worldwide. Each day, we celebrate as another country and school join our ever-growing subscriber list.

What's New on the Website?

A Growing Library of Reading Resources!

Assisting your students in their reading journey has never been easier! We've developed an extensive collection of reading tools tailored just for them. Our offerings include curated reading lists for every age group, diverse collections from world literature, a comprehensive guide for exploring 'I am Malala,' and a handy reading log for download. Enhance your students' reading experience today with our resources.

Reading Log to Go

There are many benefits to your students using a reading log to record the books they read and their reflections and thoughts about these texts. Below is a reading log to download for your students to...

Year 1-2 Reading List

The beginning of middle school is a great time to instil a love of reading in young learners and help them develop their vocabulary, concentration skills, and ability to understand the world through new...

Year 3-4 Reading List

Years 3-4 of middle school are a great time to foster a love of reading in teenagers that will help them develop their vocabulary, concentration skills, and ability to understand the world through new...

Year 5 Reading List

Year 5 is the final year of the MYP and an important time to begin to prepare students for the forthcoming diploma programme. Here are ten examples of age and reading-level appropriate novels, two memoirs,...

World Literature Reading List - Africa

This is the first of a series of World Literature reading lists. This list focuses on texts written by authors from eleven African countries, and it includes novels, a graphic novel, memoirs, works of...

World Literature Reading List - Middle East

This is the third of a series of World Literature reading lists. This list focuses on texts written by authors from ten Middle Eastern countries including novels, graphic novels, memoirs, and suggestions...

World Literature Reading List - Oceania

This is the second in a series of World Literature reading lists. This list focuses on texts written by authors from Oceania and it includes selected novels, two memoirs and a graphic novel.

Reading Text to Go: I am Malala

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Malala is known for human rights advocacy, especially educating women and children. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement.

Poetry to Go: "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden

"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden is a poignant poem that explores the often underappreciated sacrifices and expressions of love made by parents, particularly the poet's father. The poem describes...

Presentations introducing visual literacy and poetic and rhetoric techniques

We've been continuously expanding our resource collection in response to your valuable feedback. We now offer a set of presentations aimed at helping you introduce your students to poetic and rhetorical techniques, and we've also added a comprehensive presentation for teaching visual literacy. Our new offerings include an extensive presentation covering various topics, from analyzing cartoons, graphic texts, and images like magazine covers, photos, and paintings, to understanding advertisements and film analysis. Your suggestions fuel our progress and inspire our resource development.

Each presentation includes definitions, examples and classroom activities in which your students practice using the techniques. Explore the presentations below:

Visual Literacy

This presentation is an introduction to four key areas of visual literacy: analysing cartoons, graphic text, images including magazine covers, photos, advertisements and works of art.

Poetic Devices: Anaphora, Repetition, Onomatopoeia Resource

This presentation begins with a definition of anaphora, internal and end repetition and onomatopoeia with examples of the use of each device. There are activities in which students practice identifying...

Poetic Devices: Similes and Metaphors

The presentation begins with a definition of simile and metaphor with examples to illustrate each device. There are activities in which students practice identifying similes and metaphors in a selection...

Rhetorical Devices: logos, pathos, ethos, anaphora, hyperbole, irony 

The presentation begins with a definition of rhetorical devices and a short film that explains the history of rhetorical devices. Types of rhetorical devices including logos, pathos and ethos with examples...

Do your students have access to the website yet?

A few schools have already signed up for student site access. One of the valuable aspects of the website is the possibility for teachers to create class groups and student assignments within the website environment. Teachers can assign pages for students to study and formative quizzes and summative assessment tasks for completion on the website. These features simplify the teaching and learning process, including setting and marking student assessments, recording student achievement and providing feedback.

In the short video below, I explain how to set up classes for your students:

Setting up student access

Which units have you explored so far?

Unlock a world of unlimited resources with your website subscription. Here's a sneak peek into some of our 'ready-to-teach' units available at your fingertips on our platform.

Magical Realism

Magical realism is a genre of literature that depicts the real world as having an undercurrent of magic or fantasy. It is one of the most unique literary movements of the last century. While most commonly...

#Activism and Protest

In recent years, young people have spoken out to address the problems our world faces today. Their voices are both unique, powerful and passionate.

Speeches of our Time

Words are powerful and put in the hands of skilful orators, they can inspire, heal and change our world. Reading, watching and studying the rhetorical techniques speakers use to build and support their...

Nature Poetry

Exploring poems about the natural world from different times and places presents our students with many opportunities to develop their appreciation and love for the artistry of using words to create images...

Poetry of Witness

Poetry of Witness describes painful writings by those who endured war, imprisonment, exile, repression, and human rights violations. Poetry of witness focuses on human anguish rather than national pride....

We treasure your input! 

A heartfelt thank you to everyone for the uplifting comments we've received in recent weeks. Your suggestions and feedback aren't just appreciated; they are crucial for our website's evolution and growth.

We welcome your thoughts, queries, resource recommendations, or suggestions at any time. Please feel free to leave your comments in the box at the bottom of each page - we aim to respond within a day.

Stay in the Loop with New Resources!

Our  InThinking MYP Language & Literature website continuously expands, with fresh resources currently under development. We warmly invite you to follow our social media pages below and visit our website regularly to discover and utilize the new resources as they roll out.

I want to thank everyone for the many positive comments received over the last few weeks. Your feedback and recommendations are valuable and vital to the website's growth.

If you have questions, comments, resources and/or suggestions you would like to share with me, I would love to hear from you! There's a comments box at the bottom of every page on the website and we aim to respond within 24 hours.

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Warm wishes to you,

Kate Beatty