Happy President's Day!!
Celebrate Black History Month by viewing the bulletin board in the Secondary wing commemorating the accomplishments and contributions of African-Americans to US and World history.
I hope that all students, teachers, and parents where able to enjoy the extra day off and are ready for a fun, but rigorous week of learning!!
The 6th grade class will begin the week studying chapters (1- 5) of their novel, Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. Students have enjoyed reading the novel so far, and discussing the subsequent chapters in their Literature circles. Students will demonstrate how effective those discussions are with a formal test this week covering those chapters. After, students will diagnose other chapters in those circles and journal using prompts.
7th grade students will begin their week taking photos. The next day, we will begin discussing what a persuasive essay is and how it can be used to effect change, not only in their lives, but the lives of their communities and the world at large using examples from the world and the assistance of the Elements of Language textbook. Students will use the week to brainstorm their topics using the CPS method, write their essays using a rubric, the Writing Process, and the 6+1 Traits of Writing.
The 8th grade class will use the week to deepen their learning of vocabulary with a new list of words, journal with and without a writing prompt, create non-linguistic representations of different chapters, and discuss chapters of their novel in Literature circles. Also, students will conduct a one act play to demonstrate comprehension of chapters (6- 10) of their novel, Bad Boy: A Memoir, by Walter Dean Myers.
Let's have a great week of learning! Achieving is Believing!!
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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