Here's a glimpse of middle school happenings in the classroom...
7th
Bible: Our current unit is on prayer. The students will be keeping
prayer journals (starting on Monday), and we are learning the various
prayers of our Biblical role models to explore what God's word says
about prayer. The students just memorized a scripture passage of their
own choosing according to the topic of prayer.
7th English: Our current unit is on folk tales and legends as we explore literature from other cultures.
The students will also be listening to several speeches along with
writing and executing their own persuasive speech. For grammar, we
continue to classify sentences as we become confident with parts of
speech and their various roles in a sentence. Writing and vocabulary are always on the agenda, and we only have ONE lesson left in our vocabulary books! Way to go, guys!
8th
Bible: We continue in our study of church history as we learn about
Roman Catholicism and the rise of Islam. The students just memorized
various Bible verses that have the phrase "one another" in them since we
are studying the importance of unity and community within the body of
Christ.
8th English: Our poetry unit is underway,
and students are currently reading, analyzing, and writing various forms
of poetry as well as learning about a variety of poets. Soon (the end
of March) we will begin reading the classic novel,
Lord of the Flies.
The students will also be writing PSA's (public service announcements)
and creating multimedia presentations. Grammar lessons continue through
the venues of proofreading, editing, and classifying sentences. In
vocabulary, we only have one lesson left, and then we will begin an
analogies unit that encompasses vocab as well.
Keep pushing, kids!
Love,
Mrs. A
