7th Grade Rocks!

The 7th Graders were so terrific today as they presented personalized short stories, which they created, to the adorable kindergarteners. We had a wonderful morning with the little sweeties, and I'm thankful for these awesome students and all their hard work.

I am also especially proud of the 7th grade for earning the title of the 2014 Bible Bowl Champions! Their team was represented by three amazing Biblical scholars: Zach Gould, Jacob Riviere, and Aristotle Theofilis! :)

Don't Forget! :)

A few reminders....

*7th English: Your complete children's books are due tomorrow (Tuesday)!  Some of you have already turned in your books, and they are so wonderful!  I'm really proud.  I will grade your final copies before Friday, and on Friday morning we will go down to Kindergarten and present our books to the sweeties.  We will also bring them donuts.  :)  Look forward to a fun and adorable celebration.

*8th English: The grading of your first drafts of your research paper is going wonderfully well!  I will give them all back to you tomorrow (Tuesday) so that you can make the necessary corrections and additions before you turn in your FINAL copy to turnitin.com by Monday, June 2nd.

*Bible classes: The Annual Bible Bowl is this Wednesday during 8th period in the auditorium!  Congratulations to our competitors!
6th grade: Dean Merritt, Zechary Wu, and Jillian Thomas
7th grade: Jacob Riviere, Aristotle Theofilis, and Zachary Gould (Sarah Handley is the alternate)
8th grade: Waverly VerHill, Lizzie Handley, and Nathan Molicki (Ashton Crawley is the alternate)

*Middle School Awards Ceremony is Thursday during 1st period in the auditorium.

I hope everyone is enjoying his/her long weekend! :)
Let's make the last SIX AND A HALF days of school count! :)
-Mrs. A

The Final Push!

We're almost done! There are 17 school days until summer vacation!  We are still going strong in English and Bible.  Here is a very brief look at what is up in our classroom...

7th English: *Short Story Writing  *Reading the novel Breaking Through *Last Vocabulary Unit

8th English: *Grammar Concepts Total Review  *MLA Paper Writing   *Analogies Unit 5

7th Bible: *Unit 8- THE LAST UNIT in the text!  We will finish the entire curriculum with time to spare!  I'm looking forward to some topical studies in the last two weeks. :)

8th Bible: *Unit 6- Churches Today and Cults; Standing Firm in our Faith

**NOTE: Due to the snow days and new (more time-consuming) grammar curriculum this year, I did not get to one project that I had in store for the 8th grade.  Some of the students were really looking forward to this assignment which is to create a PSA (Public Service Announcement).  The requirements and rubric are already set, and I am allowing students who would still like to participate in this assignment to go ahead and complete it.  I am not making it EXTRA credit, rather, the students who wish to accomplish this task will have an additional grade in PowerSchool.  If a student does not do this assignment, it will show an "exempt" in PowerSchool, and it will not injure their grade.  

**NOTE: For 7th grade, I am sad to say that had to sacrifice my speech writing and presenting project this year due to snow days and such.  I will be implementing this in the 8th grade curriculum, however.  Public speaking is an important skill, and though we have improved our speaking abilities this year, we are not yet masters.  Just wait! :)