Reminders for Students!

Dear students,

Some of you have been forgetting your planners at home and losing track of important events.  Here is a list of items for my classes that you should be keeping track of.  Some are due dates, and some are dates that include finishing goals.

7th Bible:
*May 19th: Written Testimony Due
*June 3rd: Bible Final Exam

7th English:
*May 20th: Finish Novel
*May 25th: Finish Literary Critique in MLA Format
*May 31st: Finish artisitic component of project
*June 1st: Novel Presentations are Due (paper, project, speech)
*June 7th: English Final Exam

8th Bible:
*June 6th: Bible Final Exam

8th English:
*May 18th: Vocabulary Test
*May 27th: Written Speech Due in MLA Format
*June 1st: Oratory Presentation
*June 8th: Final English Exam

Events:
*May 17th: Choir Concert, 7PM
*May 20th: Kennywood Day!
*May 24th: Middle School Awards Banquet, 8:30AM
*May 24th: Band Concert, 7PM
*May 27th: 8th Grade Lock-In, 7:30PM- Saturday, 7:30AM
*June 2nd: Middle School Field Trip to Games N' At
*June 8th: Half-day / Last day of school!

I'm praying that all will finish STRONG as this year comes to a close!

Love,
Mrs. Agate

It was a wonderful celebration!

The seventh graders were able to bless the kindergarteners with donuts, juice boxes, and their story books today!  The students did a great job working with these little ones.

Not only did the middle schoolers create stories complete with characters, descriptive settings, rising action, conflict, falling action, resolution, and more, they also showed the love of Jesus to the sweet kindergarteners through their patience, gentleness, and thoughtfulness.

The laminated cover and "about the author" page were extra special touches!

The seventh graders loved their thank you notes from the kindergarteners!

The Home Stretch! :)

Can you believe that it is May already?  I find myself reviewing all the things my students have learned this year, anticipating the materials we have yet to cover, and looking for areas where they can use some extra reinforcement!  This next month of school is going to fly by!

Here is what is on the agenda in my classes as we close out the year:

English 7: 
*Booksellers Day!  The students will be reading one more novel of their choosing (approved by me).  They will have to "sell" their novel to their classmates in an exciting book report.  They will also be writing critiques on the novels.
*The last grammar unit!  We have one more unit in grammar to cover, and it is a review of all we learned this year.
*The last vocabulary unit!  We have one more vocabulary unit left!

English 8:
*Persuasive Logic Speeches!  Students will be writing speeches in support of or against a provided topic.  Students will not be able to use any of the fallacies they learned in logic to convince the audience (along with Mr. Jensema and myself) to agree with their speech.
*Last writing unit: firming the foundation!
*We will be covering two more vocabulary units!
*Grammar overview!  We will be reviewing all we have learning in grammar to prepare for high school.


Bible 7:
*One unit left on Biblical Literary Forms in God's word!

Bible 8:
*We just finished our last unit!
*The students will present their church reports next week.
*Now we will be doing a Bible study together to complete our middle school years and spiritually prepare for what God has in store for these upcoming high schoolers!

Please enjoy this photo of an impromptu Bible skit showing how the Jewish sect, the Zealots, reacted to the pressures of Hellenism in Ancient Greece.  (Maybe you had to be there...)

A citizen of Greece (Annika) in 230BC takes cover as the Jewish Zealots (Lucie, Haley, and Mekka) revolt against her Hellenistic pressures!