7th English: We finished our first vocabulary unit which included several writing prompts and other vocabulary activities. The students did a great job with this unit and its 40 words! The culminating test showed how much they learned and understood the Greek and Latin roots and the English words. We are now in the middle of a literature unit, reading and discussing the dystopian fiction novel, The Giver. This unit includes various writing assignments, quizzes on reading comprehension, a final test, and a creative project at the end of the unit. The best part of the unit is the Christian Worldview application and deep discussions that we will have and are already having. Students need to keep up with the reading in order to be engaged and involved in class throughout the next two weeks.
8th English: We completed our first vocabulary unit from our Classic Vocabulary from Greek and Latin Roots curriculum. This unit included several writing prompts and other vocabulary activities. Due to the challenging nature of our vocabulary curriculum, students were permitted to use their books for a portion of the unit test. This "crutch" will be removed in the third quarter. Currently, we are in the midst of a grammar unit, reviewing sentence types, parts of speech, and classifications. We are also about to begin our Holocaust/WWII literature unit that includes the novel, The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom. I am looking forward to reading this masterpiece with my students! It is a beautiful, historical non-fiction story of forgiveness, God's faithfulness, and our call to be witnesses. We will also be reading poetry written by concentration camp sufferers and watching the Italian film, Life is Beautiful. Students will be writing MLA research papers on an assigned topic that coincides with our unit. This unit also provides excellent preparation for our trip to The Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC.
8th Bible: There are six units in our Bible curriculum, and we are in the first unit which is an overview of the New Testament. Our current memory passage is Acts 1:8, ESV. In class we have worked on a Bible Timeline Group Project, highlighting the main events from Scripture. While some of our students are very knowledgable when it comes to God's Word, some will need to put forth a bit more effort to understand, which would include taking extra notes and asking questions on unfamiliar topics. It's an honor to discuss The Word of God with these wonderful image bearers. Please continue to keep us in prayer as we grow in our walks with Christ together.
REMINDER: All students have been given planners / assignment notebooks. Please help your student to keep track of assignments by checking planners. Homework is written on the assignment board in each teacher's room. See example below:
Love in Jesus,
Mrs. Katie Agate
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