This month is a FUN month in literature!! 7th graders will be diving into Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”, while 8th graders will be studying Poe’s “The Raven.”
This is one of our favorite units of the year – but Oh MAN, is there a lot of new vocabulary!! Just in case you missed it, here are the vocabulary notes:
TTH Vocab
Happy reading!!
~Mrs. S.
Students have been bored to tears this week with policies, procedures and expectations!! I’m sorry, but if I didn’t think it was so important to the success of our year, I certainly wouldn’t do it!!
We are finally beginning to learn about Gardner’s Theory on Multiple Intelligences. Interesting stuff. If you don’t know about it, you can find loads of info – just Google “Multiple Intelligence.” In a nutshell, Gardner, [and Mrs. S.] believes that each person has innate interests that corrolate to a high level of intelligence in one of 8 areas. Students took a survey in class today and by tomorrow, all of the students will know where their strengths lie and some great learning strategies tailored to their particular strength.
Next week, 7th grade will begin the book, Freak the Mighty. Awesome!! This is one of my 5 favorite books of all time!! AND, Freak is only $1 in this month’s scholastic magazine! Tres cool! The 8th grade has already asked if we can do the play this year….! Looks like that will probably be on the horizon for 8th graders in the spring!
Have a great week!
Mrs. S.
Students will begin a new unit by the end of this week. They have just begun to read “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed” by Ray Bradbury. We will begin learning centers next week!
We are currently reading “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.” Students will begin learning centers on Friday, April 1 (no joke!) Students will design a poster in the writing center. They will read a Civil War Journal (primary source document) in the reading center, work on new vocabulary in that center, and…..in the Tech Center, students will begin to work in Study Island!!
~Mrs. S.
Students in 7th grade have been studying Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale of insanity, The Tell-Tale Heart. Here are some related videos that we have watched in class!
Animated Tell Tale Heart on You Tube
Skippy summarizes Tell Tale Heart in 37 seconds!
This is a fun unit! Keep up the good work!
Mrs. S.
Our first ever MAP party was a fantastic success!! Check out the following link for the article and pictures!
Welcome back to all my students! I am so happy to see all my 8th grade students again this year, and am excited to get to know all of my new 7th graders! I hope you had a great first week of classes. This year promises to be exciting – there’s never a dull moment at school! Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or problems. If you have already done so, I hope that I have solved any problems you experienced in the first week of school.
Here’s to an excellent 2010/2011!!
Mrs. S.
Wow. What can I say? My students absolutely rock. After three long weeks of 6:30 play practice, hour after hour of redo’s and pulling it together, it finally paid off.
I was completely surprised by your gift of flowers! You are so sweet….and you’ll be missed. I couldn’t really talk at that time, so I didn’t get to say the things I wanted to say after the play – so – I’ll say it here.
First, I have to thank all of the students who worked so hard behind the scenes to make this play happen. You know that it shows how much we had it together! Each of the 3 hours of 8th grade C.A. did their own part to collect props and costumes. The projection show was also made up of three parts done by the three different hours. It all came together in the end! Great job. Courtney B. was running the projector backstage – Great Job!!
Additionally, Mirandah A. is responsible for the cover art on the program. Several students drew cover art, then each of the classes voted. The final program was also put together by all three classes.
Bailey C. and Mirandah A. did an excellent job as stage managers – they coordinated costumes and props backstage.
I also want to thank Alyssa’s mom for letting us borrow hospital scrubs, Mirandah’s mom for letting us borrow hospital sheets, and Taylor’s mom for bringing in the bed!
The end of every school year is bittersweet for a teacher. This year is even more so…There’s just something about a play that brings everyone together as a family. Whether it’s the long hours, or the flaring tempers, or how we support each other in the end, it is that – a family.
So many people have told me how much they are impressed with you. I’m impressed with you too.
In the words of Guillome Appollinaire, “‘Come to the edge,’ he said. They said, ‘But we are afraid.’ ‘Come to the edge,’ he said. They came. He pushed them, and they flew.”
Have a great summer, 8th grade. Good luck in high school.
~Mrs. S.
Thank you students and parents! Play practice has been more of a success than I had anticipated! Things are really coming together nicely. The students are doing a great job of memorizing their lines! I just know that this will be the greatest 8th grade play EVER!!! **smile**
Here’s the rest of the schedule:
Tues. 7th hour (cast only)
Wed 6:30-7:30am
Wed 7th hour (cast only)
Thurs 6:30-7:30am
Thurs 7th hour (cast only)
Friday 9:15 Performance!!!
Have a great week!!
Mrs. S.
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