Language A update from Ms Johnson:
10/4/2012
Students will be creating their own English A class blogs at http://kidblog.org/
Ms. Johnson will be giving them instructions on how to do this.
Please feel free to visit the blog anytime.
Only students will be allowed to comment on the blog itself.
______________________________________
Update from Miss Johnson 9/25/2012
Students are reading stories and poems about the following questions:
1. Why is it important to think about the future?
2. What is our responsibility to the future?
3. How do authors make sense of the future?
4. What are the responsibilities and consequences of creation?
5. Why did God create us with the need/desire to be creative?
Here is a link to Sara Teasdale's poem, "There Will Come Soft Rains"
http://vimeo.com/498528
1. Why is it important to think about the future?
2. What is our responsibility to the future?
3. How do authors make sense of the future?
4. What are the responsibilities and consequences of creation?
5. Why did God create us with the need/desire to be creative?
Here is a link to Sara Teasdale's poem, "There Will Come Soft Rains"
http://vimeo.com/498528
_______________________________________
Update from Mrs Kask 5/6/2012
In English class the students worked in
groups to create a
Choose Your Own Adventure Story,
working together to write
the beginning, and everyone writing an individual conclusion. The following
stories are taken from the beginning of the final project.
Irene, Chris, and Daniel’s story
A long long time ago in the land of Kronotia,
there were two religions who fought over each other, Molbasm and the nunkarasm.
Molbasm worshiped justice, but Nunkarasm worshiped the devil. Krontia’s King,
Andrew was a leader from a Molbasm so the Nunkarasm didn’t want Andrew as a
king. They always thought everything was unfair. As time passed the
relationship between the two religions got worse. Then on the same day, the son
of Molbasm and the Nunkarasm were born. Chris the son of Molbasm’s Count and
Daniel the son of Nunkarasm’s Count.
As Chris and Daniel grew up, they were told
not to show or tell the others which religions they are part of, unless it’s a
person they know very well. Chris and Daniel met together and grew up as good
friends without knowing which religions they were.
On Chris and Daniel’s 17th
birthday they had entered the palace to take their fathers’ places and become
the Count of each religions, they found out they were mortal enemies. From that
day on, they swore that they will never meet as friends but enemies, forsaking
their friendship for their family.
Harold, Jaehyun, Josh, Mary
…One pleasant day outside
the city, in the pastures, a villain never caught or seen, called Julia, but
known to do a lot of evil things, stole the Sacred Fluffiest Unicorn. When the
people of the city found out about the stolen unicorn, they freaked out. They
also found out that the sacred ancient unicorn horn of the very first unicorn
was stolen too.The policemen, Forces that Care for the Unicorns, or FCFU teams,
and all the forces went as a search party to search for the Fluffy Unicorn and
the Ancient Unicorn Horn. The town was in such a chaos that Bob couldn’t help
but wonder what was going on. She couldn’t stand the commotion so she went
straight to Tom Brousman’s home. When she found out about this catastrophe,
she, right then and there, decided that she will look for both of the stolen
objects. …
_____________________________________________________________
Update from Mrs Kask 10/31/2011
The 7th graders are learning about poetry.
This is an activity where they created a newscast to demonstrate
their knowledge of onomatopoeia.
______________________________________ UPDATED PICTURES 3/1
Poetry Update... By Mrs Radar. 2/24/2011
In English, the students have been exploring the wonderful world of poetry! As part of an ongoing assignment, students are designing their very own poetry portfolio made up of a variety of poems they have written themselves. They have not only written original poems, but they have also designed illustrations to accompany these poems. Here is a sneak peak at some of the work they have completed so far!
_________________________________
Y1 ENGLISH A - MASQUERADE! By Mrs Hannah Radar
In English Y1, students celebrated the study of short stories by participating in a class masquerade.
Students designed and created masks that, on one side, characterized a main character from one of the five short stories read in class, and on the other side, characterized themselves.
Students looked at 'characterization' and their 'identity' by asking themselves the unit question: What can I learn about myself by studying the lives of others?
