Greetings, Grammarland!
It's been a rainy Friday the 13th, but there's no denying that Christmas is coming soon!
Next Friday is a half day. My middle schoolers will be making Christmas cards for the people who will have their Christmas meal at the Bread Basket. They'll party a little that day, too.
Next week my 8th graders will explore Christmas short stories by Hans Christian Andersen, O. Henry, and Leo Tolstoy. We learned how to cite internet resources in MLA format this week. It's a whole lot easier now than it was when I was in college!
My 7th graders will finish A Christmas Carol. (And they'll watch it, too!) Chains are a prominent theme in this book, so we wrote about how we, as Christians, can get rid of our chains. We also made a chain with links of good things (ways we can be Jesus' hands and feet). It's quite sweet, as it should be.
My 6th graders have just begun our adventure with Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, so we will hang out with him next week. They are learning "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", and they are doing an excellent job. Two years ago it snowed before this poem was due, so I offered my students extra credit if their parents filmed them reciting the poem in the snow. My current 6th graders are hoping they will get the same opportunity!
Next Thursday: Secret St. Nicholas Gifts are due for my homeroom class. $10 maximum.
SUPER IMPORTANT: The Lee Christian food drive ends on Tuesday! Please send non-perishable food to help the people of our community.
Here's a beautiful word for your weekend:
1: the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
Have a blessed weekend.
Mrs. Desjarlais
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