Hey, hey, awesome middle school English!
What a wonderful week! Look at all we're learning:
My sixth graders made friends with appositives, even turning them into Narnia-themed sentences.
My eighth graders had fun with count and non-count nouns, and so many vocabulary words became part of their lexicons.
We all learned the life and times of Mr. C.S. Lewis. Sixth graders are in the snowy times of Narnia, which is much preferable to the Narnia my eighth graders occupy (no Aslan; evil things abounding).
Cornell notes! We have moved to a school-wide system of taking notes, which will benefit your children from middle school all the way into college. They're doing great!
My eighth graders have started listening to a podcast called Six Minutes. It's great to hear them talking about what happens in the story, but what's even more amazing is hearing the higher level thinking questions they ask after listening. For a fun treat, ask your 8th grade to perform the theme song. (Then pretend you are me, and 4 or 5 of them are doing it at the same time! :)
Next week will bring an English test for everyone, and 8th graders will have another 5-word vocab quiz.
All of our vocabulary is on a website called Quizlet. Please have your child join our class by clicking on this link: https://quizlet.com/join/P7BRFEtkA.
My eighth graders are learning 5 SAT words per week . SAT quizzes are each Friday. Here is the list of words we are learning: https://www.majortests.com/word-lists/word-list-01.pdf
May God bless you. Please keep our country and our school in your prayers.
Mrs. Desjarlais
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