Hi, Grammarland!

Thankfulness in 2020 is something I've been thinking about. Even though we have suffered illness and losses, God is so good to us. One of the ways He blesses us is with our veterans. On Tuesday, my classes learned the history of Veterans Day; eighth graders then created one-pagers, while sixth graders made acrostic poems. I wanted them to understand why they had a day off on Wednesday.. 

Tuesday was huge day for the middle school girls! We had our first ever Middle School Girls' Prayer Group packing party. Parents, neighbors, and friends donated items and snacks, and we packed a whopping 93 boxes! I'm looking forward to next Tuesday, when Mrs. Ross's class has their FFA packing party!

Next week, 6th graders will finish "Rikki Tikki Tavi", which they are loving. We will take a test on the grammar chapter we just finished, and we will take a test on Rudyard Kipling's stories.

8th graders also have a grammar test next week on punctuation, and they will finish the spooky story rough drafts we've been working on for weeks. 

Don't forget! This is your last weekend to shop for Operation Christmas Child! Right now, there are 195 boxes in my room...and I'm looking forward to 500 by Friday!

May God bless you. Thank you, as always, for sharing your wonderful middle schoolers with me.

Blessings,

Mrs. Desjarlais

 Well. There's my classroom door! We have just two weeks to get to 500 boxes, and I think we can!

My sweet sixth graders have been awash in sentences: simple, compound, and complex. They're doing great, and I'm super proud of them! (See. That was a compound sentence!) Next week we will finish The Jungle Book and sentences, and we will begin a unit on persuasive writing. We will even enter a writing contest!

My sweet eighth graders are finishing up a unit on punctuation, which truly makes the world go round. We are in the happy stages of The Hiding Place, but that will be changing soon. We are writing a spooky story, and we are learning a lot about the writing process. After OCC is over, I will have an interest meeting for the Lee County Soil and Water Public Speaking Contest. I have signed Levi, Meredith McGuire, and Triton into a return contract, and I need ALL eighth graders who are passionate about our environment and who would like to learn more about public speaking to join us. Our environment is truly a gift from God, and that puts taking care of it in an entirely new light.

Please keep our country in your prayers. This election, this virus, the upset....

Remember. Jesus told us that in this world we will have trouble, but He has overcome this world! Put your trust in Him. It matters not who sits in the White House; it only matters that we know the One who reigns in Heaven, the One who came to give His Life for ours, the One who lives in our hearts. 

May God bless your families.

Mrs. Desjarlais