Mrs. Giacchino’s seniors finished reading Animal Farm by George Orwell and created a project to wrap up the unit. Students were asked to pick a dramatic or arts/crafts project from a list of approved projects. Christian created a timeline on a PowerPoint to compare the history of various totalitarian societies to the novel. Riley chose […]
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Christian demonstrates his How-To project. He prepared chocolate chip and bacon pancakes.
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One of the Mentor Room students prepares to give his report on Teddy Roosevelt.
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Ms. Ammendola’s language arts students created posters representing their favorite characters in a book. They listed adjectives that describe their character, provided quotes to and from the character that provided evidence of their character traits, and wrote a summary about the character. In addition, they wrote an essay comparing and contrasting themselves to the character. […]
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Ms. Hrabosky’s English class celebrated St. Patrick’s Day by creating limericks. We spent a week studying the history, structure and format of limericks. Students created two of their own limericks to share with their classmates. They had fun creating humorous poems and even forgot how much fun it is to count syllables! Submitted By – […]
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The genre for February’s book report was Historical Fiction. Students were required to type a book report and make a poster advertising their book. Students’ posters were to be creative and enticing to attract attention from other students. Submitted by – Mr. Williams, Middle School Language Arts Teacher
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Twelfth grade English students composed an outline to help better understand the English Renaissance Period. In this unit, they are studying about the renaissance and reformation as well as answering the three big questions for the unit: What is the relationship between literature and place? How does literature shape or reflect society? What is the […]
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Twelfth grade English students just finished a unit on Animal Farm and constructed a variety of projects to display their creativity and comprehension. Ben created a time line comparing various totalitarian societies and Animal Farm’s leadership and society. Mutsumi used his wonderful artistic ability and drew the main characters and various scenes from Animal Farm. […]
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The literary genre for September was fiction. The project was to design a book jacket. Students designed creative and interesting book jackets while still adhering to the special instructions and format. In addition, they wrote formal book reports in class. -Submitted By – Mr. Williams, Middle School Teacher
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Mr. William’s students were required to read a “How-To” book from the informational (non-fiction) genre. Examples of books that fall into that category are cookbooks, photography books, game books, model or kit books, or “building things” books.
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