Welcome to the last week of the quarter, the last week of the semester, and the last week of school for the year 2010!
This week, students are ending 2010 with a bang!
The eighth graders have spent the past two weeks engrossed in Frank Stockton's revered tale, The Lady or the Tiger. The only thing that is lacking in this story is that it does not have an ending. Well, have no fear, the eighth grade is here! Every eighth grade student has penned their own riveting conclusion to Stockton's original story and will spend this week deep in the editing process to make sure it is absolutely perfect before handing in their final drafts on Friday. I can't wait to see how it ends!
All of the eighth grade classes, as well as one seventh grade class will be brave enough to stand at the front of the room (a space normally occupied by our fearless leader... yours truly) and present to the class the novel that they have spend the past seven weeks reading. What a great way to get a recommendation for a good book to read over break!
Also in the seventh grade, we will continue our study of short stories with the holiday classic, Gift of the Magi, as well as honing our own story-telling skills though the creation of mini-storybooks and fine-tuning our summary writing to utter perfection.
An eventful week indeed!
