Until next time,
Ritchie
We've finished up our novel "Freak The Mighty" in 8th Grade! This week students finished their "Life Sized Biography" of a dynamic character in groups and then presented them to the class! Below are pictures of student work and presentations. The kids did an amazing job with this critical thinking project!! After presenting, group members filled out a peer assessment and self assessment. After break, come look at these amazing projects! They will be up in the hallway near my classroom!! Until next time, Ritchie
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With winter break approaching, both 7th and 8th grade students and I have been very busy right up until the very end! Next week, I will be posting photos of student projects we've been working on. Until then, let me give you some insight of what we've been up to for a while! In 8th grade reading, we've been studying a novel called "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick. Over the course of 5 weeks, we've been learning how to "look beyond" the obvious and really analyze characters and their motivations. This book was received very well by students. Believe me, there's no greater joy as a reading teacher...when I had kids complaining whenever we stopped reading for the period. As we finished the last chapter today, most of the kids whispered under their breaths " wow, that was a really great story". I'm glad we were able to use this text to understand and discuss difficult concepts such as death, grief and the complexity of friendship/ family dynamics. 7th grade has been studying revision techniques and Narrative Structure. Last week, students learned about the 6 Traits rubric and learned how to "evaluate" and "critique" narrative writing. In cooperative groups, students were given several different passages ranging from below average to above average. As a team, they discussed strengths/weaknesses and scored the passage on each trait. Later on, students revisited a story they wrote in first quarter. Below are pictures of suggestions some students made when the they had to evaluate their own rough draft of "My Teacher's Secret Life"! (Rubric wasn't shown to protect student's own assessment scores) It was amazing how perceptive and open the students were to this process. They were eager to revise their rough drafts all week! Pictures will be posted of before /after pictures next week! Amazing writing and reading transformations have occurred the past few weeks! I can't tell you how proud I am!
Keep a look out for those project pictures soon! Until Next Time, Ritchie |
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