8th Grade
The 8th grade is in the middle of a unit on MLK speeches and writings.
So far, we have read
Letter from a Birmingham City Jail,
The Power of Non-Violence,
and his I Have a Dream speech
Next week we will be reading
I Have Been to the Mountaintop
and his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.
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Christmas has come early to the 8th grade LA class....for me.
The 8th graders are rewriting '90s songs
to display mastery of their verbals unit.
Get excited!
"When I Come Around" by Green Day
"Gerund is a Noun" by J, J, C, Z
"Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio
"Participle Paradise" By A, M, V, E
"Fresh Prince of Bel Air" by Will Smith
"Infinitives in D.H." by C, T, M, A, S
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7th Grade
The 7th grade is reading The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
and annalyzing the developing themes.
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They are also presenting in small groups on verb tenses.
W, A, J with the CNBA Tense Finals
between progressive and perfect tenses
with a simple tense announcer.
C,T,L made a news show
with advertisements from the tenses
to explore simple, progressive,and perfect tenses.
C,T,L made a news show
with advertisements from the tenses
to explore simple, progressive,and perfect tenses.
K., R., and L. created a series of games,
Jeopardy, Kahoot, and a twist on Twister,
to review the material.
J, B, E three skits on progressive tenses, simple tenses, and perfect tenses.
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OPERATION ADVENT
Throughout the Advent season,
Holy Child will be collecting materials
to support The Providence Center.
The Providence Center provides educational services
to the community in the Fairhill section of Philadelphia.
The median income per household in this neighborhood is less than $15,000,
which makes for the highest poverty rate in the city.
Additionally, Fairhill's murder rate is over five times the city's average,
which again makes for the highest in the city.
In the midst of the struggles that accompany such statistics,
The Providence Center offers the hard-working families of this neighborhood
education, love, and possibility.
Holy Child aims to help with that mission through Operation Advent.
Please help however you can by donating from the items on their wishlist:
dry erase markers, notebook and lined paper, pens and pencils,
colored computer paper, construction paper,
critical thinking games (chess, Stratego, Ticket to Ride, etc.),
cooperative games (story cubes, race to the Treasure, etc.).
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We've Adopted a Soldier
As a homeroom, we have decided to adopt a soldier
through Adopt a US Soldier.
We sent him a homemade joke book
as a way of introducing ourselves,
and we will be keeping in touch
throughout his deployment.
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FAMILY DANCE PARTY
