~Welcome to the 2nd 9 Weeks of the

2008-2009 School Year~

NEWS TO NOTE: 

All classes are currently reading our 2nd 9 weeks novel, A Wrinkle in Time which helps us to explore our Guiding Question of  "To what extent is conformity necessary?"

(See individual classes for assigned reading schedules.)

CONGRATULATIONS

TO OUR

BE SCARED AWARD WINNERS!!!

(listed in the order of periods):

Most Macabre: Bradley Holcomb, Kellie Jones, Lindsey Issacs, Dann Lott, Brandon White, Courtney Naputi

Most Hilarious:  Jackson Roach, Chris Harvey, Chelsea Martin, Max Abramson, Trey Moody, Juliah Silva

Most Poignant:  Matt Diegler, Teresa Ehiogu, Mary Page Leggett, Jason Cardarelli, Zedikiah Ford, Jonathan Negron

Top Simile: Troy Tazioli ("Happy as a kid in a theme park!"),

Dania Charles Pierre ("To a smell like rotten smelly socks and wood"),

Maryah Sullivan ("as dark as a puddle of black oil"),

Mary Brett O'Brien ("He sings to you in a voice like silk."),

Jared Williams ("Finding this was like finding a needle in a hay stack."),

Maddy Huneke ("Laughing as loud as big crackling thunder.")

Top Metaphor:  Matt Diegler ("Large eyes that were marbles.")

Teresa Ehiogu ("Dead love is a black hole.")

Katie Williams ("We were almost toast.")

Johnny Kivett ("My feet were cinderblocks.")

Trey Moody ("My mom is an encyclodpedia.")

Brandon Dyer (His were razors and his fingers were long sticks.")

Top Sensory Detail:  Drew Dietzel ("The corpse was a pinata.")

Josh Mezo  ("It smelled like something had died.")

Taylor Krublitt ("I heard an ear shattering, bone scraping scream.")

Danielle Flanagan (" with their hair whipping in the wind and sticking to the blood that dripped from their heads.")

Sam Hagan ("He is sneaking, scraping, scratching ready to fight.")

Catherine Finegan ("It was a cold and murky night.")

Top Conflict:Yusuf Kwaja, Jimmy Martin, Abby Redmon,

Emily Wallace, Amber Shifflet, Jonathan Negron

Best Decoration: Jacqueline Portello, Tonimarie Albergo, Dominque Brown, Jensen Galecki,Chante O'Connor, Ashley Jarvis

 

I am available before school, at lunch, or after school by appointment for any students who have questions or need extra help with assignments, organization, etc!

Please contact me with any questions or concerns!!