Kane's 8th Graders

Mrs. Kane's class posts tweets sharing what they are learning, projects they are working on in class, and questions for future studies.

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Wow! The #OutsidersMusical looks amazing! Our school really wants to go! @OutsidersMusical Are there going to be any weekday matinees or are they only going to be nights and weekend shows available?

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

I learned poetry can be nonfiction. -NN I still don't understand how one of our classmates lost all his hearts in the first day! -SP

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, we did a Kahoot! on the meter of poetry and watched the Act 2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream. -RA

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, we read some of Act 2 in A Midsummer Night's Dream, learned about Shakespeare's life, and picked out some cool names to sponsor in Period 8/9's Hunger Games. -RA

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, our class worked on Membean, read some of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and did a Kahoot! on Act 1. -RA

At least no one’s completely lost!

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, our class read some of A Midsummer Night's Dream, learned about tropes, and worked on our Quill assignments. -RA

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, our class finished our Poetry Out Loud project and presented our original poems! They were all amazing and unique! -RA

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, we finished watching Dead Poets Society and practiced for our Poetry Out Loud project. -RA

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, after NJSLA our class saw Joey's final #geniushour presentation on cryptocurrency and watched the first half of Dead Poet's Society. -RA

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, our class did some narrative practice for the NJSLA and filled out Joey's Google Form about our cryptocurrency investments! -RA

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, we wrapped up Genius Hour with Luca's presentation on baseball and Gia's on music! Good luck to everyone on the NJSLA! -RA

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, we saw Justin's presentation on engineering and Bella's presentation on hobbies. We also prepared a little for the NJSLA!
-RA

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, we saw Thomas' presentation on color theory and psychology and Rayan's presentation on video games. -RA #geniushour https://t.co/2nHkKrdsL1

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, we saw Marco's presentation on Psychology and Abdullah's presentation documenting his efforts to learn Norwegian! We also learned about proverbs. -RA

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, we saw Michaela's presentation on sign language, Maddie's presentation on ocean pollution, and Sabrina's presentation on stop motion. -RA
We even wrapped up Sai’s music production presentation!

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, our class learned how to cope with stress from Anjuli, how to make a game from Srin, and how instrumentals are made from Sai! We also worked on our RSTs. -RA

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today we had some Genius Hour presentations! We were taught about the Stock Market by VT and were given food by TP and BG. Was a very fun day today and I can't wait for what Genius Hours we might have tomorrow. -AZ

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, we saw Donald's presentation on building relationships, Billy's presentation on goal horns, and Brandon's presentation on perseverance. We also worked on Quill and our poems. -RA #GeniusHour

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, we saw Joey's presentation on cryptocurrency, listened to "My Shakespeare" by Kae Tempest, and learned about couplets, sonnets, and meter in honor of Shakespeare’s birthday yesterday. -RA

[Kane's 8th Graders @AWKaneGT]

Today, our class listened to "Sorry" by Prince Ea, went outside to do a poetry scavenger hunt, and worked on our RSTs and poems. -RA