7th grade ELA Teacher, M. of Ed in Educational Technology, Level 1 Google Educator, Miami U grad, and Book Lover ๐ Firm believer in student #choice and #voice!
Reminder: the online book fair runs through 11/29! Today's picks are realistic fiction, including this year's National Book Award winner for young people's literature. All purchases benefit the Media Center here at @CarmelMiddleSch! Shop here: https://t.co/dlqZ8ZPuOJ
Yesterday and today my virtual classes had our Oscar Award Ceremony. Everyone unmuted their microphones in order to drum roll and applaud for their peers ๐ฅ๐๐ผ It was SO fun!
Awards for my virtual students are ready to be picked up, with their special prizes taped on the back ๐
Yesterdayโs block 1 winners for the 2020 Suspense Trailer Oscar Awards! These kiddos worked extra hard on their projects and were recognized by their peers to win an Oscar (some even won two!) Well done ๐๐ผ
Enjoy your king size candy bars ๐ฌ๐ซ
Excited for more awards today!
Itโs the week of Halloween, which means Suspense Movie Trailers! ๐๐โ ๏ธ
We kicked off the 2nd quarter with students learning about suspense and how to create suspense in their writing. Sโs are now writing their own suspense movie trailer. I love seeing their creativity! ๐๐ญ
Howโs this for some Monday motivation? ๐๐ผ
What makes it worse is todayโs spirit day theme is โfavorite sports teamโ, so you know I had to wear my @Bengals jersey, even after a tough loss. Have to stay loyal to my hometown, no matter what though! ๐ฏ
Students are working in small groups today to analyze the five story elements of their second mystery short story, Roald Dahlโs โLamb to the Slaughterโ ๐๐ฝ๐
Great discussions and higher-level thinking happening! ๐ฃ๐ฌ
Today in Honors ELA we are discussing our first mystery short story - Roald Dahlโs โThe Landladyโ. What better way to kick start a discussion than by having students walk in to this scene? #PleaseComeIn ๐
Kicking off The Outsiders with my ELA students by learning about connotation and denotation. Great discussion this morning about the connotation of the word โoutsiderโ ๐๐ผ
After learning about the 5 story elements during our last in-person class and while at home on Canvas, today students reviewed the terms by (safely) playing the one and only fly-swatter game!! ๐
Congrats to โThe Swattersโ from block 1 for winning the game in a tie-breaker! ๐๐ผ