Melissa Popovitch

8th Grade ELA teacher, Thompson Middle School

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Students in 8th grade plan for writing their response to The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.
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Students watched a brief video on 9-11 and created a “one word-one sentence” response to express their understanding of this tragic and sad day in our nation’s history.
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Students read chapter 5 of The Outsiders and worked in groups on a “write around” activity for Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay”. @melissa_osmun @ThompsonMSpride

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@psommawfs Congratulations Jess!!

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Students use object cards to make symbolic connections to their dystopian novels. @MTPSpride @melissa_osmun

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8th grade ELA students create an interactive notebook page to identify dystopian elements in their book club novels.
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@nathanson_isaac @JohnAdranovitz @redbankgreen Way to go!!

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Students created “heart maps” to identify what is important to them, then used one moment to flash draft a mini memoir.
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Students work in small groups to diagram the plots of Pixar shorts and develop theme statements. #thompsonmiddleschool
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Students created strategic board games to plot the main character’s journey from A Long Walk to Water. #thompsonmiddleschool

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Digital Detox…a few simple classroom materials and a fun team building activity of “Paper Towers”. @melissa_osmun @ThompsonMSpride

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Ss created narrative nonfiction one pagers then shared their work in a peer review musical chairs activity. @melissa_osmun @ThompsonMiddle

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I just found a bunch of these Ask Me What I’m Reading buttons and stickers I made a couple years ago.

Want some?

RT this tweet and follow me and I’ll randomly select a few winners to split them up amongst. I’ll be heading to the post office tomorrow, so this ends at 12 am EST!

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7th grade ELA students connecting and extending ideas about characters from “stop ‘n jots” for A Long Walk to Water. @melissa_osmun @ThompsonMiddle @ThompsonMSpride

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ELA students create a positive word wall using the first letter of their names. @ThompsonMiddle @melissa_osmun

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@JasonReynolds83 shout out to you and your books!!

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Fri-yay! Still showing her Thompson pride but wiped out from a day of virtual-teacher’s-aid.@melissa_osmun @MTPSpride @thompsonmspride

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Showing some Thompson spirit all around...@MTPSpride @melissa_osmun @ThompsonMiddle

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Students complete word sorts for research topics by categorizing content specific terms.@MTPSpride @ThompsonMiddle @melissa_osmun

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Students write realistic fiction flash drafts from story arcs then they share with a writing partner.@melissa_osmun @MTPSpride @ThompsonMiddle