Pay It Forward 2015

Thank you Mrs. Parker and the Builders Club for all of your preparation for Pay It Forward Day.  My day consisted of taking eight students to the Backpack Ministries run by Son Rise Church.  At Backpack Ministries, we packed meals for roughly 250 Milford elementary students to have over the weekend.  After we finished at Backpack Ministries we picked up litter in surrounding areas.  My group of students were enthusiastic and dedicated.  I am so proud of  these students, what a great opportunity to see them out of the classroom demonstrating how much they care for others.  Below you can find a link to a video showing some of the other ways MJHS paid it forward.

https://animoto.com/play/x6W5WhD9CK0SIFocwPeWRQ?autostart=1

Wrapping up Perseverance

Our study of Perseverance in Unit Three is almost over.  We are wrapping up this unit by writing a paper comparing two characters from novels we have read this year.  In addition, students are studying the life of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan.  Students will be performing scenes from The Miracle Worker for their class next week.

Science Fiction will be our next focus.  We will do a brief author study of Ray Bradbury and then move into literature circles.  Students picked their novels for the literature circles at the beginning of 3rd quarter and have been anxiously awaiting to get started reading them.