It was fun to be a part of the prize ceremony in Mrs. Lawrence's 7th period class where Sydney recieved her Samsung tablet and the class t-shirts were distributed! 2nd Place in the nation - you go, girl!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Mr. Grant - 8th Grade Georgia Studies - Analyzing and Creating a Political Cartoon
Please use the following links to access the political cartoons we will be analyzing today:
Cartoons for Analysis
1. March Weather Madness - http://nieonline.com/cftc/pdfs/20130401-spring.pdf
2. Health and Freedom - http://nieonline.com/cftc/pdfs/20130318-gulp.pdf
3. The Internet’s Effect on Other Forms of Media - http://nieonline.com/cftc/pdfs/internetdestruction.pdf
4. Ground Zero Mosque - http://nieonline.com/cftc/pdfs/groundzeromosque.pdf
5. Losing Patience with Recovery - http://nieonline.com/cftc/pdfs/stalledrecovery.pdf
6. Peace Doves and Bombs - http://nieonline.com/cftc/pdfs/koreandove.pdf
7. Energy Arguments - http://nieonline.com/cftc/pdfs/2011energyarguments.pdf
8. Graduating to a Different Problem - http://nieonline.com/cftc/pdfs/2011studentdebt.pdf
9. Grinding to a Halt, Again - http://nieonline.com/cftc/pdfs/2011linkedgearsrecovery.pdf
10. Titanic Disaster - http://nieonline.com/cftc/pdfs/20120409-titanic.pdf
11. U.S. Drought is Worst in Half Century –
**All cartoons are from the Newspapers in Education web site.**
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
8th Grader Sydney Laws - 2nd Place Winner in National Jackie Robinson Breaking Barriers Essay Contest!
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| Sydney Laws, National 2nd Prize Winner in the Jackie Robinson Breaking Barriers Essay Contest
Ridgeview 8th Grader Sydney Laws has been selected as a Second Prize Winner in the national Jackie Robinson Breaking Barriers Essay Contest sponsored by Scholastic and Major League Baseball. In a collaborative lesson between Language Arts Teacher Mary Lawrence and Media Specialist Taylor Wickline, students discussed and wrote about barriers, learned about Jackie Robinson’s Nine Values to overcoming barriers, and wrote about ways in which they used Jackie Robinson’s values to overcome barriers in their own lives. Sydney wrote about using the value of integrity to overcome obstacles in middle school. This lesson was a wonderful opportunity for students and teachers to get to know each other better.
As one of only two national Second Place winners in grades 6-8, Sydney has won a laptop computer, a class set of autographed copies of Promises to Keep by Sharon Robinson for Mrs. Lawrence’s Language Arts Class, and a class set of Breaking Barriers T-shirts.
Congratulations, Sydney! We are so proud of you!
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Monday, April 8, 2013
Figurative Language Quiz for Vanhorse/Morton 8th Grade Reading
Students, in preparation for the CRCT, we will continue our review of figurative language. Please go to the following link to complete figurative language practice. Please print your results when you are finished.
Figurative Language Practice 1:
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language-worksheets/figurative-language-practice-1.htm
Figurative Language Practice 2:
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language-worksheets/figurative-language-practice-2.htm
Figurative Language Practice 3:
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language-worksheets/figurative-language-practice-3.htm
Figurative Language Practice 1:
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language-worksheets/figurative-language-practice-1.htm
Figurative Language Practice 2:
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language-worksheets/figurative-language-practice-2.htm
Figurative Language Practice 3:
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language-worksheets/figurative-language-practice-3.htm
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