> In Ms. Lavelle's 8th-grade classes, the students have become the teachers. Each small group has been given a poem to teach to their classmates. They are their experts on their assigned poems and are responsible for creating an activity that will direct their students to a thorough understanding of the poem's meaning. The only resources they are allowed to use are classroom dictionaries and the brains of their group members. The first round of presentations has set the bar high! In addition, the students have begun learning about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s in order to prepare to read their next work, Out of the Dust, which is an award-winning novel-in-verse.
Creative Writing/Drama/Film Classes are running at full steam! 6th graders just finished their original “Story in a Shoe Box,” and we have some amazing writers at LCMA! 7th and 8th graders are sharpening their acting skills while performing dress rehearsals and final performances of skits. They are making improvements to their characters and delivery based upon feedback provided by the teacher and their peers. The Lit & Film class just finished reading Jules Verne’s classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (445 pages) and will watch the Disney version of the movie next week – comparisons between the novel and screenplay will be analyzed and an original movie poster will be designed! Our 7th grade Global Tech students did an excellent job making cases for their own electronic device that would prevent damages to their device. The students used recycled materials to make their cases creative and supportive for their device. The Emerging Tech first year students are working on Ozobot robots, Scratch and Canva. The second year students are learning about app creation by designing their first app and the third year students are working on creating designs to make on the Handibot wood cutter. Several of the third year students are working on individual projects such as producing a video for the 2018 iWitness video challenge "stronger than hate" sponsored by the University of Southern California's Shoah Foundation and creating an app for the Boy Scouts of America to use at their Council camps. Algebra students are learning how to factor and solve quadratics equations so they can analyze parabolic motion. Geometry students are challenge to prove that quadrilaterals are parallelograms using theorems, postulates and deductive reasoning. 6th grade Science students in Mr. Coombs' class are modeling potential and kinetic energy while creating virtual roller coasters. Let the good times roll! Our Civics students have been busy discussing whether or not schools should be allowed to limit students' online speech. Not only are they being able to express their opinions, they are looking for evidence from real world events to support their statement. They are also preparing for their participation in Polk County Government Day and their field trip to the Polk County History Center and Government Building. 6th grade students in Mrs. Henson's class are learning how to paraphrase poetry to gain a better understanding of the author's intended meaning and working to create concise theme statements for a poem. Students were given a group assignment to analyze a poem to determine its theme and then will have to teach the class how they analyzed the poem's figurative language, imagery, rhythm, rhyme, and tone as support for their theme statement. All 6th grade in ELA will be learning about the Emergenetics Analytical and Structural Thinking Attributes to better understand their own thinking preferences as well as their peers. By doing so, students will gain knowledge and understanding about collaborating with both like-minded and not liked-minded peers. In 7th grade Language & Literature classes students are analyzing poetry. For example, in collaborative groups students will examine the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe and present the Reading Literature standards like basic parts of plot, define unknown academic vocabulary, imagery, figurative language/poetic devices, rhyme scheme, and theme. Students will present using speaking and listening standards such as clear and concise presentation, eye contact, voice projection, and clear pronunciation. Students are also creating their own poems of various styles and types. Alex V. made concert master/ principal chair for the 6&7 grade all county orchestra 2018! The all-county orchestra concert is Friday, Feb. 2nd at Florida Southern College at 7:30p.m. Several other students from LCMA are also participating in the all- county orchestras. The Intermediate and Advanced orchestra are working to prepare for the music performance assessment that is coming up on February 17th. The choir classes are getting ready for Valentine's Day by working on love song medley mashups. They are also competing in solo and ensemble this weekend at Rochelle. Students are working on a variety of songs and arranging their own versions in small ensembles. Guitar students have learned rhythm, bass and lead guitar parts and are beginning to work in small ensembles as they can now play three parts. This week American History students analyzed foreign and domestic policies under James Madison and James Monroe's administrations. We sought to answer the questions, "How did the foreign policy of the United States develop under early presidents?" and "To what extent was each president’s foreign policy decisions successful?" "What constitutes an act of war?". We even had a debate over America's "forgotten war", the War of 1812, to determine whether or not Americans were justified in going to war with England (Federalists Vs. Republican War Hawks)! 6th global tech started coding- we are learning block, java, and python 8th Grade global tech classes started researching and designing their shark Tank projects Great work mstudents and teachers alike!! Comments are closed.
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