The MS/HS English Corner

Family is the theme of all the 7/8 grade literature in this final unit of our book.  Lots of family dynamics are presented through many literary techniques and genres.  Hit and Run  was a detective story written from a third person limited point of view.  It had many angles to dig into in our discussions.  

The Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores have morphed into a focus on grammar and writing.  This will be followed by two weeks of individual research of two eras of American literature and the development of the English language/names.  I am excited to have Leah Baumgarter from Wells County Public Library present what the WCPL offers for research in its web page and high quality databases.  To keep this investigation process fun, the final papers will not be epics :) , but rather reasonable lengths, with the primary focus on quality.

The 7/8 grade Grammar class has excelled at Capitalization!  Good job, everyone!  (It's trickier than it sounds.)  You may have seen your student(s) interviewing a family member or friend lately.  They are learning about biographical sketches (vs. biographies) through writing one about someone they think highly of.  This will someday be helpful when they have to write one of themselves as part of a job application or college application!  Seems like that's a long way off for them, yet....

The Family and Consumer Science class (home ec) is sewing!  They have learned basic hand sewing and machine techniques.  We are excited to have Pat Bloomfield  and Amber Pfister helping out with specific projects.  Mrs. Bloomfield taught centered and lap zippers, while Mrs. Pfister will be teaching the use of a serger machine.  The students will make burp cloths and take them to Helping Hands Pregnancy Resource Center to donate.  The students are finishing their first real project now-pillow covers, and there are more to come. They have done a really great job!!

Thanks again to all who help our classes and pray for the students and teachers.  I love working with everyone at KA.

Mrs. Lemmen

Be still and know that I am God.  Psalm 46:10