The English Corner

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." Matthew 5:16

This verse is the KA "focus verse" for 2018-2019, reminding us that all we do at KA is to glorify the Lord. We are thankful to be able to teach from a Christian worldview!

All the classes here are rolling along, complete with tests already. The students have settled into routines here and doing great! Grammar is divided into 7th and 8th grade curriculum, and each class is eager to understand the lessons. We began with a review of study skills. We've sailed through a few topics, and needed to work a little harder on nouns: plurals and possessives.  They each made a book jacket for their favorite book, which they will present today. Today's demonstration shows why water is a noncount noun and a container filled with water is a count noun.

The middle school English class has been varied. They did well on their first vocab quiz!  We have listened to and analyzed the Secret Garden by Burnett and are now reading short stories that focus on courage. I really appreciate how prepared they are for class!

The 9,10 English class is off to a great start! To begin with, the students prepared and presented a study skills topic. We moved into listening to the audiobook of Animal Farm-a satirical allegory written after the Russian Revolution and WWII: many, many messages Christians can draw from this.
We are now reading stories that focus on the three types of conflict found in literature, and how the conflicts are resolved by the author. Ask your son/daughter which one they liked best so far. We've had some great discussions during class. I love to see the students expressing their ideas!

I am doing a Creative Writing independent study this year, and it's been fun (even when, during the lesson on "Critiquing Literature"  uncovered a verb tense mistake on MY essay)! Creative writing is like creating a painting or shaping pottery, but with words spoken by the characters the author creates. With ten different points of view from which to choose, it will never get boring!

It is a blessing to have all these students everyday to teach the love of God as I teach english in it's many forms. Thank you for all your support!!
Mrs. Lemmen