Greetings! It's hard to believe we are already halfway through the year. The time seems to be flying by. English 9 students have wrapped up Romeo and Juliet and are starting to read To Kill A Mockingbird. We continue to work on content area vocabulary, adding new words and still practicing the words from first semester. We have completed a comparison/contrast paper and will be working on a literary analysis paper for To Kill A Mockingbird.
Senior English is working on the final section of 1984. We've had lots of great discussions about governmental topics as they relate to the novel. We also continue to work on content area vocabulary. As we finish 1984, we will be working on a research paper as well as reading a Shakespeare play.
Journalism class is just starting as a second semester only class. We have been working on some basics about journalistic style writing. This class will be highly individualized as some students have had journalism before and others are just starting. Students will be working on a variety of projects, from literary magazines to personal newsletters. By the end of the semester we will produce a school newspaper.
Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions or concerns. You can reach me via email at sjohnson@mcbain.org or via phone at 231-468-1320.
Have a great week!
Sheila A. Johnson
