My heart is very heavy right now. I have shed tears over the epidemic we are now facing, and the implications it has for our future. Please join me in praying this virus away.
Students may check out laptops from the school! If you don't have Internet, you can use a hot spot on a phone to receive wifi. Spectrum and Comcast are providing free wifi for 60 days; however, my assignments do not require Internet.
Students must pick up materials from school by Wednesday, March 18. All students will need to take home literature books in case we have an extending social distancing period.
The purpose of social distancing is not to give students an extended Spring Break, but to keep the virus from spreading. Please stay at home when possible.
All assignments will be due the first day we return to school. No exceptions.
My number is 334-695-4185 or email me at kbeaty@lakesidechiefs.com. If you have a question, feel free to call or text, but not before you have tried very hard to understand the assignment.
6th grade: We will do a reading unit on the novel Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt. If you did not get a book from school, you need to order it from Amazon ASAP. You need to pick up a novel study packet by Wednesday. You will complete each page. Follow the directions on the packet. Yes, you do the quizzes. They will count as daily grades. You will take an AR test as a test grade (the day we return). If you were not in school Monday-Wednesday and did not help with a "monster," you must complete your own and bring it the first day back.
8th grade: We will do a reading unit on the novel Black Duck. If you did not get a book from school (I have plenty in my room), you need to order it from Amazon ASAP. You need to pick up a novel study packet by Wednesday. You will complete each page. Follow the directions on the packet. You will take an AR test as a test grade the first day we return. If you were not in school Monday-Wednesday and did not help with a "monster," you must complete your own and bring it the first day back.
7th grade:
While school is closed, you will write a
response for the following assignments. I expect these to be completed the
first day we return to school. Do not
get behind. Work every day. If we do not return to school April 6, you will
email me these assignments, so it is best for you to type them and save them in
a word document.
Talk to your family.
- Call your grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc. Ask them how
they’re doing. Find out what their lives were like when they were your
age. Learn as many new things about them as you can. Ask them to tell you
about family members who have died. Ask them to tell you stories about
their lives that they want you to tell YOUR children someday.
You might even record the conversations. Write down the details you learn,
and turn it in to a 5 paragraph essay with an introduction, 3 body
paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph. An example of a thesis statement
might be “My grandfather experienced three turning points in his life
which include being drafted in the Vietnam War, wrecking his truck and being
in a coma for six weeks, and raising 6 children” or “My grandmother is a
talented chef, a lover of books, and an avid golfer.”
Remember: Introduction has a "hook or grabber lead," 3 background sentences, and your thesis. Your first body paragraph will be about your first point in your thesis. For example, "My grandfather served four years in Vietnam" would be your first sentence in the first body paragraph. Then, you write about his time in Vietnam. Your second body paragraph will be about your grandfather's accident and his third will be about his children. The conclusion is 3 sentences only. Write about your grandfather and touch on the 3 main points once again. (I went over this Tuesday in class.)
Find “The Landlady” online to read. Just
google “Full text of ‘The Landlady’” or pick it up at school with your packet by Wednesday, Ma 18. Discuss the setting (where & when the
story took place), the characters (list the 2 main characters and describe
their physical and mental states), and discuss the plot (exposition, rising action,
climax, falling action, and resolution.)
If you were not in school Monday-Wednesday and did not help with a "monster," you must complete your own and bring it the first day back.
