Is this what Dickins imagined?

We had a great time reading the Christmas Carol by Charles Dickins then watching the video. When we were finished we got to make graham cracker houses to create our own Dickins village. The goal was to create a village that was similar to what was described or scene when we read/watched the video. Here is what we got. You make the decision: Is this what Dickins imagined?

Thanksgiving activites

Fun times for English! We've been learning to follow directions written and verbal. In class we were to follow verbal directions to make a turkey, then write directions to give to someone else to make our turkey. If we were successful, we would have two similar turkey's. Some students were very successul, and others...well... not so much. No matter what the results, we had fun.







Thanksgiving
Turkeys

Materials:
Oreo cookies
Candy corn
Malt balls (whoppers)
miniature chocolate chips
Chocolate frosting
red gel


Directions:
1. Twist open oreos so that the white filling is on one side of the cookie.
2. With Chocolate frosting, frost the second side of the cookie.
3. "glue" the two sides of the cookie at a ninety degree angle, the white side is the "snow" the turkey sits on.
4. "glue" a malt ball to the base of the 90 degree angle
5. "glue" a half of another malt ball to the top front of the first malt ball.
6. use the chocolate chips to create the eyes and beak of the turkey
7. Use the red gel to form a gobble.
8. Place 4-5 candy corns around the malt balls, flat against the chocolate frosting side of the cookies.

This Trimester

We've had a great trimester! I've discovered a lot about our classes and how they learn best. We've done many great art projects so keep it up. Here are some of our most recent art projects:

These are just a few of our Japanese landscapes. the more colorful ones are on the classwall. These are some of our best! Great job 7th graders!

Our 8th graders created some flags for a pretend regiment of the Continental Army.

Making Paper

Our 7th graders had lots of fun last Friday making paper! Paper was made during the Han dynasty in Ancient China. They used cloth, bark, and other such materials to create paper, not like the paper we have today, but still thinner and much lighter than clay tablets!

Webquest Adventure

Students,

You are about to begin a great adventure! Enjoy the webquest and be prepared to let me know how you enjoyed your experience. Feel free to post a question so I can answer anything you are confused about.

Have Fun!
Mrs. Vega

Welcome Back!

Welcome back students. This year will be an exciting adventure for all of us. As you know I am new to this school, but not new to teaching. I spent 7 years teaching at a middle school in Utah. two years before that I was in an elementary school, but I prefer the middle school - fewer sticky fingers:-) I plan to get you all involved in many h ands on projects and hope that you will be as excited about them as I am. I hope to keep you all updated regularly of projects and assignments that we will be involved in. I am excited about this year and hope you are as well.