Hello Tigers! My name is Ms. Drumm and I will be your new ELA teacher this year. This is my Fourth year at LMS and My first year teaching ELA. I am originally from Cincinnati, Ohio (Go Bengals!) and currently live in Wilmington. When I am not teaching or coaching, you can find me hiking, kayaking, or camping in different parks around the country. I am a devoted pet mom to two dogs and two cats who I love almost as much as teaching! I cannot wait for a great school year and getting to know all of you!! 

WHAT WILL WE LEARN ABOUT THIS YEAR? 

Module 1: The Middle Ages 

Class Novels: 

• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd

• Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page, Richard Platt and Chris Riddell

• The Midwife’s Apprentice, Karen Cushman

Module 2: Navajo Code Talkers 

Class Novels: 

• Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two, Joseph Bruchac

Module 3: Rise and Fall 

Class Novels: 

• Animal Farm, George Orwell

• 90 Miles to Havana, Enrique Flores-Galbis

Module 4: Fever

Class Novels: 

• Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson

• An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, Jim Murphy