9th Grade
Mrs. Erica, Mrs. Suttles, Mrs. Gray, Mr. Scheeser, Dr. Wooten
Mrs. Erica, Mrs. Suttles, Mrs. Gray, Mr. Scheeser, Dr. Wooten
December🌲
🔥November
Every day in Physical Science, Mrs. Suttles gives the 9th graders a "Question of the Day". That day's question was "An ocean wave is an example of _____ wave." The answer was surface wave. The students had a test over chapter seventeen in their Physical Science book, but before doing the test, they practiced on Blooket. The test began at 1:40, and while the students work on it, Mrs. Suttles organizes assignments.
Within 10 to 15 minutes, all 9th graders are done with their test. They said it was easy. During the time a few were working, 6th graders came in and put their computers on charge, before leaving as quickly as they came. After the test, Mrs. Suttles showed the class a video of a bridge in the Philippines being flipped over and over by a typhoon. For the rest of the class period, the students worked on worksheets/textbook activities with partners. And that is a 9th grade science class at First Academy.
The Ninth Grade is celebrating fall with October Madness. They began with 64 poems about everything from fall to death to childhood. The 64 were gradually narrowed down to the Sweet Sixteen, then to the winning poem, "Knoxville, Tennessee" by Nikki Giovanni, which surprisingly, beat out "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran and "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri. Now the freshmen are writing their own fall poems, which must include three stanzas, a symbol, and a shift.
Jaden is a natural
Seth likes romantic poetry; Camden writes a dedication to his dad
Eli takes tips from Callie
Johanna and Ady get comfortable while they create
How to Write a Bad Essay
The freshmen have been learning how to write effective expository essays. Their challenge then became how to write a bad essay. They threw their worst spelling and grammar into their group essays. The other group then had to improve on what they wrote. Finally, each student had to write about their most life-changing event and an informational article from somewhere around the school for the Lion's Pen!
We rotated to five different stations to exercises to increase using better word choice; beginning sentences with more variety; avoiding fragments, fused, and comma splice sentences; active vs. passive voice; and MLA citations and formatting.
September 3-5
Addy V is focusing on Miss Maudie Atkinson
Johanna is analyzing Calpurnia's character
Callie has Atticus figured out
Jaden's character
is Miss Maudie, too
Eli is covering the snowman scene.
Camden's character is Jem Finch.
Seth also chose the noble Atticus Finch.
Friday, August 8
We took advantage of the mild morning by reading and annotating "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing, a coming-of-age story, at the picnic tables.
Johanna, Eli, and Addy are digging into the book.
Callie and Jaden picked the coolest spot--the shade!
Camden and Seth are seriously studious.
Tuesday and Wednesday, August 12
Read the short story by Jack Finney (author of The Body Snatchers) to find out. A very good example of the mastery of suspense--11 stories high in New York City.