October Projects

8th Grade Sunglasses 

These 8th Grade sunglasses were inspired by the poem, "Sunglasses"  by Angela Shelf Medearis 

The sunglasses that students created were double sided: 

Side 1 = How you view yourself

Side 2 = How others view you

Students collaged these sunglasses with words and symbols from magazines. 

They must have had 10 words and 6 symbols. 

They also accompanied these sunglasses with a Haiku (3 lined poem: 5, 7 , 5 syllables)

Below are some great examples from students. You will see the outside of the glasses on the student's face which is what others see them as, while they are also looking at the glasses to show how others view them. 

                      

7th Grade: 

Update: We have been conducting our annual 7th grade lyrics study. So far we have studied India Arie's "Video" and now we have moved on to India Arie ft. Akon's "I Am Not My Hair". 

Both songs have themes of individuality and stereotypes. A controversial question that was posed on students is how do we judge others by their appearance? The discussions have been outstanding. 

6th Grade 

6th Grade has almost finished their first picture book, The Secret Footprints by Julia Alvarez. This fictional story deals with vocabulary words such as identity, stereotypes and discrimination. Students have been diligently taking notes and making predictions throughout the book. 

Students have also been presenting their own identity powerpoints to the class which is both nerve-racking and exciting all at the same time! Good job students, they've been great so far! I'm looking forward to seeing more next week! 

- - Until next time.... Ms. Favolise