Thursday, March 20, 2014

Spring is HERE!


Greetings NIAA Parents on this First Day of Spring!

Frog animation watching a dragonfly without eating it7th, 8th and 10th grade are taking a closer look at poetry this six weeks. Students will understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
We will read, understand and analyze the poems of Billy Collins, Naomi Shahib Nye, Langston Hughes and Robert Frost just to name a few.

Our goal is not only to understand the structure and use of figurative language in poetry but also to understand the meaning and message of the passages we will read in class.
See Awakeningthe Heart: Exploring Poetry by Georgia Heard for reference.

Students also have a poet biography reading log due 
March 25th , a final six weeks essay analyzing poetry and a poetry portfolio which will contain every assignment associated with poetry which will count as a test grade. Students will need a folder with page protectors to organize their work. The due date of the portfolio is April 17th. (subject to change if students have more projects due from other classes at the end of the six weeks).

UPDATE on activities here at Newman International Academy!

March:
Mar. 18: Civil Air Patrol Informational
Meeting for Parents 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Mar. 21: International Day
Mar. 25: Walk-a-Thon Kick Off in POWWOW
Mar. 25-27: Secondary Cheer Clinic (Parents
can watch on the 27th) 3:45-5:30 p.m.
Mar. 28: Cheer Try Outs (Closed) 4 p.m.
Apr. 1-4: Mini Cheer Camp for Elementary
Students 3:30-5 p.m.
Apr. 7-11: Scholastic Book Fair
April 8: Wellness Night

Animation of colliding galaxies spiraling through space STAAR TESTING:
Monday, March 31-- STAAR English I (10th Grade)
Tuesday, April 1—STAAR 7th Grade Writing/ 8th Grade Math
English II (11th Grade)
Wednesday, April 2—7th STAAR Reading/8th Grade Reading

A FEW THINGS:
Make sure students have a good night's sleep and a protein packed breakfast.
Wear a WHITE long sleeved tee under their Newman Uniform shirt because jackets and sweaters are NOT allowed during testing.
Cartoon animation of Girl on couch talking on phoneNO CELL PHONES can be used during testing, so they will turn them into to the proctor before testing and received them back after testing is complete and they are moving to their next class or simply leave with at home.


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