G & T MUR: This week we began the story Dragon Wings we are reading the story in play form. We began by sharing our knowledge of Chinese culture and have moved into lessons on American History and how people from other lands view us as Americans.
For this unit we will be focusing on character traits. Students are developing charts in the classroom on each character and keeping track of how a character changes over time. We are learning that characters as well as people are multifaceted.
In writing we continue to work on Elements of Styles. Our focus is a review on possessives!
Advanced MUR: This week we are learning about Elizabeth and Robert Browning in a unit entitled "Literature's True Love Story." We began by reading Sonnet 43. Students were able to share their thoughts and ideas as well as pose questions about the text. This stirred some great thoughts in our middle schoolers. We briefly touched on the differences between English and Italian sonnets as well as the background of both authors. We finished out the week by reading A Woman's Last Word by Robert Browning and discussing his perspective of women.
Interim Assessment: This week we took our third interim assessment of the year. Students are making tremendous progress. I have noticed a particular improvement in the area of writing. We are becoming more proficient at communicating our ideas in written form.
***If you would like more information regarding your child's progress please feel free to email @ jgordon @cologneacademy.org
