English 8 and Advanced English 8: Poetry Glossary of Terms Quizlet Link

The vocabulary list is posted for the poetry glossary of terms. You may access the Quizlet website by clicking the link.


Poetry Glossary of Terms Quizlet Link

English and Science Cross-Curricular Project

The students of Mrs. Porter's English 8 classes wrote newspaper articles based on the knowledge gained during the earthquake unit in Mr. Wolf's science class. The students took on the roles of investigative reporters during an earthquake in the city of their choice. The students used the publisher program to create front page news articles. The news articles are on display outside of the middle school library.

Literature Circle Champs!

Alexa, Shreya, Mason, J.D., and Bryan


The students of Mrs. Porter's Advanced English 8 class just finished reading the novel, Lord of the Flies. The students met with their literature circle groups weekly to discuss and analyze the twelve chapters of the novel. While working with their groups, the discussion directors constructed questions as part of a weekly review game. The team pictured above accumulated the most points over the course of the novel. The picture also shows the illustrator wall that had been created while reading the novel.

Supernovas of the Month for February

The Supernova teachers would like to congratulate the following Supernovas for earning student of the month honors for the month of February.

• Jeremy : Social Studies
• Emily: Science
  
• J.D. : English
  

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National Junior Honor Society Inductees

The Supernova teachers would like to congratulate the
following team members who have been inducted into
the National Junior Honor Society.

Trevor Arrigoni, Kayleigh Brink, Samantha Campbell,
Carly Cappelli, Emily Connor, Alana Dunn, Kyleigh Higie,
Nolan Jones, Hunter Lawrence, Alexa Luba, Kelly Luisi,
John Manda, Ashley Marchetti, Jacob Martin, Taylor McNeil,
James Oddi, Cassandra Popovski, Shreya Ravi, Jordan Riedel,
Rachel Rozak, Ethan Sowell, Luc Tilley, Gabrielle Trest,
Samuel Urban, and Giorgiana Zeremenko.

CH 10 - Expert Sheets With Audio Instructions

Mr. Wolf''s science classes will be conducting a group activity, called a Jigsaw II,  for "Chapter 10 - Weathering and Soil Formation".  The students will be broken into groups of four.  Each student in the group will become an expert on one of the four sections.   The students will meet with experts from the other groups to come up with the most effective ways to explain their sections to their other groups members.  After all the experts for each individual section have met, the students will return to their original groups.  They will then take turns explaining the content of their section to their group members.  A short review session and quiz will follow the activity. Below is a link to the question packet (with audio instructions) for the chapter.  

Note: In order to hear the audio comments, the file must be downloaded.  If you just simply view the file, the audio comments will not work.  A download link will be listed on the page once you click on the link.
CH 10 - Expert Sheets (with audio instructions)

English 8: "There Will Come Soft Rains" Quizlet Link

The vocabulary list is posted for the short story, "There Will Come Soft Rains." You may access the Quizlet website by clicking the link.


"There Will Come Soft Rains" Vocabulary List

Science Enrichment: Penn State Weather Camp

When: June 20–25, 2010 
Where: State College, Pennsylvania


Information from the website: 
Are you curious about how weather predictions are made? Come to Penn State Weather Camp and find out!

During this week of camp, you will receive hands-on experience in many aspects of weather, including the actual process of making a forecast. This camp will be held at the premier location for studying weather, Penn State's Department of Meteorology at the University Park campus.

Penn State Weather Camp is a resident science experience designed for students who will enter grades eight through ten in the fall of 2010.

For more information, visit the following link:

http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/weather-camp/?cid=2

Science Enrichment: Expanding Your Horizons Conference (Girls Only)

Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010
Time: 8:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m
Where: Robert Morris University, Sewall Center

What:
EYH is a conference for girls in 6th, 7th, 8th or 9th grade interested in exploring Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics careers. Throughout the day you will attend hands-on workshops
developed by RMU faculty, students and industry professionals in the STEM fields.

For more information, visit the following link or see Mr. Wolf for informational papers.

http://www.rmu.edu/web/cms/academics/sems/outreach/Pages/eyh.aspx

Supernovas of the Month for January

The Supernova teachers would like to congratulate the following Supernovas for earning student of the month honors for the month of January.

• Kaley : Social Studies
• Carly: English
  
• Trevor : Science

(Listed from left to right)