Thursday, March 19, 2020

My Most Excellent Students!


Good Morning!

I hope that you are all doing well and are making the best of this challenging situation.  I totally miss you guys!

Be safe by practicing social distancing, wash your hands, and be kind to your family (and to everyone).

ONLINE SUPPLEMENTAL AND ENRICHMENT LEARNING
When we get back to a normal situation, we'll resume our Daily Sentence Composing practice, screen the film of The Outsiders, and get into the Diary of Anne Frank.  I can't wait!

In the meantime, I encourage you to to keep your word brain and language arts skills engaged by doing three ELA activities per week online that I have posted and will post in the future on this blog. These were developed by volunteer teachers in Birmingham (including yours truly) working for the entire school district.  These will not be graded or turned in.  Each assignment should take you no more than 45 minutes.

Here are the links:

Anne Frank Virtual Tour

Narrative Free Writing Activity

National Parks Virtual Tour

The instructions are located within the links.  These are fun, engaging activities that are not meant to replace our direct instruction in the classroom, but rather to be meaningful activities related to our 8th grade curriculum as we go through this challenging time together. 

I'll post another set of ELA supplemental and enrichment learning assignments every week as needed.  Your responsibility, as you are able to do so, is to stay engaged by participating the best you can.  It's like we say in class:  the more you put into something, the more you will get out of it.


COMMUNICATION
As we continue our work together online, please don't hesitate to email me at jchappell@birmingham.k12.mi.us.  I check my school email every day, and if you have any questions or concerns, or just even want to say "hi!," feel free to email me.

Just as I've said many times in the classroom, you are all important.  The work we do together is important because it will open doors for your future. This is true now more than ever.

Best Always,
Mr. Chappell (a.k.a. JChapps)



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