Mrs. Peter's ESOL Class

Welcome

Welcome to the 8th grade ESOL class blog!

My name is Mrs. Peters and I teach 8th grade ESOL at Griffin Middle School. I am really excited about using this blog in my instruction. It is my hope that we will be able to communicate both inside and outside the classroom with this blog.

The blog assignments are a part of your class work or homework grade. You are expected to treat blogspaces as classroom spaces. Language that is inappropriate for class is not appropriate for our blog.

Griffin Awards Night

Thursday May 21, 20019 was Griffin 8th grade Awards Night. Maritza Olguin and Souleymane Camara were awarded the 2009 ESOL Award for their great work during this academic school year. Both students hare outmost respectful and show diligence and amition to learn, strive to improve their work, and acts as rolemodels to other students. Congratulations Maritza and Souleymane!

Souleymane also was awarded the "Presidents Award for Educational Achievement" AND the "Smyrna Citizen Optimist Award". Wow, Great Job Souleymane! 

World War II Newsletter

We have studied the World War II during the last few weeks and they students will now research one topic related to the World War II more closely. They will publish their research findings in a newsletter. You can find the template for the newsletter attached here. If you want a different template, go to Publisher and create your own newsletter including: two articles on the specific topic, five vocabulary words and definitions, and five dates in a timeline related to the topic.

The World War II Project is due Monday May 18, 2009.

Download Newsletter template

Download Newsletter template 2

Download Newsletter template 3 

 

Birthday Surprise

The students in 4th block on blue days surprised me with a mini-party with lots of snacks and a delicious cake. It was so sweet of them and I really appreciate it. Thanks guys! 

Conference Week

Conference Week is January 26 - January 30. The students have been working on their personal portfolios and will present them to their parents during conference week. We wish you all welcome to conference week and hope that many parents will show up! 

The PTSA book fair will take place in the media Center during conference week. Please, stop by and get some great book for your children to read. Remember, it is important that all students read for 20 minutes every day. 

Welcome!

Expository Essays on Government Topic

During the second quarter, the ESOL students have been focusing on expository writing through a social studies topic. The students have been researching how the local government works and written an expository essay of what they learned. All essays had a government theme and common topics were “The Three Branches of Government” and “The Bill of Rights”. Students followed the research and writing process to find information and produced their essays. They really did a great job! Some of their creations displayed in the 8A pod hallway. Welcome to stop by and take a look at their hard work.

Red Ribbon week - winners!

Red Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country. This year Red Ribbon Week was celebrated at Griffin during October 27-31, 2008.

Red Ribbon Week serves as a vehicle for communities and individuals to take a stand for the hopes and dreams of our children through a commitment to drug prevention and education and a personal commitment to live drug free lives with the ultimate goal being the creation of drug free America.

Griffin Middle School arranged for a "Red Ribbon Door Decoration Contest" where all advisement classes were to decorate their door in red and connect it to the theme of staying drug free. Mrs. Peters's advisement class chose the theme of a ghost, since it was celebrated during the week of Halloween. Our door these was "Say Boo To Drugs" and we created a large ghost on the door and each student created a mini-ghost and wrote an important message inside of each personal ghost. We also dressed the Fall scarecrow on the door in a red t-shirt and signed our names on the door to pledge that we will stay drug free. The whole advisement class is happy about the turnout of their decorated door. Great job guys!

Mrs. Peters' advisement class won 8th grades contest and received doughnuts as a prize! Yummy!

 

Proud Voters

Mock Election Results

These are the results from the Griffin Middle School Mock election.

Griffin's 8th grades voted:

• Obama 88 % (199 votes)

McCain 12% (26 votes)

Griffin Middle School voted:

• Obama 89%
• McCain 9%
• Bob Barr 2%

Presidential Mock Election

The following links may be used for students in Mrs. Peters' ESOL classes to vote in the 2008 YLI Mock Election.  Students will need to know the school code for Griffin Middle School (GA1737) and their US Congressional District (the link to find your US Congressional District is also listed below).  The deadline for voting is October 30 5:00 pm.

YLI Mock Election Link - http://www.youthleadership.net

Link to find US Congressional District - http://www.youthleadership.net/speakout

Election Poster

Since the presidential election is coming up soon, we are going to investigate what the two presidential candidates really believe about a certain topic. Your task is to create a poster about one important topic discussed in media. You can choose from the following topics:

1. A biography about Barack Obama
2. A biography about John McCain
3. Both presidential candidates view on immigration
4. Both presidential candidates view on education
5. Both presidential candidates view on the war in Iraq
6. Both presidential candidates view on health care
7. Both presidential candidates view on abortion
8. Both presidential candidates view on environment and energy
9. Both presidential candidates view on taxes
10. Both presidential candidates view on social security

Go to the following website:

http://www.obama-mccain.info/index-obama-mccain.php

1. Click on your topic and read what each candidate believes about this topic.  
2. Write down important facts about this topic/person on a separate notebook paper.
3. Write your informational text about this person. DO NOT COPY FROM THE INTERNET!!! Write in your own words. Show Mrs. Peters.
4. Create your colorful poster. Your poster needs to look like this:

 

T   O   P   I   C   Barack Obama                                       John McCain                    (Democrat)                                                    (Republican) Fact about what Obama believes:                      Fact about what McCain believes: Bla, bla, bla                                                      Bla, bla, bla Bla, bla                                                            Bla, bla Bla                                                                   Bla

 

 

 

5. You need the following for the poster:
   1. the person’s name
   2. a picture
   3. their political party symbol
   4. all the interesting facts you find out about the topic/person

6.      Find 5 words you are using in your poster and make a vocabulary list explaining what they mean. Add the list to you poster.

 

Display it on walls in the main hallway of

Griffin

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Good Luck!