Thursday, Aug. 30 by Autumn

Hey everyone! In the 8th grade today we worked hard! As you can see in the above picture we have gotten the Apple Distinguished School Not one but TWO years in a row! In English we worked on subjects, predicates, infinitives, and something else that starts with a "p" but I can’t remember. :P  In Science class we looked at an interactive textbook. It was AWESOME! Mr. Morrow said that we will be making an iBook so I hope our class gets the iPads!:)  

  In Reading we are reading this Book called "The Outsiders" By: S.E. Hinton. Which reminds me I need to read some of it tonight! The beginning is pretty awesome. In Geo we are learning about time zones so if you're reading this, I can probably figure out what time it is there. 

   Here in the above picture is Mr. Jaques, our choir teacher, he is my favorite teacher.(sorry to all my other great teachers)He is playing our new Swahili song. Its pretty fun to sing!  

    Here is a picture of lunch. At our school our lunch consists of 7th graders, 8th graders (us), and 9th graders. The reason the 9th graders are with the junior high is so none of the seniors can bully the freshman.     In Algebra 1/2 we worked on expressions and equations. Pretty easy for me at least.       

In Technology we worked on making our own websites (awesome right?). And Finally in P.E. we worked on our football skills. An awesome way to spend your day.    

 Until Next Time,  Autumn Breeze      

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 by Alexis S.

Hey, it's the second week of school and we are working hard. To start off for English we did a work sheet that has subjects and predicates. For math we had a practice work sheet that works with adding, subtracting, and multiplying negative numbers. In geography we learned time zones like if you called to London from New York you would be five hours ahead. Throughout the day there were fall activity pictures. Like Jr. high and high school girls volleyball, Jr. high and high school boys football plus FCCLA and girls golf, and many fall sports at OHS. That is what the 8th graders were doing today.    

Friday, August 24, 2012

Today was an important day for our future as bloggers and general digital citizens! We confirmed that each one of us had a working blog linked to the sidebar of our class blog and that we each had 2 posts published and ready for commenting.  But more importantly, we had a great discussion about things we can and can't do in this digital space.  As we discussed each and every one of our blogging rules we all agreed to sign the contract and use our blogging power for good.  We talked particularly long about the ethics of using copyright friendly media-- images, audio, and video-- and all agreed that if ever we can create the original media by ourselves, that that would be the best option.  Beginning on Monday, we will have a rotation calendar of who will be each day's "Daily Blogger."  We will post our write-ups of the activities of the day, including English class and beyond, to our own personal blog as well as this space here.  So, now the true adventures begin!

Also-- if anyone wants to sign up for the Student Blogging Challenge, the sign up link is here.
Lots of additional great information on blogging can be found here: http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/challenges-2/blogging-with-students/

First week at OHS

The 8th graders at OHS started a new school year on Thursday, August 16, 2012. The first day we had a class meeting where we elected Deven Friz as president, Zeb O'Bryan as vice president, Jake Young as secretary/treasurer, and Bryce Heiser and Allison Ludwig as Student Council representatives. Then Mr. Brosz, the principal of OHS, talked to us. He explained some of the changes at school this year, including the disturbing news that we will no longer have peanut butter or bread in the lunchroom.

One of our many great classes that we will take this year is English. This first week we have created personal blogs, posted about ourselves, and started "I am from" poems. One of the coolest things we've done so far in English is to start a class blog. We are writing this first post as a class, but from here on out each of us will take a turn as the Daily Reporter on behalf of our class.

 Our other 8th grade classes are starting off strongly, as well. Some of the highlights include the Marshmallow Challenge in Science, learning about the current election in Social Studies, and starting fall sports in P.E. Speaking of fall sports, the Booster Club Kick-off was held last night, August 22. The high school football and volleyball teams had an inter-squad scrimmage and everyone enjoyed hamburgers, watermelon, and purchased T-shirts for the fall sports.

Another great year of writing is underway!

Things are off and rolling for 8th grade English at O'Neill Public School for the 2012-2013 school year. On Thursday, August 16, 2012 Mrs. Troester and Mrs. Morrow met an eager group of new young authors. Together they are excited to take on whatever writing challenge comes their way. Follow their chronicles as the school year progresses by subscribing to this blog. And even better, take time to read from each of their individual blogs in the right-hand side bar. This year is destined to be full of lots of learning, laughing, and most especially... writing!