In English class, students will use their unit research to create resumes for their ideal careers.They will also write reflections on their current career interest, with a 6-trait writiing emphasis on sentence fluency.
Eighth
Grade Team
Jo
Eichel, Diana Stein, Deb Schall, Jim Bosovic
8th Grade Team Schedule (pdf handout)
Student Newspaper Issued
Mr. Bosovic's 8th grade Honors English class is writing a monthly
newletter. Check out the following issues (pdf files):
September
October
January
MarchMay - June --- last issue of the year! Nice work everyone!!!
Eighth Graders Look to Their Futures with Career Unit
| Eighth graders just wrapped up a five-day career exploration
unit with Mr. Thompson. They learned lots about vocational choices, cost
of schooling, and the cost of living as an adult. Ask your eighth grader what
career they researched and what education and/or training will be necessary.
For some students, this exercise will help them make wise course selections
at the high school. In general, the experience gave all students an awareness
of future career possibilities and the various routes needed to pursue them. In English class, students will use their unit research to create resumes for their ideal careers.They will also write reflections on their current career interest, with a 6-trait writiing emphasis on sentence fluency. |
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Beanie Babies Collected for Afghanistan Children
It all began with letters to troops in Afghanistan. It ended with some 500
Beanie Babies--about 150 pounds of them--being sent to children in Afghanistan.
How did this come about? A little idea, followed by a lot of student enthusiasm.
Mrs. McKeown's eighth-grade students wrote to troops under the command of her
oldest brother, Lt. Col. Brian Haebig (a former Tipler student), in December.
When they heard that Commander Haebig's batallion gives away Beanie Babies to
young Afghan children, they jumped at the idea of helping with the supply.
In fact, students greeted Mrs. McKeown the very next morning with bags of the
colorful stuffed toys. Several students gave away entire collections.
When our principal, Mrs. Schultz, heard about the donations she suggested
we have a three-day Beanie Drive, just before winter break. Beanies were collected
through 6th, 7th and 8th grade English classes, and the class that collected
the most won an ice cream party. That class turned out to be Mrs. McKeown's
4th hour English honors class.
On January 12, the UPS Store of Oshkosh shipped the Beanies to Afghanistan,
with the packing help of several Tipler students. The UPS Store kindly paid
for the packaging and mailing costs. We hope the Beanie Babies will make a fine
early Valentine's Day present for our troops and the people whose lives they
touch.
Photos:
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Tipler students Jozie, Alex, and Emily help pack Beanie
Babies at the UPS Store. |
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Joining them are UPS Store owner Bob Ollerman and Mrs. McKeown |  |
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Eighth graders Ashley, Crystal and Matt count and pack Beanie Babies at Tipler. |
2nd Annual Poetry Read-Off
Set for Eighth Graders
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary…”
No, that’s not the sound of eighth graders talking to themselves in their
bedrooms this week. Chances are it’s the sound of them memorizing a poem
for the 2nd Annual Poetry Read-Off in Mrs.McKeown’s 8th grade English
class.
On Wednesday, November 24, individual students or small groups will present
one of eight classic American poems to their class. It’s a fun way to
kick off a unit on reading and writing poetry. But it’s also the opportunity
for students to practice oral presentation skills, as well as give themselves
a lasting gift. After all, you never know when you might find occasion to quote
a few lines of verse.
Poems cover the spectrum from Robert Frost’s “Stopping By Woods
on a Snowy Evening,” to Langston Hughes’s “Dreams,”
Emily Dickinson’s “I’m Nobody, Who Are You?” and for
the extra-motivated learner, the very long and challenging “The Raven,”
by Edgar Allen Poe. Students are required to recite a minimum of 12 lines of
the longer poems, but many are attempting the whole poem. Awards are given for
best presentation and ability to memorize the most lines. Props, good expression
and choreography are encouraged.
Check with your eighth grader to see what s/he is preparing!
Award winners are.....
Congratulations to the winners of last week’s 2nd Annual Thanksgiving Poetry Read-Off. These students and their classmates recited a variety of classic poems from memory in Mrs. McKeown’s 8th grade English classes. The results were at turns breath-taking, refreshingly entertaining and definitely impressive. The winners are as follows:
In 2nd Hour: For best presentation: Ping Sue Thao; for most lines memorized: a tie between the duo of April Boucher and Kristin Dankert and that of Sue Lor and Tiffany Mecklenburg.
In 3rd Hour: winning best presentation: Katelyn Dehling, Marie Kriz and Joy Schettle; for most lines memorized: Elisabeth Melcher, Emily Radtke and Carley Smith.
In 4th hour: winning best presentation, a tie between the duo of Deniz Cakmak and Heather Herman and that of Janessa Lyons and Haleigh Zillges; for most lines memorized: Jessie Dubinski, Ariel Hunt, and Alice Ouyang.
In 5th hour: Winning best presentation: Brittany Myers, Mallori Reichenberger and Katelyn Spanbauer; for most lines memorized: Kirstin Kasper.
In 8th hour: Winning best presentation: a tie between the duo of Christine Adkins and Tyler Gordon and the team of Cody Buhrow, Matt Cuadra, Jared Peters, and Tatum Schultz. For most lines memorized: Steffen Clavette.
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