YouTube Videos

The 8th graders spent a couple of weeks creating YouTube videos, by using the YouTube video editor. They each were given the task to create a video about what they thought of when thinking of America and all of its beauty. Here are some you should check out.

Proud to be an American
Star Spangled Banner
Red, White, & Blue
God Bless the USA
Spirit of America
I'm Proud
I Love this Land
America the Beautiful
Taps
Across America
Beautiful America
America
American Proud
Across America

Halloween

My favorite Halloween memory is more of an October memory. One of my classmates had a birthday in October and she always had the best birthday parties. Now while they weren't always necessarily "Halloween" themed they usually were fairly scary.

One birthday party I remember in particular was when we took a tour of "haunted houses" around town. Either her Mother or the current owners of the house shared their haunting stories with us. Whether or not they were true I'll never know, but they certainly scared a bunch of young girls. I think that I will always vividly remember these stories, especially because the homes were in my own neighborhood. Maybe I'll have to one day share them with my daughter and her friends.

Another great birthday party memory I have was when we were going out in the country because there had been some "hobos" sited on my classmates grandparent's farm. So you have to imagine about 10 girls crammed in the back of a station wagon heading out into the country to talk to the hobos. Needless to say before we even got there we were on edge. It was a dark night, the moon and stars were covered by clouds, it was a very omnious evening. Once we arrived at the farm we were lucky
enough that there were some fortune tellers who were also there. It was definitely our lucky night, hobos and fortune tellers, what more could we want. As it goes with young scared girls there was lots of screaming and running and hiding. But, overall I think a good time was had by all.

These are just two of my favorite memories from October. While it didn't take much to scare us we always enjoyed the adventures we knew we were sure to have.

Assignment 3

For this post you are going to tell me about your favorite Halloween memory. This could simply be a story from your childhood or maybe you want to tell me about your all time favorite Halloween costume. You must also include a picture that helps to illustrate your post.

This most must be a minimum of 5 sentences.

POST TITLE: Halloween

8th Grade

In 8th grade Computer Apps class we've been creating various flyers. These flyers are for a variety of activities, sometimes they're selling something other times they're advertising a specific event.

Each student will also be creating a flyer for a local business.

In 8th grade I also focus on Digital Citizenship, which means helping the students become wise users of the digital world. We will learn about everything from being safe online, creating safe passwords, to using proper researching techniques.

So far I feel that the year is off to a great start!

Assignment 2

DUE DATE: Friday, October 4th

Now that we've been in school for a month, tell me how 8th grade is going so far.

Consider this to be a reflection on the things that you are enjoying and the things that aren't so fun.

Title this Post: 8th Grade

POST MUST CONTAIN A MINIMUM OF 6 SENTENCES.

Assignment 1

DUE DATE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 23

Complete your About Me Page. Include the following information:

• favorite color
• favorite food
• favorite class
• birthday
• favorite TV show
• favorite movie

Complete your first blog post. Your blog post is answering the following question: My favorite thing about summer vacation was. OR My least favorite thing about summer vacation was. 

THIS BLOG POST MUST CONTAIN A MINIMUM OF 4 SENTENCES.

Summer

My favorite thing about summer vacation was being able to spend time with my family. Haylee and I got to spend lots of time outside. We enjoyed swinging, going for four wheeler rides, picking flowers, and just enjoying the great outdoors. Haylee absolutely loves books, so it was great that we got to enjoy the weekly story hour at the Burr Oak Library.