Best+of+the+Beach+Projects

**To Kill a Mockingbird Projects: Mrs. Khoury's English 8**
[|AaronF little rock nine.wmv] [|AlleyB Little Rock.wmv] [|ArielF little rock.wmv] [|AustinL birmingham.wmv] [|BenC Birmingham.wmv] [|ColinM Birmingham.wmv] [|DevanD Little Rock Nine.wmv] [|FrankD Little Rock Nine.wmv] [|HenryR Scottsboro.wmv] [|Jakhari DScottsboro.wmv] [|Kyler B scottsborro.wmv] [|RayV Little Rock Nine.wmv] [|RebeccaR Price.wmv] [|SamG Scottsboro.wmv] [|SydneyG birmingham.wmv] [|TommyC scottsboro boys.wmv] [|ToriT brimingham.wmv]
 * The focus of the eighth grade English curriculum is “Heroes”. As part of this study, one group of students was reading and studying __To Kill a Mockingbird__. Students researched on of these topics: Scottsboro Boys, Birmingham Church Bombing, or Little Rock Nine. One they finished their research, they were given a role such as a “KKK member who regretted his action” or “a parent of one of the four little girls in the church bombing”. They had to use the information they had gathered and write and create a digital story from the viewpoint of that person. **

Cell Town Projects--Science 7--Mrs. Taylor & Mrs. Mattes Cell Town has many parts that keep it functioning as a viral city in the great state of Sciencana. Each part has its niche that means it has its own special job to do that supplies the city with all of its needs. Students took the role of these cell parts and created a digital story of the life and daily chores as a cell part in Cell Town.

[|sarah and tara CELLTOWN.wmv] [|Rebecca & Tristan CELLTOWN PhotoStory16_1.wmv]

Children's Authors: Mrs. Jeffries English 6
 * Did you ever wonder where Gary Paulsen got his ideas? Where did Betsy Byars get her story ideas? For their Spring research project, one group of sixth grade students researched a children’s author to find out the answers to these questions, and more. Once they completed their research, the students assumed the identity of their authors and told their life story as a digital story. **

[|BodieS Lowry.wmv] [|EmilyB Wilder.wmv] [|HannahB Alcott.wmv]

Book Reports--Mrs. Long's English Students were allowed to choose one of several novels to read for their final book report. Then, using phrases and significant events from the story, they wrote a free verse poem that conveyed the message, mood, and main events of the book.

[|carla m wrinkle in time.wmv]

Novel Study--__The Lightning Thief__--Mrs. Long and Mrs. Horner

[|Tara Austin Zach The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.pptx] [|The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.pptx alexus.pptx]

**Holocaust Projects: Mrs. Garner's English 8**

 * The focus of the eighth grade English curriculum is “Heroes”. As part of this study, one group of students was reading and studying two books about the Holocaust, __Night__ and __Anne Frank__. Part of the study was to research a person or place from the Holocaust and then use the information they had gathered to create a digital story. The students wrote and then narrated their stories from the point of view of the subject of their research. **

[|MeghanO Scholl.wmv] [|KendallR Mauthausen.wmv]