Middle Grade students published their writing in different genre to this Language Arts class blog. They have written about themselves; final thoughts, reflections, and opinions on the novel Mississippi Trial 1955; personal reflections on various gifts of life described in the book The Ultimate Gift; and Reflections: entries on thoughts and experiences.
Here is a post from 2006, just before this blog ended. "I have a student, Danielle, who has an older brother, Rob, serving in Iraq with the Army. The class wanted to do something special for Danielle and her brother. We decided to write letters. I took a group photo of the class and then printed that photo on paper to use as stationary. Rob received the letters and was thrilled to get news from home and to learn more about his sister's classmates. I then had the opportunity presented to me for the students to try podcasting. We wrote messages to Rob and this morning the students podcasted their messages. I was very pleased and proud of the messages the students wrote. Listening to the students read their messages allowed me to hear the pride and respect that my 8th graders have for Rob. My hope is for Rob to also hear the pride that my students have for him and his fellow military servicemen and women."

