Calling all Orthographists!
If you are interesting in representing Griffin Middle School in the Cobb County Spelling Bee, now is your chance! Let me know and I can...
Free Groceries (Comestibles Gratis)
Dear Neighbor, Here at Life Church we know that the day to day struggles can be very overwhelming, especially during the holiday season....
Open e-Books
Hopefully, you heard about the 'uh-may-zing' additions to our classroom library. Thanks to my Griffin Foundation Grant, I was able to...
Week 2-6
Monday: Edit/Revise rough drafts of the "Goodreads" independent reading assignment, CCSD Mini Touchstone #1 Tuesday: Type/Finalize...
Veteran's Day Assignment
This article and the related text-dependent questions will be counted as a formative assignment and assessment grade.
Week 2-5
Looking at the fifth week of the 2nd 9-week grading period... Progress reports will be coming home soon! Rough drafts of the "Goodreads"...
Tuesday, October 31st
Change in plans regarding the Illustrated Myth and its due dates: Rough Draft: Due Wednesday 11/1 Edit (in class): Wednesday 11/1...


Embedded Assessment #2: Illustrated Myth
For our next writing assessment, we will be creating an illustrated myth. You can click here for a copy of the assignment cover sheet,...
Week 2-4
Looking ahead at next week... Monday and Tuesday- "Hercules the Mighty" (analyze vocabulary, identify the characteristics of a myth, read...
Phaethon
We will start reading "Phaethon" during this week. It can be found on pg. 50 of your Springboard textbook. Vocabulary spurted - ran...