Yesterday was a great day in the language arts room! After much anticipation and at least 6 months of planning, the 7th and 8th graders officially started a gamification unit! This means that we have taken language arts class and turned it into a video game! Instead of working on assignments and earning grades, students will work on quests and earning enough XP (Experience Points) to level up! Students are also earning AP (Achievement Points) for accomplishing various achievements. AP can be spent in the class item shop to purchase anything from a pencil to music pass to lunch date with Miss G! Students will be using this system as we spend the rest of the year exploring issues of race, covering everything from the Emancipation Proclamation to the March to Montgomery to the protests in Ferguson, Missouri. If you are interested in learning more about gamification or following our gamification journey, please check out our gamification website or follow us on Twitter with the hashtag #oesgamification. In addition to 7th and 8th grade starting something new, 5th and 6th finished the first round of the Banangrams Challenge! We had a rematch of last year's championship game with Ashlyn and Logan competing to be the school's Top Banana! In a very close, fast-paced match, Logan avenged his loss in last year's championship match and claimed the title! Logan will now compete against the Top Bananas from other New England school in an online round. If he makes the Top 12, he will be invited to Rhode Island to complete in the national championship. Good luck, Logan! For more pictures from our Banagrams Challenge, check out the Photo Gallery.
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Miss G
I am a 2011 graduate of St. Michael's College where I studied English and Secondary Education. I love teaching, learning, soccer, and buying more books than I could ever possibly read. This is my sixth year teaching at OES. Archives
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