Sixth Grade Literacy Night by H.M. Ishtiak
Vassal
Lane’s Literacy Night was January 14 from 5 to 7PM. I asked a few of my
fellow Sixth Grade students what exactly happened at Literacy Night,
and if they enjoyed it.
Muhammed Abdalla: Yes, I did enjoy literacy night. I think it was very fun and exciting.
Nazari Tuyo: The process was that we wrote about something that we
believed in, and then we recorded it, and presented the recordings for
parents to listen to at Literacy Night.
Jasper Sieniewicz: It was fun and interesting to hear people’s
essays. Some of them were inspiring and amazing. And it was interesting
to hear how different people’s opinions are.”
Seventh Grade Literacy Night
Sam
Costa and Harry MacArthur said that for Literacy Night, Seventh
Graders’ written work was on display in the library. The participants
read the works and then sat in a circle and discussed what they had
read. “It was a good idea” said MacArthur, who noted that there was so
much work on display that “we needed more time to read it all.”
Eighth Grade Literacy Night
The Eighth Grade held Socratic Circles at which they engaged in fascinating discussions about the short story Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes. One of the Socratic Circles is shown below. Eighth
Grader Gerald Bennet said “Literacy Night was so good. And Max Workman’s
comments were brilliant.” Francesco Lupia added “I thought Literacy
Night was a very well organized and fun event”. Fellow classmate Aaron
Gray enthused “It was amazing”. Max Workman said “Flowers for Algernon was really moving”.