Humans of Swain - 3

"If you could have one day to do anything you wanted, without any negative repercussions, what would it be?"

"I would go to visit Heaven."

Humans of Swain - 2

"When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?"

"An actress or a dolphin trainer."

Humans of Swain - 1

Inspired by the blog Humans of New York, eighth graders went around school with their iPads asking a variety of questions.

"What do you want to be when you grown up?"

"A big girl."

Hour of Code

We are going to be participating in Computer Science Education Week and "The Hour of Code 2013."  To get started, head to http://learn.code.org/hoc/1

Can't wait to see what you can create!

Barnes and Noble Book Fair- November 12th

Mark your calendars!  We will be hosting our annual book fair at Barnes and Noble in Center Valley on November 12th.  We'll have special events scheduled from 5-8 pm, including two author/illustrators- Amy Ignatow (Popularity Papers series) and Brian Biggs (Everything Goes series, Brownie and Pearl books, Roscoe Riley Rules series, Ellray Jakes series).

Wordles

We've been using Wordles (www.wordle.net) to analyze speeches and book reviews.  The first one is from a book review on Maggie Stiefvater's The Dream Thieves, and the second turns Ashton Kutcher's Teen Choice Awards speech into a Wordle.

Allegiant cover!

Did you see the cover for Allegiant--the final book in Veronica Roth's Divergent Trilogy?  I can't wait for October 22nd!!