Journalist at Work

Yesterday, at Calhoun Middle School eighth-grade Language and Literature class went on a hike up the hill to the Mc Alister gym. In Ms. Simmons’ class, the students were learning how to be journalists by practicing taking good observation notes to later turn into a story.  Witnesses noticed that some kids thought it was stupid. One kid named Jake expressed, “I don’t see any action in this gym, and we can’t make up stories about nothing”. There were voices of students talking with their friends, some were kicking an orange cone around as if it were a soccer ball, and some were climbing on bleachers.

Out of nowhere, one of the teachers, Ms.Petit, scolded the kids for sitting on the bleachers,” Get off the bleachers, you’re not supposed to sit up there”. She demanded that they go off to do work as a journalist. One kid lost his journal in the bleachers while pulling up his pants. Coach Ordaz came to save the day by letting out the bleachers just enough for the journal to fall out. Who never imagined so much could take place in a room full of eighth-graders on a journalist assignment. When the class ended, the students left the Mac gym with a notebook full of drama.