Hello, parents, and welcome to the new blog!

My name is Katy Walls, and I am your child's English teacher this year. I know that all of you are concerned with your child's grades in his/her classes, and I thought that this would be a good way to help me keep in touch with you about what is going on in class. On this blog, I plan to give you information about what we are doing in class so that you can help me help your student be the best that he/she can be!

As of right now, the major thing that we have done in class is a short story unit. We have learned about the elements of a short story, and we have had the opportunity to read some short stories and discuss them. When we get back from fall break, we will be starting a writing unit. Today in class (October 13th), the kids turned in their fourth reading logs, and Monday in class, they have an assignment due about applying the elements of a short story to the movie of their choice. Your child should already know which movie that he/she is doing, but he/she won't need to turn it in until Monday.

If you have any questions about this blog or anything that we are doing in class, feel free to contact me. My email address is kwalls@byngschools.com, and my planning period is third hour, 10:25-11:10. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with me, you may call the school at 580-310-6744. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope that we can begin communicating soon!