Link Community School, Newark, NJ -- Student Showcase

Link Community School
120 Livingston Street
Newark, NJ 07103
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Student Showcase

We celebrate the efforts and accomplishments of all of our students. Below you will see some examples of their work - essays, poems, reports, science and math projects. Visit often as we'll change the work periodically!

7th Grade Poetry: Autumn Theme

This is Fall
by Oscar Gomes

Summer has gone,
And autumn is here.

The wind howls,
And the beautifulness of summer
has disappeared.

But with those things gone,
There are many great things
To come.

Leaves changing,
What a beautiful sight.

Chestnuts roasting and
turkey stuffing.
All for Thanksgiving,
Oh such a delight.

Birds giving their last chirps,
Chirps of a promise to
Come back.
They are migrating to the south
Where it will be better at.

Runny noses,
And kids playing football,
Oh what a joy.
But it isn't too fun
When you get a cold.

This is all what happens in fall.
This is what I see.
This is what I see in this beautiful
World that I live in.

This is fall.

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Autumn Days are back
by Andre Ariss

In autumn when trees are brown
The little leaves come falling down
They do not make the slightest sound
But lie so quietly on the ground
Until the winds come puffing by
And blow them off toward the sky.

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                        Autumn
                   by Kriska Desir

                Radiant leaves
                falling slowly
                blazing red
                on fire with orange
                happy and yellow
                dried and brown
                wind blowing
                making my nose cold
                sky making
                a big welcome
                for the snow
                can't wait
                for winter
               but I like
                autumn too

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                            Fall
                     by Tanajah

                Raking the leaves
             Then jumping in them
       It is so much fun to have fun
                      To have fun
           Then around the corner
            Comes Thanksgiving
         Where turkey is served
         And salted collard greens
     Then comes sweet potato pie
       Then comes peach cobbler
      It is so good you can't explain
         Having fun with your family
           It is what fall is all about
Having fun on the Thanksgiving floor
      Then you go to the front room
Where grown ups are playing cards.

8th Grade Science Project, Fall 2008

In the first quarter of their eighth grade science class, the students at Link worked on the atomic theory. Niels Bohr, Ernest Rutherford, J.J. Thomson and John Dalton were the major scientists who contributed to the development of the atomic theory. Part of the students’ assignment was a project to include:
     a) a brief biography of one of the scientists,
     b) the contribution that that scientist made to the development of the atomic theory,
     c) a three dimensional model of the atom, and
     d) the student’s conclusion.

Each student then presented his or her project to the class and answered questions from at least four other students. The presentation took a variety of methods; but, many students decided on a PowerPoint presentation. The students along with the teacher decide on the grade for that presentation.

This assignment demonstrated our use of differentiated instruction in the classroom. Here the students learn from their peers.

Errol LaGuerre, 8th Grade Science Teacher

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