Last Week's As

Remember to study your words each day. Studying only the night before is not enough. Even if you can pass the test that way, you won't keep the words in your head for very long.

There were 37 questions on this test.

Perfect

Sindi
Waleed
Karma
Kilani
Fitian
Safa Kh.
Iyad (Great Job Iyad!!!!)
Imad

A+ (-1 or 2)

Ghaith
Abdallah
Khaled
Ahmed Kh.
Jihad
Waleed A.

That's more than half the class. It makes me very happy because the students learn these words with NO help from me.

This year I have talked about a lot of students on the blog but three I haven't mentioned enough are Jihad Jitan, Safa Kharouf, and Imad.

At the start of the year, Imad was the weakest student in the class. Coming from a different school he didn't have the practice with English that our students did. I don't know how many times he raised his hand to say "I don't understand" in that first week. Now he is consistently getting As on his tests, his reading is strong and I can't remember the last time I heard him say "I don't understand." Great job Imad.

Jihad is someone who sneaks up on you. Sometimes I forget how good he is at English until I look at my grades and see he is making As all the time. He has been in my class for three years now and I can't remember a time I was not happy to see him.

If there is a harder working student than Safa, I can't think of who it is. She has been among the best students at every challenge this year. If I added up all the scores from the spelling and vocabulary I would bet that Safa would be in the top two or three as much or more than any other student. Every time I give an assignment where the students have to work on their own, I know that whatever I get from Safa will be the best work she can do.

Thank you for all your great work.