Miss Mary LambertContactmlambert@madisonprep.org
480-345-2306 ext 215 Office HoursTuesday 3:15pm-4:00pm
Wednesday 3:15pm-4:00pm Thursday 3:15pm-4:00pm Classes/DutiesJH Literature and Composition
Freshman World Geography Creative Writing, Senior Elective ExtracurricularsNJHS Advisor
JH Student Council Co-Advisor Class InformationLiterature and Composition 7&8Extra Credit Opportunity for both 7th and 8th grade!
In 7th grade, we are currently reading C.S. Lewis's classic fantasy The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. As students explore this imaginative landscape, they will design a made-up world of their own for the Create Your Own Kingdom project. Because many students are already familiar with this story, as we read this novel, each seventh grader has an opportunity to take over and teach a chapter to the class. To see requirements and expectations for the Teacher for a Day project, click here. Homework information: To view a complete list of all reading and writing due dates associated with this unit, click here. Click the link to view the course syllabus. (Please note: The syllabus includes a supplies/materials list.) In 8th grade, students are reading A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. Because this story contains a play within the play, as we read this piece of literature, students will work in small groups to write and perform their own short one-act plays. Students are also creating posters featuring information on some of Shakespeare's most famous works. Homework information:
Click the link to view the course syllabus. (Please note: The syllabus includes a supplies/materials list.) World Geography 99th grade World Geography is a one trimester survey course. Most of the material comes from lectures given in class, and students should plan to spend ten minutes each evening studying their maps and notes. Otherwise, there is very little homework. We will spend approximately two weeks on each continent. World Geography is not taught in the third trimester.
Click the link to view the current course syllabus. World Geography Homework:
Creative WritingCreative Writing is an elective for seniors. Students experiment with flash fiction and short stories before designing a final project. The final project is a substantial sample of each student's work as a creative writer.
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BiographyI have been teaching since I was two years old. My first class was made up of stuffed animals and a Bert doll-- my favorite character on Sesame Street at the time. In 4th grade I saved up 100 orange tickets (orange tickets were given to students for doing well on homework assignments, having no tardies for the week, etc.) and instead of buying candy bars or pretty erasers for five tickets apiece, I chose to be "Teacher for the Day." In junior high I helped teach Sunday school, and in high school I volunteered at Tarwater Elementary School . In college I majored in English (since writing is another of my lifelong loves) and minored in education and history.
I was so happy when I was offered a position as the junior high Literature and Composition teacher at JMPS: it was as if someone took all of my favorite things and combined them into the perfect job! This is my fourteenth year at James Madison and, other than Literature and Composition, I teach 9th grade World Geography and a senior elective. I also have the privilege to work with the outstanding members of my homeroom. When I am not grading essays, I spend way too much money at Ann Taylor LOFT. I also love to travel, watch movies, play Settlers of Catan, and read books. Some of my favorite books are Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, Dune by Frank Herbert, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, and Persuasion by Jane Austen. In addition to being an avid reader, I also enjoy writing. In July 2014, I graduated from Vermont College of Fine Arts with an M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults. My debut novel, Family Game Night and Other Catastrophes, was published by Scholastic in February 2017. |
