Mrs. Upham

-Education/Background

• 16th year at WAMS
• Graduate of Shippensburg University- undergrad and grad
• Wilson College- taking technology course

-Personal Info

• Originally from Latrobe, PA
• Happily married with three daughters.
• Soccer/ gymnastics mom

My Family

My Hobbies

• Photography
• Camping- traveling
• Baking- cooking
• Reading, of course!

Photography!

Expectations:

• Be prepared!
• Be on time!
• Be respectful!
• Try your best!

What do we do in class?

• Read nonfiction and poetry tied to the novel we are studying.
• Study grammar and apply it to a writing piece.
• Work to improve as readers, writers, listeners, and speakers!

What do we need each day?

• Charged chromebook
• Pencils/ pens
• Paper
• Novel
• Positive Attitude

Novels:

• Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963
• Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
• Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science
• Call of the Wild
• One self selected book a quarter

How can we reach you?

• Email- amanda_upham@wasdpa.org
• 717-762-1191 ext 1300

Remind App

• You can download the app on your phone.
• I use it for big assignment reminders.
• Email- ela7c201@mail.remind.com
• Or by phone: enter this number- 81010; text @ela7c201
• Code - ela7c201

Finally, will we have homework?

• Yes :)
• There is a reading assignment nearly every night.
• Each quarter there will be an assignment tied to the self selected novel.
• Check Sapphire and the 7C homework doc for up to date information.

"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think!"
~Albert Einstein