My name as
you probably already know is Ms. Alegna Lara but I prefer Ms Lena. I teach
English for 6th and 7th grade; sometimes for 8th. I am fluent in both English
and Spanish. I come from Caracas, Venezuela and was raised in Miami, Florida. I
love to read any book. I am a big fan of the Harry Potter series and a bigger
fan of anything that is animated. I also love to go to the movies and do so
quite frequently. My biggest wish is to be able to see Italy, Ireland, Spain,
Japan, China, and England sometimes during my life time. I don't want to see
them all at once I want to see them one by one to really be able to say I've
been there.
As I am an
English teacher we will be reading quite a bit and writing even more so. I am
also a terrible speller. I use spell check all the time so I fault no one for
small errors but I do, if I catch them, point them out to try and help you. I
am trying to help you learn not make you hate the material. I want you first
and for most to understand what you are doing wrong rather than just tell you
it's wrong. If you don't understand what you did wrong; How can I expect you to
correct it?
For my
students there will be separate blogs for each of your grades. The blogs will
be updated daily and a paragraph is made for each of the blocks.
A word to
the new students coming into our school; my classroom is in building 5 room
201. You can take either of the stairs but if you take the stairs that have the
giant bamboo plant on the left side it will be faster to get to my class room
as it is on the left right after you come up the stairs. Second classroom to
your left; you will notice on the door it has my name and I will be standing at
the door waiting for the school bell to ring. I must warn you that once that
bell rings and the door is shut there is no opening it unless you have a pass
from an administrator. As per usual there is a white board, desks are in the
middle in rows, there is two cabinets that are both on the back right hand side
of the room used to store books for silent reading on Fridays. My desk is
located in the back as well on the left hand side of the room. I hope this
somewhat gives you an idea of what you are walking into on your first day.
Good luck on
your first day students!
