School Closure Resources: https://mspepingbhs.weebly.com/

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Middle School Language Arts is intended to strengthen each student's reading comprehension, oral and written communication skills, and explore literature in various genres and styles.

Tentative 8th Grade Reading List: 

• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
• Avenging the Owl by Melissa Hart
• Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
• The Giver by Lois Lowry

Tentative 7th Grade Reading List:

• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
• Matilda by Roald Dahl

Ms. Pepin can best be reached via email at apepin@ccsd.k12.or.us.

Classroom phone number and voice mail is 541-247-6604, extension 370.

Originally, and proudly, from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Ms. Pepin studied at Northern Michigan University and graduated from NMU’s English secondary education program. Before graduating, she worked as a university writing center tutor for two years, then completed a semester of student teaching at Republic-Michigamme Schools, a rural institution of approximately 150 students. There, she taught middle school language arts, freshman English, and British literature to students in grades 6-12.

Currently, Ms. Pepin teaches 7th-9th grade English Language Arts and a high school Creative Writing elective at Central Curry School District 1. She is the Assistant Junior Class Adviser and a teacher liaison between the school and the ASCEND program. Since moving to Gold Beach in 2017, she has also served as a Board Member for the Curry Public Library. When she’s not at school or the library, Ms. Pepin loves to read, go for hikes and long road trips, spend time in her garden, kayak, and write poetry. Her poetry has been published in various print and online magazines and journals, including the minnesota review, BOAAT, Third Coast Magazine, 45th Parallel, Up the Staircase Quarterly, Lunch Ticket, Stirring: A Literary Collection, and elsewhere.