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  • Novel Portfolio!

    5/15/12 • (0)

    Great work grade 7 the past few days in English class! Our Novel Portfolio is due tomorrow Wed May 16 in class. We will be sharing excerpts from our Portfolios as well as sharing about our books. If you need an extension on your Portfolio, please come see me. You can turn it in on [...]

  • Reading Schedule

    4/26/12 • (0)

    Grade 7, we are cruising through our Fantasy/Science Fiction novels! Please make note of what chapter you should be up to: Phantom Tollbooth: read up to chapter 10 Larklight: read up to chapter 10 Dragons: finish book (continue working on Portfolio) I am attaching the Portfolio project in case you lost your copy. Novel Portfolio This [...]

  • Work Day!

    4/16/12 • (0)

    After getting your notebooks back today, we looked at our test scores from Secret Life of Bees and our Character Silhouttes. Today became a work day to finish this assignment, either in your original group or by yourself. We will spend one more day in class and then move on from this past assignment. Your [...]

  • Book Clubs!

    4/13/12 • (0)

    Grade 7, thank you for turning in your rough draft of the comparison/contrast paper on Secret Life of Bees. I will return these on Monday and update you on your progress in class so far. Today we read chapter 1 in Omnivores Dilemma, and discussed our thoughts on corn! It is very exciting to be collaborating [...]

  • Novel & Movie Comparison!

    4/09/12 • (0)

    Grade 7, today we finally finished our Secret Life of Bees movie! We then brainstormed how to write our comparison paper and came up with ideas to use for each of the five paragraphs. You may brainstorm on your own and complete the graphic organizer, or we will have class time tomorrow as well. Our [...]

  • Secret Life Continues…

    4/05/12 • (0)

    Grade 7, we have almost finished watching The Secret Life of Bees movie in class this week. You have done a great job taking notes, comparing the book to the movie. We will continue with this and write a compare/contrast paper next week. Also we will begin our new novels in our reading groups next [...]

  • The Cold Equations

    3/13/12 • (0)

    Grade 7, today in class we read from our Adapted Reader, The Cold Equations, a short story on page 20. Please finish for homework, all the “Your Turns” and the final chart on page 29 at the end of the story. This will be handed in tomorrow. Reminders: Found Poem from Secret Life of Bees [...]

  • Found Poem

    3/12/12 • (0)

    Grade 7, our new assignment Found Poem is due on Wednesday, as a first draft. We will pair-share in class and you can make any changes you need to for class on Friday. Please be writing in your English notebook. Final draft due next Monday March 19. Here is the assignment: Found Poem- Bees Reading Groups: [...]

  • Secret Life and beyond…

    3/09/12 • (0)

    Grade 7, due to our different levels in the classroom, we all have different assignments for the weekend. Round Table group: Please continue reading Chapter 12 and finish Chapter 13 for Monday. Square table: You are to create your new character, using the character profile sheets that I gave you and add that person into [...]

  • Chapters 10-11 Reading Check!

    3/06/12 • (0)

    Grade 7, in Secret Life of Bees please read all of chapter 10 and  chapter 11 by class on Friday. If you have read ahead, please go back and scan these two chapters as we will have a reading check on Friday. Good work overall on your Written Letters Unsent! We will continue working on [...]