5 Paragraph Narrative Re-Write

Re-writing our 5 paragraph essay will begin early this week.

This will be followed by peer editing using Ratiocination, and one-on-one conferences.

Wordly Wise Lesson 1

CLASSROOM UPDATE:

Wordly Wise Lesson 1 should be finished by tomorrow, Sept. 30. 

Worldly Wise Online

www.wordlywise3000.com

This website has all the words in your book. It reads them to you and there are games!

Expanded Moment Video

Here is the video we watched in class if you forget how to complete your expanded moment!

http://youtu.be/L65ePtWwAFg

Wordly Wise Books Coming

 Wordly Wise vocabulary workbooks will be coming home soon! Students will be using this program to enrich their vocabulary and help them to employ more specific words in their writing.  

Please know that students will each be given their own books and therefore will be responsible not to lose them. 

What are we learining this quarter?

Here’s What’s Happening Quarter 1

Mrs. Gidaris-Papantonakis and Mrs. Donovan

7^th Grade ELA

September 9, 2014

 Dear Parents and Guardians,

          I wanted to tell you a little bit about what our class will be doing the very first quarter in English class.  Each quarter I will send out a letter outlining the areas that we will be covering in class, and I promise to keep it as simple as possible.  This year, our theme is a “hero.”  We will be using this theme to guide us through our curriculum.  We will not only focus on the hero in our readings but also the hero within all of us.

 

Quarter 1 students will…..  

*learn how to cite evidence from a variety of literary texts and infer

*be introduced to “research” and how to do it correctly

*write a five paragraph narrative essay  (ongoing practice)

*write journals as practice for writing   (ongoing practice)

*determine and analyze themes and central ideas

*write informative/explanatory texts to examine topics and convey ideas

*enrich their vocabulary through Wordly Wise (all year)

*engage continuously in Higher Order Thinking practices

 

          Please remember that the first and most important teacher that your child has is you.  If at any time you have any questions, please feel free to contact us . 

Looking forward to a great year!

Valerie Gidaris-Papantonakis and Mrs. Donovan

 

         

 

 

Helpful Videos For English Class!

Here is a great resource to help with figurative language.   http://youtu.be/vMSLgxj2dxk


Smiley Face Tricks to help improve writing.

What makes a hero?  (We will be talking about this in class throughout the year)  http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-a-hero