HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Ok....we have accomplished Wordly Wise Lessons 1-4!  If you get bored over this holiday weekend, I would highly recommend you go to WWW.WORDLYWISE3000.COM and play the games.

Catching Fire Chapter 3 is coming up after our break.  Remember:  WE ARE ASKING LOTS OF QUESTIONS WHEN WE READ!  LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of HOTS and HOTS and HOTS!
(Higher Order Thinking questions:  Remember?  Analyze, Evaluate, Create)

What do you think?
What is your opinion of?
What would happen if?

Keep asking questions like these when you read and when you are watching your favorite movie. These are not the only questions!  You guys already know this.

Enjoy your holiday!

Here’s What’s Happening Quarter 2

Mrs. Gidaris-Papantonakis and Mrs. Donovan

7^th Grade ELA

November 10, 2014

 Dear Parents and Guardians,

          I wanted to tell you a little bit about what our class will be doing the second quarter in English class.  Each quarter I will send out a letter outlining the areas that we will be covering in class.  This information is also available  on my blog located on Breed’s website.

 Quarter 2 students will…..  

*will be reading Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins

* use HIGHER ORDER THINKING in every class

          this includes ANALYZING, EVALUATING and CREATING which means they will

* read VERY CLOSELY in order to dig deeper into the text to identify things like theme, motive, relationships, and much more.

* draw conclusions, classify, assess, elaborate, support, improve, change or modify elements of the text

* write a five paragraph Argument essay based on the novel

*continue to learn new vocabulary and use it in their writing and speaking

*continue to write using only complete sentences and focusing on correct grammar

          Please remember that the first and most important teacher that your child has is you.  Remind your child to come to class prepared, to be polite, to be productive and punctual.  It is a pleasure and an honor to be teaching your children. 

Valerie Gidaris-Papantonakis and Mrs. Donovan