Seventh+Grade+ELA

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Biography Project: =//**First Trimester:**//= //**Journal Questions:**// //**1)Long ago, people wrote myths to explain events they were unable to explain such as why the sun sets or rises. What unexplainable event would you choose. Write a myth describing the event.**// //**2) Imagine you are moving to a foreign country and have to write a letter to one person explaining where you are and instructions while you're gone. Who would you write to? Write a letter to that person.**// //**3) Imagine you could change your identity. Invent a new name, place to live, look and personality for yourself. Would you rather be your new or old self? Why?**// //**4) Many people have different ideas about what dreams are. Some think dreams can predict the future, while others simply believe dreams are the brain's way of cathcing up on information it was too busy to handle during the day. What is your opinion of dreams? Have you ever had a recurring dream? If so, what do you think it means?**// //**October:**// //**1) Some cities allow artists to paint giant murals on the walls of buildings. If your city allowed you to do this, what would your mural show? Make a sketch of your mural.**// //**2) What if kids didn't have to go to school anymore? What would you do all day? Would you miss going to school? Would not attending school harm you in the future?**// //**3) A "utopia" is an ideal place of perfection. What is your idea of a utopia? If you could design the ideal society, what kind of laws would govern it? What would it look like? What kind of people would live there?**// //**4) The President of the United States usually tries to stay in touch with the "average American". Why is this a hard term to define? Do you think it is physically possible for the President to do the best thing for everyone?**//

//**1) The U.S. Postal Service chooses remarkable people to be featured on commemorative stamps. If you could select one person to be on a stamp, who would it be and why?**// //**2) With Thanksgiving around the corner, if is time to reflect upon what you are most thankful for. What is one thing that you are thankful for that you couldn't live without? Why should we remember or count our blessings?**// //**3)Songs can evoke memories of a particular time in your life. Write about a song that evokes strong memories about a time in your life.**// //**4)What do you look for in a best friend? Create a wanted poster describing your best friend that you want to find.**//

//**1) Describe a perfect day-not the one you would have if you were rich or famous, but the one you could have on a Saturday or a day off of school. What would you do, eat, read, watch?**// //**2)**//**So it’s the New Year…New Year, new you, right? What do you realistically plan to change this year? What would you like to improve upon? What ways can you plan to change?**

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 * January/February:**
 * 1)"Beauty or Brains?" Beauty is only skin deep" the cliche claims. If you had to choose between the two, which would you pick? Which do you think gets you further in life?**
 * 2) "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all people in this world haven't have the advantages that you had". -F.Scott Fitzgerald. Do you feel you're fair to other people you don't know very well or do you criticize too much? What does this quote mean?**
 * 3)What are your short term goals? We always discuss our life goals, but what is something you want to acheive within the next couple of weeks?**
 * 4)Create your own journal entry. Answer it on your own. Re-write the question to be handed in on a seperate sheet of loose leaf paper**

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= = =//**__NOUNS: Powerpoint shown in class-__ **//= //**Persuasive Writing: Go to this site...there you can find the powerpoint and persuasion map to help organize your thoughts: [|READ WRITE THINK Persuasion]**//


 * Collective Nouns**- [|Animal Collective nouns]

[|Author of the month Mark Twain] =[|Mississippi River Symbolism]= =[|Audio of Tom Sawyer]= [|Tom Sawyer Packet] [|Mark Twain's House] media type="youtube" key="kgQUx2CXBZY" height="315" width="420"



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[|Compare/Contrast Interractive Map]

[|Harlem Renaissance Video] Class Notes on the Harlem Renaissance Presentation

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 * 1) What makes the speaker in the poem so powerful?
 * 2) How does she resist those that put her down?
 * 3) What inner qualities does she possess?
 * 1) Can you identify with the speaker? Why or Why not?
 * 2) What themes can you find throughout the piece of poetry?
 * 3) How could you tell that the speaker is an __#|African American woman__?
 * 4) Maya Angelou uses several natural images to compare herself to. What do they have in common?
 * 5) How do the images tie into the speaker’s conception of history?
 * 6) How does the poem illustrate resiliency?
 * 7) What qualities do you possess that help you rise above those that bully or put you down?
 * 8) What are your inner strengths?
 * 9) Why is it important to reflect on your strengths and weaknesses?

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[|Personal Narrative]

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IQ Book One: Independence Hall [|IQ Glog] [|Duffy's Jacket Powerpoint]

__**RESOURCES:**__
[|Graphic Organizers] [|Timeline] [|Thesis Statement Empressr] [|video] = =

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[|Video of Chapter 2] [|Audio Book of Chapter 2] media type="youtube" key="NDjpCoC0fK4" height="289" width="339" align="center"

=OCTOBER= =ELA Homework and Assignments= [|Mark Twain Quotes] Poetry Writing Workshop [|Rubric for Debate]

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