Welcome to Seventh Grade ELA!
HOMEWORK
Due Tuesday 10/17:
Newsela article "Trump ends DACA program"
Due Monday 10/16/17:
Newsela article on El Paso - Juarez
(7-2, 7-3) Due Tuesday 10/10/17
Las Vegas shooting Newsela annotations & quiz
HW Due Thursday 10/5/17
Complete the Mango Street Journal Topics PART ONE
Due 10/2/17-
7-2 & 7-3: Take a detailed picture of something or someone in your life. It should be focused very closely on one feature (i.e. not just you and a friend hanging out, but their hair, their hands, their shoes, etc). Be prepared to show it on your phone. If you don't have a phone, e-mail the picture to Ms. Canete ncanete@lccsnj.org
Due Thurs 9/14/17 -
"The Bear That Wasn't" plot handout (on back of plot notes).
Describe the different plots parts of the short story in each box.
Due Fri 9/15/17
- 9/11 Interview
- Syllabus signed
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In this class, we are:
a community
good listeners
respectful & encouraging
not perfect, but
forgiving
leaders by example
risk-takers
change-makers
the kind of people who raise others up
&
“choose kind”