Due Dates

Scholastic Orders are due---Friday, September 11th.

Perception Project is due---Tuesday, September 1st when you enter class.  Please be as creative and artistic as possible.

Extra credit--Send me an email or write a few sentences on a piece of paper and describe the picture below.  This is due Monday.

August 25th, 2015--HERE IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON...

Today students were assigned their first project of the year...The Perception Project.

Perception Project Link: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8opz5UQcwW3SmJnYl9aS2hvMnM/view?usp=sharing 

This week students will also be reading the short story Seventh Grade by Gary Soto.

We will be learning to support our answers with evidence from the text, a standard that we will be returning to throughout the entire year.  

Our vocabulary words for the story are:

1. propelled
2. Sheepishly
3. Uncertainty
4. bustled
5. conviction
6. Scowl
7. Elective

Welcome to Mrs. Wainwright's 7th Grade Language Arts Class

What we are up to in 213!

Currently students are reading the novel "A Long to Water" by Linda Sue Park.  Students are using this novel to compare  the two characters' perspectives and also to be able to cite evidence to prove their claims.  As a class we are exploring how culture, time, and place influence a person's identity.  We are having some very insightful discussions as a class.

Quarter One Book Reports

Students will be given a list of books to choose from for their 1st book report project.  The novels are varying grade levels, therefore, students have flexibility with what novel they feel comfortable reading.  Students are responsible for their own novels.  Below are links to the guidelines for the project and also the outline which students will be required to fill out as they read their book.  Mini lessons will be provided for each part of the outline, therefore please don't get overwhelmed!  

PROJECT DUE DATE: November 18th, 2015

GUIDELINES LINKhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8opz5UQcwW3X2k5NzhhT0xXRDg/edit?usp=sharing

OUTLINE LINKhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8opz5UQcwW3U21zc1JsVU5Rclk/edit?usp=sharing