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    Mrs. Duffield's ELA 7/8

    WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!

    2019-20

       stack of books

     INSPIRATIONAL VIDEOS...

    Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator

                     "212 DEGREES-IT'S TIME TO TURN UP THE HEAT" 
    Spend time exploring TED TALKS videos 
    Download APP or www.ted.com
     
    GREAT READS FOR PARENTS... 
      THE GLOBAL ACHIEVEMENT GAP by Tony Wagner  
                 CREATING INNOVATORS by Tony Wagner                   
                          WHY SCHOOL? by Will Richardson                                                            MINDSET by Dr. Carol Dweck                          
    OUTLIERS by Malcolm Gladwell 

          A GLIMPSE AT THE GRADE 7/8 ELA CURRICULUM ... 

       DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, CURIOSITY &  COMPASSION

     GRADE 7/8 WRITING FOCUS:  writing every day for a variety of purposes & audiences, multi-paragraph persuasive/argumentative essays, on-demand writing, editing & revising, grammar, poetry, conducting research & citing credible sources

    ORAL BOOK REVIEWS-Students MUST read a minimum of 20 minutes or 10 pages    daily.  Eight oral book reviews are conducted over the course of the year; approximately one report per month.  Students should select books that are both challenging and interesting.  Mrs. Duffield and fellow classmates are fine resources for book recommendations. 

     GRADE 7/8 TEXTS:  THE ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE- first  or second course 2009 edition (HOLT)   TEXTBOOK SELECTIONS AVAILABLE ON-LINE:  http://www.nexuslearning.net/books/Holt-EOL2/default.htm

    GRADE 7 LITERATURE FOCUS:  THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE (Avi),  THE LEMMING CONDITION (Arkin), ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY (Taylor), THE OUTSIDERS (Hinton)-7, selections from WORLD MYTHOLOGY, THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES (Evslin)-7H, An Introduction to the works of Edgar Allan Poe-8H, Book Clubs, informational/technical text, poetry and short stories.

     GRADE 8 LITERATURE FOCUS: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (unabridged or drama version in text),  NIGHT (Weisel), and World War II literature, including Book Clubs, THE CHILDREN'S STORY (Clavell), FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON (Keyes), CHAINS (Anderson), THE GIVER (Lowry)-8, AN INTRODUCTION TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE-8H "A Midsummer Night's Dream", informational/technical text, poetry and short stories.

     LAST UPDATED 8.13.19 @ 3PM