Mrs. Duffield's ELA 7/8

2019-20

 INSPIRATIONAL VIDEOS...

Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator

      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 UP 10.11.19 @ 5PM