Seventh Grade Literacy Newsletter

February 2: 7GB, JGB @ Warren - 4:30 pm

February 3: Deadline to sign up for Cheer Tryouts (in March)

February 6: No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences 12:00-6:00

February 6-10: Book Fair

February 9: Ashley County Spelling Bee, CHS Auditorium - 5:30 pm

February 13, 15, 18: Jr. High Basketball District Tournament

February 20: President's Day - No School

Students will explore how we react when faced with war. The World War II experiences of Native Americans and Japanese Americans show how the war affected Americans in different ways.

Students will ask: how did World War II affect individuals?

The End-of-Module Task is an informative/explanatory essay. In it, students detail how one individual encountered adversity and/or opportunity as a result of war, and how he or she formed identity in a time marked by challenge on both a national and human scale.

Segregation

Equality

Marginalized

Bleak

Brutal

Catastrophic

Culture

Tradition

Reading Literature

RL.7.2 Theme/Central Idea

RL.7.3 Analyze story/drama interactions

Reading Informational Text

RI.7.1 Cite textual evidence

RI.7.2 Central Idea

Writing

W.7.2 Informative/Explanatory Writing

Language

L.7.2b Spell correctly

Literacy students will gain background knowledge about leaders, battles, and major events in World War II. Students will demonstrate their research by creating an informational Google Slideshow in which they cite their sources.

This project can be found on Google Classroom under Assignments and is due March 3rd.

Honors Literacy students will read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Students will complete a Book Journal in which they follow the physical and character development of one character, Ponyboy or Johnny, over the course of the novel. After comparing and contrasting the book and the movie (in class), students will prepare for a Mock Trial in which both Ponyboy and the ghost of Johnny are put on trial for their actions. Students will develop argumentative claims, subclaims, and provide evidence for their particular role.

The Book Journal project can be found on Google Classroom under Assignments and is due March 3rd.

Arkansas History: Demarkus Swan, demarkus.swan@crossettschools.org

English: Emily Hale, emily.hale@crossettschools.org

Math: Kathleen Iverson, kathleen.iverson@crossettschools.org

Science: Kim McFarland, kim.mcfarland@crossettschools.org

Sign up for class reminders by texting the following codes to 81010 on your phone.

Hale: @halecms

Iverson: @ivermath, @yayamath (Honors)

McFarland: @4mcfarland