Language Arts Goals:
*Write to communicate for a variety of purposes by compsoing persuasive, expository, narrative, poetry, MLA research, and creative pieces.
*Know and use specific words, phrases and clauses to speak and write for a more formal audience.
*Compose and produce descriptive and sensory language.
* Write with purpose to avoid wordiness and redundancy.
*Discuss original writing with a partner to improve structures and ideas.
* Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
*Know and use specific words, phrases and clauses to speak and write for a more formal audience.
*Compose and produce descriptive and sensory language.
* Write with purpose to avoid wordiness and redundancy.
*Discuss original writing with a partner to improve structures and ideas.
* Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Farewell to Manzanar: A true story of Japanese American's experience during and after World War II internment
The following lesson was created as an introduction to the novel Farewell to Manzanar. Students will utilize primary sources from the Library of Congress in an inquiry based lesson to understand the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Students will also determine if justice was served to these individuals.
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Library of Congress Primary Sources : Photos of Manzanar
Students are to select five pictures either from the Library of Congress Primary Source Set or from my keynote of Primary Sources of Manzanar. Students will then complete a photographic analysis using objective and subjective observation, knowledge, and deduction when analyzing these primary sources. The handout for this is attached below, and students will need to submit their analysis to me through Turnitin.
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sampleofphotoanalysis.pdf | |
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hannahhartfireessay.pdf | |
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peytonspoem.pdf | |
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Creative Writing: Eulogy for "Dead" Products
Shakespearean Sonnets for Mother's Day
Many of the seventh graders composed a Shakespearean sonnet for their mothers to celebrate Mother's Day. A Shakespearean sonnet is constructed from three quatrains and a final couplet all in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of "abab cdcd efef gg" Bobby R, Nick H, Keeley N. and Josh S. did an outstanding job and their sonnets are attached below to view.
Grandparents' Day Poem
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Unlikely Hero Biography
This biographical writing activity motivates students to research the life and accomplishments of an "unlikely hero" and to write a biography of that person to share with the class who attempt to identify the "hero."
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harryhoudiniunlikelyhero.pdf | |
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unlikely_hero_jillian.pdf | |
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seanclancyresearch.pdf | |
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The Most Dangerous Game
All students will read Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" as it is a short story filled with figurative language and suspense. By analyzing this piece of literature, students will learn about good writing and figurative language. Students will be responsible for the reading, finishing the study guide, and taking tests on this short story.
Annotated Text of The Most Dangerous Game
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themostdangerousgamethroughthetextpowerpoint.ppt | |
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Veterans Poem
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Heart on the Page Narrative
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2010-2011 Seventh Grade Gender-Switching Narrative
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