10/1: 7th grade is working on short stories presented in the main ELA class, such as Yes Ma'am and The Dinner Party. The focus has been on story elements.
11/30: We have debated pro/con gun control, using the website procon.org. Now we are reviewing literature and doing student choice creative/project based book reports. The first book we are doing these reports on is The Da Vinci Code.
12/21: We finished the book report on the Da Vinci Code. The new year will find us mixing it up a bit with interesting shorter stories.
1/27/2016: We are currently reading Thunder Road, a fiction story based on secret papers that may come to light with information that could be damaging to many world figures and countries.
2/9/16: Thunder Road continues as our main read.
3/21/2016: Thunder Road continues as our main read.
6/22: We ended our year with assessments and reflection. It has been a productive and positive year.