Week 1-3

Our 7th grade reading curriculum focuses on the idea of "choices". This week, we will begin the first unit of our new Springboard curriculum.

In this unit, students explore the art of storytelling as readers and writers. They encounter contemporary and classic stories about choices and consequences, and they write about their own real and imagined experiences. Students think figuratively and creatively, and they learn to appreciate the writer’s craft through their study and practice. Through attentive study of a published author’s style and craft, students are encouraged to emulate the writing style and techniques in the original narratives and myths they will write.

Looking forward...

Monday

Pre-Assessment for Unit 1

Tuesday

Activity 1.1 Previewing the Unit

Wednesday

Act. 1.2 Exploring the Concept of Choice

Thursday

OL (on-level) classes- Close Reading Workshop #1: Close Reading of Informational/Literary Nonfiction Texts

AC classes-Act. 1.3 Choices and Consequences: Paired Poetry

Friday

Act. 1.4 Exploring the Personal Narrative "The Scholarship Jacket" by Marta Salinas

(Heads Up: plan on a formative assessment/quiz on the vocabulary from this narrative)

Don't Forget

-Summer Reading Assignment is due 9/8 (or 9/18 for Griffin "newbies")

- Open House is Wednesday 8/16 from 7-8pm

-Course Overview/Syllabus form needs to be signed and returned.

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