Welcome new 2013-2014 seventh grade students to our English Class Blog!!!!  

Here you will find the latest updates to ongoing class projects and upcoming lessons from the classroom and beyond. Feel free to post questions and or comments after each new post.  

Next week in class we will be having Reading Workshop on Monday: Learning Target - I can preview a work of fiction.
 We will learn how to preview fiction books to see if they will be a good fit for us to read!!! We will call it the Five-finger Preview!  1.Genre 2. Author 3. Cover art 4. Summary 5. Readability

Tuesday: Learning Target - I can explain how I learn best using evidence from sources.  
*This will be based on last weeks workshops on learning styles. Please use all the notes and articles you have used to do this exercise.  

Wednesday: Learning Target - I can explain how I learn best using evidence from sources.
Writing Workshop. You will write a well contructed piece of writing that explains how you learn best.  

Thursday: Learning Target - I can explain how I learn best using evidence from sources.
Writing Workshop. Finishing up any necessary revisions to your writing.  

Friday: Learning Target - I can understand how to construct a writing portfolio. I can create and record writing ideas for my portfolio. 
We will be introducing how to construct your writing portfolio for class and go over all of the requirements.