What's in Store for the 7s?

The grade 7 ELA class has a lot in store in the next half of the school year. I'm more than excited to share with you what we'll be doing. 

As you know, we're still in the middle of our short story unit where we read a piece of text pertaining to each of the 5 story elements (plot, conflict, setting, theme, and character). We still have two more short stories to read, a movie to analyze (to work on plot and character motivation), and a children's literature portion to complete where we will be creating our own children's book on the website, www.storybird.com. 

After all of that excitement we will be moving into Genius Hour - 80 minutes a week dedicated to learning about something new outside of the regular curriculum. Last year's grade 7 class presented information on everything from the Mars One Mission to the cow's digestive system to learning how to play guitar. It was interesting, fun, and engaging for the students. Check out the video I put together from last year's Genius Hour. It was such a success! 

Genius Hour Video