Reading and Understanding Informational Text

Grades 7 and 8

2011-2012

Course Description ~ Click       Click on dog for homework.

Humanities Camp ~ Summer 2011

Student Work

Photos & Film

 

 

“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit." EE Cummings

Bead Project

We will also be continuing the Bead Project. Students are stringing 1,500,000 beads to honor the children who perished in the Holocaust. Over the summer we received another bead donation from Vivienne. She is so supportive! If anyone out there would like to contribute or string some beads, let us know via e-mail or phone.

Grade 7 Spring 2010

The seventh grade students designed and created monuments to honor the Central High Little Rock Nine.

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 Coming Unit for Grade 8 2010-2011

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Pre-Class Warm-Up Activity Reading Informational Text Grades 7/8

2010-2011

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Yes, we have a sense of humor!

Thank you,

Linda M. Paquette

Reading and Understanding Informational Text 7/8

Guidelines for Class Discussion

     The basis for an exciting class is discussion and to have that discussion, we must all be respectful of each other and listen as well as talk. If we follow these guidelines, I am confident that we will have some of the most interesting, thought-provoking discussions ever! If all goes well, we won't even hear the bell ring.

• Speak freely, but do not monopolize the conversation.

• Listen to others and try to understand what they are saying and respectfully respond, especially when ideas are different from your own.

• If you want to, it is ok to write down a thought that you might want to share later. That is better than interrupting.

• Listen carefully and ask clarifying questions.

• Try to put yourself in someone else's shoes.

• Value other experiences; yours aren't the only ones!

• Be open to new ideas. Being open does not mean you have to change your opinion; just that the possibility of new ideas exists.

• When disagreement occurs, do not personalize it.

• When you do not understand, ask questions. Questions are the key to learning.

• No put-downs. Value the opinions and thoughts of others.

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