Bonnie Ball

                7th Grade ELA

 

Email: bonnie.ball@newportgrammar.org

 

Phone:

423-623-3811, ext. 243

 

I encourage 7th graders to know how to log in to Aspen so they can chart their own grades. 

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 UPCOMING EVENTS

7TH GRADE HONORS PROGRAM: MAY 20, 11 AM

MAY 22: 10 AM DISMISSAL

JUNE 1: SUMMER SCHOOL BEGINS

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7TH GRADE ELA MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS


Short Stories

Novels

Poetry


  • The Dinner Party


  • Thank You, M’am


  • The Lady or the Tiger


  • The Lottery


  • Button, Button


  • The Necklace


  • The Monkey’s Paw


  • Lamb to the Slaughter

Drama:


  • Monsters Due on Maple Street


  • The Witch of Blackbird Pond


  • Murder on the Orient Express

        Speeches:


  • Gettysburg Address


  • I Have a Dream


  • JFK Inaugural Address


  • RFK Announces MLK’s Death


  • A Day In Infamy


  • Churchill’s We Shall Fight


  • Here’s to the Kids


  • Mother to Son


  • Because I Could Not Stop For Death


  • Death Be Not Proud


  • Do Not Go Gently


  • The Highwayman


  • In Vain


  • If


  • L’Envoi


  • Diana


  • Caged Bird


  • Rise

 

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(SUMMER READING LISTED BELOW)

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7TH GRADE SUPPLY LIST 2025-2026

Math: Sandy Adams

FOR HOMEROOM

KLEENEX

ROLL OF PAPER TOWELS

 

FOR MATH CLASS:

  • 100 page (SEWN/NOT SPIRAL) Composition Notebook

  • Pencils /lead if using lead pencils

  • SCOTCH TAPE

The tape is used for attaching notes into Math notebooks and can be individual dispensers to keep in pencil pouch or rolls for our classroom dispensers.  If sending rolls, I’d like to request the SCOTCH brand.  The cheaper brands do not last in the notebooks well and papers fall out easily.

BONNIE BALL

FOR HOMEROOM

SMALL, INEXPENSIVE EARBUDS

KLEENEX

CLEANING WIPES

ZIPLOC BAGGIES

(GIRLS: QUART & BOYS: GALLON)

 

FOR ELA CLASS:

1 PACK OF COLORED COPY PAPER

1 PACK OF NOTEBOOK PAPER

KYLIE COFFEY

FOR HOMEROOM

CLEANING WIPES

ZIPLOC BAGGIES

KLEENEX

 

FOR SCIENCE

COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK

1 PACK OF NOTEBOOK PAPER

PENCILS

MARK SWEETEN

FOR HOMEROOM

ZIPLOC BAGGIES

(GIRLS: QUART & BOYS: GALLON)

PAPER TOWELS

 

FOR WORLD HISTORY

3 RING BINDER (1-1.5 inch)

1 PACK OF DIVIDERS (8 tabs)

NOTEBOOK PAPER

PENCILS

 


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7th Grade Summer Reading Program

There are two Options: 

CommonLit and Traditional Book List

                           

 CHOOSE EITHER OPTION.

 

Option 1 (Traditional Book List)

 

Students who do not have Internet access may choose 2 books from the list            

below. For each book, write a 1 page review of the book including a summary, what you liked and disliked, and if you would recommend the book to a friend. 

 

These assignments should be turned in on MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2026.

 

Option 2 (Online Assignments through CommonLit.com)

 

The CommonLit assignments are divided into 3 genres:

Fiction--Nonfiction--Poetry 

There are 3 texts per genre.

You must complete 2 assignments from each genre.

You should complete the Assessment Questions 

and Discussion Questions for each text you choose. 

You must earn a minimum average of 75 for your work.

By the end of May, I will have created a Summer Reading Class on CommonLit.

You can join the class and work at your own pace.

COMMONLIT CLASS CODE FOR SUMMER READING: QKLFQ476

If you have any questions, email me at bonnie.ball@newportgrammar.org

 

All CommonLit assignments are due by

SUN.,AUGUST 9, 2026– MIDNIGHT

 

REWARDS FOR COMPLETING SUMMER READING PROGRAM:

1 ELA FREE 100, 1 FREE AR PASS & A FIELD TRIP (pending board approval) 

 

Summer Reading Book List

Any book by the following authors: 

Louisa May Alcott, Rick Riordan, J.R.R Tolkien

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Upstairs Room by Joanna Reiss

Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

The Cat Ate my Gymsuit by Paula Danziger