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

NOVEMBER 19: PROGRESS REPORTS

NOVEMBER 25: 1:00 DISMISSAL

NOVEMBER 26-28: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS

DECEMBER 4: HOMECOMING

DECEMBER 18: CHOIR CONCERT

DECEMBER 19: 10 AM DISMISSAL

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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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 WEEK AT A GLANCE

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 3

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GREEK & LATIN WORD STUDY

TESTS EACH WEDNESDAY

We will be taking weekly tests on Greek and Latin words. Students have been given a hard copy of the study guide and test schedule. There is also a study guide and test schedule loaded in Google Classroom.

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MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

We are reading the novel

and will have chapter quizzes throughout.

 

For students who are absent, there is an online text of the book loaded in Google Classroom. There is also a read aloud loaded in Google Classroom.

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MON: PART 3, CHAPTERS 4-6

TUES: PART 3, CHAPTERS 7 & 8

WED: PART 3 CHAPTER 9

THURS: TEST REVIEW

FRI: TEST

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