Category Archives: 7th Grade

Today we began our unit on To Kill a Mockingbird by discussing the neighborhoods we live in. Several of you had, ah, interesting stories about unusual characters in your neighborhoods. I passed out a reading schedule of the book. Please … Continue reading →

Here’s a blog that just launched that I immediately added to my feed reader: Students 2.0 It’s being written by eight students from all around the world who are questioning how education should change with the changing times. These are … Continue reading →

The Philadelphia Weekly has a compelling story of a few people who are trying to help Haitian immigrants in Philadelphia: You Can’t Go Home Again I wonder how you feel this story jives against the stories and experiences you’ve read … Continue reading →

This morning I received this e-mail: Dear MasterCard Member, For the User Agreement, Section 9, MasterCard may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your Credit Card and refuse to provide our services to you if we … Continue reading →

Dude, 7th graders: What happened to all the blogging you guys were supposed to do? You guys should be discussing a specific aspect of storytelling in class, and then analyzing that aspect in a story on your blog that night … Continue reading →

Short story due Thursday, Dec. 13. Any topic, any genre. It’s rare that I’ll give an assignment this open-ended so take advantage of it, and show me your creativity! At least 5 pages, typed, double-spaced, 12-point font. I’ll be collecting … Continue reading →

On your blog, you need to post your thoughts on the obstacles and conflicts immigrants might face. Make sure you assign the “First Crossing” category to that post!!! For extra credit, find your qali on my flickr page, click on … Continue reading →

Today, you guys learned how to subscribe to blog feeds in Bloglines, a feed reader. You can also see my video on how to subscribe using Google Reader. FIRST, make sure you are subscribed to the 7th grade posts on … Continue reading →