Students Are Busy At Work In ELA Class

Monday, October 15th, 2018

Students are busy at work in English Language Arts class. We are wrapping-up our review of the summer reading required texts. Over the last few days, students in small groups have been rotating through various work stations, enriching their understanding of Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor. Some stations focused on historical time periods, such as sharecropping and the Great Depression. Other stations have encouraged students to think of themes and conflicts present in the book. Tonight, students will begin their review of various characters in the novel The Friends.

By now, nearly all students have selected and been approved to begin memorizing their practice declamation piece. Performance for practice declamation will kick-off in class on Friday, November 2nd, and continue on Monday, November 5th, and Tuesday, November 6th. Students will be assigned to perform on 1 of those 3 days.

This week there are several major due dates approaching. Please take a look at the dates, and keep your child abreast of work that will be due:

Due Date:	Assignment:
Tues. Oct. 16th	The Friends Character Inventory Chart
Wed. Oct. 17th	Trip to the School Library (bring your library card)
Fri. Oct. 19th	In-class assessment: typed paragraph about The Friends or Let the Circle Be Unbroken (preview of prompts provided in Thursday's class lesson)
Mon. Oct. 22nd	- Binder Packet Due--Make certain it is bound together. - Unit test. Test will cover preliminary literary terms addressed in class and information reviewed in class on summer reading and two short stories

Welcome to English Language Arts 7 Class 2024!

Welcome to ELA-7! September always brings great excitement with the start
of a new school year. Starting your studies at Boston Latin School will
definitely be an experience and a memorable endeavor! Being perseverant
and undaunted will help with your transition.

In English class, we will kick-off the school year with organizing our
materials, learning the routines of the class, and getting to know each other.
We will review the required summer reading in the first few weeks and you
will complete an in-class group project on the various themes explored in
some of the required summer reading books. Make certain to fulfill and refresh
your memory with the characters and events from the stories you selected by
September 17th. If you have any questions about the titles, please click on
this link: BLS Summer Reading Information.

After our month-long review of the summer reading, our first novel that we
will read as a class will be Dragonwings by Laurence Yep! I look forward
to working with all of you this year. As you begin your studies at
Boston Latin School, I ask that you think of Dr. Seuss’s words from
Oh, the Places You’ll go!: “You have brains in your head. You have feet
in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” You are
at a great starting point but also a juncture. I wish you the very best with
your hard work and aspirations. I encourage you to take joy in the love of
reading and learning, but also to take pride in the hard work you will
show throughout the year and the growth you will make as students.

All the best,

~Mrs. Callum~

Always Make Some Waves

2018 Queen of Hearts Tea Party

Friday, February 16th the Adams Cluster had a good time at their Queen of Hearts Tea Party! What an inspiration the reading of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland had on our culinary skills. The students enjoyed eating delicious snacks, drinking iced tea, mingling with their classmates, and sharing their concrete poems--inspired by the one Lewis Carroll wrote in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Check out some of the photos from the day by clicking on this link:2018 Queen of Hearts Tea Party

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

We are starting February with our study of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland! If you are ever without your copy of the text, click on the Resources tab and click on the pdf version of the text to keep up with the reading schedule! Our quiz on the book is scheduled for Thursday, February 15th, with a special treat coming on Friday, February 16th!