ILA2

7th Grade Language Arts

Contact: brewer@upperschools.org ---- 628-3513 x2290

Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?

VOCABULARY STUDY AND PRACTICE site
Our level B book pronounces and explains each word :-)

Practice spelling vocabulary here

DailyHomework

Daily HW Checklist

Monthly Book Report Reading Requirements

Next Book Report due: November 28th

Literature Notes

Authors	Research	Writing
Julia Alvarez	Your Dictionary	Four Square Writing
Eleanor Roosevelt	Dictionary On-line	Descriptive Writing
Gary Soto Interview	Research Trivia	Tips on Writing Topics
Piri Thomas	Spanish Harlem	Persuasive Writing
Langston Hughes	Encyclopedia	A Great Writing Link
Budge Wilson	Nova Scotia

More Authors

Persuasive Writing by Mrs. Brewer

~ Learn and Quiz yourself on Figurative Language ~

Read the story of a WWII survivor, Arlette Michaelis

See Timeline of Arlette's Life

Phantom of the Opera
printable doc

Poetry : notes and sites

More on Poetry :-)

Limericks

Newsletter template
or Create a newspaper in WORD

Web-tivity on Eleanor Roosevelt

Making a Video Commercial
Sample Script
Blank Script

Handwriting, a lost art: Calligraphy

Author Study:

This is

O. Henry

William S. Porter

The complete works of O. Henry

Parents' Page

Classroom Information

Alternate Book Report Suggestions

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowlings
Watch as she reads the beginning of the story here

Watch (the movie clips) of
Harry Potter

Art For Fun:

Make your own comics

3-Argument template

Easy Drawing Lessons

Classroom Information:

All about Diagramming sentences

Stories online

Literature

Series of Unfortunate Events website

A translator for Sunny's words

Grammar

Sentences:
http://www.ivcc.edu/rambo/eng1001/sentences.htm
http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/rvsntstr.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/sentence_types_quiz.htm
http://www.eslbee.com/sentences.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/compoundsentences/game.shtml

Writing

Poetry

Persuasive Writing by Mrs. Brewer

Steps to Writing a Character Description by Mrs. Brewer

Writing a Personal Narrative:

Tips

Self-scoring

Miscellaneous Interesting Sites:

The Nine Multiple Intelligences

Graphmaker

Characterization: an on-line graphic map-maker!

Download for View Power Point Presentations

Power Point presentations:

Quarterly Exam Review

Story Elements Review

Langston Hughes

Listen to Langston Hughes read his poem

Rikki- Tikki- Tavi

Rudyard Kipling

India

Terms:

Bungalow

Mongoose

Cobra

Tailor-bird

"If" by Rudyard Kipling

Phantom of the Opera
printable doc

Check out Magnetic Poetry and click on one of the 4 kits

Download free trial :Inspiration.com

Titanic Research

Facts about the Titanic

Titanic Historical Society

Robert D. Ballard author of "Exploring the Titanic"

Writing a Research Paper

Basics of a Research Paper

How to Write a Research Paper

Steps to Follow

Rubric for Research Paper

A sample on note-taking

Back to School Information

Suggested tools for class: Eraser Mate pens, pencils, 2 and 3 subject notebooks or 1 five subject notebook, 1-2 durable folders, and floppy disk and/or flash disk.

A Favorite Poem of all time:

Homework! Oh, Homework!
by Jack Prelutsky

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Homework! Oh, homework!
I hate you! You stink!
I wish I could wash you
away in the sink.
If only a bomb
would explode you to bits.
Homework! Oh, homework!
You're giving me fits.
I'd rather take baths
with a man-eating shark,
or wrestle a lion
alone in the dark,
eat spinach and liver,
pet ten porcupines,
than tackle the homework
my teacher assigns.
Homework! Oh, homework!
You're last on my list.
I simply can't see
why you even exist.
If you just disappeared
it would tickle me pink.
Homework! Oh, homework!
I hate you! You stink!

Watch the NY Giants celebrate their 2007-2008 victory!