SCC Language Arts Grades 5 and 7

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We just wrapped up our dystopian book clubs. The 8th Graders read so much! Many finished the entire series. To culminate...
04/29/2022

We just wrapped up our dystopian book clubs. The 8th Graders read so much! Many finished the entire series. To culminate the club work, groups studied the Bill of Rights and then looked for specific examples from their books where these rights were violated or controlled. They used this information to create posters to bring awareness to these violations. We then considered how dystopian worlds are often based off of issues that are relevant during the time they were written as an opportunity to bring awareness to social issues....

We just wrapped up our dystopian book clubs. The 8th Graders read so much! Many finished the entire series. To culminate the club work, groups studied the Bill of Rights and then looked for specifi…

I wanted to share the LA classroom library that the 8th graders have been working on since the start of the new year. T...
04/05/2022

I wanted to share the LA classroom library that the 8th graders have been working on since the start of the new year. They helped sort all the books, scored them on a culturally responsive scorecard, and then created categories that made sense for middle school readers. It has been a big project, but there are so many great books now showcased. ...

I wanted to share the LA classroom library that the 8th graders have been working on since the start of the new year. They helped sort all the books, scored them on a culturally responsive scoreca…

This week we wrapped up our Literary Analysis writing unit. The writing that is happening in the eighth-grade classes is...
03/10/2022

This week we wrapped up our Literary Analysis writing unit. The writing that is happening in the eighth-grade classes is pretty impressive. We started this unit reading dystopian short stories in partnerships, and then studied the texts closely analyzing themes and literary devices. We learned that most books follow just a few themes and that the author brings forth those themes through the use of literary…...

This week we wrapped up our Literary Analysis writing unit. The writing that is happening in the eighth-grade classes is pretty impressive. We started this unit reading dystopian short stories in p…

This week we started to look at craft moves that can raise the level of our realistic fiction drafts. We started by thin...
10/01/2021

This week we started to look at craft moves that can raise the level of our realistic fiction drafts. We started by thinking about how getting lost in our writing helps the writer become the character. By becoming the characters, their writing is a bit like a drama, happening to them. By standing in the characters shoes, to see things through their eyes, to blush with them, to hope with them allows our readers to experience the story we put on the page....

This week we started to look at craft moves that can raise the level of our realistic fiction drafts. We started by thinking about how getting lost in our writing helps the writer become the charac…

As part of the remembrance of the 20th year anniversary of 9/11, the eighth graders have been participating in a shared ...
09/17/2021

As part of the remembrance of the 20th year anniversary of 9/11, the eighth graders have been participating in a shared read aloud of the book 9 of 1: A Window to the World by Oliver Chin. The book is set during the confusion following the terrorist attacks of September 11. It begins when a history teacher asks his students to write a report based on an interview with someone who has a different viewpoint from their own....

As part of the remembrance of the 20th year anniversary of 9/11, the eighth graders have been participating in a shared read aloud of the book 9 of 1: A Window to the World by Oliver Chin. The book…

Our shared summer reading, Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam has inspired us to take a closer look at the i...
09/17/2021

Our shared summer reading, Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam has inspired us to take a closer look at the incarceration of youth in America, specifically youth of color. In our discussions, we explored our own biases around the prison system, policing and incarceration. We listened to Yusef Salaam speak and share his story and motivations behind the book....

Our shared summer reading, Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam has inspired us to take a closer look at the incarceration of youth in America, specifically youth of color. In our discuss…

We have officially kicked off our first writing unit of the year and are diving into the narrative genre of Realistic Fi...
09/17/2021

We have officially kicked off our first writing unit of the year and are diving into the narrative genre of Realistic Fiction. We have been busy thinking about stories that are inspired by events in our own lives, stories we wish existed in the world and developing our characters in everyday situations to have a better sense of their desires, struggles and motivations....

We have officially kicked off our first writing unit of the year and are diving into the narrative genre of Realistic Fiction. We have been busy thinking about stories that are inspired by events i…

This week we listened to Larry Smith, the founder and editor of Smith Magazine explain the origins of the six word memoi...
08/20/2021

This week we listened to Larry Smith, the founder and editor of Smith Magazine explain the origins of the six word memoir. Larry thought about how to intriguing it could be to connect people through six words and was overwhelmed with the unbelievable response he got to his idea. As our first writing piece this year, writers were asked to tell their life story in just six words....

This week we listened to Larry Smith, the founder and editor of Smith Magazine explain the origins of the six word memoir. Larry thought about how to intriguing it could be to connect people throug…

Today was the first day all middle schoolers were on campus together since the shutdown in March of 2020. It was so love...
08/18/2021

Today was the first day all middle schoolers were on campus together since the shutdown in March of 2020. It was so lovely seeing everyone live and together. We started the day in our learning lab classrooms, meeting advisors, reflecting on the past eighteen months and going over our new schedules. During our reflection, we captured some of the worries that we are holding as we return to school....

Today was the first day all middle schoolers were on campus together since the shutdown in March of 2020. It was so lovely seeing everyone live and together. We started the day in our learning lab …

This week, the seventh grade learners wrapped up their independent writing projects in workshop. There is a wide range o...
10/15/2020

This week, the seventh grade learners wrapped up their independent writing projects in workshop. There is a wide range of writing genres, styles, and published pieces. We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we enjoyed writing them. Please take a moment to celebrate these writers by reading through their pieces and commenting on the linked jamboards.

This week, the seventh grade learners wrapped up their independent writing projects in workshop. There is a wide range of writing genres, styles, and published pieces. We hope you enjoy reading the…

This week, the fifth graders wrapped up the first bend of narrative writing. In this bend, learners went through the wri...
10/02/2020

This week, the fifth graders wrapped up the first bend of narrative writing. In this bend, learners went through the writing process from start to finish, revising along the way as they learned moves that writers use in narrative writing. Below are a collection of Flipgrids showing how these writers uses these moves in their own pieces: Session 1: Generating Ideas… [ 94 more words ]

This week, the fifth graders wrapped up the first bend of narrative writing. In this bend, learners went through the writing process from start to finish, revising along the way as they learned mov…

Over the past few weeks, the seventh grade classes have spent their time analyzing and talking about our summer read, Lo...
09/17/2020

Over the past few weeks, the seventh grade classes have spent their time analyzing and talking about our summer read, Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds. In collaborative groups, we examined each chapter closely, studying the author's craft and literary devices. Along the way, we learned about colloquial language, internal and external conflict, different types of figurative language, and the significance of setting, symbolism, motif and theme. [ 194 more words ]

Over the past few weeks, the seventh grade classes have spent their time analyzing and talking about our summer read, Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds. In collaborative groups, we examined each cha…

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