To all those born in December, happy birthday!!!(Link) Supplies for class: blue composition notebook, blue/black pens, personal stapler with staples, highlighters, 2 folders, single pack lined loose leaf paper, paper towel, sanitizer, and face tissue. 

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September - December 2022:

*HW ALERT: HW POSTED ON FLOCABULARY (CLEVER) DUE DECEMBER 8TH. FOCUS-USING DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE and CASEY at the BAT

*Final Essay for novel begins December 1st; Project for novel is due December 7th

*November is Native American Heritage Month, Project DUE November 7th, LINK

*National Museum of the American Indian(Smithsonian Museum) Link 

*Castle Learning HW-Due October 30th, NYS ELA Test Sampler

*October is National Bullying Prevention Month (Link)

*Text Structures Handout (Link)

*Open House is October 6th

*Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month DUE September 23rd(LINK)PDF

*Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month DUE September 23rd (Link) WORD DOCUMENT

*Project Due September 14th-Guidelines reviewed in class

*This week: Written Test, "Identifying Central Idea" AND REVIEW Text Structure

*HW-Castle Learning-Review, Context Clues DUE September 28th

*Focus-Learning Target/s: Novel Study; Themes: Survival, Identity (Individual vs. The Group); Observing Character Development

BELOW-PRIOR ACTIVITIES AND MATERIALS Links:

**Poetry Selection for Presentations

**RUBRIC for Poetry Presentations

**7TH GRADE RESEARCH PRE-READING ACTIVITY FOR NOVEL STUDY

**COLLEGE RESEARCH PROJECT PARTS ONE AND TWO

**COLLEGE RESEARCH PROJECT PART 3 DESIGN(Click)

*Central Idea, Supporting Details, Writing a Summary(Supplemental Instruction)

*Basic Paragraph, Graphic Organizer and Writing Template

*Argumentative Essay Outline, Click

*ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY RUBRIC 

*Compare and Contrast Essay Template 

*Compare and Contrast Essay Rubric 

*ESSAY-The Basic Outline of a Paper

*5 Point Essay Rubric

*Short Answer Response Rubric (Paragraph)

*Making Inferences (Practice) 

*Tone vs Mood (Review) 

*VOCABULARY STUDY LINK

*Writing Handout (Using Transitions Effectively)

*Technology Support for Families

CLASS INTRODUCTION LETTER, CLICK

SUBSTITUTE FOLDER (MAIN OFFICE) PLEASE CLICK "Sub Plans" BLUE TAB ON LEFT FOR ADDITIONAL WORK)

OFFICE HOURS 2:30-3pm(Mon.-Fri.) YOU CAN ALSO COMMUNICATE WITH ME THROUGH MY EMAIL tsamuels@yonkerspublicschools.org