RELA 7
Mrs. Stoudt & Mrs. Frentzen
Springboard
"The Choices We Make." SpringBoard English Language Arts. Grade 7 ed. United States of America: College Board, 2014. Print.
Unit 1: Skills and Knowledge: Narrative Writing About Choice
- Describe an incident relating to choice and consequence
- Explain response to incident
- Reflect on lesson learned
- Organize a logical sequence of events
- Use transitions to signal shifts and create coherence
- Use connotative words and descriptive details (sensory and figurative language) for effect
- Use precise diction and a variety of sentence structures
- Demonstrate command of conventions
- Work through all stages of the writing process.
Suggested Readings:
Bad Boy, a memoir by Walter Dean Myers
Eastern Sun, Western Moon, by Gary Paulsen
The Circuit, By Francisco Jimenez
When I Was a Puerto Rican, by Ezmeraldo Santiago
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution, by Ji-Li-Jiang
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, by Peg Kehert
Long Walk to Freedom, by Nelson Mandela
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelo
Rocket Boys, by Homer H. Hickman
Night, Elie Wiesel
Funny in Farsi, by Firoozeh Dumas
Bad Boy, a memoir by Walter Dean Myers
Eastern Sun, Western Moon, by Gary Paulsen
The Circuit, By Francisco Jimenez
When I Was a Puerto Rican, by Ezmeraldo Santiago
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution, by Ji-Li-Jiang
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, by Peg Kehert
Long Walk to Freedom, by Nelson Mandela
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelo
Rocket Boys, by Homer H. Hickman
Night, Elie Wiesel
Funny in Farsi, by Firoozeh Dumas
Contact Information for Mrs. Stoudt
7th Grade Summer Reading List