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7th Grade First Quarter:  Reading Journals

Click on the links below for access to the stories, assignments and projects we are currently working on.

Author Research Powerpoint, Computer Lab 8/19 and 8/22

Reading Journal Prompts and Scoring Rubric

Short Story "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto

Reading Journal #1: Making Connections (this is a link to the in-class notes and examples, journal entries

Short Story "All the Years of Her Life" by Morley Calleghan

Excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain

Reading Journal #2: Characterization (this is a link to the in-class notes and examples, journal entries


Using your reading book, find one example of direct characterization and one for each letter of "STEAL"
Link to STEAL examples

Short Story "Sucker" by Carson McCullers

Tips for Earning a Ten on Your Character Journal

Reading Journal #3: Conflict (this is a link to the in-class notes and examples, journal entries

"Amigo Brothers" short story
"Amigo Brother" characterization and conflict practice instructions

Reading Journal #4: Vocabulary

POV lesson plan

Powerpoint part 2

"After Twenty Years" Questions

"After Twenty Years" story by O. Henry

Reading Journal #5: Point of View (this is a link to the in-class notes and examples, journal entries

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  • About Me
  • Course Description
  • Grading Policies
  • Figurative Language
  • LA Games and Activites
  • 20-Time
  • Prepositions
  • Nouns
  • Pronouns
  • Adjectives
  • Verbs
  • Adverbs
  • Conjunctions
  • Interjections
  • Commas
  • Homonyms
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