Ms. Powers’ 7th Grade
ELA Newsletter
November 29, 2016
Message From
Ms. Powers
This week we are ending Unit 2 with our
Unit 2 test and our argumentative paper on
“Seeing is Believing”. The draft of this paper
will be due Friday.
We are starting Unit 3 “Nature at Work” on
Wednesday. Our first story is a memoir from
“Mississippi Solo”. We will have a quiz over
the story next Monday.
In-class assignments: all of these
should be turned in this week
• Pg. 142, Analyzing
the Text
• Interactive
Notebook Unit 3
Vocabulary
Reminders
 Article of the Week due this
Friday, Dec. 2nd
 Rough draft of Argumentative
Paper due Friday; final draft
due next Thursday
 Reading Log due Monday
 Midterms go out this week
Growth Mindset
Tip of the Week…
From “25 Ways to Develop a Growth
• Reading Log
Mindset”
• I.N. Figurative
Acknowledge and encourage
Language Chart
“Mississippi Solo” imperfections. It’s all part of learning
• “Mississippi Solo”
and growing.
vocabulary
Contact the
Teacher
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: 815-933-1503
• Website:
http://www.sg258.com/sites/sp
owers/
What’s Coming Up
In Literature…
“Mississippi Solo” Quiz
next Monday Dec. 5th
Argumentative Paper
Final due Dec. 7th