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7th & 8th READING

George Orwell’s…….”Shooting the Elephant”

            Complete vocabulary work, biography

            Review-- interpretation sheets

            Complete reading/analysis of story/symbolism

            Turn in study sheets/final quiz---

Reading comprehension exercises

            Compare and contrast

            Critical thinking

Idioms

            Review, examples, origins

            Meanings—cultures

            How to use idiom dictionary

Helen Keller……..biography unit

           Analysis of character, setting, use of experiences

7th & 8th WRITING

Sentence Divisions

            Subject—verb—direct object—indirect object

            Practice with identification and use

Writing Process

            Prewriting---read/discuss---------focus, drafting and revising

            Read pp. 6-9         Do 1-2  p.9

            Read 22-24  do experience example p. 25

            Personal writing--------brainstorm, prewrite, draft, revise, edit, publish

                          2 page minimum   

                          Journal or narrative format