Happy Friday 7th Grade families!

This week in ELA, we will continue to work on understanding figurative language and analyzing poetry. After wrapping up this unit, we will start reviewing concepts we have been learning throughout the year to help prepare for the EOGs. Don't forget to check the Catch Up Cafe list for any missing assignments!

​- Lauren & Skylar

Happy Friday 7th Grade Families!

​This week in Humanities, students will continue their poetry unit. On the day they are not at Jireh farms, they will completing their IXL benchmark to help us prepare for EOG testing. We will also continue focusing on figurative language.

Happy Monday 7th Grade Families!

This week in Humanities, we will continue to work with figurative language and poetry. Students will compare Edgar Allen Poe to tv adaptations, read sonnets written by Shakespeare, and write their own slam poetry. We will have a poetry and figurative language check in on IXL on Friday, May 8.

​-Lauren & Skylar

Happy Friday 7th Grade Families!!

Humanities will also be on the move next week! During the train ride, students will be given EOG prep work focused on strengthening their reading and comprehension skills. This is a great opportunity for them to practice close reading and critical thinking in a new environment.
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Students should also bring a book to read as reading is fundamental, and we want to continue building those habits even while traveling.


We’re looking forward to a week of learning beyond the classroom while continuing to grow strong readers and thinkers!

-Skylar & Lauren

Happy Monday 7th Grade Families!

This week in Humanities, we will finish up our Genocide unit with a group project. The last day to work on the project in class will be Monday, April 20, and groups will present either Monday, April 27 or Tuesday, April 28. Students will find out their group assignments on Monday, April 13 and should be prepared to bring in all supplies, including a poster board and materials to decorate with, on Tuesday, April 14.

​-Lauren & Skylar

Happy Friday 7th Grade Families!

This past week, seventh graders learned about the Ukraine famine, the Guatemalan and Herero genocides, and the stories of Holocaust and Rwandan genocide survivors. When we get back from break, students will learn about the Uyghur in China. Remember to check Catch Up Cafe, as Spring Break is a great opportunity to get caught up and come back with no missing work!

​-Lauren & Skylar

Happy Monday 7th Grade Families!!

This week in Humanities , we will continue working through our Genocide Unit with an emphasis on Armenia. Please remember that T2 ends on Wednesday, March 18. All missing work is due by the end of the school day on March 18 and will not be accepted on Achievement Report Writing days. Please go to the Catch Up Cafe tab and see if your student has any missing work. If you do not know your student's Catch Up Cafe number, feel free to reach out to their crew teacher.

​-Lauren & Skylar

Happy Monday 7th Grade Families!!

In Humanities this week, we are wrapping up our study of the Holocaust and beginning to learn about the Native American genocide. We are continuing to work on compare and contrast assignments in IXL and will have a check in on Friday, March 13. Students that did not finish their Anne Frank WebQuest need to complete it by Tuesday, March 10. Special thanks to our speakers, Dr. Leonard Rogoff and Bonnie Hauser, for sharing their knowledge and stories with us last week!

-Lauren & Skylar

Happy Friday 7th Grade Families!!

This week in Humanities, students will begin our study of the Holocaust. We will review notes, videos, and text excerpts about life prior to, during, and after the Holocaust. To help support our learning, we will be joined by two speakers who will discuss Jewish life in the American South and the stories of a Holocaust survivor (as told by her daughter). Students will also be taking their second NC Check In on Thursday to measure their continued growth in ELA this year.

​-Lauren & Skylar

Happy Monday 7th Grade Families!!

​This week in ELA, we will finish up our background information on World War II.  Please check the Catch Up Cafe list to see if your student is missing either of their World War maps.  Then, we will move into our unit on genocide, starting with the Holocaust.  Students will also be working on identifying author's purpose in a text, with a check in happening on Friday, February 27.

Looking ahead, seventh grade is having some speakers join us the week of March 2.  On Monday, March 2, Leonard Rogoff will be presenting about North Carolina Jewish History.  You can read about him here and here.  On Friday, March 6, Bonnie Hauser will be presenting about her mother, a Holocaust survivor.  You can read about her here.  Both speakers were recommended to us by The Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education of North Carolina & Holocaust Speakers Bureau, who we were connected with through the Stan Greenspon Holocaust Education Center.
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-Lauren & Skylar