Blog Post of the Week

Congratulations to Haylee A. of A Block! Her beautiful, descriptive post about her first memory was truly a joy to read! Take a look at her amazing use of sensory language and imagery, helping us readers to form a clear picture in our minds. Well done!
  

My first memory is from when I was still a tiny baby, before I could walk or even talk. It was night time, I was in the recliner with my dad and we were rocking a little and he was holding me. I was slowly falling asleep and he was singing to me. He was singing "Coming Round the Mountain" That was my dad and I's favorite song when I was little. Another favorite was this song about a baby in a cradle and the cradle broke and the baby fell out. But in this memory I couldn't see, my eyes must have been closed. Even without my sight then this is still my most vivid memory. I remember the song and the sound of my dads voice. I remember what I was thinking and the feel of his strong arms around me. I remember when it got to the part of the song when it says, "She'll be driving six white horses when she comes (Hee Haw)
She'll be driving six white horses when she comes (Hee Haw)
She'll be driving six white horses, she'll be driving six white horses,
She'll be driving six white horses when she comes (Hee Haw)" I would always picture 6 beautiful moon colored horses with gorgeous white manes that sparkled every color of the rainbow. I'd picture a beautiful woman with long brown hair wearing a flowing white dress. The dress was longer than she was tall. I pictured them racing around a corner on a mountain trail and the snow was stuck to the ground and the sun sparkling off of each individual flake. This is my first memory.

Boston Strong

Reflect on the events that occurred over April vacation concerning the Boston Marathon. What were you doing at the time? How did you hear about it? Do you understand what happened?  Despite the horrible incident, many are talking about how inspirational it was to see so many people come together and help one another, do you agree? Can you recall any heroic stories that you heard on the news?

Utilize Google or another search engine and find a heroic story and summarize it.

Here is an example of one: 

Be sure to copy and past the link in your post.

 Respond as a comment to this post.

Some more examples:

Father-Daughter Heroism
Boston Heroes

Student's Preparing for Their Raps!

 
Can't wait to hear them tomorrow!

Rap Vs Poetry

Today in class students started thinking about whether we should consider rap as poetry or not. After all, what makes something a "poem" anyways? Hm. 
Well, we received some insight from the well-known rapper, Jay-Z as he discussed his book "Decoding" (see clip). After brainstorming comparisons and listening to various rap songs, as well as examining the lyrics, students began to realize just how closely the two resemble one another. The rest of the week will be dedicated to group time as they work together to construct their own raps (or poems?)!

Blog Post of the Week

Congratulations to Matthew S of C Block! He earned blog post of the week! His response to Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" was insightful and well-written. Take a look at his writing below!

"In "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, Robert makes the courageous decision to take the road less taken instead of a safer road that has been used more. I believe "The Road Not Taken" is the unused one. Though you may always question the decision the road less traveled on is more adventurous with its "undergrowth" while the other was worn out and only grassy. If I was Robert I would have chosen the road less traveled on because it is more adventurous to take an unknown road than the constantly used road. Also, you may see much more beautiful nature while walking the mysterious less traveled on road. Furthermore, by saying "And that has made all the difference" shows a positive outcome from selecting the road he chose. Clearly, the road not taken was the less traveled on road."

Concrete Poem

Congratulations to Michaela J. of A Block. Her fellow classmates of Beauport voted her concrete poem as the best!

Judged on:

artistic appeal

creativity

word choice and rhythm

Poetry Performed

To inspire students as they work on writing and creating their poetry books, we dedicated a bit of class time yesterday to watching some talented young people perform their poetry. Check out two of the clips we viewed together below.

Smarter Than the Test!

Class was full of raffles with candy and prizes as Beauport 7th graders participated in a little  ELA MCAS trivia and fun in order to prepare for the big day tomorrow! Students will be tested on reading comprehension which requires them to read an excerpt, answer multiple choice questions, and answer open responses. They are more than ready to go!

GET REST!

EAT BREAKFAST!

BRING A READING BOOK!

Makes You Think

TWO TOUGH QUESTIONS Question 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one with minimal IQ, and she had incurable disease, would you recommend that she have an abortion? Read the next question before looking at the answer for this one.

Question 2: It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates.

Candidate A - Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two Mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B - He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C - He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife. 

Which of these candidates would be your choice?

















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Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt. 

Candidate B is Winston Churchill.

Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.


And, by the way, the answer to the abortion question: If you said yes, you just killed Beethoven.

Pretty interesting isn't it?
 Makes a person think before judging someone.

March Madness: Crazy Hair Day!

 

GO 7th GRADE

Evening of Excellence

Welcome Parents/Guardians to Beauport 7's ELA BLOG! 

Feel free to browse through the site 

(A, B, C, D) block and check out some of the students' writing by clicking on the "comments" link at the bottom of each post. Also, there are various updates including pictures and videos that fill you on about what is/was happening in class! After observing the site for a bit, you are more than welcome to leave a comment/message below for the students to view!

Thank you!

Blog Post of the Week

 Congrats to Jett S. of B Block for earning Blog Post of the Week! His well-written piece advising 6th graders on how to be successful in 7th grade was organized and informative. Check it out below!

 

"Seventh grade seems very difficult but when you get used to it its not that bad. Here is some advice to survive the seventh grade. Firstly, You MUST do your homework. If you are in Beauport House you won't have much homework in ELA, Science, and Social Studies (other than a blog post in ELA). On the other hand you will have math homework everyday. Most homework isn't hard all you have to do is use your notes and pay attention in class. Also remember to write your homework down in your assignment notebook. Secondly, You have to be prepared. Being prepared means having a pencil every day, bringing you textbooks to class and having your binder. If you are missing one of these it is almost impossible to function and get your work done. Some teachers sell pencils for $0.25 and some let you give them your binder/book any thing you can't leave without and lend you a pencil. But that is for emergencies only don't let that make you think you don't have to bring one. Thirdly, you shouldn't chew gum. A couple teachers don't care unless you are chewing very noticeably. But in other teachers classes they are very strict about gum chewing. If they find you chewing gum you will get lunch detention. To avoid problems just don't chew gum in the first place. Fourthly, don't take advantage of substitutes. If you thing you can fool around when subs are in place of you real teacher you are wrong. They will report to your teacher and you will get in trouble. Some people think that they don't have to do work when there is a sub you do. The work is NOT fun its just busy work. Don't worry hopefully your teacher will only be out for one day. Lastly, Specialist Classes are not a time to fool around. Health, art, spanish, and pro forming arts are real classes, you get homework, you get a grade and you have to do work. Clearly, these steps will help you be successful in seventh grade."

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World Education Games!

7th grade participated in the World Education Games today for the first time ever! Malaysia and the UK seemed to be the countries to beat! Take a look at the excitement below!

Comprehending Yoga

Today we worked on reading comprehension as we read a nonfiction MCAS piece together about the benefits of yoga. Students volunteered and we attempted some of the poses (described in process order) included in the excerpt! After reading, students worked together to tackle some of the multiple choice questions.