7th-grade ELA @WJPS: SEE THE DANCE/SPOKEN WORD TROUPE IN ACTION

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MRS. MARKS IS READING...

Betrayals (a Strange Angels novel) by Lili St. Crow

Poor Dru Anderson...Her parents are long gone, her best friend is a werewolf, and she just learned that the blood flowing through her veins isn't entirely human. So what else is new?

Now Dru is stuck at a secret New England school for other teens like her and there's a big problem - she's the only girl in the place. A school full of cute boys wouldn't be so bad, but Dru's killer instinct says that one of them wants her dead. And with all eyes on her, discovering a traitor within the Order could mean a lot more than social suicide.

Can Dru survive long enough to find out who has betrayed her trust - and maybe even her heart?

ePortfolio

Please continue to digitize -- type and save on thumb drives/Googledocs, etc.; scan; photograph and upload -- your portfolio selections from Terms 1 and 2 and what you think you may include from Term 3.

Go to:
https://web.ideasconsulting.com/wjps/e_home.php
and sign in using your first initial + last name (username) and student ID # (password).

Select assignments from the list of ELA assignments. Mrs. Moreno and I are in the process of finalizing all of the assignments, complete with descriptions and standards.

By the second week of June, we are expected to have 9 pieces (3 from each term) of ELA work and reflections in our ePortfolios. If you need help, see me or Mrs. Moreno.

YOU HAVE TO READ...

***Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. An amazing book that tackles very serious and real problems among today's teen girls - eating disorders and self-mutilation. It is written in such an interesting way, and moves so quickly. I read it in a few hours - couldn't put it down.

***Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolarz. A creepy account of a teenage wannabe filmmaker who gathers an unexpected crew of students to film a Blair Witch Project-like movie. It documents one night the gang spends in a local mental hospital, which is about to be torn down.

***Love is Hell - stories of paranormal proportions. Authors include Gabrielle Zevin (Elsewhere) and Scott Westerfeld (Uglies). My fave is a story about a vampire novel that is too close to real life.

***The Christopher Killer, Angel of Death, and Circle of Blood by Alane Ferguson. A teen helps her dad, the coroner, speak for the dead. Through forensic investigations, Cameron Mahoney uncovers mysterious deaths in a small Colorado town.

***The Immortals Book 1: Evermore by Alyson Noel. Great read. The story is Twilight-ish, but much better written and in my opinion, much more interesting. Second book due out in August.

Book Shelf

Blue Bloods Series by Melissa De La Cruz
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney
Dead is a State of Mind by Marlene Perez
Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Evermore by Alyson Noel
Forever by Judy Blume
I Am The Messenger by Marcus Zusak
I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan
I Was a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
Killing Britney by Sean Olin
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Necropolis by Anthony Horowitz
Paper Towns by John Green
Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
The Gemma Doyle Trilogoy by Libba Bray
The Hunt for the Seventh by Christine Morton-Shaw
The Missing Girl by Norma Fox Mazer (Thanks, Eilina!)
The Outsiders by SE Hinton
The Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw
The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

7th-grade ELA @WJPS

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

SEE THE DANCE/SPOKEN WORD TROUPE IN ACTION

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