I would personally like to introduce myself as the seventh grade ELA teacher. My goal is to build personal connections with my students throughout the year and create a safe and positive learning atmosphere in the classroom.
Ms. Cunningham
WELCOME TO ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS CLASS (ELA)!!
MY PERSPECTIVES READING SERIES
We will cover five units this year. These units include: Generations, A Starry Home, Turning Points, People and the Planet, and Facing Adversity.
Letters from Rifka (Unit 5 trade book)
by Karen Hesse
Year Published: 1992
Rifka knows nothing about America when she flees from Russia with her family in 1919. But she dreams she will at last be safe from the Russian soldiers and their harsh treatment of the Jews in the new country.
My Side of the Mountain (Unit 4 trade book)
by Jean Craighead George
Year Published: 1959
Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live by himself.
Stand Tall (Unit 1 trade book)
by Joan Bauer
Year Published: 2002
Tree is six foot three-and-a-half inches and still growing. He's never really fit in at school or the basketball team. Tree begins to realize that he can stand tall and be himself, no matter where he is.