7th+grade

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How are you affected by your community?

 * 7th grade poetry
 * Tyreese vs. Keith Podcast [|[tyreesevskeith.m4a]]--The Battle of the Poets
 * Personification of your home using Sandra Cisneros' "House on Mango Street" from her book of the same name.
 * What are others' views of Philadelphia? Check out the winners of the "Great Expectations" [|Philadelphia Film Contest]! There was also a My Philadelphia art contest on the same site. Check out the [|winners].
 * Interview of a Philadelphian: click here-[|philadelphiainterview.docx]--to see each section's set of interview questions
 * Philadelphia Research Project: How is your life affected by living in Philly? Click here to find out how to do step 1.
 * Step 2--This is where you'll find your information for your podcast. Before you fill in your research chart, think about how you will conduct your podcast. Will it be a newscast, interview, or tour? Here is your chart--[|phillyresearchchart.docx].
 * POST PSSA ACTIVITIES
 * "QUOTATION" Essay: For this essay, you will choose 3 quotes that speak to you. You will write 3 essays on each quote explaining what the quote means to you, why you chose it, and how it applies to a real life situation. You'll use this website to find your quotes--[|Brainy Quote]. Good Luck!
 * __MURAL PROJECT__--What is a mural? If you could put a mural up in your neighborhood, what would you want it to say? What would you want it to look like? What would catch your neighbor's attention? What images/words would make a difference? Check out a slideshow of a famous muralist--Diego Rivera [|here]. Check out the[| Free Verse Project] on Flicker for inspiration. You may use Brainy Quote (listed above) as a reference for your quote. You may also use [|poets.org] or [|poetry180] to find a poem to use in your mural. You can also search music lyrics to use as well. To get cool images that you can manipulate, use [|picnik]. You may also use [|cooltext] to create your different fonts/texts to use for your quote or poem.
 * __SEEDFOLKS ACTIVITY-__After you are done reading Seedfolks, each of you is going to create your own chapter, creating your own character, deciding where your character will be from (try to pick a country you are not familiar with), and what kind of plant they will be planting. Here is the project questions for you to use to help guide your writing and research: [|Seedfolksquestions.pdf.]
 * Links for Seedfolks: WHAT NAMES MEAN: []
 * DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANTS: []
 * FRUITS/VEGETABLES/FLOWERS/ETC...: []
 * QUICK INFO. ON THE CULTURE OF ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD: []