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Maestro Mehta's English/Historia classes

Course Description

Welcome to Maestro Mehta’s 7th grade class! I am very excited to share my passions for English and History/Social Studies with you. These classes will focus on your voice. How can you represent your identity through your voice? Through this process, we will grow to be humbled and proud of who we are.

All course content will be made relevant to our lives. If you are at any point wondering why we are learning what we are learning, then I am not fulfilling my role as your teacher. As a result, we will frequently ask ourselves, “Why is this important?” and “How does this relate to me?”

Curiosity is the highest level of intelligence, and I encourage students to be critical advocates for their right to a quality education. Education=opportunity, and I want as many doors open for you by the time you graduate high school in 2021.

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Week 37

Wow...next week is the last week of seventh grade! How time flies!!!
 
I want to clarify our last assignments that will go into the ELA gradebook:
  1. On Wednesday (tomorrow) we will assemble our Selfie Project portfolios in class. Please ensure you bring in your notes on the 10 painters (part 5 on the rubric) so that your portfolio will be complete.
  2. Wonder books will be collected on Thursday and I will grade your annotations. The PowerPoint presentation has been uploaded to Google Classroom so you can catch up on any missing annotations and exit tickets.
  3. On Friday we will be submitting our answers from the summative, end-of-the-unit, end-of-the-year assessment into EADMS. These will be graded over the weekend.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
 
My best,
Maestro

Wonder: Selfie Project

El viernes 27 de mayo vamos a pintar nuestros autorretratos en clase. Sin embargo, solamente los estudiantes que han terminado con Partes 1-7 de su Wonder: Selfie Project van a poder participar. Partes 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6 son en su Google Drive. Partes 5 y 7 son en papel. Todo (incluso la rúbrica) está en Google Classroom ELA.
 
On May 27 we will be painting our self-portraits in class. However, only the students who have finished with Parts 1-7 on the Wonder: Selfie Project will participate. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6 are in their Google Drive. Parts 5 and 7 are to be done on paper. Everything (including the rubric) is in Google Classroom ELA.

Prueba de ELA el lunes

El lunes tienen una prueba de Wonder. Las preguntas serán basadas en el capítulo de Justin (páginas 186-204).
 
On Monday, we have a quiz on Wonder. The questions will be based on Julian's chapter (pages 186-204).

Candy donations

This is an official post to inform students and their families that I am collecting bags of candy so we can assemble bags to sell. Proceeds will go to natural disaster relief for the victims of the earthquakes in Ecuador.
 
Any and all support is optional but very welcomed!

7A History homework

Los ensayos de geografía tienen que estar ENTREGADOS en Google Classroom el jueves, 21 de abril, NO mas tarde de las 3:35pm.

Welcome back!!!

Hi all!
 
Welcome back after a relaxing and restful Spring Break :-)
 
Students, please remember to complete your APTT activities with your families and bring in the completed sheet on Thursday, April 7th. It will be collected and affect your grade.
 
The article will arrive to your Achieve 3000 mailbox by tomorrow morning. It is called "Spring Break: Time To Help!"
 
Also, remember you have an ELA quiz on Friday. The vocabulary words will be:
-Appealing
-Adopting
-Amid
-Alterations
 
Thank you,
Maestro

Due Monday, Feb. 22

All students must bring in "Stubborn Seeds" annotated and with the 5 questions on the back completed (for ELA).

Week 22

Dear students,
 
Please make sure you bring in your original poems this Friday so we can work on our projects.
Also, make sure you pick and do two Achieve 3000 articles (75%+) this week. These are also due Friday.
 
Several of you have still not submitted your mock Peace Corps application. Please do that ASAP, since it is going in the Gradebook.
 
My best,
Maestro

Finishing Week 17

Today our Instagram projects were due!
 
Also, today during Advisory we will be having guests and sharing our "I Am" poems with each other.
 
On Thursday-Friday, for ELA, we will be having table groups presenting on a specific controversial issue and discuss how social media has affected those issues. Families are welcome to come watch the presentations :-)
 
In History, we will be watching Mulan on Thursday (7B) and Friday (7B). Students are encouraged to bring snacks to share with each other!
 
On Friday, students will write their final letter to an Ecuadorian middle school student. This letter should be in Spanish and should be personal. Students should describe themselves, discuss what they like/don't like, and talk about what we have been learning in class. (I assigned this assignment today.)
 
Over break, each student is expected to choose six (6) Achieve articles of their choosing, read them, and pass the activities with 75%+. This is the only homework they have.
 
Have a wonderful break!!!!! See you all on Tuesday, Jan. 12!!!!!
 
My best,
Maestro Mehta

Week 16 Updates

The two graphic organizers for ELA (that were handed out today) are due Thursday. These are for the article "What is The Best Way to Help." Thursday is the same day as our ELA assessment!
 
In history, "Sharía y Sunna" is due tonight for 7A. 7B should have turned it in yesterday.
 
All this can be found in Google Classroom.

End of Week 15, going into Week 16!

What a wonderful end to the week! Thank you all for staying strong and staying positive as we advance to nearly Winter Break! Our students have been learning so much and growing as scholars. I am so proud of them :-D
 
A few updates:
  • Our ELA assessment is next week (Dec. 10-11)
  • We have library next Wednesday (Dec. 9) - please bring your overdue books!!!
  • The spelling words students need to be studying include: probably, library, residential, involvement, specialist, specializes, controlling, whether, receive, absences.
  • Our history assessment will be Dec. 14 (7B) & 15 (7A)
 
Homework:
  • ELA: Fill out the graphic organizer handed out in class with the Achieve article "Global Conflicts: Putting an End to Child Labor" (in your mailbox)
  • Historia: Estudiantes tienen que terminar con el documento en su Google Classroom que se llama "Quinto Pilar"

End of Week 11

Hi all,
 
Next week we are diving into Week 12! Our ELA assessment will be that Thursday-Friday so we need to keep going strong.
 
On Monday, remember to bring your completed packets about cultural appropriation of Native American regalia. We will need it in class that day.
 
7B will have their history assessment on the Roman Empire on Monday so be sure to study with your study guide and Google Documents from Google Classroom.
 
My best,
Maestro Mehta

Three day weekend!

We do not have school on Monday. Please have a relaxing break and come back energized and excited to finish the trimester strong!
 
Homework
ELA:
1. Penpalschools "Poverty" section is due today at midnight.
2. Achieve 3000 Week 10 articles are due today at midnight. The Week 11 articles are already in your mailbox.
3. By Monday at midnight you are to post your comment to our Google Classroom about Roots of Rap.
4. On Tuesday, as you walk in the door I will check your annotated book.
 
History:
"El Imperio Bizantino" document is due before the next time you see more for history. This document is in our Google Classroom. Remember to turn it in!
 
Upcoming exams:
History 7A: Oct. 30 (on the Roman Empire)
History 7B: Nov. 2 (on the Roman Empire)
ELA: Nov. 5-6
 
See you on Tuesday! I will miss all of you :-D
My best,
Maestro Mehta

End of Week 7

One more week down!
 
ELA: The two Achieve articles due next Friday have been assigned and are in students' mailboxes. They are:
  • "Problems by the Sea"
  • "Driver's Test in English Only?"
Students' final Malala & Shabana compare and contrast essays are due on Wednesday, Oct. 7. On Monday I will teach how to write conclusion paragraphs and on Tuesday we will be doing a peer-editing workshop. This is so that they are prepared to turn in their best written work by Wednesday!
 
Our table presentations will take place on Thursday, Oct. 8. Families are welcome to join us to see our students' wonderful end-of-the-unit presentations!
 
History: No homework, however students should study about Roman Architecture and Engineering since there is a quiz on Monday (7B) and Tuesday (7A). The article they read during class is in Google Classroom.