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Inventions and Inventors

What is an invention? Why invent? How do inventions impact society?

I’m A Poet and Didn’t Know It!

What makes good poetry? Students explore poets such as Langston Hughes, Shel Silverstein and Robert Frost and examine what makes their poetry so great.

Jacob Have I Loved – A Novel Study

Students explore the book Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson through a study of its setting, characters, many conflicts, and resolutions.

Info Expo

Can you help me write a research paper? While working in cooperative groups, students research a topic for an expository report. Students then work collaboratively to write, edit, and revise the report to produce a polished research paper.

Mythology in the Middle

Students read two narrative reading selections and based on the reading, compare and contrast a character from each.