Exhibition Resources

Check the global studies links in the right-hand column. These sites will help you complete your research. If you found another useful site, share with Mrs. Wright / Mr. Cronin or you can add it to the comment below.

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Exhibition Coming

Stay tuned for this Tuesday for exhibition project descriptions.

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Welcome Back 7th Grade

We hope everybody had a enjoyable summer. It is hard to believe the first day of school is right around the corner. We look forward to seeing you all next Thursday, August 27th. For new or forgetful students, we will be meeting on Reynold’s Field across from the school starting @ 7:30am. See you there.

-The Seventh Grade Team
Mrs. McAuliffe
Mrs. Wright
Ms. LaValle
and
Mr. Cronin

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7th Grade Summer Reading List

REQUIRED SUMMER READING:

FOR STUDENTS ENTERING 7th GRADE IN THE FALL

Please have your new seventh grader read one of the suggested summer reading novels prior to the beginning of school:

SUGGESTED SUMMER READING

Fantasy

  • Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
  • Summerland by Michael Chabon
  • The Warrior Heir by Cinda Chima
  • The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
  • Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen by Garth Nix
  • Airborne and Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel
  • The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
  • Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
  • Three Wee Men by Terry Pratchet
  • Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Science Fiction

  • The Ender Series by Orson Scott Card
  • Feed by M.T. Anderson
  • The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
  • Little Brother Cory Doctorow
  • The Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson
  • Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
  • Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements

Realistic Fiction

  • Monster by Walter Dean Myers
  • Secret Lives of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
  • Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
  • A Step from Heaven by An Na
  • Skellig by David Almond
  • Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Series by Ann Brashares
  • Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
  • When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
  • Woman in the Wall by Patrice Kindl

Historical Fiction

  • The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Vol. I & II by M.T. Anderson
  • Black Duck by Janet Lisle
  • The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
  • True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
  • Under a War-Torn Sky by Laura Malone Elliott
  • The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
  • Samurai Shortstop by Alan Gratz
  • The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B. Cooney

Mystery and Horror

  • And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
  • Blue is for Nightmares, White is for Magic, and Silver is for Secrets by Laurie Stolarz
  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
  • Operation Red Jericho by Joshua Mowll
  • Jade Green: A Ghost Story by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  • The Third Eye by Lois Lowry
  • The Face on the Milk Carton, Whatever Happened to Janie, and Voice on the Radio by Caroline B. Cooney
  • Thin Ice by Marsha Qualey
  • Thirteen by Toyna Pines (editor)
  • Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan
  • A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Classics

  • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
  • Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
  • Call of the Wild by Jack London
  • The Pearl by John Steinbeck
  • David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  • Robin Hood by Howard Pile

Nonfiction

  • Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
  • Left for Dead by Pete Nelson
  • Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
  • Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat

Sports

  • Travel Team and Heat by Mike Lupica
  • Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
  • Baseball Card Adventures by Dan Gutman
  • Over the Wall by John H. Ritter
  • Tangerine by Edward Bloor
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Last Day of School

Dear Families,

Thank you for the overwhelming support during this school year.  We appreciate all of your care and dedication.  You have made this school year truly wonderful.  It is because of your support that this year was successful.  We hope you have a wonderful summer and a successful eighth grade year.

The Seventh Grade Team

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Vocabulary Words May 11-15

Desecrate (v)

Discerning (adj)

Disdain (n)

Eccentric (adj)

Efface (v)

Enigma (n)

Emulate (v)

Extol (v)

Erroneous (adj)

Fanatic (n

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Vocabulary Words May 4-8

allure (v)

audacious (adj)

benign (adj)

blithe (adj)

bombastic (adj)

chastise (v)

dogmatic (adj)

charlatan (n)

cohesive (n)

exotic (adj)

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Vocabulary April 27-May 1

Tyrant (n)

Oligarchy (n)

Coarse (adj)

Course (n)

Moral (n)

Morale (n)

Straight (adj)

Strait (n)

Personal (adj)

Personnel (n)

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Vocabulary – Test April 16th

Cite (V)

Site (N)

Allusion (N)

Illusion (N)

Agora (N)

Barbarian (N)

Assassinate (V)

Plague (N)

Blockade (N)

Hellenistic (Adj)

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Thank You!

This year, over $500.00 dollars was raised by the coffee table sales for the seventh grade classrooms.  This year the money will funding some new material around the classroom.  You will see…

1. New digital scales for measuring mass

2. New graduated cylinders

3. A new ancient world map

4. And by popular demand, snakes for our third term dissection!

Thank you for your generous contributions.  These materials will help all of our students.

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