Welcome to Mrs. Brotherton's seventh grade Language Arts and Social Studies website. I use this site as a method of communication between parents, students, and myself. Assignments are posted on the calendars for each class. Please email me at rbrotherton@lwsd.org with any questions or concerns.
LANGUAGE ARTS CLASS OUTLINE: · Essay Writing: o Persuasive o Expository · Reading Strategies · Novels: o Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson o Outsiders by S.E. Hinton o Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen o Nothing But the Truth by Avi · Other Units of Study: o Grammar o Vocabulary § Commonly Confused Words (Semester 1) § Greek and Latin Roots (Semester 2) o Short Stories o Poetry SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS OUTLINE: · Colonial Life Review · Revolutionary War · Birth of a New Nation · Constitution (structure of government, individua rights and responsibilities, differing political systems) o Constitutional Issues Research Paper · Westward Expansion (Lewis and Clark and the Northwest Passage) · Emergence of American Cultures and Subcultures · Slavery · Age of Jackson · Industrial Revolution and Women’s Rights (Seneca Falls) · Growing Differences Between North and South · Civil War and Reconstruction |
My sister and I on the bridge in Concord, Massachusettes, where the first battle of the Revolutionary War took place.
Here I am visiting Mount Vernon, George Washington's home in Virginia. This was his bathroom. Yuck!
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