Language Arts (Dermody)

 Language Arts (Dermody)

Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year! I look forward to working with the students and seeing them learn and grow throughout the year. Click here (6th) or here (7th) to read my class newsletter. Be on the lookout for classroom photos and updates to be posted here. It will be a great school year!

-Ms. Dermody

6th grade: 6th graders are reading short stories and poetry for the month of May. Our first short stories centered around irony and we are currently in the midst of poetry: both analyzing and writing.  The students are constructing different types of poems with a focus of descriptive word choice and figurative language.

7th grade: 7th grade is diving deep into Module 4, which is centered around the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia 1793. We are reading both a historical fiction novel (Fever 1793) and excerpts of a nonfiction supplemental text (An American Plague).  The students are looking at how the events and details are told similarly/differently through different texts, genres, and authors. We have also learned about the yellow fever epidemic through websites and online research. The students recently shared a slideshow presentation with the class about effects of the yellow fever epidemic and crisis in Philadelphia. They also had a vocabulary assessment and Socratic Seminar this week.

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Classroom saint= Bl. Rani Maria

Module 4 Family Tip Sheet- 7th grade