English Language Arts
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Mrs. Callahan
Mrs. Callahan
Email:michele_callahan@ipsd.org
Office phone: (630) 375-1010 ext. 54479
Twitter: @mrsmcallahan
Mrs. Callahan started her teaching career in 2004 after graduating from Elmhurst College. She earned her Master’s Degree from Concordia University in 2009 and is both a reading specialist and certified gifted education teacher. She is currently taking graduate courses in technology and differentiated instruction equivalent to a second Master's degree. Mrs. Callahan has taught middle school in District 204 since 2006, teaching 6th grade, 7th grade, 7th grade PA, and 8th grade PA. Her husband is also a teacher, and together they have a 8th grade son named Landon, a 6th grade son named Chase, a Goldendoodle named Dublin, a Shichon puppy named Comiskey, and 2 axolotls named Dart & Sugar. Mrs. Callahan loves exploring new places with her family and unwinds from her day by crafting and listening to audiobooks.
Mrs. Huetson
Mrs. Huetson
Email: amy_huetson@ipsd.org
Mrs. Huetson has been teaching at Granger for 12 years and has taught ELA, social studies, and science. She loves hiking, being outdoors, crazy science experiments, video games, painting, and spending time with family. She has a six year old daughter named Evelyn and a 3 year old son named George! She believes that writing is a life skill and seeks to build connections through the love of reading and discussion. She has a masters degree in STEM education and is completing a second in curriculum and instruction.
7th Grade PA ELA Units
7th Grade PA ELA Units
Unit 1: Internalizing Perspective Creates Empathy
Unit 1: Internalizing Perspective Creates Empathy
Essential Questions:
How can exploring various perspectives create empathy?
Why is it important to understand what another person is going through?
How does having empathy impact relationships and society in general?
How do artists (writers, directors, musicians, etc.) engender empathy within their pieces?
Unit 2: Perspectives Change
Unit 2: Perspectives Change
Essential Questions:
What causes perspectives to change?
What is the value of changing your perspective?
Unit 3: Ethics/ Morality Influence Perspective
Unit 3: Ethics/ Morality Influence Perspective
Essential Questions:
What are ethics and morality and who determines them (where do they come from)?
How are ethics and morality revealed to others?
How does perspective influence the way ethics and morality are viewed/perceived?
Why do people compromise their sense of morality and how do they deal with that choice?
Unit 4: Perspectives on Humanity Differ
Unit 4: Perspectives on Humanity Differ
Essential Questions:
What is humanity and why should people care about it?
How does an individual’s point of view (e.g. their views on prejudice, injustice, stereotypes, etc.) affect their perspective of humanity?
7th Grade ELA Units
7th Grade ELA Units
Unit 1: Meaning of Memory
Unit 1: Meaning of Memory
Essential Questions:
What is memory?
How do individuals and societies decide which events and people are remembered?
Unit 2: The Weight of Acceptance
Unit 2: The Weight of Acceptance
Essential Questions:
What role do group norms play in the acceptance of ourselves and others?
What outweighs the desire to be accepted by others?
Unit 3: My Mask, Myself
Unit 3: My Mask, Myself
Essential Questions:
What purposes do masks serve?
Is it more beneficial or harmful to wear a mask?
Unit 4: The Road to Perseverance
Unit 4: The Road to Perseverance
Essential Questions:
Why do some people persevere while others are unsuccessful?
What can we learn from the perseverance of others to help us overcome our own adversity in today's world?
ELA RESOURCES
Purdue OWL - great resource for rules on writing such as citing sources, etc.
Grammar Girl
Includes RSS feeds and podcasts
Grammar Bytes- Grammar Instruction with Attitude!
Moby Max
Quill - Interactive Writing and Grammar
Quill.org
Paperrater.com - online grammar check, plagiarism checker
Students are able to check their own papers
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Free Rice (feed the hungry while expanding your vocabulary!)
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