Ms. Bennett's
7th/8th Grade ELA
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Please Note: My Elective is called English in the Digital Age (EDA for short:)
It is "On the Wheel," meaning that students will be in my elective in Trimester 1, Trimester 2, or Trimester 3. Please see the EagleExpress Newsletter page for more information about this awesome elective! Eagle Pride!!!
Updated 8/19/25
Important ELA News and Information:
Dear Students and Parents,
Welcome to the 2025/26 school year! I look forward to welcoming you back into the classroom! I am committed to making our ELA Community experience as much of a success as is possible for all of you.
We will be working from Google Classroom, so as a student, you MUST begin there daily :) This website is public, so your parents will be able to view important information about our ELA Community. Please check the Important Resource Standards and Links area at the bottom of this page and the Google Calendar to stay on top of our ELA tasks and assignments.
Room 18 Community Classroom Rules & Policies and Parent Online Acknowledgement Form
What We Will Do in ELA :) Platforms for Learning OnGoing ELA Assignments
Important Items! Please Check the Important SRTMS Schedules Tab for ALL Schedules :)
Please Check the Resources and Template Examples Tab for our Common Core Standards and other resourceful items :)
ELA Supply List - Please remember to bring supplies with you to class. ELA welcomes any donations, too!
MS Grades and Trimester Report Card Closing Windows:
Trimester 1 Progress Grade: 9/26/25 ; Trimester 1 Grade: 11/14/25
Trimester 2 Progress Grade: 1/23/26; Trimester 2 Grade: 3/13/26
Trimester 3 Progress Grade: 5/1/26; Trimester 3 Grade: 6/9/26
STAY Charged up for School :)
To learn, .... You need to be charged up!!!
Remember: Sleep Tight, Eat Right, Don't Fight (your learning process)!
Also, please don't forget to charge your Chromebooks every day/night!!!
About Me- Hello and Welcome 2025/2026!
About Me- Hello and Welcome 2025/2026!
I'm Ms. Bennett, the 7th and 8th Grade English Language Arts teacher for Santa Rosa Technology Magnet School. We have another adventurous learning year ahead of us and I am very excited to have the opportunity to watch and help your child grow this year into a more accomplished adolescent! A little about me: I hold a Master's Degree in Curriculum & Instruction from California Lutheran University and a State of California Reading Specialization. My baccalaureate was in English, with an additional Multi-Cultural Literature/Social Histories emphasis from Cal State Channel Islands. I have instructed English/English Language Arts at the 9th, 10th, and 12th grade levels and I came to instruct at the junior high levels to be more effective in their preparation for high school. I am an adjunct Faculty member of California Lutheran University and I teach Summer Reading/Writing Camps for the California Reading & Literature Project.
This will be my nineteenth year teaching 8th grade and eighteeenth year teaching 7th grade. I have also worked extensively with struggling readers for over two decades in educational environments. I believe that the most effective teaching practices come from continually learning the most recent educational designs of instruction; in other words, I must continually grow and learn for your child to have the best education in English, as well. I believe in community values within the classroom for the most effective balance of teaching and learning. I also incorporate strategies and formats for reading and writing into our classroom that your child will use for his/her educational lifetime.
What we'll do: Please access the links for 7th and 8th Grade in Resources. These links will take you to the California Common Core Standards that will be covered for those grade levels in English/Language Arts. All SW wwwgrade levels use our District Adoption of California Collections by Holt/McDougal/Littel. Our textbooks are also available online at My.HRW.Com - students will use the online version most often in class. Both Formative and Summative Assessments will be utilized to help me- help you attain the goals and standards for your grade level and ensure your comfortable matriculation to the next grade level as awesome readers, writers, and thinkers!
Happy Reading and Writing! Ms. Bennett :)
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