SEVENTH GRADE RESOURCES

7th graders- here are the articles and news clips that you will want to access in order to complete your essay:

 

Focus Two Resources:  From http://www.engageny.org/resource/grades-7-ela-building-evidence-based-arguments-unit

 

Text Set 1 Background Informational Texts

1. What is a Performance-Enhancing Drug? http://odelleducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/What-is-a-PED.pdf
2. Historical Timeline: History of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports http://sportsanddrugs.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000017
3. Steroids http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/fit/steroids.html

Text Set 2 Additional Background Informational Texts

4. How to get Doping Out of Sports http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/opinion/sunday/how-to-get-doping-out-of-sports.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
5. Performance Enhancing Drugs Outside of Pro Sports http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/05/performance-enhancing-drugs-outside-of-pro-sports/
6. Performance Enhancing Drugs: A Cheat Sheet http://abcnews.go.com/Health/performance-enhancing-drugs-cheat-sheet/story?id=19871506
7. The Future of Cheating in Sports http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-future-of-cheating-in-sports-138914769/
8. Athlete Guide to the 2013 Prohibited List http://www.usada.org/prohibited-list/athlete-guide/ (This link is the 2014 list)
9. The Beam in Your Eye http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_nature/2005/04/the_beam_in_your_eye.html

Text Set 3 Political Cartoons

10. Why the Use of Performance-Enhancing Drugs by Great Athletes Still Bothers Us http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2011/12/13/why-the-use-of-performance-enhancing-drugs-by-great-athletes-still-bothers-us/

Cartoonists on Baseball and Steriods http://www.newsday.com/opinion/cartoonists-on-baseball-and-steroids-1.4437630#1

Text Set 4 Seminal Arguments

1. Congressman Elijah E. Cummings Urges the National Basketball Association to adopt a Zero-Tolerance Drug Policy http://cummings.house.gov/sites/cummings.house.gov/files/documents/press/05may19a.htm
2. Speech by Dr. Jacques Rogge President, International Olympic Committee to World Confernence on Doping in Sport http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reports/EN/en_report_1253.pdf
3. Why It’s Time to Legalize Steroids In Professional Sports http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2012/08/24/why-its-time-to-legalize-steroids-in-professional-sports/
4. Confessions of a doper: Lance Armstrong’s former teammate Jonathan Vaughters talks about why some athletes use steroids http://quizlet.com/23110934/athletes-and-steroids-flash-cards/

Text Set 5 Additional Arguments

5. No Place in High School Sports for Performance-Enhancing Drugs http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/21/3577329/no-place-for-performance-enhancing.html
6. Did Lance Armstrong Cheat? I Don’t Care http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/commentary/news/story?id=6135037
7. Lance Armstrong Had Little Choice But to Dope http://ideas.time.com/2012/10/12/lance-armstrong-had-little-choice-but-to-dope/
8. *There Are No Sound Moral Arguments Against Performance-Enhancing Drugs http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/magazine/there-are-no-sound-moral-arguments-against-performance-enhancing-drugs.html?_r=0
9. Legalize PEDs and We’ll Prosper, Says Ethicist http://www.smh.com.au/sport/legalise-peds-and-well-prosper-says-ethicist-20130216-2ejvc.html

April 28th to May 2nd

 

May 14-18 2014: Once again, a sideways schedule!

6th grade parents: Today your student will bring home an essay that we've been working on for quite some time. The 6th graders have had this essay edited by me, an 8th grade expert, and they made several changes themselves: Now it's YOUR turn! So often you see the final product marked up by me, without having seen the full work in progress. Over the break please make YOUR edits to your student's paper. Do not re-type it for them, but mark up the copy your student has brought home to you. They will then produce the final copy to be graded.

Have an amazing BREAK!

March 24 to 28

February 24 to 28, 2014

 

Feb. 10-14

 

Psst! Looking for a little extra credit?

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”

~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

pastor, humanitarian, Civil Rights leader (1929-1968)

• What does this quote mean?
• What does it mean to you?
• In a one page reflection, ruminate on this quote.
• If you do an amazing job, and turn it in to me by Thursday, January 30th, you could earn 15 extra points in the period of your choice.

January 27- 31

This week promises much excitement!

 

The 7th graders will present their Project Citizen portfolios to the judges, and the 6th graders will begin their very first research project.

New experiences always make for great teaching. I just love my job!

• Your Scholastic book orders are due FEBRUARY 4th. Those of you who pay with check may have to wait a while longer for your shipments to come in. Therefore, I suggest you try the link to your right and order directly online in the future.

Matt Woodburn Makes a Difference

Sometimes it only takes one person to motivate others to do good. Be that person. Be the good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXwRWGoFtr0#t=360

January 13-17



UPDATES!

Happy New Year to you! I’m so glad to be back at Horizon with my classes; I’ve very much enjoyed hearing stories about your family adventures over the Christmas break. But, now that we’re back, it’s time to get refocused on learning! Here are some updates:

·         The newest RVF is attached to this email. It is due January 23^rd. ALL questions on the back side need to be answered despite the confusing direction on the top of the page.

 

·         Mr. Hardt has asked that instead of one large 300 point A.R. grade at the end of the trimester, that I break the grade up into smaller chunks throughout the tri., and I am happy to oblige. These grades will begin showing up in the grade book quite soon. However, they will have extended due dates because they are not scored until the end of the trimester. In this class all AR assignments and points are due by March 6^th. 

A.R. grades are made up of the following components (not just taking and passing the 3 required AR tests each trimester):

a.       A.R. comprehension tests taken in the library.

b.      Back-sides of all RVF sheets.

c.       In-class skill quizzes using AR book.

d.      In-class AR book quick writes

e.      Goal setting for the trimester’s reading.

f.        Having an AR book in class at all times.

g.       Score from the required genre’s AR test

h.      Reading one book from the required genre for the trimester.

These required genres are:

1.       Trimester 1- a classic

2.       Trimester 2- biography or autobiography

3.       Trimester 3-Historical Fiction

 

·         Parents often ask me how they can support our learning at home. I’ve written a few parent to student discussion topics if you too have been asking this same question.

1.       In Social Studies we are learning about Ancient Egypt. If you have any resources or knowledge about this civilization please discuss it with your child. It’s such an interesting part of our world’s history.

 

2.       Ask your child to talk about the mood or tone in the novel he is reading. Ask why s/he feels this way using proof from the book.

Please contact me if you have additional questions or concerns.

January 6-10

December 2-6



 

November 11- 15

R.V.F. is DUE on November 14th!

(Sorry I forgot to add it to the planner.)

 

 

Seventh Graders: Don't forget to be on the lookout for costume ideas for the Medieval Feast on November 19th.

 

Some high-ranking citizens of our Kingdom Filanosloe

November 4-8

This week will be a GREAT one! Why? Because you're going to learn some pretty cool stuff and things!

 

October 28 to November 1

October 7- 11, 2013

 

September 30 to October 4, 2013

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September 23-27, 2013

 

Lesson Plans for Sept. 16-20