-ELA+7th+grade

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= Create Digital & Multimedia Storytelling/Books: =
 * ==[[image:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9GZgp5ihpFI/T81MdsYVsjI/AAAAAAAAKfg/bdBvBy2fPmU/s1600/widbook.png link="@http://www.widbook.com/"]] -Students can collaborate on the same book==

= Poetry: = > ==Poetic devices examples Great collection of video, audio & real world examples: americanrhetoric==
 * == [[image:valems/poetryapp.JPG]]Learning Lab - with questions and activities for specific and various audiovisual poems : thePoetryFoundation==
 * ==[[image:valems/poetry stations logo.JPG]]Eight stations created by several NISD librarian to engage students & review poetry devices & TEKS. -See Mr. T. for details.==
 * ==[[image:valems/poetry flow.JPG width="139" height="76"]]View poems as they roll across screen of large smartphone (1,000s of to choose from) : poetryflow==
 * ==Poetic devices and sound effects (part 1): [[file:Poetry Terms & Sound Effects -powerpoint (2).ppt]]==
 * ==Structural and poetic forms (part 2) : [[file:Structural & Poetic Forms.pptx]]==
 * ==[[image:http://www.americanrhetoric.com/images/ARLogoFigures.jpg width="383" height="67"]]==
 * ==[[image:valems/storytrail.JPG]]Tons of poetry resources & sites at: storytrail.com==

= Figurative Language: =

> ==Figures of speech examples Great collection of video, audio & real world examples: americanrhetoric==
 * ==Powerpt intro. to symbols and metaphors: [[file:Introduction_to_Figurative_Language.ppt]]==
 * ==[[image:valems/flocabulary.JPG]]Intro similes and metaphors with the top 10 greatest examples in Hip-Hop/Rap music: Flocabulary==
 * ==How to create similes and metaphors: // Contact me for file //==
 * ==[[image:http://www.americanrhetoric.com/images/ARLogoFigures.jpg width="461" height="81"]]==

=Research: =
 * ==** ELA TEKS & skills re: Research covered by library ** research project: [[file:ELA TEKS in Library Research.doc.docx]]==
 * ==See Research Page==

= Drama: =


 * ==[[image:worldbook drama.JPG width="391" height="40"]]Our very own World Book Database has a ** Dramatic Learning ** section with great resource with: plays, lesson plans, various teaching tools, rubrics, play starters, posters for plays, monologues, & more (once logged in ** go to World Book Classroom **): click on pic==