My homeroom teacher in 7th grade liked to introduce herself by saying, "I'm Ms. Madill, as in Mad and Ill!" Quickly adding, & ... a younger generation. She taught orchestra, and in my first semester I had her for choir, too, which she taught with a woman who had more hair on her upper lip than all the boys in 7th and 8th grade combined as long as you exclude the Caddy family. From what I ...

The Mattoon 7th Grade Boys Basketball Team is loaded and they showed it as they defeated Newton Jasper County 42-3 on ... man roster. The entire 4th quarter for Mattoon was played by the third string for Mattoon. When I was in 7th grade, we had a very good basketball team that got knocked out in the district championship, just missing going to state and finishing with a very strong 14-3 record. This ...

In 7th grade, I would occasionally take a blank notebook out into the woods with me after school. I would situate myself Indian-style on the trunk of an enormous dead tree, prop my back up against its living counterpart, and think that nothing could be more romantic: a girl, alone with her thoughts, exploring the daily trials and tribulations of life. Today, I felt like that girl again. Not ...

... vary this experiment as by also exploring what fats and oils consist of.  It also is an experiment that could be used for 4th and 5th grade students as well. Seelus, C. (2009). Science Projects for Seventh Grade: Do All Potato Chips Produce the Same Amount of Grease. Retrieved November 6, 2009, from Bright Hub Inc. website: 15322.aspx Posted ...

Our 7th graders just finished a unit on Internet Safety, Cyberbullying, and Digital Citizenship. I love it when we can use fun technology to showcase what they've learned. To this effect, students created a poster using Comic Life illustrating a certain focus on the subject. They also created short audio public service announcements that were posted to Posterous, my new favorite blogging ...

Monday, October 26 – No class (alt. schedule for 8th grade Travel Projects) Tuesday, October 27 – Discuss Iraq book work Wednesday, October 28 – Israel and Turkey book work due Friday Thursday, October 29 – Discussion of current events; work time Friday, October 30 – Correct Israel/Turkey book work; intro. to Arabic writing