Clanton Middle School
Mrs. Bishop's 7th Grade Language Arts Class
Home
A Bit About Mrs. Bishop
A "Bunch" of Awesome Websites
Bulletin Board
Class Briefings
A Bunch of Extra Reading
A Bit of Grammar, Spelling, & Writing Practice
A Bit of Reading & Vocabulary Practice
A Bit of Literary Elements Practice
A Bunch of Words to Know
A Bit of Poetry
A Bit of Information About Authors
A Bit of Reading for Fun!
Books We're Reading
A Bit About Research
These are links to articles, short stories, poems, and other literature we read in class plus additional articles, video clips, etc. to help you find more information concerning topics we read about in class.
Nonfiction, Drama, etc.
Written in Bone
Timeline of Events
"The Fall of the Hindenburg":
Video of Hindenburg Explosion
A Christmas Carol
Full Text
of the Original Novella by Charles Dickens
"Victorian London"
Victorian England
A Christmas Carol play
Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz
"Just What the Doctor Ordered"
Holocaust Literature & Websites
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Pg. 9 "First They Came for the Jews"
Research Project Teacher-Approved Sources:
(Decide which sources are most reliable.)
For Internet Searches:
Safe Search Kids
: A Search Engine Powered by Google Designed to Eliminate Inappropriate Internet Content
Should cell phones be allowed in school?
Cell Phones in School? Scholastic Article
Education Week Article
Living and Learning with Mobile Devices
Should schools use a “talk it out” approach to resolving conflict, or should they simply suspend students?
Website: Real Justice.org
Ted Talks Video: The Neuroscience of Restorative Justice
Website: Restorative Justice.org
Newsela Article
Should Mattel stop making Barbie and Ken so “perfect” and begin making them more “realistic”?
USA Today Article: Moms & Body Image
Development Psychology Article
Washington and Lee University Article
Dying to Be Barbie
kidshealth.org
Should kids view professional athletes as role models?
PBS Newshour Student Poll
Livestrong Article
To Zoo or Not to Zoo…Should animals be held within the confines of a zoo?
Peta Web site
National Geographic
Scientific American Article
New York Times Article
Are video games beneficial for kids?
Newsela Article
Short Stories
"Papa's Parrot":
Bird Brains
"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
The Harlem Renaissance
"What Is the Blues?": PBS
"A Brief History of the Blues"
BB King Bio
Chicago Blues
"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes
NationalHomeless.org
"The Gift of the Magi"
Full Text of the Story
Writing a Literary Analysis
"Magi" Quiz
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
"The Women's Rights Movement from North to South"
PBS.org Interviews: The Life of Kate Chopin
Famous Women's Suffrage Movement Speeches
"The Monkey's Paw"
Full Text of Story
Poetry
Excerpt from As You Like It: "All the World's a Stage..."
(Includes extra information to explain the poem)
One more explanation of the excerpt piece by piece
Poets.org
Search for poems by author or title.
Poetry Out Loud
Listen to Poetry, Tips on Reciting Poetry
"Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
"Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
("All the World's a Stage...") by William Shakespeare
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes
"There Is No Frigate Like a Book" by Emily Dickinson
"Dreams" by Langston Hughes
"Harlem" by Langston Hughes
"Abandoned Farmhouse" by Ted Kooser
"Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
"Oranges" by Gary Soto