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Ms. Ventura
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Contact:

venturac@hsd.k12.or.us


Education: 

Bachelor of Arts in English and French, Portland State University 1996

Standard Teaching License - Graduate Teacher Education Program, Portland State University 1997

Master of Education, Portland State University 2003

Bio:
Ms. Ventura is now in her 16th year of teaching!  She taught high school English for 7 years, and has been at the middle school for the last 9 years now. 
    A graduate of Glencoe High school, Ms. Ventura enjoys giving back to the community where she grew up.
    Ms. Ventura has 2 beautiful children who keep her very busy, and when not teaching or driving her children to one of their many activities, she can be found running, gardening, reading, or enjoying the outdoors.

This Week in Class...
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 Sparrow Hawks - October 2012

 Books for Teen Readers!!!  Check it out!  Delivered right to our classroom!

 

 


    Unit:  Learning from Experience - Knowing Who You Are

 

    Area of Interaction:  Health and Social Education

    Essential Questions:  What makes a good story? How can literature influence our lives?  How am I changing?

    Unit Vocabulary:  Setting, Internal Conflict, External Conflict, Author's Purpose, Inference,

     Major Character, Minor Character

Short Stories

"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto

"Thank You, M'am" by Langston Hughes

"Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez

"Zebra" by Chaim Potok

Essay

Response to Literature - Compare and Contrast

 

    

Class Description
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Welcome to 7th Grade Language Arts - overview 

Seventh grade Language Arts integrates writing, spelling, grammar, literature, reading, listening, and speaking.  The literature component will include the study of mythology, fables, drama, short stories, non-fiction, novels, and poetry.  Students will be expected to write clear and effective paragraphs, and creative compositions.