Mr. Mattson

7th Grade

Language Arts & Washington State History

2008-2009

 

Welcome to the Seventh grade!

UNITS OF STUDY

Language Arts
GoodReads.com
Reading WASL Strategies
Thesis Statements
6+1 Trait Writing
Reviewing Basic Essay Guidelines
Five Paragraph Essays
Expository Writing
Persuasive Writing

Social Studies
Major World Societies
Ancient Greece
Washington State History
Washington in the Pacific Northwest Online Textbook
(username & password: wapnw)
Why Government?
Territory and Treaty Making (1854-1889) 
Railroads, Reform, Immigration, and Labor (1889-1930) 
Great Depression and World War II (1930-1945) 
New Technologies and Industries (1945-1980) 
Contemporary Washington State (1980-present) 
Significant Events in U.S. History
September 11, 2001

Novel Units
The Giver  by Lois Lowry
The Outsiders by  S.E. Hinton
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore
Chew On This by Eric Schlosserhttp://www.goodreads.comReading_WASL_Strategies.htmlhttp://daphne.palomar.edu/handbook/thesis.htm#whatishttp://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/sixtrtcrsmtrl.htmhttp://www.sbac.edu/~idylwild/writingtips.htmlhttp://www.sbac.edu/~idylwild/writingtips.htmlhttp://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/5paragraph_edit.htmhttp://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/wrtstr3.htmhttp://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/wrtstr4.htmhttp://www.ancientgreece.com/http://www.experiencestatehistory.com/index.phphttp://www.experiencestatehistory.com/index.phpWhy_Government.htmlhttp://stories.washingtonhistory.org/treatytrail/intro.htmhttp://stories.washingtonhistory.org/treatytrail/intro.htmhttp://stories.washingtonhistory.org/railroads/http://stories.washingtonhistory.org/Railroads/Teaching/MiddleSchool.aspxhttp://stories.washingtonhistory.org/Railroads/Teaching/MiddleSchool.aspxhttp://web.me.com/rob_mattson/LASS/September_11,_2001.htmlhttp://teenink.com/Past/2007/April/21267.htmlhttp://teenink.com/Past/2007/April/21267.htmlhttp://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=12027http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=11925&FullBreadCrumb=%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.scholastic.com%2Fbrowse%2Fsearch%2F%3FNtt%3Dchew%2Bon%2Bthis%26query%3Dchew%2Bon%2Bthis%26Ntk%3DSCHL30_SI%26Ntx%3Dmode%2Bmatchallpartial%26y%3D0%26N%3D0%26x%3D0%22+class%3D%22endecaAll%22%3EAll+Results%3C%2Fa%3Eshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12shapeimage_2_link_13shapeimage_2_link_14shapeimage_2_link_15shapeimage_2_link_16shapeimage_2_link_17shapeimage_2_link_18shapeimage_2_link_19shapeimage_2_link_20shapeimage_2_link_21shapeimage_2_link_22

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