After reading the first four chapters of The Little Prince, our thought provoking quick write for the day was:

Write your thoughts or a response to the quote, “Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be aways and forever explaining things to them.”

What a great quote! Several students shared their quick writes and a lively discussion followed. It seems that even in 7th grade many students do not feel that their parents or adults in general really try to understand things on their own.

Today was the last day for root word review, and the BIG test in tomorrow. Everyone finished their root word presentations.

We reviewed the requirements for our 4th grading period writing assignments yet again. Today our focus was on the narrative piece. We reviewed the necessity of a plot that follows a plot diagram in any story.