7th+Grade+Literacy



__**Freedom Writers**__: Seventh grade students are currently reading //The Freedom Writers Diary// and completing a journal project of their own. Each student in the seventh grade has been asked to journal on a daily basis to help increase their writing skills and provide them with a space to vent their feelings.

= Freedom Writers' Tankas :=

Tanka- a Japanese style of poetry where each of the five lines has an assigned number of syllables. (5-7-5-7-7)
__"The Freedom Writers"-A Summary So Far__ The Freedom Writers The boy got shot in the chest. The Kids are fighting Trying to protect their turf And they do not ever back down. ~C.P.

__Freedom of Tanka__ The Freedom Writers Giving us a helpful hint In their perspective Their outlook on life is great They suffered and overcame. ~J.M.

__Tanka__ The book lets me know That life is not so easy It is full of tricks and there is no easy path so don't back down 'cause it's hard ~A.R.

__Tanka__ The Freedom Writers Boys and girls who did not know to be good in school They were rebels. And loud too. But a teacher showed them good. ~ J.L.P

__Tanka__ The Freedom Writers Goes through struggles in their life I relate to this All of the violence here With drug use and gunshots too. ~S.G.