Teachers, try this exciting interdisciplinary approach to serving up a four-part unit for seventh grade English Language Arts. Students dig deep into research (reading, writing and thinking) to make a personal connection to heredity and genetics (Seventh Grade Science Goal 3) while applying skills from the new computer/technology and information curricula.

Take a quick look at the four NEW categories for the Reading Comprehension EOG test to understand how they form the foundation for this technology-integrated English Language Arts experience.

Now, what would you like to do?

• Go directly to the four activities or Missions. (Bypass the "Locker of the Future.")
• View the "Locker of the Future" first. (You can link to the four activities from the locker, too. Roll your cursor over the yellow numbers.)
• Watch Parkwood Middle School students in action! Under the direction of Instructional Technology Specialist Jo Ellen Hertel, Mrs. Elmore and her seventh grade Language Arts students complete the activities for "Locker of the Future."
• Close this window and return to the student page.