April 13-17

Assignments listed here represent the "Plan" for the week.  Plans of course are subject to change as needed, so this should not be considered the last word on what will take place in class or will be assigned for homework.  When plans do change however, the changes will be reflected here (hopefully by the evening of the day in which they are known to exist).

8th Grade Testing Week

Ott Class Help Pass
 clip and use for the week of 4/13

Students who need extra help or assistance may see me Monday - Friday after school.

Extra Help is available this week.

Students may use this pass to get help with assigned work .

Students without passes may not be permitted
to enter the building before school.

All 8th Grade ELA Classes  (7th Grade - scroll down)

Monday

  • Students will  begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then collaboratively complete Grammar Lesson SU5 L3 focusing on the use of the Perfect Tenses of verbs.

Homework: Two Word Work Words from The Devil's Arithmetic are due by Friday.

Tuesday - Only 1,2,and 3 hour (due to testing)

  • Students will  begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will review the quiz correction process and then be given time to work on their weekly word work, quiz corrections, or read their novels.

Homework: Two Word Work Words from The Devil's Arithmetic are due by Friday. 

Wednesday

  • Students will  begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then collaboratively read and respond to "Nazi Propaganda and Censorship," before answering objective questions examining the text.  We will practice test taking strategies students may find helpful when we take the final reading NWEA testing in coming weeks.

Homework: Two Word Work Words from The Devil's Arithmetic are due by Friday.

Thursday - Only 6 hour (due to testing)

  • Students will  begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will review the quiz correction process and then be given time to work on their weekly word work, quiz corrections, or read their novels.

Homework: Two Word Work Words from The Devil's Arithmetic are due by Friday.

Friday

  • Students will begin class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then collaboratively read and respond to "Resistance Inside Germany," before answering objective questions examining the text.  We will practice test taking strategies students may find helpful when we take the final reading NWEA testing in coming weeks.

Homework: Students who have completed their work for the week have no homework over the weekend.
All 7th Grade ELA Classes

Monday

  • Students will  begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will collaboratively use Vocabulary Assignment #1 to match each word to a representative image.  We will then review discuss the choices made for each word.

  • Students will then continue viewing the Klondike Gold Rush documentary, "Gold Fever."

Homework: Two Word Work Words from Vocabulary Assignment #1 are due by the end of the week.

Tuesday- Due to 8th Grade Testing...

  • I will not see 7th Graders today

Homework: Two Word Work Words from Vocabulary Assignment #1 are due by the end of the week.

Wednesday

  • Students will  begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will complete the viewing and response to "Gold Fever."

  • They will then explore a digital collection of historical images to give them a better sense of time and place for our reading of The Call of the Wild.

Homework: Two Word Work Words from Vocabulary Assignment #1 are due by the end of the week.

Thursday 

  • Students will read and respond to two arguments about the use of dogs for the purpose of sled dog racing.  They will examine and compare both arguments practicing testing strategies to help them do their best on next week's MSTEP test.

  • Students will independently read and respond to "The Cruelty of Sled Dog Racing" and then collaboratively read and respond to "It's All About the Dogs."

Homework: Two Word Work Words from Vocabulary Assignment #1 are due by the end of the week.

Friday

  • Students will  begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will complete the last prereading activity before we begin the novel next week..."A Brief Thematic Experience"  We will examine three driving theme of the novel that will focus our reading and our search for the main theme of the novel.  Students will attempt to interalize the themes and recognize their impact on their own lives.

Homework: Students who have turned in their work for the week do not have homework over the weekend.