April 6-10

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).

1st Week of Final Quarter

Ott Class Help Pass
 clip and use for the week of 4/06

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 not attending the 8th Grade field trip will view and discuss "The Last Days" documentary by Steven Speilburg. 

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

Tuesday

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

  • Students will then collaboratively complete Grammar Lesson SU8 L1 focusing on the use of commas, dashes, elipses, and parentheses.

  • Students will use any additional time to work on their Word Work for the week.

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

Wednesday - PLC  Early Release Day

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

  • Students will then begin the reading and response to Chapter 13 of The Devil's Arithmetic.  Students will select and respond to passages using the punctuation elements we focused on in Tuesday's grammar lesson and construct a structured response to the reading.

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

Thursday

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

  • Students will complete the reading and respnses to Chapter 13 of The Devil's Arithmetic before taking a brief comprehension quiz on Chapters 12 and 13.

  • Any additional time will be committed to students' time to finish responses or Word Work.

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 "The Murder of the Handicapped," before answering objective questions examining the text.  We will practice test taking strategies students may find helpful in next week's testing experience.

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 complete "Sentences and Sentence Fragments" identifying the parts of complete sentences and the missing parts of fragments.  Results will be shared and discussed.

  • Students will then complete Vocabulary Assignment #1 in preparation of 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.

Tuesday

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

  • Students will then read  and respond to "The Life of Jack London."  They will collaboratively answer 4 objective questions.  Results will be discussed.

  • Any remaining time will be committed to individual student work on their weeky word work.

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 then read and respond to "The Call of Jack London," which will be compared to the reading from yesterday's class.  Students will respond to 3 objective questions.  Results will be disussed.

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

Thursday 

  • Students will independently read and collaboratively answer objective questions for "The Klondike Gold Rush."  Results will be shared and discussed before beginning the viewing of the "Gold Fever," documentary on the Klondike Gold Rush, the setting of Jack London's The Call of the Wild.

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 then finish the "Gold Fever" documentary before beginning the Visual Vocabulary activity matching images with their current vocabulary list and sharing their justification.  Results will be shared and discussed.

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