January 26 - 30

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).

Week 21 - Students should be approaching the end of their book project books.

Ott Class Help Pass
clip and use for the week of 1/26

Students who need extra help or assistance may see me Monday - Thursday 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 15 minutes of independent reading.

  • After we begin the class with reading, students complete the Monday Grammar Warm-Up focusing on the difference between Too, Two, and To.  This week, will focus on the use and proof of "Two"  Students will be introduced to the proof and attempt to use and prove their use of the word in a brief writing response.  Volunteers will share sentences from their writing. 

  • Students will then be introduced to the 2nd Semester Word Work.  This will involve two words students find in their independent reading and two academic words that we will be given on Mondays.

  • Students will then view and discuss several sample projects.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Although Daily Reading Logs will be optional, students are encouraged to complete them to take more control over their grades. 4 Word Work words are due by the end of the week.

Tuesday

  • Students will begin class with 15 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will begin the first day of "The Devil's Arithmetic" WebQuest.  This is a web based exploration into curated resources to help provide additional historical and cultural context for our upcoming novel unit.

  • Students will share and discuss some of their discoveries from the WebQuest.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Although Daily Reading Logs will be optional, students are encouraged to complete them to take more control over their grades. 4 Word Work words are due by the end of the week.

Wednesday

  • Students will begin class with 15 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will continue "The Devil's Arithmetic" WebQuest.  This is a web based exploration into curated resources to help provide additional historical and cultural context for our upcoming novel unit.

  • Students will share and discuss some of their discoveries from the WebQuest.

  • If time permits, additional book project examples will be discussed and related questions answered.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Although Daily Reading Logs will be optional, students are encouraged to complete them to take more control over their grades. 4 Word Work words are due by the end of the week.

Thursday

  • Students will begin class with 15 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will complete the "The Devil's Arithmetic" WebQuest.  This is a web based exploration into curated resources to help provide additional historical and cultural context for our upcoming novel unit.

  • Students will share and discuss some of their discoveries from the WebQuest.

  • If time permits, additional book project examples will be discussed and related questions answered.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Although Daily Reading Logs will be optional, students are encouraged to complete them to take more control over their grades. 4 Word Work words are due by the end of the week.

Friday

  • Students review the teambuilding process along with consensus decistion making.  They then begin using Uncommon Commonalities to find some things they have in common with their new teammates before attempting to define their new team identity.

  • Results will be presented to the class.

Homework: Students should be pushing to finish up their book project novel's by the end of next week.
All 7th Grade ELA Classes

Monday

  • Students will  begin the class with 15 minutes of independent reading.

  • After we begin the class with reading, students complete the Monday Grammar Warm-Up focusing on the difference between Too, Two, and To.  This week, will focus on the use and proof of "Two"  Students will be introduced to the proof and attempt to use and prove their use of the word in a brief writing response.  Volunteers will share sentences from their writing. 

  • Students will then view and discuss  several sample projects.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Although Daily Reading Logs will be optional, students are encouraged to complete them to take more control over their grades. 4 Word Work words are due by the end of the week.

Tuesday

  • Students will  begin the class with 15 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then begin the 7C Brain Science, SU 1 L1 where we will read Phineas Gage, a Gruesome but true story of brain science.  We will begin by reading and responding to the opening chapter of his accident.

  • If time permits, additional book project examples will be discussed and related questions answered.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Although Daily Reading Logs will be optional, students are encouraged to complete them to take more control over their grades. 4 Word Work words are due by the end of the week.

Wednesday

  • Students will  begin the class with 15 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then complete the 7C Brain Science, SU 1 L1 where we will read Phineas Gage, a Gruesome but true story of brain science.  Students will collaboratively complete and discuss the solo activity wrapping up the lesson.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Although Daily Reading Logs will be optional, students are encouraged to complete them to take more control over their grades. 4 Word Work words are due by the end of the week.

Thursday

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

  • Students will then continue the 7C Brain Science, SU 1 L2 "Phineas Should Have been Dead."  Student pairs will discuss their response to the question they ended last Friday's class where they examinied the factors that enabled Phineas to survive his injury.  Students will discuss their responses, listen to each other's perspective and respond to their own perspective and whether it was influenced by their discussion.

  • Students will then draft a constructed response based on whether they felt that Phineas was "Lucky or Not Lucky."  Responses will be shared and discussed. 

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight. Although Daily Reading Logs will be optional, students are encouraged to complete them to take more control over their grades. 4 Word Work words are due by the end of the week.

Friday

  • Students review the teambuilding process along with consensus decistion making.  They then begin using Uncommon Commonalities to find some things they have in common with their new teammates before attempting to define their new team identity.

  • Results will be presented to the class.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight.  Four reading logs and two word work words are due by today.