September 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).
 
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Tuesday - Thursday in the morning before school.
Extra Help is available this week. Students may use this pass to get help with assigned work or to discuss Book Projects and Presentations. Students without passes may not be permitted to enter the building before school. |
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All
7th Grade ELA Classes |
Monday
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Students will begin the day with the Monday Grammar Warm-Up focusing on
the difference between There, Their, and They're. This wee,
will focus on the use and proof of "Their" 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 document
their understanding in their Writer's and Reader's Notebooks.
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Studens will then complete a
pre-reading activity to prepare for our reading of
"Rikki-tikki-tavi" by Rudyard Kipling. The activity is called
Probable Passage. Students will examine a group of words
related to the story and attempt to determine some aspects of the
story. Results will be shared and discussed.
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We will then log in to Studysync, the
online text resource for language arts and look over the navigation
features students will experience with assignments and readings from
this resource. Students will view a video introduction to the
story, then read and discuss the opening scene of the story.
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Students will then begin WIN time to
work on their independent reading work or to complete an i-Ready
lesson.
Homework: Students
should read their independent
reading novel for 30 minutes tonight and document their reading on their
reading log. Students also have 4 Word Work words that are due by
the end of the week.
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Tuesday
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Students will begin the class with a
brief warm-up on using context clues to determine the meanings of
unfamiliar words that they encounter in their reading.
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Students will then experience a
brief lesson on strategies for annotating a text. We will examine a
question that students will be answering and annotate supporting
text to generate support for their answers. This will involve
the previous day's reading of "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
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We will then preview the remaining
"Think" questions to give help identify other relevant parts of the
text that may warrant annotation. We will then continue the
reading and annotation of "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
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Students will then begin WIN time to
work on their independent reading work or to complete an i-Ready
lesson.
Homework: Students
should read their independent
reading novel for 30 minutes tonight and document their reading on their
reading log. Students also have 4 Word Work words that are due by
the end of the week.
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Wednesday
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If we have finished the reading and
annotation of "Rikki-tikki-tavi," students will begin the
class with a reading comprehension quiz where they will use the text
answer a series of questions. The thought process I'd like the
students to employ will be modeled with the first question.
Students will then take on the remaining questions on their own.
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If we have not finished the text, we
will begin the class with that mission. We will then move on
to the quiz.
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Following the quiz, studenst will
answer the "Think" constructed response questions.
Homework: Students
should read their independent
reading novel for 30 minutes tonight and document their reading on their
reading log. Students also have 4 Word Work words that are due by
the end of the week.
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Thursday
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The Thursday Poetry Warm-Up will
involve a reading and analysis of "Point of View" by Shell
Silverstein. Students will then complete a 7 minute FreeWrite
in response to the poem examining the role of point-of-view in their
daily lives. Volunteers will share their thoughts.
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Students will then use the text of
"Rikki-tikki-tavi" to complete a plot diagram for the story.
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Students who finish early will have
time to work on the rest of their weekly assignments.
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Students will then begin WIN time to
work on their independent reading work or to complete an i-Ready
lesson.
Homework: Students
should read their independent reading novel for 30 minutes tonight
and document their reading on their reading log. Students who have
not completed their Word Work for the week may want to commit some
time to it tonight.
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Friday
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Students will begin class the Friday Funny Bone
activity. This is an inferential activity where students
examine a Gary Larson cartoon, draw conclusions about it, and
construct a possible caption that attempts to not only make sense
out of the image, but also make it funny.
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Students will then complete the
"There, Their, and They're" Quiz reflecting their understanding of
the use of these three problematic words.
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We will use any remaining time to
complete their "The Week in Review" along with the completion of any
additional unfinished business.
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Students will then begin WIN time to
work on their independent reading work or to complete an i-Ready
lesson.
Homework: Students
who have completed all of thier idependent reading work this week do not
have any additional homework over the weekend.
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