October 24-28

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).

Report Cards arrive on Monday 10/24
Parent Conferences on Thursday 10/27

Ott Class Help Pass
clip and use for the week of 10/24

Students who need extra assistance or need to discuss their projects may clip this pass and use it to see me 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.

All 7th Grade ELA Classes

Monday

  • Students will begin the day with what is the Monday Grammar Warm-Up focusing on the difference between Two, Too, and To.  This week, will focus on the use and proof of "Too"  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.

  • Students will then collaboratively read and respond to an introduction to the Graphic Novel genre.  Once they have answered the discussion questions, they will construct their own response to a question concerning if Graphic Novels are a legitimate form of literature or no more than comic books.  Their response will be in the form of a tweet with no more than 140 characters.  Students will review the ideas submitted by their classmates and take a poll, which will begin discussion tomorrow.

  • The 2nd half of the Block will be committed to WIN time.

Homework: Students should read their independent reading novel for 30 minutes tonight and document their reading on their reading log. They also need to complete their 2nd Dialectical Response by the end of the week.

Tuesday

  • Students will begin class with a discussion about the background article they responded to yesterday.  We will look at the results of the poll along with some of the responses that were submitted.

  • Students will then begin their first reading of Nimona focusing focusing their annotations on new vocabulary, character, and questions that are raised by the text.  Once they have completed their reading, students will discuss the text with their new team and jot down answers to a series of discussion questions.  Results of this discussion will be discussed further in the full class setting.

  • The 2nd half of the Block will be committed to WIN time.

Homework: Students should read their independent reading novel for 30 minutes tonight and document their reading on their reading log. They also need to complete their 2nd Dialectical Response by the end of the week.

Wednesday

  • Students will begin class with a mini lesson in StudySync on Textual Evidence.  We will go through the lesson as a class exploring vocabulary relating to textual evidence and drawing conclusions from several examples of textual evidence.

  • Students will then make a substantive inference about each of the characters in Nimona and use textual evidence to explain how they arrived at that observation.

  • The 2nd half of the Block will be committed to WIN time.

Homework: Students should read their independent reading novel for 30 minutes tonight and document their reading on their reading log. They also need to complete their 2nd Dialectical Response by the end of the week.

Thursday

  • The Thursday Poetry Warm-Up will involve a reading and analysis of "If" by Rudyard Kipling, the author of "Rikki-tikki-tavi." Students will note passages from the poem that reflect what they see as useful advice for life.  Students will then develop their thoughts on one or more noted pieces of advice that speak to them.  Volunteers will be permitted time to share their thoughts on that advice (Since we didn't read the poem last week).

  • Students will then complete a close read of Nimona assuming the role of one of the main characters with the purpose of finding evidence they need to convince the other main character to fight according to their style.  Students will need several convincing reasons.

  • Students will then move into their teams to determine the rules they will observe for their debate, and discuss their reasons why the other should adopt their strategy.  Following this discussion students will reflect on the experience and evaluate their performance in the debate.

  • The 2nd half of the Block will be committed to WIN time.

Homework: Students should read their independent reading novel for 30 minutes tonight and document their reading on their reading log. They also need to complete their 2nd Dialectical Response by the end of the week.

Friday

  • 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.

  • Students will then begin the debate they prepared for yesterday.

  • Following the debate, we will experience a minilesson on the use of Mood & Tone.

  • The 2nd half of the Block will be committed to WIN time.

Homework: Students should read their independent reading novel for 30 minutes tonight and document their reading on their reading log. They also need to complete their 2nd Dialectical Response by the end of the week.