December  19 - 23

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).

Book Projects and Presentations are due Wednesday December 21st.  Projects should be brough to school for a readiness check on Monday.

Ott Class Help Pass
clip and use for the week of 12/19

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 take the Unit 2 Benchmark test today.

  • Students will read and answer objective questions on three selections.  The test contains two essay questions, which should be planned on the graphic organizers included in this week's interactive notebook.

  • Students will have the entire 90 minute block to complete the test.

Homework: Students have an opportunity to make up missing assignments this week in Interactive Notebooks 12 - 14.  Other than that, students should be busy practicing for their Book Project Presentations, which are scheduled for Wednesday.

Tuesday

  • Students will begin examining the question, Should Music be considered Poetry?

  • Students will collaboratively read a Blast article examining Bob Dylan's 2016 award of the Nobel Prize for Literature.  Students will discuss the article, answer some related questions and then explore a few related internet links examining the central question.  Results will be discussed before students complete a 140 character response to the question reflecting their own opinion on the subject.

  • A preview of the poetry project students will be completing when we return from the break will be discussed so students can give it some thought before coming back to school in January.

  • WIN Time

Homework: Students have an opportunity to make up missing assignments this week in Interactive Notebooks 12 - 14.  Other than that, students should be busy practicing for their Book Project Presentations, which are scheduled for Tomorrow.

Wednesday

  • Students will settle with their projects and we will discuss some of the expectations for the presentations both for the presenters and the students as an audience.  The order of presentations will be announced, and we will begin with the first presentation.

  • If we run out of time for the presentations that are prepared for Wednesday, we will continue with presentations tomorrow.  Any student who is not prepared to present on Wednesday should present their work on FlipGrid when they have completed both their project and their presentation.

  • WIN Time

Homework: Students have an opportunity to make up missing assignments this week in Interactive Notebooks 12 - 14.  Any student who was not prepared to present their project on time, should be working towards finishing their work and presenting their project on FlipGrid ASAP to avoid late penalty of loss credit.

Thursday

  • Students will begin class with a breif explanation for the analysis task they are going to undertake with their team.  Student teams will be reading and analyzing a poem.  They will complete three of the five parts of the Analysis Pyramid and marking up the poem to reflect their analysis.

  • Student teams will begin their analysis and copy their notes to the shared document that will be accessible to the entire class and sharing their findings with the class.

  • Students will then use the class notes to complete the analysis of the poem.

  • WIN Time

Homework: Students have an opportunity to make up missing assignments this week in Interactive Notebooks 12 - 14.  Any student who was not prepared to present their project on time, should be working towards finishing their work and presenting their project on FlipGrid ASAP to avoid late penalty of loss credit.

Friday - 1/2 Day  with Specials

Because I will only see Group F today, we will be experiencing a reading and lesson that reflects the school theme for the month of generosity.

Homework: Any student who was not prepared to present their project on time, should be working towards finishing their work and presenting their project on FlipGrid ASAP to avoid late penalty of loss credit.