February 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).
 
This week we begin Unit 3: Chasing The Impossible, What Makes a Dream
Worth Pursuing?
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Tuesday - Thursday in the morning before school. Please contact me
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All
7th Grade ELA Classes |
Monday
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Students will begin the day with
quick look at the objectives for the week and then we will
introduce the content vocabulary for Unit 3. The driving
questions for this unit is, "What makes a dream worth pursuing.
Students will be reading about people who overcome adversity and
the odds to accomplish their dreams. We discover the value
of a hard work, determination, and a helpful mentor.
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Students will view a NOBULL
comercial featuring our own Mac Jones that reflects some of the
themes of the unit, and then we will reflect on our own goals
and dreams. Student volunteers will share their thoughts.
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Students will then
collaboratively read and discuss the Blast Background, construct
their own Blasts and share their observations about the text.
If time remains, students will use the research links to find
out more about the individuals we read about or to find
inspriation in how another famous achiever overcame adversity
and failure to accomplish greatness.
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WIN time will be committed to
book clubs this week.
Homework:
Four Word Work words are due by
the end of the week along with documentation of 5 nights of
independent reading (at least 30 minutes).
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Tuesday
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Students will begin class with a
discussion and reflection on role models as they can play a pivital
role in the both the goals we pursue and the limitations we place
upon ourselves. We will view the Gettysburg speach delivered
in the film "Remember the Titans" where Coach Boone attempts to
inspire his newly integrated football team to work together.
We will discuss if he served as a role model for that team.
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We will then complete a first read of
an excerpt from the autobiography "We Beat the Street," which is
about three young men growing up in the inner city who as a result
of inspriation from a supportive teacher make a pack to become
doctors. Students will experience a Text Talk and a reflection
on the teacher from the story and then take a comprehension quiz to
see how well we understand it after a first reading.
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WIN time will be committed to book
clubs this week.
Homework:
Four Word Work words are due by
the end of the week along with documentation of 5 nights of
independent reading (at least 30 minutes).
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Wednesday - 1/2 Day
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Students will begin class with a
brief lesson on expectations for the construction of short answer
questions in response to a text.
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We will then complete individually
complete the "Think" questions in response to yesterday's reading
taking care to ensure we are supporting our response with both
evidence and reasonong. Results will be discussed.
Homework:
Four Word Work words are due by
the end of the week along with documentation of 5 nights of
independent reading (at least 30 minutes).
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Thursday
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Students will begin class with a
lesson on Connotation and Denotation and then prepare to apply that
lesson to our reading of "We Beat the Street."
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Students will look at the "Write"
Literary Analysis Question and examine what the question is asking
the writer to do. We will discover that our initial reading of
the text is not enough to even attempt this response.
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Students will then begin a close
reading of the text to collect evidence to use in our response to
the "Write" assignment. The process will be modeled, and
students will use the annotation tool to mark up and respond to
supporting examples of how Connotative Words are being used to show
how the writer's early experiences shaped his feelings about school
and college.
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WIN time will be committed to book
clubs this week.
Homework:
Four Word Work words are due by
the end of the week along with documentation of 5 nights of
independent reading (at least 30 minutes).
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Friday
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Students will begin class with
sharing of some of the evidence that students found in their close
readings of "We Beat the Street" from yesterday's class.
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Students will finish their close
reading and their collection of evidence.
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Students will draft their response to
the "Think" question.
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WIN time will be committed to book
clubs this week.
Homework:
Students who have completed their work for the week have no
additional homework.
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