March 20 - 24 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 4: Moment of Truth. 2nd Term Report
Cards come home Monday.
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3/20 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. |
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All
7th Grade ELA Classes |
Monday
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Students will begin class with a
look at the objectives for the week and the expectations for
independent reading work.
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The new unit will be introduced
and students will view a movie version of "Seven Blind Mice,"
which we read last week. Students will note their
observations on how the movie reveals the moment of truth in Ed
Young's story. The results will be shared and discussed.
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Students will then be moved into
their teams to collaboratively read and respond to "Moment of
Truth" background article. After reading and discussing
the text, they will conduct some light research and share their
findings with their group. Teams will share some of the
interesting findings made by their teammates. Students
will draft a blast in response to the reading and review several
other blasts written by their classmates.
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Intervention time will enable
students to continue their work on their unfinished persuasive
drafts or work on their independent reading work.
Homework:
Students should be reading at least 30 minutes per night and documenting
their reading daily on their reading logs. They should also
complete four Word Work words taken from their independent reading by Friday.
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Tuesday
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Students will begin class with an
introduction to Ernest Thayer's classic poem, "Casey at the Bat."
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Students will then read and annotate
the poem in StudySync. Students teams will then respond to
"Text Talk" questions and complete constructed responses to three
"Think Questions. Results will be discussed.
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Intervention time will enable
students to continue their work on their unfinished persuasive
drafts or work on their independent reading work.
Homework:
Students should be reading at least 30 minutes per night and documenting
their reading daily on their reading logs. They should also
complete four Word Work words taken from their independent reading by Friday.
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Wednesday
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Students will begin class with a
brief discussion based on their responses to Monday's Blast.
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Students will then be moved into
their teams to collaboratively read and respond to "Short and Sweet"
article. After reading and discussing the text, they will
conduct some light research and share their findings with their
group. Teams will share some of the interesting findings made
by their teammates. Students will draft a blast in response to
the reading and review several other blasts written by their
classmates.
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Intervention time will be committed
to Book Club time.
Homework:
Students should be reading at least 30 minutes per night and documenting
their reading daily on their reading logs. They should also
complete four Word Work words taken from their independent reading by Friday.
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Thursday
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Students will begin class with a
brief discussion based on their responses to Yesterday's
Blast.
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The day's reading will then be
introduced. Students will view a video and then read the
article, Hitting the Big League Fastball: "clearly impossible."
Students will complete a collaborative discussion and then respond
to the "Think" questions from StudySync. Results to the
discussion questions will be shared by selected teams.
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Intervention time will be committed
to to Book Club time.
Homework:
Students should be reading at least 30 minutes per night and documenting
their reading daily on their reading logs. They should also
complete four Word Work words taken from their independent reading by Friday.
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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 be introduced to
the mini-project based on this week's readings. Students will
choose between two options. Option one is a short analysis
essay examining how the informational article reflects the central
message of "Casey at the Bat." Option 2 is an infographic
making the case that a particular athletic skill or accomplishment
is the most difficult in all of sports. Projects are due on
Wednesday of next week and students will have Monday and Tuesday to
work on them in class.
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Intervention time will be committed
to Book Club time.
Homework:
Students who have completed their work for the week have no
additional homework. Students may want to work on their
Mini-Projects if they don't think they will be able to finish
them on the two days reserved for working on them next week.
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