Daily Homework Assignments

Oct. 30 - Nov. 3

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).

Ott Class Help Pass
clip and use for the week of 10/30

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 Unit 1 Benchmark test today. The test is not something students could study for as it is simply an application of skills that we've practiced over the last 9 weeks. The test consists of the reading of two short reading selections, 9 multiple choice questions, and 1 constructed response. The test will be completed in StudySync.
Students will have today and tomorrow to complete the test.
WIN time will be committed to the successful completion of 2 i-Ready lessons.

Homework: Students should read their independent reading novel for 30 minutes tonight and document their reading on their reading log. There is not Word Work due this week, but students should complete their 3rd Dialectic Response by the end of the week.

Tuesday

Students will complete the Unit 1 Benchmark test today. The test is not something students could study for as it is simply an application of skills that we've practiced over the last 9 weeks. The test consists of the reading of two short reading selections, 9 multiple choice questions, and 1 constructed response. The test will be completed in StudySync.
Students should be using their plan to write their constructed response today.
WIN time will be committed to working on their Dialectical Response.

Wednesday

Students will begin class with an introduction to the Kernel Essay. This is the beginning series of steps in preparation for the development of their personal narrative, which we will be taking through the writing process over the next few weeks.
Students will first brainstorm moments in their life that impacted the way they think about some aspect of life.
They will then complete three sentences that follow a very specific structure. This will then be used to write their Kernel...a three sentence essay. This entire process will be modeled by Mr. Ott as he prepares to write his own narrative.
WIN time will be committed to independent reading work or the completion of their Kernel essay.

Thursday

Students will begin class with the Thursday Poetry Warm-Up. Students will read and respond to "Fat Man" by Niall Janney. Students will identify images that stand out to them within the poem and use emojis to identify the tone of of the narrator as the poem progresses. Results will be shared and discussed as we try to figure out what this poem is really about.
Students will then go back to their Kernel Essay and prepare to expand it to tell the story of the story of the event that they wrote about. They will first identify the significant sequence of events they neet to describe as they tell the story, and then they will use the plot diagram to organize those events and make sure they are planning the necessary elements of a narrative. Once again, these steps will be modeled by Mr. Ott as he plans the telling of his own story.
Students will be give classtime to work on this, and most will have time to finish and work on their independent reading work for 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 be introduced to The Independent Reading Project that is due December 18th. This is a project students will complete with their chosen and approved independent reading novel. Students with a book in progress need to discuss the book with me prior to assuming that it will be appropriate for their project. Students who begin new novels with this project in mind should also get approval from me for their selection. This is not a project that can satisfactorily be completed at the last minute, so students who have difficulty managing long term projects should use their calendar to establish some target dates for the competion of the parts. Students are encouraged to get feedback from Mr. Ott as they work on the development of their project as he will give them as much feedback as they request along the way. Students who begin reading and planning for the completion of the project early will limit the amount of stress that can be experienced when one pushes a deadline to the limit.
Students will finish the day completing their independent reading and writing work and reflecting on the Week in Review. Students may also use this time to select their book for their Book Project.