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March 4-8 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 complete Unit 3: Chasing The Impossible:
We will be finishing the Persuasive Argument
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 Ott Class Help Pass
clip and use for the week of
3/8 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
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7th Grade ELA Classes |
Monday
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Students will experience a
mini-lesson on writing the Counterclaim for their argument.
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Students will then complete the first
draft of their essay.
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WIN time will focus on the completion
of weekly i-Ready lessons or on the continued work of their
argument.
Homework:
Students should be reading at least 30 minutes per night. Students who did not finish the
first 4 paragraphs of their draft should do along with the
completion of their plan for the Counter Claim and Conclusion of
their paper essay.
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Tuesday
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Students will begin class with a
look at the objectives for the day.
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Students experience the Eastern
fable "The Wise Men and the Elephant" and attempt to determine
the message it may reflect relating to creating a strong
argument. Results will be discussed and student teams will
collaborate on several related questions.
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Once those questions are
discussed, students will read Ed Young's version of the fable,
titled "Seven Blind Mice." Students will then attempt to
answer the 5th question and consider which of the versions of
the fable do the best job of reflecting the intended message.
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Tonight's homework will then be
discussed, which will involve any completion of the Persuasive
Argument that students did not finish before the break.
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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 should push
to complete the first draft of their argumentative essay.
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Wednesday
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Students will begin class
discussing their observations about the two versions of the fable
that was read yesterday.
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Students will then examine an
argumentative essay making the case that the Ed Young version of the
fable is a more effective teacher than the original. We will
break this essay down into its component parts, discuss how these
parts are related and how they should be represented in the essays
students are currently writing.
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Intervention time will be committed
to Book Club time.
Homework:
Students should be reading at least 30 minutes per night. Students who did not finish their
Persuasive Essay plans and 1st Draft yet should be
working on that tonight as we begin Peer Evaluation on Tomorrow.
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Thursday
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Students will begin class with a
brief lesson addressing the Counter Claim that should be a part of
their own essay. We will look at role of this paragraph and
examine the example from yesterdays reading. Students will
identify significant elements and discuss their observations.
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The Peer Evaluation process will then
be discussed and students who are prepared will share a copy of
their 1st draft with a partner to take their paper through the
process. Results will be discussed before students complete
their own self assessment comentary giving themselves some direction
for tomorrow's revision process. Self assessments that are not
completed in class should be completed for homework.
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Intervention time will be committed
to Book Club time.
Homework:
Students should be reading at least 30 minutes per night.
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Friday
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Students will begin class another
look at the thesis statment. They will examine several sample
thesis statements for the "Pitchforking" sentence structure that
should be applied to this sentence. Results will be discussed.
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Students will then begin their 2nd
Draft revisions. This will be due at the end of class
Monday, so students should make progress on at least the 1st half
of their papers.
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Intervention time will be committed
to to Book Club time.
Homework:
Students who are caught up on their work and revisions do not have
additional homework over the weekend.
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