March 11 - 15

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 finish Unit 3 and begin
Unit 4: Moment of Truth.

Ott Class Help Pass
clip and use for the week of 3/11

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 class with a review of the process for planning their written response to the Unit 3 Benchmark Test.

  • Students will then open and complete the test.

  • Students who finish with time to spare may use the time to continue their work on their peer evaluations.

Homework:  Students should be reading at least 30 minutes per night and documenting their reading daily on their reading logs.  Students who do not complete the Unit 3 Benchmark Test during the 90 minute period in class must finish it for homework. 

Tuesday

  • Students will begin class with a review of the process they need to implement to complete their peer evaluations and self assessment of their Persuasive Essay 1st Draft.

  • Students will then pick up where they left off on Friday with the peer evaluation and self assessment process.

  • WIN time will be committed to  Book Club time.

Homework:  Students should be reading at least 30 minutes per night.  They should complete their revisions for their persuasive argument for Thursday's class.

Wednesday

  • Students will begin class with a look at the objectives for the week and the expectations for independent reading work.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • WIN time will be committed to  Book Club time.

Homework:  Students should be reading at least 30 minutes per night.  They should complete their revisions for their persuasive argument for tomorrow's class.

Thursday

  • Students will begin class with an introduction to Ernest Thayer's classic poem, "Casey at the Bat."

  • 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.

  • WIN time will be committed to  Book Club time.

Homework:  Students should be reading at least 30 minutes per night.  This is the only homework if they turned in their 2nd Draft of the Persuasive Argument Essay.

Friday

  • Students will begin class with a brief discussion based on their responses to Wednesday's Blast.

  • 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.

  • WIN time will be committed to  Book Club time.

Homework:  Students should be reading at least 30 minutes per night. Students have no additional homework if they turned in their 2nd Draft of the Persuasive Argument Essay.