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.
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need to discuss their projects may clip this pass and use it to see me
Tuesday - Thursday in the morning before school.
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All
7th Grade ELA Classes |
Monday
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Students will begin class with a
review of the process for planning their written response to the
Unit 3 Benchmark Test.
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Students will then open and
complete the test.
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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.
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Tuesday
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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.
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Students will then pick up where they
left off on Friday with the peer evaluation and self assessment
process.
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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.
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Wednesday
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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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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.
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Thursday
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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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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.
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Friday
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Students will begin class with a
brief discussion based on their responses to Wednesday'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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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.
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