May 6-10

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).

Book Projects are due in 2 weeks.

Ott Class Help Pass
clip and use for the week of 5/6

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 an introduction to the DOG daily Grammar Warm-up.  Students will then attempt to identify the part of speech of each word in the given sentence and note its code for Step 1 of the process.  Results will be shared and discussed.

  • Students will then be given a few minutes to meet with their team to review their roles in the Utopia Project Presentations.

  • Finally student teams will present their Utopian Societies and a winning society will be announced.

  • WIN time will be committed to 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 a 2 word work words taken from their independent reading this week.

Tuesday - MCAS Mathematics Testing

  • Students will experience the testing schedule today.

Homework:  Students should be reading at least 30 minutes per night and documenting their reading daily on their reading logs.  They should also complete a 2 word work words taken from their independent reading this week.

Wednesday

  • Students will begin class with direction for the completion of their Unit 4 Benchmark test.  Students will have the rest of the class period to complete the benchmark.
  • WIN  time will be utilized either the completion of the Benchmark Test or for 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 a 2 word work words taken from their independent reading this week.

Thursday

  • Students will begin class with an introduction to Steps 2 & 3 of the DOG daily grammar activity.  Students will lable the sentence parts and identify the clauses and sentence type for the given sentence.  Results will be discussed.

  • Students will then begom their reading and response to Chapter 1 of  The Giver.

  • WIN 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 a 2 word work words taken from their independent reading this week.

Friday

  • Students will begin class with the Funny-bone inferential activity and then  punctuate & digram the DOG sentence for the week exposing the relationships between the ideas communicated in the sentence.  The relationships between the various parts will be discussed.

  • Students will then continue their reading and responses to Chapters 2 & 3 The Giver.

  • Finally, students will reflect on their week on The Week in Review.

  • WIN 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 a 2 word work words taken from their independent reading this week.