September 23 - 27

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).

Week 5

Ott Class Help Pass
clip and use for the week of 9/23

Students who need extra help or assistance may see me Tuesday - Friday before or after school.

Extra Help is available this week.

Students may use this pass to get help with assigned work .

Students without passes may not be permitted
to enter the building before school.

All 8th Grade ELA Classes  (7th Grade - scroll down)

Monday

  • Students will review routines and expectations for class before they begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then complete a mini - lesson on the difference between denotation and connotation.  This is designed to help them with Section 4 of their weekly Word Work.

  • Students will then invest the rest of the period in Grammar Lesson 2 focusing on the Simple Subject of a sentence.  Students will work through all activities in the lesson.  The completed lesson is due by Wednesday although most will complete it today.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight and use their reading log to document their reading.  They also have 2 Word Work words due by Friday.

Tuesday

  • Students will review routines and expectations for class before they begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then begin Amplify Lesson Perspectives and Narrative SU 3 L1 "What's goin'to 'appen to it?" Focusing on Roald Dahl's memoir Going Solo We will work through Activity 4.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight and use their reading log to document their reading. They also have 2 Word Work words due by Friday.

Wednesday

  • Students will review routines and expectations for class before they begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then complete Amplify Lesson Perspectives and Narrative SU 3 L1 "What's goin'to 'appen to it?" Focusing on Roald Dahl's memoir Going Solo We will work through Activity 8.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight and use their reading log to document their reading. They also have 2 Word Work words due by Friday.

Thursday

  • Students will review routines and expectations for class before they begin the class with independent reading.

  • Students will then begin Amplify Lesson Perspectives and Narrative SU 3 L2 "Two Conversations" Focusing on Roald Dahl's memoir Going Solo and examinig the writer's use of direct and indirect characterization of two characters he meets in this chapter.  We will work through Activity 4.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight and use their reading log to document their reading. They also have 2 Word Work words due by Friday.

Friday

  • Students will begin class with a quick review of class expectations followed by 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then complete Amplify Lesson Perspectives and Narrative SU 3 L2 "Two Conversations" Focusing on Roald Dahl's memoir Going Solo and examinig the writer's use of direct and indirect characterization of two characters he meets in this chapter.  We will work through Activity 7.

Homework: Students who have completed their reading documentation and word work for the week have no homework over the weekend.
All 7th Grade ELA Classes

Monday

  • Students will review routines and expectations for class before they begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then complete Step 1 of DOG #3 before moving into Grammar Lesson #2

  • Students will then invest the rest of the period in Grammar Lesson 2 focusing on the Simple Subject of a sentence.  Students will work through all activities in the lesson.  The completed lesson is due by Wednesday although most will complete it today.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight and use their reading log to document their reading.  They also have 2 Word Work words due by Friday.

Tuesday

  • Students will review routines and expectations for class before they begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will them complete Step 2 of DOG #3 before moving in to the vocabulary for the next Amplify lesson.

  • Students will begin Amplify Lesson 7A Red Scarf Girl SU3 L1 "The World of Red Scarf Girl"   We will examine propaganda images from China's Cultural revolution and draw conclusions about their purpose and the impact on the Chinese population.  We will work through Activity 5.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight and use their reading log to document their reading. They also have 2 Word Work words due by Friday.

Wednesday

  • Students will review routines and expectations for class before they begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will them complete Step 3 of DOG #3 before moving in to the current Amplify lesson.

  • Students will complete Amplify Lesson 7A Red Scarf Girl SU3 L1 "The World of Red Scarf Girl"   We listen to the author read from the prologue of the Memoir before closely reading and responding to it.  We will work through the Solo assignment in activity 11.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight and use their reading log to document their reading. They also have 2 Word Work words due by Friday.

Thursday

  • Students will begin class with a brief review of classroom expectations and go directly into their independent reading.

  • Class will continue as students comlete Step 4 of DOG #3.

  • Students will then begin Amplify Lesson 7A Red Scarf Girl SU3 L2 "Ji-Li's Troubles Begin"   We will focus on the perspective of the narrator and zoom in on ther narrator's emotions at significant points in the scene.  Activities will include a dramatic reading of the text and an analysis of Ji-Li's perspective at the end of the scene.  We will work through activity 5.

Homework: Students should complete their 1/2 hour of independent reading tonight and use their reading log to document their reading. They also have 2 Word Work words due by Friday.

Friday

  • Students will begin class with a brief review of classroom expectations and go directly into their independent reading.

  • Class will continue as students comlete Step 5 of DOG #3.

  • Students will then complete Amplify Lesson 7A Red Scarf Girl SU3 L2 "Ji-Li's Troubles Begin"   We will focus on the perspective of the narrator and zoom in on ther narrator's emotions at significant points in the scene.  Activities will include a comparison between Ji-Li's perspective and that of her parents. We will work through the exit ticket in Activity 9.

Homework: Students who have completed their independent reading minutes, documentation and Word Work do not have homework over the weekend.