September 8 - 12

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 #3

Ott Class Help Pass
clip and use for the week of 9/8

Students who need extra help or assistance may see me Tuesday - Friday in the morning before 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 take the NWEA Language Arts diagnostic today to establish a baseline measurement of their current skill levels.

  • Students who finish the test may complete any missing work or read their novel.

Homework: Students should take home their novel and begin their nightly 30 minutes of independent reading.

Tuesday

  • Students will finish the NWEA Language Arts diagnostic today to establish a baseline measurement of their current skill levels.

  • Students will use any remaining time to read their independent reading novel.

Homework: Students should take home their novel and begin their nightly 30 minutes of independent reading.

Wednesday - PLC Schedule

  • Students will begin be introduced to the Weekly Word Work vocabulary expansion assignment.  The process will be modeled and students will note the various parts of the process for that word.  This will give them an example and will serve as their 1st of two words that are due for the week.  Students will be given any remaining time to complete to use their novel to pull their 2nd word for the week.

  • Students will end the class looking at the relationship between weekly word work and the reading log they will begin next week documenting their independent reading.

Homework: Students should take home their novel and begin their nightly 30 minutes of independent reading.

Thursday

  • Students will begin class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then return to the Lorax Analysis we began last week and quickly review the symbolism they noted reflecting the ideas that each of the characters represented in the story.

  • We will then view and take notes on a brief video illustrating the process of finding the theme of a story.  Students will apply the literature pyramid to the story and finish the class with a thematic statment reflecting the message they take from the Dr. Seuss story, "The Lorax."

Homework: Students should take home their novel and begin their nightly 30 minutes of independent reading.

Friday

  • Students will begin class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then take the Grammar Income Test establishing a relationship between their grammatical skills and their future ability to earn an income.  Once everyone has finished we will review and discuss the results.

  • Students will finish the class with a brief lesson on how to document their independent reading using the weekly reading log, which we will begin using next week.

Homework: Students who are current on their assignments do not have homework this weekend.
7th Grade Honors ELA

Monday

  • Students will take the NWEA Language Arts diagnostic today to establish a baseline measurement of their current skill levels.

  • Students who finish the test may complete any missing work or read their novel.

Homework: Students should take home their novel and begin their nightly 30 minutes of independent reading.

Tuesday

  • Students will finish the NWEA Language Arts diagnostic today to establish a baseline measurement of their current skill levels.

  • Students will use any remaining time to read their independent reading novel.

Homework: Students should take home their novel and begin their nightly 30 minutes of independent reading.

Wednesday - PLC Schedule

  • Students will begin be introduced to the Weekly Word Work vocabulary expansion assignment.  The process will be modeled and students will note the various parts of the process for that word.  This will give them an example and will serve as their 1st of two words that are due for the week.  Students will be given any remaining time to complete to use their novel to pull their 2nd word for the week.

  • Students will end the class looking at the relationship between weekly word work and the reading log they will begin next week documenting their independent reading.

Homework: Students should take home their novel and begin their nightly 30 minutes of independent reading.

Thursday

  • Students will begin class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then return to the Lorax Analysis we began last week and quickly review the symbolism they noted reflecting the ideas that each of the characters represented in the story.

  • We will then view and take notes on a brief video illustrating the process of finding the theme of a story.  Students will apply the literature pyramid to the story and finish the class with a thematic statment reflecting the message they take from the Dr. Seuss story, "The Lorax."

Homework: Students should take home their novel and begin their nightly 30 minutes of independent reading.

Friday

  • Students will begin class with 10 minutes of independent reading.

  • Students will then take the Grammar Income Test establishing a relationship between their grammatical skills and their future ability to earn an income.  Once everyone has finished we will review and discuss the results.

  • Students will finish the class with a brief lesson on how to document their independent reading using the weekly reading log, which we will begin using next week.

Homework: Students who are current on their assignments do not have homework this weekend.