April 27 - May 1

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 32
NWEA Testing this Week

Ott Class Help Pass
clip and use for the week of 4/27

Students who need extra help or assistance may see me Monday - Friday 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 - NWEA Testing Day 1

  • Students will  begin class with an orientation to our final NWEA testing session for language arts.

  • Students will then begin the Spring NWEA Language Arts Assessment.

Homework: Four Extra Credit Word Work Words are due by Friday by students who are pursuing the credit.

Tuesday - NWEA Testing Day 2

  • Students who did not complete the NWEA test yesterday will  continue testing.  Students who completed the test yesterday will begin with  independent reading time.

  • Students who are finished with testing may choose to begin their Devil's Arithmetic Word Work that is due by Friday or enjoy their independent reading novel.  Students may also choose to work on Quiz Corrections for last week's Chapter 12-13 Quiz.  Corrections are due by Friday.

Homework: Four Extra Credit Word Work Words are due by Friday by students who are pursuing the credit.

Wednesday

  • Students will begin class with 10 minutes of independent reading of their self-selected novel.  This may be extended to accommodate students who are still finishing up the NWEA test.

  • Students will begin the Foreshadowing lesson addressing previous events from the novel and collaborate on what they may have foreshadowed that has already occured in the reading.

Homework: Four Extra Credit Word Work Words are due by Friday by students who are pursuing the credit.

Thursday

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

  • Students will continue the reading of Chapter 16 of The Devil's Arithmetic and examine two additional examples of foreshadowing that occur in this chapter.

  • Any additional time will be committed to students' time to finish responses or Word Work or Quiz Corrections.

Homework: Four Extra Credit Word Work Words are due by Friday by students who are pursuing the credit.

Friday

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

  • Students will then experience a lesson on Figurative Language and examine examples from previously read parts of the novel.  As we continue to read, students will be on the lookout for additional examples they will record and explain.

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

Monday - NWEA Testing Day 1

  • Students will  begin class with an orientation to our final NWEA testing session for language arts.

  • Students will then begin the Spring NWEA Language Arts Assessment.

  • Students who complete testing today, may enjoy remaining time with their independent reading novel or may catch up their reading of The Call of the Wild.

Homework: TCOTW - Extra Credit Word Work is due by Friday.

Tuesday - NWEA Testing Day 2

  • Students who have finished testing will  begin the class with 10 minutes of independent reading.  Students who are continuing their NWEA tests will do so at this time as well.

  • Students will take the Chapter 2 Quiz and then use remaining time to work on TCOTW - Vocabulary Practice 1 Too.

Homework: Vocabulary Practice #1 Too is due tomorrow when it will be reviewed in preparation for next week's vocabulary test.

Wednesday

  • Students will  warm-up writing Complex Sentences about the novel and then review TCOTW - Vocabulary Practice #1 Too.

  •  Students will then experience a Foreshadowing lesson before reading the opening of Chapter 3 of The Call of the Wild. They will make a prediction about how this chapter will end based on what happens at the very beginning.  They will continue to base responses to significant events on that original prediction.

Homework: TCOTW - Extra Credit Word Work is due by Friday.

Thursday 

  • Students will begin class using Subordinating conjunctions to join clauses to create sentences that describe events from the novel thus far.

  • They will then independently complete a few complex sentence about previous events from the novel before we continue the reading of Chapter 3.  Students will continue to base responses to significant events based on their original prediction.

Homework: TCOTW - Extra Credit Word Work is due by Friday.

Friday

  • Students will  begin the class completing the given Complex Sentences about events from the novel we have already read.

  • We will then experience the culminating scene from the novel before wrapping up the Chapter 3 Study Guide.

Homework: Students should use the practice test to prepare for next week's Vocabulary test on the first 20 words from The Call of the Wild.