7th Grade ELA
Agenda
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Tuesday, June 5, 2016
Monday, June 4, 2016
Friday, June 3, 2016
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
Monday, May 23, 2016
Friday, May 20, 2016 Warm‐up: narrative elements of a story handout Read/finish chapter 12‐ Book report/Bridge to Terabithia Questions Thursday, May 19th, 2016
Wednesday, May 18th, 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Monday, May 16, 2016
Friday, May 13, 2016
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Monday, May 9, 2016
Thursday, May 5th, 2016
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Monday, May 2, 2016
Friday, April 29, 2016
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Monday, April 25th, 2016
HW- vocab. and blog due Friday; finish the Cask of Amontillado questions. Chapter 3 quiz tomorrow. By Friday, complete Verb Tense Assignment on Noredink.com. Friday, April 22, 2016
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Monday, April 18th, 2016
Friday, April 15, 2016
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Monday, April 11th, 2016
Friday, April 8, 2016
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Monday, April 4th, 2016 (Mrs. Lopez sub)
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Monday, March 21st, 2016
Friday, March 18, 2016
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Bring Bridge to Terabithia on Monday. Do your part of the "Tracking Trash" project. Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Monday, March 14th, 2016
Friday, March 11, 2016
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Monday, March 7th, 2016
Friday, March 4, 2016
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
HW- vocab. and blog due Friday. Poetry Project due Monday. All missing working due Friday. Monday, February 29, 2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
HW- vocab. and blog and screen saver due Thursday; 50 year assignment rough draft due tomorrow (needs to fit on one page with image. Can be single spaced). page 4.1 warm-up and 4.1 activity. Monday, February 22, 2016
Friday, February 19, 2016
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Friday, February 12, 2016
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
HW- Pronoun test tomorrow. Vocab. and blog due Friday. Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Monday, February 8, 2016
Friday, February 5, 2016
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Monday, February 1, 2016
Friday, January 22, 2016
Thursday, January 28, 2015
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Monday, January 25, 2016
Friday, January 22, 2015
Thursday, January 21, 2015
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Friday, January 15, 2015
Wednesday, January 13, 2015
Tuesday, January 12, 2015:
Monday, January 11, 2016
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Agenda
Tuesday, January 12, 2015:
Monday, January 11, 2016
Friday, January 8, 2015
Thursday, January 7, 2015
Wednesday, January 6, 2015
Tuesday, January 5, 2015:
Tuesday, December 15, 2015:
Monday, December 14, 2015
Friday, December 11, 2015
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Tuesday, December 8, 2015:
HW- work on vocab and blog; paragraph on contemporary and Greek view of the world due tomorrow (posted on website). Finish Greek God charts (front and back).
Monday, December 7, 2015
Friday, December 4, 2015
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015:
HW-1st draft essay due tomorrow. p. 28 in voyages; work on vocab and blog; 1.1 Greek mythology, create a Venn diagram with similarities and differences from Christian story of creation (Genesis). By Thursday, create a visual representation of Greek creation mythology.
Monday, November 30, 2015
HW-Rough draft due Wednesday. Vocab. and blog due Friday. Commonly confused words quiz on Friday.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
Wednesday, November 18, 2015:
Tuesday, November 17, 2015:
HW-p. 27 in voyages; finish chapter 6; work on vocab and blog; finish page 29 Pearl activity. Have everything ready to present character tomorrow.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Friday, November 14, 2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015:
HW-p. 26 in voyages; work on vocab and blog; finish activity on page 21. Chapter IV quiz on Thursday. Summary due-posted online.
Monday, November 9, 2015
HW-Read the Pearl chapter IV, work on vocab. Noredink, Commonly confused words III due by Wednesday (quiz on Friday). Finish The Pearl chapter 4 by Thursday-(summary due Thursday). Complete pg. 19 Pearl handout. Complete about the author
Friday, November 6, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2015:
Tuesday, November 3, 2015:
HW- work on vocab and blog;finish chapter 3, do summary and post on your website.Finish characterization activity.
Monday, November 2, 2015
Friday, October 30, 2015
Thursday, October 29, 2015:
Wednesday, October 28, 2015:
Tuesday, October 27 , 2015:
HW-do the chapter review for tomorrow; Adjectives Test on Thursday; finish up to Chapter 2 in The Pearl, Summary posted on-line (quiz tomorrow). Vocab. Bench Mark tomorrow.
Monday, October 26, 2015
Friday, October 23, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015:
Wednesday, October 21, 2015:
Tuesday, October 20 , 2015:
HW-Finish reading and annotating Pope's address.Finish p. 20; finish up to Chapter 1 in The Pearl by Thursday, Summary posted on-line. Answer two questions from Pope address (on blog)with evidence, be ready for Fishbowl!
Friday, October 17, 2015
Thursday, October 15, 2015:
Tuesday, October 13 , 2015:
Monday, October 12, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015:
Tuesday, October , 2015:
HW-Finish pgs. 16 and 17 in Voyages; finish "The First Day" questions (your topic) an dwhat are three questions that you have while reading (write on post-it notes); revise narrative (due Thursday), noredink.com adjectives practice.
Monday, October 5, 2015
Friday, October 2, 2015:
Thursday, October 1, 2015:
Tuesday, September 29, 2015:
• Warm-up “The Artful Defense” Tuesday (check paragraph)
• 5 minutes review
• Nouns test
• Narrative, check for run-on sentences pages 35-36
• Author study
• Fishbowl
• Begin the Pope’s address to Congress
HW-finish author study; annotate up to paragraph four of the speech. 1st draft of narrative due on Thursday.
Monday, September 28, 2015
• Warm-up: The Artful Defense (Monday)
• Brochure time 20 minutes
• Transition words-place in composition book (activity), look in your narrative to see transition words
• What are we working for annotations, discussion questions.
• Time to add to narrative
• Create a comic strip that describes the plot of your narrative (must include dialogue and 6 slides).
• HW-Study for Nouns test, tomorrow; brochure due tomorrow. Bring The Pearl; Annotate "What are we working for?" Type a paragraph, What are you called to do as work? (post on website; make sure you refer to article from The Tidings). Cut and paste Editing and Revising into your composition book.
Friday, September 25, 2015:
· Warm-up:
· nouns test
· rotations vocabulary
· Rocky packet or narrative time
· Anomia
HW- None (remember there pope brochure and narrative first draft due next week).
Monday, September 21, 2015:
Be Good!
· Warm-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jvQW5ccXig
· Warm-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQTQSbjecLg
Watch the two videos and brainstorm what you can add to your narrative about your superhero with a flaw. (First draft due Monday, include plot, characters, conflict, setting, dialogue, showing not telling). (30 minutes). Hand out narrative rubric (staple in composition book)
· Music Strikes a cord (informational text)-annotate and answer questions
· Begin Pope brochure (due Tuesday September 29th)
· Begin vocabulary assignment due Friday-choose four words from Music Strikes a cord,
HW-Finish “Music strikes a cord”, work on vocabulary assignment, study for Nouns test.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015:
· Warm-up “The King’s Cupcakes” Thursday
· P. 2, 1.5 and 1.6 in voyages
· Notes on possessive nouns (pages 12-13)-staple in composition book, take notes, do activities
· Noredink possessive nouns assignment
· Work on pope brochure
· Work on vocabulary assignment
· Work on narrative-continue writing (first draft due Thursday October 1st).
HW-study for nouns test-Friday; noredink-possessive nouns, finish; voyages page 10; work on pope brochure, vocabulary assignment and narrative.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015:
· Do Now- Aliens to abduct famous actor (20 minutes)(see image on left).
· http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/index.html (Create a 6 frame comic strip of your monster narrative, due Friday). Can use readwritethink, or draw. Must have dialogue (30 minutes)
· Do pages 33-35 in “correcting sentence fragments” packet (try to apply in your narrative)
· Rocky packet begin
· Work on pope brochure
· Work on vocabulary
· Work on narrative
HW-finish comic strip representing your narrative, due Friday; work on vocab. Work on narrative, work on pope assignment; study for nouns test.
Thursday, September 24, 2015:
· Rotations (5 minutes per station, noun practice)
· Chapter review
· Study for nouns test on www.loyolapress.com (Chapter 1 nouns)
· Work on Rocky packet
· Finish vocab.
· Finish comic strip
Hw-Nouns test tomorrow, vocab. due, comic strip due, work on narrative.
Friday, September 18, 2015:
Thursday, September 17, 2015:
· “Do Now” - Fable –“The King’s Cupcakes”, Wednesday
· 1.3 on page 1
· Theme activity
· Check 1.3
· 1.4 Nouns to Objects/Object Complements
http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-difference-between-direct-indirect-objects-in-sentence-structure.html
· White boards
· Voyages pages 7 and 8,
· Socratic seminar
· Work on summary/theme of “The Gift of the Magi”, due tomorrow
· Work on vocabulary assignment
Hw-Finish Voyages 7, complete the summary for “The Gift of the Magi” (post on website), noredink-subjects/objects/prepositions, vocabulary.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015:
· Do Now- narrative:What makes a hero?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhk4N9A0oCA
· Summary template (20 minutes)
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H6GCe7hmmA
· Complete theme interactions in comp. book
· Introduce pope assignment
· Socratic seminar
· Socrative exit slip
HW:brainstorm popes; read at home for 20 minutes. Summary due Friday, vocabulary assignment due Friday!
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
· King's Cupcakes Tuesday
Finish “The Gift of the Magi”
Questions from Gift of the Magi
peer review business letter.
· Theme activities
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H6GCe7hmmA
· Complete theme interactions in comp. book
· Time to work on summary
vocabulary time
HW: Bring The Pearl by September 28th. Vocabulary assignment due Friday. summary due Friday. Finish "The Gift of the Magi" questions. Business letter due tomorrow.
Monday, September 14, 2015:
· Warm-up sad sea monster
· Finish “The Gift of the Magi”
· Theme activities
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H6GCe7hmmA
· Complete theme interactions in comp. book
· Time to work on business letter
HW: first draft of business letter due tomorrow, print out. Vocab. assignment due Friday (choose four words from "The Gift of the Magi").
Thursday:
· “Do Now” - Fable –“The King’s Cupcakes”
· Writing assessment (p. viii)
· Check 1.3
· “The Gift of the Magi”
· 1.4 Nouns to Objects/Object Complements
· White boards
· Voyages pages 7 and 8, noredink.com
· Last review of summer project
HW- Finish annotating up to the top of page 3 in "The Gift"; finish your c.d. project (due tomorrow). Begin working on business letter (1st draft due Wednesday).
Wednesday:
· Do Now- narrative
· Prayer
· “The Gift of the Magi”, review theme
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H6GCe7hmmA
· Complete theme interactions in comp. book
· Summary template
· Work on business letter –1st draft due Monday.
· Socrative exit slip
HW: work on summer project; annotate up to paragraph 10 in "The Gift of the Magi"
Tuesday, September 8, 2015:
· Do now, 1.3 page 1
· prayer
· Intro. Nouns as Subjects and Subject Complements (video, notes, practice)
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YosEsGCRbeo
· Exercise one in the textbook.
· 1.3 page 6
· Business Letter brainstorms (by paragraphs, in notebook, 5 stations, collaborate, 6 writing steps)
· Continue “The Gift of the Magi” (set up notebook, evidence, clues)
· begin summary.
· Closure
HW: do exercise 1 and 2 in your composition book; annotate paragraph three and four in "The Gift of the Magi"; do p. 6- 1.3; work on c.d.; , put the theme questions in your composition book (cut, color and glue).
Friday, September 4, 2015
· Writer’s warm-up-100 things I love
· Interactive notebook nouns- (12 flaps-identify the tricky words)
· Quiz on Nouns (singular and plural)
· Read/annotate “Gift of the Magi”
· Work on summer reading project
· English games
Thursday, September 3, 2015
· p. 1, 1.1 and 1.2 warm-up
· quiz 8 parts of speech socrative
· http://study.com/academy/lesson/singular-plural-nouns-definitions-rules-examples.html
· Notes on singular and plural nouns
· 1.1 in class to practice and 1.2 for homework
· Noredink practice
· Begin reading “The Gift of The Magi”
HW-Finish 1.1 and 1.2 voyages; work on Summer reading project; noredink singular and plural nouns; finish annotating the first paragraph of "The Gift of the Magi".
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
· Warm-up
· Parts of speech/split up and present
· Active reading and predictions
· begin “The Gift of the Magi”
· Begin summary of “The Gift of the Magi”
· Work on Summer reading project
Finish cutting, taping/gluing, your "making, confirming, and modifying predictions" and "Taking interactive notes for reading comprehension" in your composition book (See picture on homework page); work on c.d. tea party project; respond in complete sentences to the 7th grade blog.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
· Warm-up day 33
· Expectations
· Card for Ms. Stula
· Parts of speech (research your part of speech)
· Active reading and predictions
· summer reading project
Hw- Finish Ms. Stula's card. Get information about your part of speech. Work on summer reading project; website due Monday.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Friday, August 27, 2015:
· “Do now”-writer’s warm-up
· Prayer
· STAR testing
· Hot air balloon walk
· Finish Expectations- (students write their own, share with groups, decide as a class)
· Introduce Summer Reading assignment, discuss, brainstorm/model, time to work (c.d.)
· Decorate manila folder
· English fun
· Closure (3 minutes)
Thursday, August 27, 2015:
· Daily Maintenance/”Do Now” grammar warm-up day 33
· Practice the new heading, create questions to ask me, collaborate/discuss with peers to look at clues/evidence to ask questions (correlate to reading a text)
· expectations
· Who am I? (20 questions)
· Fill out “Favorite Card”- also to be used for random calling of names
· Hot air balloons
· Set up interactive notebook (grammar handout)
· Clock partners
· Potential star testing
HW- finish blog comment; finish hot air balloon;
Wednesday, August 26, 2015:
· Prayer
· Warm-up
· Team building washers and tennis balls activity
· Brainstorm “Expectations”, Individual, partner, group
· Hot air balloon time, other posters
· Closure
· manila folder
· Time to work on hot air balloon assignment
HW: Hot air balloons due Friday, bring pic and markers for hot air balloon. Come up with more examples for expectations and finishing numbering composition book.
August 25, 2015
Hw-Finish summer reading book; get locker agreement signed.
Tuesday, January 12, 2015:
- Dailies page 1
- 3.7 p. 23
- Character Arc Manjiro (explain) (direct and indirect characterization)
- Review Greek Gods
- Quiz Greek Gods
- Plan myth (Group-your own myth)
- 3.7 Notes Agreement of pronouns and antecedents, do page 31-32
- Reading together up to chapter 14 by tomorrow.
- Vocab. and blog time
Monday, January 11, 2016
- Restaurant Warm-up
- read together (20 minutes) notes
- time to answer questions
- groups- mythology packets; questions on note cards, review.
- Friendly letter due Monday, combined prediction and setting. (20 minutes begin)
- quiz review
- vocab. time 4 corners any four words from HOAS
Friday, January 8, 2015
- Writing warm-up
- plot diagram, myth-group, individual
- Quiz commas (work on mobile)
- Quiz chapters 3-7
- Divide chapters to act out (Mobile due Monday)
- Anomia
Thursday, January 7, 2015
- Day 49
- Warm-up: 10.1 pg. 109
- Check 3.4-3.6
- Rotations: noredink commas, mobile, Greek myth plot diagram, vocab., blog, Heart of a Samurai questions/silent reading
- Class read together
Wednesday, January 6, 2015
- New Year’s Mobile (complete sentences)
- Comma Nored ink pre-test
- Comma rules (10.1)
- Quiz chapters 1-5
- Begin 6
Tuesday, January 5, 2015:
- Day 48
- 3.6 page 23
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQKQk37_IIA
- Notes 3.6
- Pg. 30
- Review chapters 1-5
- Reading together up to chapter 7 by Friday
Tuesday, December 15, 2015:
- Day 48
- 3.6 page 21
- Notes 3.6
- Pg. 32
- quiz
- Notes chapters 1-2
- Reading together chapter 2
Monday, December 14, 2015
- warm-up argument
- vocab. time
- myth handout
- https://prezi.com/exomdi4ezdmj/heart-of-a-samurai
- read chapters one and two by tomorrow.
Friday, December 11, 2015
- Warm-up: fun (check vocab. and blog)
- Test commonly confused words
- Stula card
- Present Gods and walk around
- Anomia
- Day 47
- Heart of a Samurai video (blog prediction)https://vimeo.com/128955817
- Group time
- Vocab. time
- Blog time
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
- Warm-up: create a story using one or more Greek Gods
- Video for book
- Predictions on blog
- Group bio and image
Tuesday, December 8, 2015:
- Year of Mercy Prayer (illustration/book due)
- Day 46
- Commonly confused words (noredink)
- Chart side 2;
- Split up Gods, bio poem and image due Friday (individual and group bio)
- Vocab. time
HW- work on vocab and blog; paragraph on contemporary and Greek view of the world due tomorrow (posted on website). Finish Greek God charts (front and back).
Monday, December 7, 2015
- Warm-up: Narrative/TED talk
- Noredink commonly confused words all test on Friday
- Author study
- 20 mins. Illustrations
- Similarities and differences, Greek view
- Chart side one Greek views
- vocabulary group 1
Friday, December 4, 2015
- Warm-up: (check vocab. and blog)
- Essay check
- Quiz on commonly confused words 5
- The Raven finish analyzing
- Finish Christa McAuliffe video
- Anomia
- Greek Mythology: Thursday
- p. 23 3.5
- 3.5 notes possessive pronouns and adjectives
- White board and practice 3.5 page 28
- Rotations- page 28, illustrations, blog, vocab. advent countdown, essay
- Vocab. time
- Blog time
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
- Warm-up: Mythology
- Peer edit The Pearl essay
- Review venn diagrams, discuss
- Illustrations for 1st trimester narrative (make sure About the Author and a fresh copy are available.
- Greek packet 1.2 begin
Tuesday, December 1, 2015:
- Warm-up Greek Gods Tuesday
- P. 22 3.4 warm-up
- Review 3.4 pronouns after Than and As
- White board practice
- P. 28
- Greek God’s 1.1
- Vocab. time
- Blog time
HW-1st draft essay due tomorrow. p. 28 in voyages; work on vocab and blog; 1.1 Greek mythology, create a Venn diagram with similarities and differences from Christian story of creation (Genesis). By Thursday, create a visual representation of Greek creation mythology.
Monday, November 30, 2015
- Warm-up: Using your five senses, describe what your Thanksgiving dinner/vacation was like
- Essay rotations, hook, thesis, examples of avarice/prejudice in the world,
- Begin rough draft
- Noredink commonly confused words V (review lessons)
- 4 corners vocabulary due Friday (choose your 4 words)
- blog this week
HW-Rough draft due Wednesday. Vocab. and blog due Friday. Commonly confused words quiz on Friday.
Monday, November 23, 2015
- Warm-up: seeds
- http://www.people.com/article/california-teenagers-give-100-hamburgers-homeless-los-angeles
- Quotes/group activities
- rotations
- Thanksgiving skit/activity
- Finish any writing from your composition book
Friday, November 20, 2015
- Warm-up: (check vocab. and blog)
- https://www.ted.com/talks/the_lxd_in_the_internet_age_dance_evolves?language=en
- chapters groups
- Write first draft of essay
- Quiz on commonly confused words IV
- The Raven analyze more
- Anomia
- Warm-up: Tuesday “Greek God”
- The Pearl exam
- Essay outline/create
- Vocab. time
- Blog time
Wednesday, November 18, 2015:
- Warm-up: pg. 27 Sherlock Holmes
- 5 minutes characterization
- Present characters
- Split up chapters: Greed/Prejudice (look at essay prompt)
- Chapter VI to study (Test tomorrow)
- Blog time
- Vocab. time
Tuesday, November 17, 2015:
- Warm-up: Monday “The Greek Gods”
- P. 22 3.3
- Object pronouns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f3a2l9QLxU
- White board
- P. 27 voyages
- Finish chapter 6
- Group work direct and indirect characterization (10 words to describe your character, at least 6 quotes, at least 2 of each type, an image).
- Begin page 29 (problem solving)
- Vocab. time
- Blog time
HW-p. 27 in voyages; finish chapter 6; work on vocab and blog; finish page 29 Pearl activity. Have everything ready to present character tomorrow.
Monday, November 16, 2015
- warm-up: personification handout
- review chapter V
- Begin chapter 6: finish by Wednesday
- Split up characters (direct and indirect characterization)-Juana, Kino, Coyotito, The Priest, The Doctor, Juan Tomas, The Pearl (due Wednesday)
- Vocabulary due Friday- choose from The Pearl words chapter VI, (word, definition, and sentence-posted on your website)
- blog this week
Friday, November 14, 2015
- Warm-up: (check vocab. and blog)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK1WFfxtXPQ
- Veteran’s writing activity
- Quiz on commonly confused words 3
- Begin reading chapter V (20 minutes)
- Page 22 story (group)
- Finish Christa McAuliffe video
- Anomia
- Warm-up day 45,p. 22 3.1
- 3.1 notes
- White board and practice 3.1 page 25
- Chapter IV quiz
- P. 22 re-write with group
- Vocab. time
- Blog time
Tuesday, November 10, 2015:
- Warm-up day 44, p. 22 3.2
- Staple page 34 in composition book, look over notes, do exercises on front and back. (20 minutes)
- P. 26 voyages (5 minutes)
- P. 21 “A Dream Come True”-The Pearl handout
- The Pearl continued (summary chapter 4 due Thursday)
- Vocab. time (sentences and definition, not normal activity)
- Blog time
HW-p. 26 in voyages; work on vocab and blog; finish activity on page 21. Chapter IV quiz on Thursday. Summary due-posted online.
Monday, November 9, 2015
- warm-up: seeds
- review The Pearl Quiz chapter 3
- characterization activity (direct and indirect)
- Noredink commonly confused words III:
- "Who" and "Whom"
Quiet vs. Quite
Morning vs. Mourning
Maybe vs. May be
Good vs. Well
Everyday vs. Every day
Everyone vs. Every one
Anyone vs. Any one
Affect vs. Effect
Accept vs. Except - Begin chapter IV
- Vocabulary due Friday- DIFFERENT- Chapter IV. Write the definition of each word and a sentence that uses the word, in context.
- blog this week
HW-Read the Pearl chapter IV, work on vocab. Noredink, Commonly confused words III due by Wednesday (quiz on Friday). Finish The Pearl chapter 4 by Thursday-(summary due Thursday). Complete pg. 19 Pearl handout. Complete about the author
Friday, November 6, 2015
- Warm-up: (check vocab. and blog)
- About the author (due by next Tuesday, on your website and printed out)
- Quiz on commonly confused words 2
- Pronouns 3.1, p. 26
- Anomia
- Warm-up: p. 22 3.2
- Subject Pronoun notes
- Practice p. 26
- Vocab. time
- Blog time
Wednesday, November 4, 2015:
- Warm-up: 50th Day of School, 50th Anniversary, etc.
- List activity
- Analysis – tlq, topic sentences
- Chapter 3 quiz
- The Kite-questions for author day
- Do page 18
- Vocab.time 15 minutes
- Blog time 15 minutes
Tuesday, November 3, 2015:
- Warm-up day 42
- P. 22 3.1
- Review Adjectives Exam
- Pronouns (Person, number gender)
- Noredink.com pronoun diagnostic
- P. 25 voyages
- The Pearl continued (summary chapter 3 due tomorrow )
- Characterization activity
- Vocab. time
HW- work on vocab and blog;finish chapter 3, do summary and post on your website.Finish characterization activity.
Monday, November 2, 2015
- warm-up: 3d warm-up: You’ll see! J
- review The Pearl Quiz chapters 1 and 2
- Analysis, positive things in analytical essay. Thesis, Hooks,
- TLQ notes
- Noredink commonly confused words II
- The Pearl chapter 3 (Do characterization p. 16)
- Vocabulary due Friday- choose from The Pearl words (in composition books-section II, chapter III)
- blog this week
Friday, October 30, 2015
- Warm-up: (check vocab. )
- Quiz on commonly confused words 1
- The Raven
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLiXjaPqSyY
- chapter 3 "The Pearl"
- Anomia
Thursday, October 29, 2015:
- Warm-up: day 40
- Study 5 minutes
- Test
- Noredink commonly confused words 1 practice
- Vocab. time
- “The Pearl”
- Fishbowl cont’d
Wednesday, October 28, 2015:
- Quiz chapters 1 and 2
- Benchmark
- Analysis – hooks, thesis statement, topic sentences
- Adjective review
- Vocab.
- fishbowl
Tuesday, October 27 , 2015:
- Warm-up day 39
- Review Adjectives
- Rotations
- Chapter review
- The Pearl continued (summary chapter 2 due tomorrow )
- Vocab. time
HW-do the chapter review for tomorrow; Adjectives Test on Thursday; finish up to Chapter 2 in The Pearl, Summary posted on-line (quiz tomorrow). Vocab. Bench Mark tomorrow.
Monday, October 26, 2015
- warm-up: Read “The American Dream” and write the paragraph, or more, after you have finished reading the excerpt (20 minutes).
- Cut and paste words to work on in composition book by tomorrow (put in back of composition book).
- 20 minutes work on creating images (back side of American Dream).
- Analysis, positive things in analytical essay (3 scores). Look over the high scoring essays from Chaminade and decide as a small group, “What are the great things that this writer did?” Create a list of positive things you notice and you can use in your writing. (Individually on post-it note, then as group create list; Four corners- see 8th grade example).
- Noredink commonly confused words I: It's vs. Its,
A vs. An,To vs. Too vs. Two,
Know vs. No, A lot vs. Alot, Their vs. There vs. They're. - Silent reading/working 20 minutes. The Pearl chapter 2 summary due by Wednesday (online)-quiz on Wednesday. (or partner reading)
- Vocabulary due Friday- choose from The Pearl words (in composition books)
- No blog this week
Friday, October 23, 2015
- Warm-up
- Vocab. walk/blog check
- Quiz on active and passive voice
- 2.5 in Voyages
- Christa McAuliffe
- Vocabulary time
- If time, fishbowl
- Anomia
Thursday, October 22, 2015:
- Warm-up: day 38, page 14 2.5
- The Pearl 20 minutes
- 2.5 Adjective Phrases and Clauses
- Adjectives 2.5
- Rotations-Noredink adjectives, silent reading/dialectical journal, p. 21, vocabulary/blog, active and passive voice.
- Fishbowl cont’d
Wednesday, October 21, 2015:
- (check summary on-line) Warm-up: Pope John Paul II (How are JP II and Pope Francis similar, how are they different?What are/were their messages)
- The Pearl
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKNNTyUhujE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXUXCxEcTXk
- padlet
- Fishbowl
- Vocabulary time
- PLP
Tuesday, October 20 , 2015:
- Warm-up day 37
- P. 14 2.4,
- 2.4 Few vs. Little (white board practice)
- P. 20
- Share questions (answer 2 questions)
- The Pearl continued (summary chapter 1 due tomorrow )
- Vocab. time
- More Pope time
- Christa McAuliffe
HW-Finish reading and annotating Pope's address.Finish p. 20; finish up to Chapter 1 in The Pearl by Thursday, Summary posted on-line. Answer two questions from Pope address (on blog)with evidence, be ready for Fishbowl!
- warm-up
- Super hero walk
- Noredink active and passive voice
- Pope’s Address to Congress paragraph’s 13-16 (annotating and analyzing)
- 6 questions from Pope’s address (group questions)
- Vocabulary- four more words from 10 words to know
- blog
- The Pearl (Chapter 1 summary on-line due by Thursday).
- Christa McAuliffe watch
Friday, October 17, 2015
- Warm-up TED talk https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_pistorius_how_my_mind_came_back_to_life_and_no_one_knew#t-5591
- Vocab. walk/blog check
- Quiz on prepositions and parallelism
- 3D time
- Christa McCauliffe
- Anomia
Thursday, October 15, 2015:
- Warm-up: day 37, page 15 2.3 (check analysis and blog)
- Reflection on field trip
- http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/comparative-and-superlative-adjectives
- Adjectives 2.3 comparative and superlative
- Rotations-Noredink comparative and superlative adjectives, parallelism and prepositions, page 18;
- Blog time
- Vocab. time
- 3D time
Tuesday, October 13 , 2015:
- Warm-up day 36
- Dialogue, setting, vocabulary, etc. in “The First Day”
- Analysis Time
- Christa McAuliffe video
- The Pearl-finish chapter 1 by Thursday
- Pope time
Monday, October 12, 2015
- Either write about the advice, or give your own life advice.
- Noredink prepositions and parrallelism
- Pope time (15 minutes)
- vocabulary
- PLP
- Quick review of "The First Day."
- Begin "The Pearl" (chapter 1 due by Thursday).
Wednesday, October 7, 2015:
- Warm-up: https://youtu.be/WO29k1-RvsA Lucy Calkins
- Titles activities/setting with Characters (meet with Stronks)
- Peer review
- Discuss Pope address
- Revise narrative
- Start brainstorming Pope outfit and narrative 3D character
Tuesday, October , 2015:
- Warm-up “The Artful Defense” (Thursday)
- P. 13 2.1 and 2.2
- Notes 2.2
- Practice p. 17 Voyages
- Read “The 1st Day” active reading, author’s perspective, setting, dialogue, mood, literary devices.
HW-Finish pgs. 16 and 17 in Voyages; finish "The First Day" questions (your topic) an dwhat are three questions that you have while reading (write on post-it notes); revise narrative (due Thursday), noredink.com adjectives practice.
Monday, October 5, 2015
- Warm-up: The Artful Defense (Wednesday)
- 20 minutes edit time
- Setting and mood activities (meet with Ms. Stronks)
- Time to add to revise
- The Pope’s address to Congress, up to paragraph 12
Friday, October 2, 2015:
- Warm-up:
- Rotations- adjectives practice, adjectives diagnostic exam, dialogue,
- setting activities, meet with Stronks, (revisions/plot)
- Final draft of narrative due on Thursday
- Anomia
Thursday, October 1, 2015:
- Reflection on Solstice. Booklet
- Noredink.com adjective pre-assessment
- 2.1 adjectives
- 2.1 activity
- Dialogue activity
- Peer edit
- Annotate Pope Francis, up to paragraph 8
Tuesday, September 29, 2015:
• Warm-up “The Artful Defense” Tuesday (check paragraph)
• 5 minutes review
• Nouns test
• Narrative, check for run-on sentences pages 35-36
• Author study
• Fishbowl
• Begin the Pope’s address to Congress
HW-finish author study; annotate up to paragraph four of the speech. 1st draft of narrative due on Thursday.
Monday, September 28, 2015
• Warm-up: The Artful Defense (Monday)
• Brochure time 20 minutes
• Transition words-place in composition book (activity), look in your narrative to see transition words
• What are we working for annotations, discussion questions.
• Time to add to narrative
• Create a comic strip that describes the plot of your narrative (must include dialogue and 6 slides).
• HW-Study for Nouns test, tomorrow; brochure due tomorrow. Bring The Pearl; Annotate "What are we working for?" Type a paragraph, What are you called to do as work? (post on website; make sure you refer to article from The Tidings). Cut and paste Editing and Revising into your composition book.
Friday, September 25, 2015:
· Warm-up:
· nouns test
· rotations vocabulary
· Rocky packet or narrative time
· Anomia
HW- None (remember there pope brochure and narrative first draft due next week).
Monday, September 21, 2015:
Be Good!
· Warm-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jvQW5ccXig
· Warm-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQTQSbjecLg
Watch the two videos and brainstorm what you can add to your narrative about your superhero with a flaw. (First draft due Monday, include plot, characters, conflict, setting, dialogue, showing not telling). (30 minutes). Hand out narrative rubric (staple in composition book)
· Music Strikes a cord (informational text)-annotate and answer questions
· Begin Pope brochure (due Tuesday September 29th)
· Begin vocabulary assignment due Friday-choose four words from Music Strikes a cord,
HW-Finish “Music strikes a cord”, work on vocabulary assignment, study for Nouns test.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015:
· Warm-up “The King’s Cupcakes” Thursday
· P. 2, 1.5 and 1.6 in voyages
· Notes on possessive nouns (pages 12-13)-staple in composition book, take notes, do activities
· Noredink possessive nouns assignment
· Work on pope brochure
· Work on vocabulary assignment
· Work on narrative-continue writing (first draft due Thursday October 1st).
HW-study for nouns test-Friday; noredink-possessive nouns, finish; voyages page 10; work on pope brochure, vocabulary assignment and narrative.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015:
· Do Now- Aliens to abduct famous actor (20 minutes)(see image on left).
· http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/index.html (Create a 6 frame comic strip of your monster narrative, due Friday). Can use readwritethink, or draw. Must have dialogue (30 minutes)
· Do pages 33-35 in “correcting sentence fragments” packet (try to apply in your narrative)
· Rocky packet begin
· Work on pope brochure
· Work on vocabulary
· Work on narrative
HW-finish comic strip representing your narrative, due Friday; work on vocab. Work on narrative, work on pope assignment; study for nouns test.
Thursday, September 24, 2015:
· Rotations (5 minutes per station, noun practice)
· Chapter review
· Study for nouns test on www.loyolapress.com (Chapter 1 nouns)
· Work on Rocky packet
· Finish vocab.
· Finish comic strip
Hw-Nouns test tomorrow, vocab. due, comic strip due, work on narrative.
Friday, September 18, 2015:
- Warm-up (vocab. and summary check)
- rotations (appostives, noredink, narrative)
- brochure time
Thursday, September 17, 2015:
· “Do Now” - Fable –“The King’s Cupcakes”, Wednesday
· 1.3 on page 1
· Theme activity
· Check 1.3
· 1.4 Nouns to Objects/Object Complements
http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-difference-between-direct-indirect-objects-in-sentence-structure.html
· White boards
· Voyages pages 7 and 8,
· Socratic seminar
· Work on summary/theme of “The Gift of the Magi”, due tomorrow
· Work on vocabulary assignment
Hw-Finish Voyages 7, complete the summary for “The Gift of the Magi” (post on website), noredink-subjects/objects/prepositions, vocabulary.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015:
· Do Now- narrative:What makes a hero?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhk4N9A0oCA
· Summary template (20 minutes)
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H6GCe7hmmA
· Complete theme interactions in comp. book
· Introduce pope assignment
· Socratic seminar
· Socrative exit slip
HW:brainstorm popes; read at home for 20 minutes. Summary due Friday, vocabulary assignment due Friday!
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
· King's Cupcakes Tuesday
Finish “The Gift of the Magi”
Questions from Gift of the Magi
peer review business letter.
· Theme activities
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H6GCe7hmmA
· Complete theme interactions in comp. book
· Time to work on summary
vocabulary time
HW: Bring The Pearl by September 28th. Vocabulary assignment due Friday. summary due Friday. Finish "The Gift of the Magi" questions. Business letter due tomorrow.
Monday, September 14, 2015:
· Warm-up sad sea monster
· Finish “The Gift of the Magi”
· Theme activities
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H6GCe7hmmA
· Complete theme interactions in comp. book
· Time to work on business letter
HW: first draft of business letter due tomorrow, print out. Vocab. assignment due Friday (choose four words from "The Gift of the Magi").
Thursday:
· “Do Now” - Fable –“The King’s Cupcakes”
· Writing assessment (p. viii)
· Check 1.3
· “The Gift of the Magi”
· 1.4 Nouns to Objects/Object Complements
· White boards
· Voyages pages 7 and 8, noredink.com
· Last review of summer project
HW- Finish annotating up to the top of page 3 in "The Gift"; finish your c.d. project (due tomorrow). Begin working on business letter (1st draft due Wednesday).
Wednesday:
· Do Now- narrative
· Prayer
· “The Gift of the Magi”, review theme
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H6GCe7hmmA
· Complete theme interactions in comp. book
· Summary template
· Work on business letter –1st draft due Monday.
· Socrative exit slip
HW: work on summer project; annotate up to paragraph 10 in "The Gift of the Magi"
Tuesday, September 8, 2015:
· Do now, 1.3 page 1
· prayer
· Intro. Nouns as Subjects and Subject Complements (video, notes, practice)
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YosEsGCRbeo
· Exercise one in the textbook.
· 1.3 page 6
· Business Letter brainstorms (by paragraphs, in notebook, 5 stations, collaborate, 6 writing steps)
· Continue “The Gift of the Magi” (set up notebook, evidence, clues)
· begin summary.
· Closure
HW: do exercise 1 and 2 in your composition book; annotate paragraph three and four in "The Gift of the Magi"; do p. 6- 1.3; work on c.d.; , put the theme questions in your composition book (cut, color and glue).
Friday, September 4, 2015
· Writer’s warm-up-100 things I love
· Interactive notebook nouns- (12 flaps-identify the tricky words)
· Quiz on Nouns (singular and plural)
· Read/annotate “Gift of the Magi”
· Work on summer reading project
· English games
Thursday, September 3, 2015
· p. 1, 1.1 and 1.2 warm-up
· quiz 8 parts of speech socrative
· http://study.com/academy/lesson/singular-plural-nouns-definitions-rules-examples.html
· Notes on singular and plural nouns
· 1.1 in class to practice and 1.2 for homework
· Noredink practice
· Begin reading “The Gift of The Magi”
HW-Finish 1.1 and 1.2 voyages; work on Summer reading project; noredink singular and plural nouns; finish annotating the first paragraph of "The Gift of the Magi".
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
· Warm-up
· Parts of speech/split up and present
· Active reading and predictions
· begin “The Gift of the Magi”
· Begin summary of “The Gift of the Magi”
· Work on Summer reading project
Finish cutting, taping/gluing, your "making, confirming, and modifying predictions" and "Taking interactive notes for reading comprehension" in your composition book (See picture on homework page); work on c.d. tea party project; respond in complete sentences to the 7th grade blog.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
· Warm-up day 33
· Expectations
· Card for Ms. Stula
· Parts of speech (research your part of speech)
· Active reading and predictions
· summer reading project
Hw- Finish Ms. Stula's card. Get information about your part of speech. Work on summer reading project; website due Monday.
Monday, August 31, 2015
- Warm-up
- STAR
- Noredink diagnostic
- Active Reading and predictions
- Summer reading brainstorm
- Padlet- O Henry 1905
Friday, August 27, 2015:
· “Do now”-writer’s warm-up
· Prayer
· STAR testing
· Hot air balloon walk
· Finish Expectations- (students write their own, share with groups, decide as a class)
· Introduce Summer Reading assignment, discuss, brainstorm/model, time to work (c.d.)
· Decorate manila folder
· English fun
· Closure (3 minutes)
Thursday, August 27, 2015:
· Daily Maintenance/”Do Now” grammar warm-up day 33
· Practice the new heading, create questions to ask me, collaborate/discuss with peers to look at clues/evidence to ask questions (correlate to reading a text)
· expectations
· Who am I? (20 questions)
· Fill out “Favorite Card”- also to be used for random calling of names
· Hot air balloons
· Set up interactive notebook (grammar handout)
· Clock partners
· Potential star testing
HW- finish blog comment; finish hot air balloon;
Wednesday, August 26, 2015:
· Prayer
· Warm-up
· Team building washers and tennis balls activity
· Brainstorm “Expectations”, Individual, partner, group
· Hot air balloon time, other posters
· Closure
· manila folder
· Time to work on hot air balloon assignment
HW: Hot air balloons due Friday, bring pic and markers for hot air balloon. Come up with more examples for expectations and finishing numbering composition book.
August 25, 2015
- Hello again!
- brief intro/index cards
- procedures/supplies
- locker time
Hw-Finish summer reading book; get locker agreement signed.