week 16 Nov. 30-Dec. 4
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Prepare for tests
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Literature book code: AB39842BAE
Grammar book code: F5A431016C
Monday - Media Center; new reading log due 12/11; review sentence structure for test Thursday; HW: DGP #7 and 8 - complete activities for Monday through Thursday for these two sentences
Tuesday - Silent reading and complete log; check and share DGP's; practice identifying Simple, compound, complex sentences; write a few; HW: DGP #9,10
Wed. - silent reading and complete log; check and share DGP's; review S, CD, CX, and CDCX sentences; listen to TANGERINE pg. 45-62. Test on sentence structure tomorrow - prepare!
Thursday - silent reading/complete log; review; take test; listen to TANGERINE pg. 62-80.
Friday - silent reading/complete log; view powerpoint introducing great introductory paragraphs - write yours for the PETS expository essay
week 15
Monday:Introduce expository writing by verbally brainstorming about our pets. We will discuss possible organization of body paragraphs as class members share. HW - prewrite about pets using any method
Tuesday - review dependent clauses and find one in today's reading; write it and share, read Tangerine to catch up if needed, share written prewrites; critique. HW - write prewrite list into paragraphs
Wed. - Media Center; review clauses and sentence stucture; label a few sentences S,CD, CX, CDCX, share rough paragraphs of body of essay. No homework
Thursday - Review characteristics of an intro and closing paragraph. work on your own. Write whole essay together.
Friday - pair and share essays
I am so proud of the 600 + books our students have read! We are well on our way to reading our expected 25 books for the year! Let's celebrate after the end of this 9 weeks!
week 14 - progress reports go out on 11/13
Reading logs are due this Friday 11/13.
DGP for 2nd sentence is due Wednesday (complete Monday through Thursday's activities).
Review the differences between adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions; know how to identify these thoroughly. (hey there's an adverb - thoroughly) **see/review all notes, handouts, texts**
Identify and create adjective and adverb clauses. **see/review all notes/handouts/texts**
TEST over :
1 -first 40 pages of Tangerine on Thursday - comprehension
2. identifying prepositions, adjective/adverb PHRASES
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week 13: TEST THURSDAY.
New reading logs begin this week -due in two weeks. This week we will review clauses, phrases, simple, compound, complex, compound/complex sentences. It would be helpful to FIND and review information in Lit text book and any notes/handouts from class concerning sentence structure above.
ONLINE ASSISTANCE: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/604/01/ FOR HELP WITH SENTENCE STRUCTURE:-) see also the language arts help icon to see helpful sentence structure chart
TEST Thursday.
NOTES –
*phrase – a group of words
*clause – a group of words with a subject and verb
*conjunction – joins or connects
Coordinating conjunction = FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
Subordinating conjunction = begins a dependent (subordinating) clause (although, since, when, after, if, before, because, than, thought, unless, until, whenever, where, wherever)
Simple sentence = 1 independent clause; can stand alone
Compound sentence = 1 independent clause + 1 independent clause (joined by a FANBOY)
Complex sentence = 1 dependent (subordinate) clause + 1 independent (main) clause
Compound/Complex = 1 ind. Clause + 1 ind. Clause + 1 dep. clause
Continue to read Tangerine; complete Word Splash on the pages you read this week.
week 12: reading log due Friday Oct. 30. Will count as daily grade this nine weeks. Review simple/compound sentences. Compare phrases and clauses. Unit 14 in Writing Textbook. Practice simple, compound, complex, compound/complex sentences, and identify these in our daily reading. DGP
. Continue reading Tangerine/use WORD SPLASH. TEST on Friday over sentence structure, phrases, clauses.
week 11: BOOK FAIR IS WEDNESDAY; BRING YOUR MONEY. Turn in final copy of original narrative based on illustrations from Chris Van Allsburg's story. Continue identifying imagery in our daily readiing. New reading log begins which is due in two weeks. Continue identifying and writing phrases, clauses, compound, complex sentences.
2nd 9 weeks:WEEK 10 - begin the novel - Tangerine. practice identifying and combining types of sentences: simple, compound, complex, compound/complex. Begin working on writing a short narrative.
WEEK 9 - preparing for benchmark/9 weeks exam to be given on Friday. We'll use practice standardized test packets to review pronoun/antecedent agreement along with subject/verb agreement (see handout). We'll also review reading comprehension strategies and practice finding information in functional documents.
WEEK 8 TEST is FRIDAY over short stories we've covered so far, literary elements, and your notes from writer, Stephen Fox.
By now, you should have completed:
- 2 plot maps completed (one for "Winning and Losing" and one for "Rikki Tikki Tavi") COMPLETE THEM IF YOU HAVE NOT - TO USE ON THE TESTS THIS FRIDAY
- questions done from pg. 57/58 ( COMPLETE SENTENCES FOR PG. 57)
This week we will continue:
+analyzing short stories to find: theme, conflict, setting, tone, mood, POV - point of view, characters, complications, climax etc.
+comparing the short stories we've read, listened to, and viewed.
We will read/listen to "Amigo Brothers" in Lit book on Tuesday beginning on pg. 18 and will complete PLOT MAP and questions at end of story using complete sentences.
WEEK 7
We ended last week by listening to Donald Davis "Winning and Losing" short story and filling out the plot map diagram which we can use on tests
; KEEP IT IN NOTEBOOK.
We will continue to analyze short stories using the plot map with special emphasis on setting (TAKE NOTES) using "Rikki Tikki Tavi" from our Lit books. Complete all questions at the end. (USE COMPLETE SENTENCES WITH FIRST SIX QUESTIONS)
Thursday we will have Columbia County's own Steve Fox, author of 8 published short stories, share his tips and techniques with us.
We will view a 30 minute animated adaption of "Rikki" and compare/contrast the short story with the video.
Continue your Reading Log which is due Oct. 2.
Week 6 -
Monday - review UNIT 1 information; possible open book/notebook assessment as review
Tuesday -
- Technical writing/functional document Project due (option 1 or 2 turned in)
- Intro UNIT 2 of Curriculum Map
- ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE - Define Literary Terms
WEEK 5 = "TIE LOOSE ENDS UP" WEEK
**this will be the last week for technical writing** BE READY FOR ASSESSMENT OVER INFORMATION PRESENTED DURING FIRST FIVE WEEKS - study all notes, handouts, text pages covered
- review writing process, purposes for writing, organization of writing, types and elements of technical writing, characteristics of applications, business letter format, parts of speech, subject/verb and pronoun/antecedent agreement, homonyms
- learn strategies on how to read graphics, how they are organized, and elements of graphics =(bar graphs, diagrams, line graphs, maps, photographs, pie charts, tables, timelines)
- analyze what makes multimedia presentations effective
Tues - review text elements on pg. 220, read and complete pg. 243-246, create map with 5 item legend/key
Wed -Friday
Visit Media Center to check out two books; continue with reading log due (test grade) 9/18
Review requirements for functional documents and their elements along with real life examples of functional documents from magazines students would use/read; review how to read graphics,
Using the Columbia County magazines, find two examples of functional documents. DESCRIBE ON CHART GIVEN IN CLASS why each IS an example of a functional document. Pair and Share. Choose best to share with class.
Technical Writing Project
Option 1: create a functional document (SEE RUBRIC HANDOUT GIVEN IN CLASS)
Option 2: using the Literature Textbook - Choose Two of the examples of informational texts from our Lit. book and answer the questions at the end USING COMPLETE SENTENCES:
Fireproofing the Forests pg. 144, Tending Sir Ernest's Legacy: An interview with Alex Shackleton pg. 302, The Giggle Prescription pg. 384, Outdoor Art in America pg. 524, Oprah Winfrey pg. 527, Message of Hope pg. 712, Ah, Wilderness, pg. 764, and Missing! pg. 854.
DUE TUESDAY
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7th grade Language Arts Curriculum Map
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Unit 3
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Unit 4
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Unit 6
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Pretest
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Writing Process
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Technical Writing
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Standards Review
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Response to Literature
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Overview of Eight Parts of Speech
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Subject/Verb Agreement
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Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
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Homonyms
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Punctuation, Capitalization, and Spelling
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Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
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Deleting Modifiers
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Combining or Revising Sentences
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Adjective and Adverb Clauses
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Commas and Semicolons
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Homonyms
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Punctuation, Capitalization, and Spelling
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Each unit integrates reading, writing, and listening/speaking/viewing standards.
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Go to the following website:
Under student login, enter the following codes:
Literature book code: AB39842BAE
Grammar book code: F5A431016C