Mrs. Hromisin's 7th Grade Reading

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12/4/09  There will be a test next week (most likely on Wed).  The skills 
covered include Text 
organization (Sequence, cause/effect, problem/solution and Compare/contrast)
and Author's Purpose (to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to explain, to 
describe)Students can review these skills in their Coach book.  Students 
should also study the notes that they have in their reading notebook.

12/3/09  Complete open ended response to "How to Change a Flat Tire"
12/2/09  Students  need to complete their packet on Cause/effect and 
sequencing.  The next test will be next week.  The skills tested will be text 
organization and author's purpose.
11/23/09  Students need to get their test signed.
11/19/09  Students need to complete the Author's Purpose writing assignment.

11/16/09  Coach book pages 74 - 82.  Most of this was completed in class.  
Students need to complete the remaining pages.

11/12/09  Test tomorrow. (See 11/10)  Homework is to complete the worksheet
(s) on theme.  
Periods 1,2, and 3 have one worksheet.  Periods 4,5,and 6 have two worksheets.

11/10/09  Test will be on Friday.  Students need to be able to identify and 
define plot (conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) 
and theme.  Periods 2,3,4,5,6, need to complete pages 174, 175, and 180 in 
their Coach book.  Students should use their Coach book to study for the 
test. 
11/9/09  Test signed. Study plot: conflict, rising action, climax, falling 
action, and resolution.  Test on Friday.  Periods 1,2,4,5,and 6 need to 
complete the plot of Young Ladies Don't Slay Dragons in their notebook.  
Period 3 has a vocabulary worksheet.

10/26/09  Students need to complete their open-ended response.  This is a 
graded assignment.

10/19/09   Homework:  Complete the compare/contrast passage "Going 
Nuts" as a way of studying for the test. Test is on Tuesday.
 Test  Study vocabulary words from "The Fun They Had".  Know 
the words that signal a contrasting idea is coming. (Ex. "but", "however", 
etc.)  The test will include compare/contrast passages that the students 
have not read before.

10/16/09  Students who did not complete their research on the decade of 
their choice should complete it for Monday if they are able to access the 
internet.

10/13 - 14/09 Classwork:  Students who are absent need to complete 
this work.  Coach book pages 127 - 131.  Test will be next week  on 
compare/contrast and on the vocabulary words from "The Fun They Had".

9/29.07  Test will be on Wed.  (see below)

9/25/09  Test will be on  Wednesday, Sept. 28.  The test will 
cover "Break A Leg" comprehension and vocabulary, vocabulary from "Seventh 
Grade", synonyms, antonyms, prefixes,and context clues.  Students also need 
to be familiar with the terms idiom and irony.

9/22/09  Students need to have their first reading test signed by a 
parent or guardian.  This test needs to be returned tomorrow.

9/21/09  Complete the illustrations of their idiom.  Continue to 
review the vocabulary words from "Seventh Grade".

9/18/09  Worksheet on idioms.  Vocabulary words will be on the next 
test.  Students should review these daily.

9/15/09  Students have one worksheet on context clues.

9/11/09
            Students are to to read 15 pages of their library book and write  
a brief summary (3 - 5 sentences) in their reading notebook.  Please note 
that studetns had a homework club period to work on this asssignment as well.

Test:  Our first test will be on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009.  The 
test wil include comprehension questions from "Seventh Grade",prefixes that 
mean not or opposite of:  in, im, un, mis ,dis ,and using 
context clues.

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