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October 23: Students will verbally compare and contrast the film version and short story of "Rikki-tikki-tavi"; students will self assess their understanding of the short story of "Rikki-tikki-tavi" by taking a quiz on Studysync; students will begin working on "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Think questions. students will answer Think questions using the following structure for questions 1,2, & 3:
Restate the question into a claim
Cite Text Evidence
Explain how the text evidence supports the claim
For questions 4 and 5, students will use the following structure:
Define the vocabulary word
Cite the sentence that the bold faced vocabulary word is in
Explain how a context clue (word or phrase) near the bold faced vocabulary word helps you understand the meaning of the word
Classwork: Rikki-tikki-tavi short film; "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Quiz and Think
Homework: "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Quiz due Friday, October 24; "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Think Questions due Tuesday, October 28
October 22: Learning Goal: Students will verbally review the first half of the short story "Rikki-tikki-tavi"; students will read the second half of the short story "Rikki-tikki-tavi" on Studysync; students will assess their understanding of the short story by taking a quiz on Studysync.
Classwork: "Rikki"tikki-tavi" Quiz
Homework: Apollo 13 Paragraph due Wednesday, October 22; "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Quiz due Friday, October 24
October 21:
Learning Goal: Students will verbally review the elements of plot; students will read the first half of the short story, "Rikki-tikki-tavi," on Studysync; students will learn new vocabulary and define words and write sentences that demonstrate the meaning of the words.
Classwork: "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Plot Elements and Vocabulary
Homework: Apollo 13 Think Questions due Tuesday, October 21 and Paragraph due Wednesday, October 22
October 20
Learning Goal: Students will read and analyze the excerpt of the text Apollo 13: Mission HIghlights on Studysync; students will answer Think questions using the following structure for questions 1,2, & 3:
Restate the question into a claim
Cite Text Evidence
Explain how the text evidence supports the claim
For questions 4 and 5, students will use the following structure:
Define the vocabulary word
Cite the sentence that the bold faced vocabulary word is in
Explain how a context clue (word or phrase) near the bold faced vocabulary word helps you understand the meaning of the word
Students will write a RACES structured paragraph answering the following question from Apollo 13: Mission Highlights: How was the Apollo 13 mission a “successful failure” in Apollo 13: Mission Highlights?
Classwork: Apollo 13 Think and Write Question
Homework: Apollo 13 Think Questions due Tuesday, October 21 and Paragraph due Wednesday, October 22
October 16-17
Learning Goal: Students will learn new vocabulary from G7 L. 11 Vocabulary Synonyms in Google Classroom; Students will learn synonyms and antonyms of new words, and students will write sentences that demonstrate the meaning of the new vocabulary words; students will read sentence frames and write the appropriate vocabulary words in the blank; students will read and analyze the excerpt of the text Apollo 13: Mission HIghlights on Studysync; students will answer Think questions using the following structure for questions 1,2, & 3:
Restate the question into a claim
Cite Text Evidence
Explain how the text evidence supports the claim
For questions 4 and 5, students will use the following structure:
Define the vocabulary word
Cite the sentence that the bold faced vocabulary word is in
Explain how a context clue (word or phrase) near the bold faced vocabulary word helps you understand the meaning of the word
Classwork: G7 L.11 Vocabulary and Apollo 13 Think Questions
Homework: G7 L.11 Vocabulary due Friday, October 17; Apollo 13 Think Questions due Tuesday, October 21 (REVISED)
October 15, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will learn new vocabulary from G7 L. 11 Vocabulary Synonyms in Google Classroom; Students will learn synonyms and antonyms of new words, and students will write sentences that demonstrate the meaning of the new vocabulary words; students will read sentence frames and write the appropriate vocabulary words in the blank.
Classwork: G7 L. 11 Vocabulary Synonyms
Homework: Apollo 13: Mission Highlights Vocabulary and Quiz due Wednesday, October 15; Apollo 13: Mission Highlights Think Questions and G7 L. 11 Vocabulary Synonyms due Friday, October 17
October 14, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will read and analyze the excerpt of the text Apollo 13: Mission HIghlights on Studysync; students will answer Think questions using the following structure for questions 1,2, & 3:
Restate the question into a claim
Cite Text Evidence
Explain how the text evidence supports the claim
For questions 4 and 5, students will use the following structure:
Define the vocabulary word
Cite the sentence that the bold faced vocabulary word is in
Explain how a context clue (word or phrase) near the bold faced vocabulary word helps you understand the meaning of the word
Classwork: Apollo 13: Mission Highlights Think Questions
Homework: Apollo 13: Mission Highlights Vocabulary and Quiz due Wednesday, October 15; Apollo 13: Mission Highlights Think Questions due Friday, October 17
October 13, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will review the Apollo 13 diagram of the spacecraft and the accident on a link in Google Classroom; students will read and analyze the excerpt of Apollo 13: Mission Highlights on Studysync; students will learn new vocabulary and write sentences that demonstrate the meaning of the words; students will self assess their understanding of the excerpt of the text.
Classwork: Apollo 13: Mission Highlights Vocabulary and Quiz
Homework: Apollo 13: Mission Highlights Vocabulary and Quiz due Wednesday, October 15
October 8-10, 2025
ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST QUARTER IS DUE by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10. NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10.
Learning Goal: Students will learn new vocabulary with words the relate to challenging yourself in G7 Lesson 10 Vocabulary in Google Classroom; students will define and write sentences that demonstrate the meaning of the word as well as find words associated with new vocabulary; students will read and analyze an excerpt of the novel from Call of the Wild on Studysync; students will answer the following question: What does "the ecstasy of feeling most alive comes with the complete forgetfulness of living" mean in the last paragraph of Call of the Wild?
Classwork: Vocabulary Lesson 10; Call of the Wild Think Questions and Paragraph
Homework: Call of the Wild Think Questions due Thursday, October 9 (REVISED); Call of the Wild Paragraph and Vocabulary Lesson 10 due Friday, October 10
October 7, 2025
ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST QUARTER IS DUE by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10. NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10.
Learning Goal: Students will read and analyze an excerpt of the novel from Call of the Wild on Studysync; students will answer the following question: What does "the ecstasy of feeling most alive comes with the complete forgetfulness of living" mean in the last paragraph of Call of the Wild?
Classwork: Call of the Wild Think Questions and Paragraph
Homework:
October 3 & 6 , 2025
ALL LATE WORK FOR 1ST QUARTER IS DUE by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10. NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10.
Learning Goal: Students will read and analyze the excerpt of the novel Call of the Wild on Studysync; students will learn about rebellion and what "the ecstasy of life" means in excerpt of the novel; students will learn new vocabulary and demonstrate the meaning of the new words in sentences; students will write a claim, cited text evidence, and explanation for Think Questions.
Classwork: Call of the Wild Vocabulary, Quiz, and Think Questions
Homework: Call of the Wild Vocabulary and Quiz due Monday, October 6; Think Questions due Wednesday, October 8
October 2, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will assess their punctuation knowledge by taking an iReady Diagnostic on Punctuation Form A; students will copy, paste, and reformat their District Writing Benchmark #1 in Class Companion; students will learn new vocabulary with prefixes that mean "Not" and "Opposite of" on the G7 Lesson 8 Vocabulary Prefix "Not'/"Opposite of" PDF; students will read and analyze the short story "The King of Mazy May" in Studysync and write a RACES structured paragraph answering the following question: Why is Walt a hero in the short story "The King of Mazy May"?
Classwork: Punctuation iReady; District Writing Benchmark; G7 Lesson 8 Vocabulary Prefix; "The King of Mazy May" Paragraph
Homework: G7 Lesson 8 Vocabulary Prefix due Friday, October 3
October 1, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will learn new vocabulary with prefixes that mean "Not" and "Opposite of" on the G7 Lesson 8 Vocabulary Prefix "Not'/"Opposite of" PDF; students will read and analyze the short story "The King of Mazy May" in Studysync and write a RACES structured paragraph answering the following question: Why is Walt a hero in the short story, "The King of Mazy May"?
Classwork: G7 Lesson 8 Vocabulary Prefix; "King of Mazy May" Paragraph
Homework: G7 Lesson 8 Vocabulary Prefix due Friday, October 3
September 29-30, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will analyze the short story "The King of the Mazy May" and answer Think Questions. Students need to remember to do the following:
Restate the question and make it a claim
Cite text evidence
Explain how the text evidence supports the claim
Classwork: "King of Mazy May" Think Questions
Homework: "King of Mazy May" Think Questions due Tuesday, September 30
September 26, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will review Grade 7 Lesson 7 Vocabulary Synonyms; students will assess understanding of the short story "The King of the Mazy May" by taking the quiz in Studysync; finish Lesson 7 Vocabulary, and then begin analyzing the short story to answer "The King of the Mazy May" Think Questions. Students need to remember to do the following:
Restate the question and make it a claim
Cite text evidence
Explain how the text evidence supports the claim
Classwork: Vocabulary Lesson 7; "King of Mazy May" Quiz; Begin "King of Mazy May" Think Questions
Homework: G7 Lesson 7 Vocabulary and "King of Mazy May" Quiz due Friday, September 26; "King of Mazy May" Think Questions due Tuesday, September 30
September 25, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will read and analyze the short story "The King of Mazy May" in Studysync; students will discuss what makes Walt different than a typical teenager and what makes Walt a hero; students will learn new vocabulary and write sentences that demonstrate the meaning of the words in sentences; students will assess their understanding of the story by taking a quiz on Studysync.
Classwork: "King of Mazy May" Vocabulary and Quiz
Homework: "King of Mazy May" Vocabulary and Quiz due Friday, September 26; G7 Lesson 7 Vocabulary due Friday, September 26
September 24, 2025
No School
September 23, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will read and analyze the BLAST article in Studysync titled “Fandom Kingdom” and answer the following question: “What role does fandom play in shaping pop culture?” Students need to do the following:
Rephrase the question into a claim
Cite text evidence in quotation marks to support the claim
THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE GRADED by 3:00 PM today. It will be late after 3:00 PM today.
Students will learn new vocabulary words for Lesson 7 students will learn synonym and antonym of words and how to write new vocabulary into sentences that demonstrate the meaning of the words; students will analyze how "bias" is being used in a sentence and write the correct definition and part of speech; students only work on vocabulary if ALL of Call of the Klondike Think Questions and RACES structured paragraph are complete.
Classwork: G7 Lesson 7 Vocabulary Base Words and Call of the Klondike Think Questions and RACES structured paragraph
Homework: “Fandom Kingdom” BLAST due today 9/23; Lord of Flies RACES structured paragraph due Tuesday, September 23; Call of the Klondike RACES structured paragraph due Tuesday, September 23; G7 Lesson 7 Vocabulary due Friday, September 26
September 22, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will learn new vocabulary words for Lesson 7 students will learn synonym and antonym of words and how to write new vocabulary into sentences that demonstrate the meaning of the words; students will analyze how "bias" is being used in a sentence and write the correct definition and part of speech; students only work on vocabulary if ALL of Call of the Klondike Think Questions and RACES structured paragraph are complete.
Classwork: G7 Lesson 7 Vocabulary Base Words and Call of the Klondike Think Questions and RACES structured paragraph
Homework: Call of the Klondike RACES structured paragraph due Tuesday, September 23; G8 Lesson 7 Vocabulary due Friday, September 26
September 19, 2025
Writing Benchmark #1
September 17 & 18, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will write a RACES structured paragraph answering the following question from the excerpt of the adventure nonfiction novel Call of the Klondike on Studysync: In Call of the Klondike, how did a prospector stake a claim? Write a step by step paragraph of how to stake a claim using the following transition words: FIRST, NEXT, and FINALLY.
Classwork: Call of the Klondike Paragraph
Homework: Call of the Klondike Think Questions due Friday, September 19; Call of the Klondike RACES structured paragraph is due Tuesday, September 23
September 16, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will read and analyze the THINK responses for the excerpt of the nonfiction adventure novel Call of the Klondike in Studysync; students will write the claim, cite text evidence, and explain how the text evidence supports the claim.
Classwork: Call of the Klondike Think Questions
Homework: Call of the Klondike Think Questions due Friday, September 19; Call of the Klondike RACES structured paragraph is due Tuesday, September 23.
September 15, 2025
Library Visit: Students will learn the procedures and benefits of the school library in the media center.
September 12, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will review Vocabulary Unit 6 Synonyms; students will read a synonym, antonym, and a sentence that demonstrates the meaning of the word in a sentence; students will continue to finish the Call of the Klondike quiz, students will finish the "New Directions" RACES structured paragraph before working on the Think questions for Call of the Klondike.
Classwork: Call of the Klondike Quiz and "New Directions" RACES structured paragraph
Homework: Vocabulary Lesson 6 Synonyms; Call of the Klondike Quiz and "New Directions" RACES structured paragraph due Friday, September 12
September 11, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will read and analyze the nonfiction adventure excerpt of the novel Call of the Klondike on Studysync; students will discuss the Klondike goldrush of 1897; students will learn new vocabulary and write the new vocabulary word in a sentence demonstrating the meaning of each word; students will self-assess their understanding of the excerpt by taking a quiz.
Classwork: Call of the Klondike Vocabulary and Quiz
Homework: Call of the Klondike Vocabulary and Quiz due Friday, September 12; Vocabulary Lesson 6 due Friday, September 12 at 11:59 PM; "New Directions" RACES structured paragraph
September 10, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will review a an example of how to write a RACES structured paragraph for the biographical essay "New Directions"; students will continue analyzing text and answer the Think Questions for the biographical essay "New Directions" in Studysync; students will learn synonyms & antonyms for new Vocabulary Lesson 6; students will write sentences that demonstrate the meaning of the new words and use the new words in sentence frames.
Classwork: "New Directions" Think & Write questions; Vocabulary Lesson 6 Synonyms
Homework: "New Directions" RACES paragraph is due Wednesday, September 10 at 3:00 PM; Vocabulary Lesson 6 due Friday, September 12.
September 8-9, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will review a an example of how to write a RACES structured paragraph for the biographical essay "New Directions"; students will continue analyzing text and answer the Think Questions for the biographical essay "New Directions" in Studysync; students will read and analyze the biographical essay "New Directions" and answer the following question: In the essay "New Directions," what character trait (choose one word) does Annie display throughout the essay? In a RACES structured paragraph, explain a character trait and use cite evidence with explanation to support your character trait.
Classwork: "New Directions" Think Questions and Write
Homework: "New Directions" Think Questions due Tuesday, September 9 at 3:00 PM (REVISED); "New Directions" RACES paragraph is due Wednesday, September 10 at 3:00 PM.
September 5, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will self-assess their knowledge of fragments by taking a baseline CFA on a Google Form 2025 - 2026 ELA CFA 7-L.7.1 Identify Sentence Fragments; students will review Vocabulary Lesson 4 Word Families; students will continue analyzing text and answer the Think Questions for the biographical essay "New Directions" in Studysync.
Classwork: Vocabulary Lesson 4 Word Families; "New Directions" Think Questions
Homework: "New Directions" Vocabulary and Quiz, Friday, September 5; Vocabulary Lesson 4 Word Families due Friday, September 5; "New Directions" Think Questions due Monday, September 8 at 3:00 PM (REVISED).
September 4, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will review the structure of a Think analytical response and a Think Vocabulary response for the biographical essay "New Directions" on Study Sync; students will finish Vocabulary Lesson 4 Word Families if they are not finished; students will complete the "New Directions" Quiz if they are not finished; students will begin analyzing the texts and answering the "New Directions" Think Questions.
Classwork: "New Directions" Vocabulary and quiz; Vocabulary Lesson 4 Word Familes; Think Questions
Homework: "New Directions" Vocabulary, Quiz, and Think Questions due Friday, September 5; Vocabulary Lesson 4 Word Families due Friday, September 5
September 3, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will read and analyze the excerpt of the essay "New Directions" in Studysync; students will define and write sentences that demonstrate the meaning of the words for new vocabulary; students will self-assess comprehension of the excerpt by taking a quiz.
Classwork: "New Directions" Reading, Vocabulary, and Quiz
Homework: "New Directions" Vocabulary and Quiz due Friday, September 5; Vocabulary Lesson 4 Word Families due Friday, September 5
September 2, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will learn new vocabulary by writing synonyms, antonyms, and demonstrating the meaning of words in sentences on Lesson 4 Word Families in Google Classroom; students will also choose the correct vocabulary word that correctly fits in a sentence frame for each vocabulary word; students that are not finished with The Other Side of the Sky Think and Write questions will work on this assignment in Studysync.
Classwork: Vocabulary Lesson 4; The Other Side of the Sky Think and Write
Homework; The Other Side of the Sky Think Questions and Write Questions due Tuesday, September 2; Vocabulary Lesson 4 Word Families due Friday, September 5
August 28-29, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will learn new vocabulary by writing synonyms, antonyms, and demonstrating the meaning of words in sentences on Lesson 2 Multiple Meaning Words; students will download PDF from Google Classroom to Notability or Notes; students will also choose the correct vocabulary word that correctly fits in a sentence frame for each vocabulary word; students will review the structure of Studysync Think responses; students will be introduced to RACES paragraph structure to answer Studysync questions and discuss obstacles Farah encountered in the memoir The Other Side of the Sky; students will continue working on The Other Side of the Sky Think Questions and continue writing their RACES structured paragraph.
Classwork: Vocabulary Lesson 2: Multiple Meaning Words; The Other Side of the Sky Think & Write
Homework: Vocabulary Lesson 2 due Friday, August 29 (REVISED); The Other Side of the Sky Think Questions and Write Questions due Tuesday, September 2;
August 27, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will learn new vocabulary by writing synonyms, antonyms, and demonstrating the meaning of words in sentences on Lesson 2 Multiple Meaning Words; students will also choose the correct vocabulary word that correctly fits in a sentence frame for each vocabulary word.
Classwork: Vocabulary Lesson 2: Multiple Meaning Words
Homework: The Other Side of the Sky Think Questions and Write Question and Vocabulary Lesson 2 due Friday, August 29 (REVISED).
August 26, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will review the structure of Studysync Think responses; students will be introduced to RACES paragraph structure to answer Studysync questions and discuss obstacles Farah encountered in the memoir The Other Side of the Sky; students will continue working on The Other Side of the Sky Think Questions and begin writing their RACES structured paragraph.
Classwork: The Other Side of the Sky Think & Write
Homework: The Other Side of the Sky Think Questions and Write Question due Friday, August 29 (REVISED).
August 25, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will review the structure of Studysync Think responses; students will be introduced to RACES paragraph structure to answer Studysync questions; students will continue working on The Other Side of the Sky Think Questions and begin writing their RACES structured paragraph.
Classwork: The Other Side of the Sky Think & Write
Homework: The Other Side of the Sky Think Questions and Write Question due Friday, August 29 (REVISED).
August 22, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will review Vocabulary Lesson 1 Synonyms; students will finish The Other Side of the Sky Quiz and then write a claim, cited text evidence, and explanation for The Other Side of the Sky Think questions.
Classwork: Vocabulary Lesson 1 Synonyms; The Other Side of the Sky Quiz and Think Questions
Homework: The Other Side of the Sky Vocabulary, Quiz and Vocabulary Lesson 1 Synonyms due Friday, August 22; The Other Side of the Sky Think Questions due Tuesday, August 26 (REVISED).
August 21
Learning Goal: Students will learn the writing structure of THINK questions; students will continue learning new vocabulary (Vocabulary Lesson 1 Synonyms).
Classwork: Vocabulary Lesson 1 Synonyms; The Other Side of the Sky Think Questions
Homework: The Other Side of the Sky Vocabulary, Quiz and Think Questions and Vocabulary Lesson 2 Synonyms due Friday, August 22
August 20, 2025
Learning Goal: Review class curriculum and expectations; students will learn new vocabulary by learning new synonyms/antonyms in Vocabulary Lesson 1 Synonyms, using new words in framed sentences; answer questions in complete sentences using new vocabulary.
Classwork: Vocabulary Lesson 1 Synonyms
Homework: The Other Side of the Sky Vocabulary and Quiz and Vocabulary Lesson 1 Synonyms due Friday, August 22
August 19, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will read and analyze the excerpt of the memoir The Other Side of the Sky; students will learn new vocabulary and write words in sentences that demonstrate the meaning of the words; students will self-assess their comprehension of the memoir by taking the quiz.
Classwork: Read & analyze The Other Side of the Sky; Vocabulary & Quiz
Homework: Get to Know You Hexagon due Tuesday, August 19 at 3:00 PM (REVISED); The Other Side of the Sky Vocabulary and Quiz due Friday, August 22
August 18, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will review class rules and procedures in Mr. Clemente's room 208 ELA class; students will be introduced to the first ELA Unit: In Pursuit; students will analyze and read a blast article "In Pursuit" and answer the question: "What drives us to undertake a mission?"; students will evaluate peer responses and take a poll.
Classwork: Review Rules and Procedures; In Pursuit Blast Article
Homework: Get to Know You Hexagon due Tuesday, August 19 at 3:00 PM (REVISED); In Pursuit Blast Article response due Monday, August 18 (in class assignment) by 3:00 PM.
August 15, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will make up ELA and Math iReady if they did not finish; students will create Hexagon Get to Know Me assignment; students that finish may work on the Me Frame Extra Credit Assignment in Google Classroom.
Classwork: Hexagon Assignment
Homework: Get to Know You Hexagon due Tuesday, August 19 at 3:00 PM (REVISED)
August 14, 2025
ELA iReady
Classwork: Classroom Norms and Hexagon Get to Know You Assignment
Homework: Get to Know You Hexagon due Friday, August 15 at 3:00 PM
August 13, 2025
MATH iReady
Classwork: Classroom Norms and Hexagon Get to Know You Assignment
Homework: Homework: Get to Know You Hexagon due Friday, August 15 at 3:00 PM
August 12, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will review Student Contract, Classroom Rules & Procedures, and then will continue creating Hexagon Get to Know You Assignment.
Classwork: Classroom Norms and Hexagon Get to Know You Assignment
Homework: Get to Know You Hexagon due Friday, August 15 at 3:00 PM
August 11, 2025
Learning Goal: Students will create an app/icon or bookmark ELA 7 Google Classroom and Website Daily Agenda; students will create a Get to Know You Hexagon. Hexagon needs visuals and color.
Classwork: Get to Know You Hexagon
Homework: Get to Know You Hexagon due Friday, August 15 at 3:00 PM