WRITING
Writing Assignments for the week of Week of May 18-22
Writing- Mrs. Lochner jlochner@pcsdk12.org
I will continue to Zoom with you at 10:30 to support the writing of the essay.
10:30 - 11:30 Daily
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Interim Assessment Unit 6: “Moving to America” and “A Fateful Journey”
Your last assignment for this quarter is to complete a 5 paragraph essay. You will use both the time allocated for reading and writing to write the essay.
Essay Prompt: Think about the choices that the author of “A Fateful Journey” made. What historical details did he include? What did he alter? What elements of the story did he invent? Write an essay explaining these choices and their impact on the story. Be sure to include details from both passages in your essay.
In your answer, be sure to
explain the author’s choices of which details to include, alter, or invent
explain the impact of each choice on the story
use details from both passages in your answer
Check your writing for
paragraph indents
transitional phrases
complex sentence structure
correct spelling
grammar
capitalization
punctuation
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Writing Assignments for the week of Week of May 11-15
Writing- Mrs. Lochner jlochner@pcsdk12.org
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Monday, May 11
Complete the Seventh Grade Language Arts Final
The Sentence
Identifying Sentences
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Tuesday, May 12
Complete the Seventh Grade Language Arts Final
Identifying Subjects and Verbs
Identifying Types of Sentences
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Wednesday, May 13
Complete the Seventh Grade Language Arts Final
Identifying Adjectives
Identifying Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives
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Thursday, May 14
Complete the Seventh Grade Language Arts Final
Identifying Verbs and Verb Phrases
Identifying Adverbs
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Friday, May 15
Complete the Seventh Grade Language Arts Final
Identifying Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Identifying Independent and Subordinate (dependent) Clauses:
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Writing Assignments for the week of Week of May 4-8
Writing- Mrs. Lochner jlochner@pcsdk12.org
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Monday, May 4
Complete the Identifying Independent and Subordinate Clause practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
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Tuesday, May 5
Complete the Identifying Simple and Compound Sentence practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
Complete the objective summary outline: “Day of Disaster” A 14-year-old boy. A dangerous coal mine. A horrific accident that would change America forever.
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Wednesday, May 6
Complete the Identifying Compound and Complex Sentence practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
Write an objective summary: “Day of Disaster” A 14-year-old boy. A dangerous coal mine. A horrific accident that would change America forever.
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Thursday, May 7
Complete the Classifying Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
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Friday, May 8
Take this time to work and reading goal or any missing assignments.
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Writing Assignments for the week of Week of April 27-May 1
Writing- Mrs. Lochner jlochner@pcsdk12.org
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Monday, April 27
Complete the Identifying Prepositional Phrases practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
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Tuesday, April 28
Complete the Identifying Adjective and Adverb Phrases practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
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Wednesday, April 29
Complete the Classifying Verbal Phrases practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
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Thursday, April 30
Complete the Identifying Verbal Phrases in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
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Friday, May 1
Take this time to work and reading goal or any missing assignments.
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Writing Assignments for the week of Week of April 20-24
Writing- Mrs. Lochner jlochner@pcsdk12.org
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Monday, April 20
Complete the Identifying Types of Verbs practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
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Tuesday, April 21
Complete the Identifying Adverbs practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
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Wednesday, April 22
Complete the Identifying Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
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Thursday, April 23
Complete the Identifying Conjunctions in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
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Friday, April 24
Complete the Identifying Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections in Google Classroom Writing.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Written Response: Characterization
Google Classroom
Directions:
Complete a written response explaining three ways in which Bruno is jealous of Shmuel and how this illustrates Bruno’s lack of knowledge of the situation at Auschwitz. Include evidence to support your three claims. Don’t forget the importance of the explanations/commentary. Don’t forget the “it is evident” statement to wrap up your paragraph.
Support if needed: Again, I have included ideas for the thesis statement as well as the three claims, which can be located in the directions in Google Classroom.
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Writing Assignments for the week of Week of April 13-17
Writing- Mrs. Lochner jlochner@pcsdk12.org
Monday, April 13
Complete the Identifying Nouns practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
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Tuesday, April 14
Complete the Identifying Pronouns practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
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Wednesday, April 15
Complete the Identifying Adjectives practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
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Thursday, April 16
Complete the Identifying Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives test in Google Classroom Writing.
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Friday, April 17
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Written Response: Point of View (Google Classroom)
Directions:
Complete a written response answering the following questions: From what point of view is the story being told? What impact does this point of view have on the story and the reader’s understanding of the plot and characters? Include evidence to support your three claims. Don’t forget the importance of the explanations/commentary. Don’t forget the “it is evident” statement to wrap up your paragraph.
Support if needed: Again, I have included ideas for the thesis statement as well as the three claims, which can be located in the directions in Google Classroom.
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Writing Assignments for the week of April 6-10
Writing - Mrs. Lochner jlochner@pcsdk12.org
Language/Grammar
Complete the sentence practice in Google Classroom Writing. There is a review video attached for support.
Monday: April 6
Identifying Sentences
Tuesday: April 7
Identifying Subjects
Wednesday: April 8
Identifying Predicates/Verbs
Thursday: April 9
Classifying and Punctuating Sentences
Writing Assignments
Due on Wednesday, April 8
Movie Poster Activity
In Google Classroom Writing
Writing Assignments for the week of March 30 - April 3
Writing- Mrs. Lochner jlochner@pcsdk12.org
Language/Grammar
To begin, you will need to join my classroom quill.org/join/main-hotel.
As Leo was trying to sign in, he realized that he needed to sign up. “ Hit student and then use the class code main-hotel” . Thanks Leo!
You will find 4 sentences combining practice exercises. Complete one a day as your language warm-up. The due dates are attached to each assignment.
Monday-Friday
This week you will complete a literary analysis task. You will analyze a passage from The Georges and the Jewels and a passage from Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse.
Both passages were written from the first person point of view. Write an essay in which you compare the way the authors use first person point of view to develop the characters. Be sure to cite specific examples from both passages.
In Google Classroom, you will find:
the passages
the essay prompt
a template to help you with the structure of the essay