ELA 7
ELA 7
Monday Meeting
Free Write
Begin the IXL Diagnostic (Due Monday)
Grammar: Prepositions!
ASSIGNMENT: Memorize 40 prepositions! QUIZ Tuesday of next week.
THINK-ALOUD: "Let's Not Use Mars as a Backup Planet"
Vocabulary Quiz
Complete the Source Credibility Activity (due tomorrow)
Preposition Practice! QUIZ Tuesday.
Join our ELA class on Checkology! Link is posted on Google Classroom.
Complete "Is it Legit?" as a class.
First Chapter Friday!
Finish "Is it Legit?" as a class.
Time to finish the IXL Diagnostic, read, work on the reading project, or practice your prepositions!
Preposition QUIZ Tuesday
Assignment details are posted on Google Classroom. You should be almost halfway done with your book soon!
No class due to Math MAP
Finish the "All Summer in a Day" assignment.
Complete the Critical Thinking Activity
Time to read or work on vocabulary.
REMINDER: Vocabulary Quiz is next Wednesday. I will record mastery scores the morning of the quiz.
No class due to Reading MAP
No class due to Language MAP
Assignment details are posted on Google Classroom. You should be almost halfway done with your book soon!
Quick Vocabulary Activity
Read, "All Summer in a Day," and begin the questions.
We will finish the assignment in class on Wednesday of next week.
NOTE: Vocabulary has been postponed!
Vocab QUIZ: Wednesday, 9/16. Mastery scores will be recorded the morning of the quiz.
Finish the "Ode to Enchanted Light" lesson and assignment
Begin a new vocabulary list: "ELA 7 List One"
QUIZ one week from today. Mastery scores will be recorded the morning of the quiz.
Quick-Vocabulary: Write a short silly story using all of your vocabulary words. Your story should convey the meaning of the words.
"How to Read a Poem"
Begin the "Ode to Enchanted Light" assignment. We will finish tomorrow.
Monday Meeting!
REMINDER: September Book Project starts tomorrow!
Posted on Google Classroom. Due 9/31.
**You must have a book every day in class starting TOMORROW.
ACTIVITY: Partner Reading
Write a summary. Due tomorrow if not done in class.
We will begin an online vocabulary list this Wednesday. QUIZ one week from Wednesday.
First Chapter Friday!
Finish Phase 2 of the DBI (Document-Based Inquiry)
Quick Practice: Grammar and Editing
Document-Based Inquiry Activity
Word Puzzles
Vocabulary Activity
See-Think-Wonder Activity
Monday Meeting!
Introduce the September Book Project! Posted on Google Classroom. Due 9/31.
**You must have a book every day in class starting the September 1st.
View: "When Science Fiction Becomes Fact"
View and Write Activity: "Zooming Out..." & "The Blue Dot"
IXL has been cancelled for this week.
First Chapter Friday
Story Exchange Activity
"The Story of My Name"
Quick-Practice: Grammar
Type "The Story of My Name"
Review "esoteric". Can you define it and use it in a sentence?
Make sure you revise and edit your assignment before you submit it on Google Classroom. It is due by the end of the day.
Quick-Practice: Critical Thinking Activity
Read two more examples of "The Story of My Name" and review assignment details. Research your name and work on your rough draft.
HOMEWORK: Finish your name research and rough draft, and make sure you have asked your family about your name. Take some notes.
Quick-Practice: Vocabulary
View and Write Activity "The Story of My Name"
Jigsaw Reading Activity
HOMEWORK: Go home and ask your family about your name. Take some notes.
In class tomorrow, we will write about your name using these questions:
Who determined your name?
Why this particular name?
Does your name have a special meaning?
Were you named after another person?
What is an important, funny, or interesting story about your name?
What makes your name important?
Welcome back to school, everyone! Today we had a class meeting, discussed our weekly routines, and organized our materials. Make sure that you have put your name on your notebooks and other supplies. Materials for ELA: Large, college-ruled notebook with folders. If you ordered the school supply box, you will use the Mead 5-Star notebook from your box. You will also need a pencil or pen and a highlighter. We will occasionally use other supplies, but I will give you advance notice so you can be ready for class. It is going to be a great year!