7th Language Arts
7TH LANGUAGE ARTS
Wed. 8/22 - Seating assignments, introductions, room tour
Thurs. 8/23 - Diagnostic test, syllabus (due by Sept. 1st) REMIND 101 setup
Fri. 8/24 - Edison Expectations, MLA headings, DGP (Daily Grammar Practice - bellwork) Appendix B
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Mon. 8/27 - DGP Week One, "Complete Subjects and Predicates"
Tues. 8/28 - Finish grammar lesson "Complete Subjects and Predicates" GWB pgs. 1-3
Wed. 8/29 - "Simple Subjects" grammar worksheets pages 4-6
Thurs. 8/30 - Grammar lesson "Simple Predicates, or Verbs" pages 7-9
Fri. 8/31 - DGP Week One due today - Read "All Summer in a Day" Do: pg. 100, 1-5
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Mon. 9/3 - Labor Day
Tues. 9/4 - DGP Week 2 - Finish "All Summer in a Day"
Wed. 9/5 - DGP Week 2 - "Verb Phrases" workbook pages 10-12
Thurs. 9/6 - DGP Week 2 - Journal Entry #2
Fri. 9/7 - DGP Week 2 due today - "Compound Sentence Parts" grammar pages 13-15
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Mon. 9/10 - MAPS Testing
Tues. 9/11 - MAPS Testing
Wed. 9/12 - review for grammar test
Thurs. 9/13 - grammar work book pages 1-15 test
Fri. 9/14 - Journal Entry #3 - 1st person "The Banker's Diary"
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Mon. 9/17 - DGP Week 3 GWB 16-18 "Kinds of Sentences"
Tues. 9/18 - "Shame" short story (do questions 1-4)
Wed. 9/19 - Journal entry #4
Thurs. 9/20 - GWB pgs. 19-21 "Subjects in Unusual Order"
Fri. 9/21 - Quizlet live - grammar terms
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Mon. 9/24 - DGP Week 4 - GWB pgs. 22-24 "Complements: Subject Complements"
Tues. 9/25 - Amplify - Phineus Gage
Wed. 9/26 - GWB 25-27 "Complements: Objects of Verbs" (Advisory today)
Thurs. 9/27 - Amplify - Phineus Gage
Fri. 9/28 - DGP Week 4 due today - Amplify - "Phineus Gage"
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Mon. 10/1 - DGP Week 5 - Amplify "Phineus Gage"
Tues. 10/2 -Cause and Effect
Wed. 10/3 - Amplify - Phineus Gage - continue writing project (Advisory today)
Thurs. 10/4 - "Fragments and Run-Ons"
Fri. 10/5 - DGP Week 5 due today - Grammar Terms
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Mon. 10/8 - finish "Fragments and Run-Ons" - DGP Week 6
Tues. 10/9 - Amplify "Phineus Gage"
Wed. 10/10 - Short Story - Literary Terms
Thurs. 10/11 - Review for grammar workbook test (part 2)
Fri. 10/12 - DGP Week 6 due; grammar workbook test over pages 16-30
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Mon. 10/15 - Amplify "Phineus Gage"
Tues. 10/16 - Amplify "Phineus Gage"
10/17 - Fall Break
10/18 - Fall Break
10/19 - Fall Break
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Mon. 10/22 - Teacher Professional Day (no school)
Tues. 10/23 - DGP Week 7; GWB pgs. 31-33 "Kinds of Nouns"
Wed. 10/24 - finishing "Kinds of Nouns" then Amplify "Phineas Gage"
Thurs. 10/25 - GWB pgs. 34-36 "Singular and Plural Nouns"
Fri. 10/26 - DGP Week 7 due; Noun Review
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Mon. 10/29 - DGP Week 8; finish noun review sheets; DGP test review
Tues. 10/30 - DGP test over weeks 6,7 & 8
Wed. 10/31 - Amplify "Getting the Verb Right"
Thurs. 11/1 - GWB pgs. 37-39 "Possessive Nouns"
Fri. 11/2 - DGP Week 8 due today; Nouns review worksheet
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Mon. 11/5 - DGP Week 9; GWB 40-42 "Compound Nouns"
Tues. 11/6 - GWB 43-45 "Nouns and Their Jobs"
Wed. 11/7 - Amplify "Experiments in Revision"
Thurs. 11/8 - Finish "Nouns and Their Jobs" - Amplify - revision
Fri. 11/9 - DGP Week 9 due
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Mon. 11/12 - DGP Week 10, Amplify "Phineus Gage"
Tues. 11/13 - nouns review over GWB pgs. 31-45 (test tomorrow) - study guides handed out
Wed. 11/14 - test over GWB pgs. 31-45 Nouns Unit
Thurs. 11/15 - Amplify essay segment "What Went Wrong?" (Phineus Gage's Accident)
Fri. 11/16 - "Phineus Gage" Kahoot - DGP Week 10 Due
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Mon. 11/19 - Sentence phrase game - no DGP this week
Tues. 11/20 - Typing practice
Wed. - Fri. - Thanksgiving Break
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Mon. 11/26 - Amplify "Phineas Gage" writing prompt - DGP Week 11
Tues. 11/27 - Amplify "Grammar Flex Day"
Wed. 11/28 - Amplify "Phineas Gage" Unit 1, Chapter 9
Thurs. 11/29 - MAPS Testing
Fri. 11/30 - MAPS Testing make-ups - DGP Week 11 due today
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Mon. 12/3 - DGP Week 12; GWB pgs. 46-48 "What Is a Pronoun?"
Tues. 12/4 - Amplify - "Phineas Gage" Unit One Chapter 10
Wed. 12/5 - GWB pgs. 49-51 "Subject Pronouns"
Thurs. 12/6 - Amplify - GWB pgs. 52-54 "Object Pronouns"
Fri. 12/7 - Grammar Quizlet competition - DGP Week 12 due today
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Mon. 12/11 - DGP Week 13; GWB 55-57 "Possessive Pronouns"
Tues. 12/12 - Amplify Vocabulary
Wed. 12/13 - Amplify - "Phineaus Gage"
Thurs. 12/14 - GWB 58-60 "Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns"
Fri. 12/15 - DGP Week 13 due today; Homonyms & Commonly Confused Words
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Mon. 12/17 - "How Words Are Added" - DGP Week 14 - Amplify Vocabulary
Tues. 12/18 - Review for Semester Finals - Pronouns Unit
Wed. 12/19 - Review for Semester Finals - Literary Terms
Thurs. 12/20 - Semester Finals for hours 1,3,5 & 7- DGP Week 14 due today
Fri. 12/21 - Block Schedule for Semester Finals
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Mon. 1/7 - DGP Week 15- Academic Vocab over "The Miracle Worker"
Tues. 1/8 - Media clip of "The Miracle Worker" - then begin reading aloud Act One
Wed. 1/19 - Continue reading aloud from "The Miracle Worker" Act One
Thurs. 1/10 - Continue reading aloud from "The Miracle Worker" Act One
Fri. 1/11 - DGP Week 15 due today - Work on Academic Vocab for "TMW"
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Mon. 1/14 -DGP Week 16
Tues. 1/15 -"What Is a Verb?" GWB pgs. 76-78
Wed. 1/16 - Begin reading Act @ "TMW"
Thurs. 1/17 - DGP Week 16 due today -Academic Vocab for Act 2 of The Miracle Worker
Fri. 1/18 - No school, Teacher Professional Day
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1/21 - Mon. - No school, MLK Day
1/22 - Tues. - DGP Week 17 - finish Academic Vocab packet for Act 2 - GWB pgs. 79-81 "Action Verbs and Objects"
1/23 - Wed. - Reading Act 2 "TMW"
1/24 - Thurs. - Finish Act 2 "TMW"
1/25 - Fri. - DGP Week 17 due today - GWB pgs. 82-84 "Linking Verbs and Predicate Words"
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1/28 - Mon. - DGP Week 18; TMW Act III reading
1/29 - Tues. - ""Principal Parts of Verbs" GWB 85-87
1/30 - Wed. - Finish Act III (end of drama unit)
1/31 - Thurs. -"Simple Tenses" GWB 91-93
2/1 - Fri. - DGP Week 18 due today - Media "The Miracle Worker"
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2/4 - Mon. - DGP Week 19 - "Perfect Tenses" GWB 94-96
2/5 - Tues. -"Using Verb Tenses" GWB 97-99
2/6 - Wed. - Verb tense review
2/7 - Thurs. - "Troublesome Verb Tenses" GWB 100-102
2/8 - Fri. - DGP Week 19 - Verb Kahoot
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2/11 - Mon. - DGP Week 20; Novel Unit - So B. It, by Sarah Weeks
2/13 - Tues. - Continued reading in Novel Unit
2/14 - Wed. - Verb worksheets returned - review for Verb Unit Test tomorrow
2/15 - Thurs. - Test over Verb Unit
2/16 - Fri. - DGP Week 20 due - GWB pgs. 103-105 "What Is an Adjective?"
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2/19 - Mon. President's Day - No School
2/20 - Tues. - DGP Week 21; GWB pgs. 106-108 "Predicate Adjectives"
2/21 - Wed. - Continued reading in Novel Unit
2/22 - Thurs. - GWB pgs. 109-111 "Other Words Used as Adjectives"
2/23 - Fri. - DGP Week 21 due today - Adjectives Kahoot
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2/26 - Mon. - DGP Week 22; finish reading of novel
2/27 - Tues. - Writing project over novel unit - Theme
2/28 - Wed. - "What Is and Adverb?"
3/1 - Thurs. - "Adverb or Adjective?"
3/2 - Fri. - "Making Comparisons" - DGP 22 due today
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3/5 - Mon. - No School - inclement weather
3/6 - Tues. - DGP Week 23; "Avoiding Double Negatives"
3/7 - Wed. - "Types of Objects"/"Direct Objects"
3/8 - Thurs. - Diagramming practice
3/9 - Fri. - DGP Week 23 due today - Diagramming practice
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3/12 - Mon. - No DGP this week due to short week - Adjectives test review
3/13 - Tues. - Short Story "The Ransom of Red Chief" (writing about foreshadowing and irony)
3/14 - Wed. Test over Adjectives unit
3/15 - No School
3/16 - No School
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3-19 to 3-23 - Off for springtime break.
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3/25 - Mon. - DGP Week 24; short story (word play and suspense) "To Serve Man"
3/26 - Tues. - "What Is a Preposition?" GWB 124-126
3/27 - Wed. - short story "The Dinner Party" (Diction, Turning Point)
3/28 - Thurs. - GWB 127-129 "Using Prepositional Phrases"
3/29 - Fri. - DGP Week 24 due today; preposition posters
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4/1 - Mon - DGP 25; "Conjunctions" GWB pgs. 130-132
4/2 - Tue - Buckle Down (OSTP prep ) words in context
4/3 - Wed - GWB pgs. 133-135 "Interjections"
4/4 - Thur - OSTP Prep (Prentice Hall) roots, prefixes, and suffixes
4/5 - Fri - OSTP Prep (On line practices); DGP Week 25 due today
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4/8 - Mon. - OSTP Practices - words in context and vocabulary
4/9 - Tues. - OSTP Practices - literary devices
4/10 - Wed. - OSTP Testing
4/11 - Thurs. - OSTP Practices - writing
4/12 - Fri. - OSTP Testing
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4/15 - Mon. - DGP 26; "GWB pgs. 178-180 "People and Cultures"
4/16 - Tues. - "The Lesson of the Moth" (Essay writing practice)
4/17 - Wed. - Media "The Diary of Anne Frank"
4/18 - Thurs. - GWB pgs. 184-186 "Places and Transportation"
4/19 - Fri. - Punctuation and capitalization games (Kahoot!)
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4/22 - Mon. - DGP 27; GWB pgs. 181-183 "First Words and Titles"
4/23 - Tues. - Drama Unit "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"
4/24 - Wed. - GWB pgs. 187-189 "Organizations and Other Subjects"
4/25 - Thurs. - "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"
4/26 - Fri. - DGP 27 due today; "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"
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4/29 - Mon. - DGP Week 28; GWB 190-192 "Periods and Other End Marks"
4/30 - Tues. - "An Eyewitness Account" (writing practice)
5/1 - Wed. - GWB 193-195 "Commas in Sentences"
5/2 - Thurs. - "John Brown" and "The Who" reading comprehension practices
5/3 - Fri. - DGP Week 28 due today; "The Montgomery Bus Boycott" reading comprehension practice
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5/6 - Mon. - DGP Week 29; GWB 196-198 "Commas: Dates, Addresses, and Letters"
5/7 - Tues. -; MAPS Testing
5/8 - Wed. -; MAPS Testing
5/9 - Thurs. - Make up for MAPS Testing
5/10 - Fri. - DGP 29 due today; Quizlet
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5/13 - Mon. - DGP 30 - GWB pgs. 202-204 "Semi-Colons and Colons"
5/14 - Tues. - GWB pgs. 205-207 "Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses"
5/15 - Wed. - GWB pgs. 208-210 "Apostrophes"
5/16 - Thurs. - GWB pgs. 211-213 "Punctuating Titles"
5/17 - Fri. - finals review; locker cleanout; DGP 30 due today
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5/20 - Mon. - Inclement Weather Day - No School
5/21 - Tues. - Inclement Weather Day - No School
5/22 - Wed. - Finals