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Week 4
Monday, 9/25: Bellwork: p. 24 & 25 Vocabulary Workshop "Completing the Sentence"; Practice Test; "White Fang" + Oral Literature response; book talks (Mrs. Humer) & book selection
HW: Write out the literature response that you gave orally. Should be 1/4-1/2 page of written response using the RACE framework and a prompt from the setting section or from the thematic section.
Tuesday, 9/262: REACH Performance Task; "White Fang"; oral literature responses focused on setting
TEST OVER UNIT 1 VOCABULARY TERMS ON THURSDAYYYYYYYYYYY
Wednesday, 9/27: Analysis of "Still I Rise" and "Mother to Son"; Comments about graded literature responses; Book group plan. HW: Test tomorrow; Read towards your Friday goal for your book circle group. (Click below for book circle title synopses.)
Thursday, 9/28: Vocabulary test; Comparison of "Still I Rise" and "Mother to Son." Graphic organization of perseverance.
HW: 1) Lyric Assignment due Monday, 10/2; 2) Have read to the first benchmark of your Book Circle book by 10/2; 3) Lit logs and responses due tomorrow.
Friday, 9/29: Read excerpt from Gary Soto's Jesse and highlight passages that indicate hard work; Workshop: Lyric Assignment & Book Circle prep.
HW: 1) Have read to the first benchmark of your Book Circle book by 10/2 and prepare your Book Circle job(s); 3) Lyric Assignment due Monday 10/2.
Week 5
Monday, 10/2:
Bellwork: write an original poem (8-10 lines) with perseverance as the main theme; Book circles (meeting 1); analysis of Jesse excerpt with annotations.
HW: Read "Oranges" by Gary Soto and answer the questions on the right.
Tuesday, 10/3: Continue reading Jesse excerpt; compare/contrast with "Oranges"; "housekeeping items": log completed written pieces, log books read, reflect on 1st book circle meeting, reflect on performance of literature responses thus far, make plan with book group for Friday's meeting.
HW: 1) be thinking about an item for "Show and Tell" that demonstrates the concept of perseverance in your life; 2) respond to the Gary Soto texts...which text better demonstrates the concept of perseverance (provide text evidence/response should follow the SRACE format)
Wednesday, 10/4: "Synonyms and Antonyms" p. 32; Read "Seventh Grade"pp. 123-127 and complete comp ?s (grey handout)
Thursday, 10/5:
Friday, 10/6:
Week 6
Monday, 10/9: NO SCHOOL, Columbus Day
Tuesday, 10/10:
Bellwork-Vocabulary Workshop, "Completing the Sentence" p. 31-32
"Hold Fast" drama; Essay contest-What does it mean to "hold fast"? Winners will receive a pumpkin!
Wednesday, 10/11: Show & Tell presentations; Unit 2 notes; HW: finish "Completing the Sentence" on p. 31-32
Thursday, 10/12: Show & Tell presentations; Unit 2 notes
Friday, 10/13: Show & Tell presentations
Week 7
Monday, 10/16: final Show & Tell presentation + summative reflection; "tinkering" with figurative language and gritty themes; QFT Step 1 "Characters with Character"
HW: 1) prep for tomorrow's final book circle; 2) complete the green "extra practice" vocabulary worksheet.
Tuesday, 10/17:
Bellwork: quiz your neighbors over Unit 2 vocab.
Book circles-Final 'regular' mtg + discuss excerpts and vocab to share out; Papers handed back. Finish up "Characters with Character" QFT
Wednesday, 10/18: No bellwork. Chromebook workshop day. Tasks 1-4 for transforming perseverance 5-sentence summary into a poem. Group time to prep book circle share-out.
Thursday, 10/19: Cyber-bullying assembly, class may start late...
HW: Literature Logs and Responses due
Friday, 10/20: Show and Tell redo. October! Book Circle share outs. Have a great weekend!!!
Week 8
Monday, 10/23:
Bellwork: Synonyms and Antonyms, Unit 3; Classwork: 1) Read "St. Crispian's Day Speech"; 2) Read excerpt from "The Midwife's Apprentice" and write a half page of response; 3) youtube clip; 4) FEAST notes (identifying and analyzing character).
Tuesday, 10/24: Bellwork: Read the "Connecting Social Studies to Literature" information and identify 5-7 examples of how Cushman has embedded appropriate details into The Midwife's Apprentice. Classwork: youtube clip #2 + close reading of "St. Crispian's Day" speech with group questions.
Wednesday, 10/25:
Thursday, 10/26:
HW: Literature Logs and Responses due tomorrow
Friday, 10/27: Close reading for Harrison Bergeron, complete reading guide handout; Characterization practice with youtube clips.
Week 9
Monday, 10/30:
Bellwork: Write a statement in which you hypothesize Kurt Vonnegut's reason and purpose for writing the short story "Harrison Bergeron"
Classwork: 1) Close reading of "HB" identifying text examples in support of your hypothesis for Vonnegut's purpose. 2) Characterization quiz. 3) Duncan characterization. 4) Read and "code" the character sketch for the Tom Sawyer excerpt.
Tuesday, 10/31: Bellwork: Read the definition of satire.
Classwork: Think and Write...What was Vonnegut satirizing and/or ridiculing?; Log on to NEWSELA. Select an article of your choosing and take the quiz. https://newsela.com/quickjoin/#/968CP2; Google Expedition; Choice time.
Wednesday, 11/1:
Bellwork:
Classwork: "Philosophical Chairs" "Kurt Vonnegut was opposed to equality."; Read "All Summer in a Day" and consider Bradbury's message.
HW: Literature Logs and due tomorrow
Thursday, 11/2:
Bellwork: update reading and writing logs
Classwork: Re-read "All Summer in a Day" for details; Tinkering/building a character; FINGO!
Friday, 11/3: No School...Teacher's Professional Development Day
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