Stay warm! This is the end of the quarter. We're halfway through the year!
Thank you to all of you who participated in the Do the Write Thing writing project!!!
Please click here to view the breakdown of the expectations for the Poetry Project. All three components of the project are due on 1/31.
GQ IDEAS/SRACE LITERATURE RESPONSES AND READING LOGS WILL NOW BE DUE ON WEDNESDAYS..........
IXL SKILLS WILL BE DUE WEEKLY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY FRIDAY BEFORE THE START OF CLASS
Notes on poetry terms with youtube clips.
Rereading and analysis of "Lather, Nothing Else"
Bellringer: How did tbe barber arrive at his decision to let Captain Torres remain alive? What factors played into his decision? Did he make the right decision?
HW: 3 IXL skills (preferably literary device skills)
Clip of The Book Thief
A Christmas Carol: dramatization in a circle with students reading aloud; answer comp ?s 1-5
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Projects due on Monday
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Paraphrasing and Summarizing mini-lessons
Comparing and Contrasting Atticus and Hans Hubermann
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Bellringer: Write an objective summary for "The Other Side of Sandpaper"
Partner re-read the chapter using the "Say something" strategy for questions and observations.
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HW: Be able to reproduce the outline of your project.
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Video clip: To Kill a Mockingbird
HW: 30 notes due on Monday
Mini Lesson: outlines and taking notes
Philosophical Chairs: Scout and Jem are too young....
HW: IXL Grade 7, Citation skills O.2, O.3, O.4; Reading Logs
Ch. 11 Read aloud
Self Assessment of GQ IDEA 11_30
HW: IXL Grade 7, Citation skills O.2, O.3, O.4 due Friday and 5 articles due Thursday
Vocabulary Test over Units 3 and 4
Search for 5 articles for your Research Project
Ch. 11 Reread
HW: IXL Grade 7, Citation skills O.2, O.3, O.4 due Friday and 5 articles due Thursday
Listening quiz
Research Project "roll out"
Citations Mini-Lesson for IXL skills
Ch. 11 TKAM close read: 1) partner read and 2) look for evidence of a small, southern Depression-era setting AND 3) text structure with 7-10 details
HW: IXL Grade 7, Citation skills O.2, O.3, O.4
Bellringer: Sentence Completion, p. 54 (Due by end of period.)
Archetypes: 1) Notes; 2) Shmoop youtube clip.
Workshop: NEWSELA article or IXL makeup
HW: Logs, quiz and GQ IDEA 11_30
Ch. 10 Read aloud
Take a Stand: People in their right minds never take credit for their talents.
HW: read one of the NEWSELA articles assigned: social media or Mexican border articles
Answer Ch. 10 To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) questions with your tablemates.
Notes on Archetypes.
HW: IXL lessons...Text Structure D.3 and D.4; Tone C.3 and E.7 due tomorrow.
Read Ch. 10 and Ch. 11 from To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM).
Notes for U4, terms 11-20.
HW: IXL lessons...Text Structure D.3 and D.4; Tone C.3 and E.7 DUE WEDNESDAY
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IXL D.1
IXL D.2
GQ_IDEA 11_20
Notes for U4, Terms 1-10
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Close reading for mountain climbing terms & passages with vivid verbs and phrases that demonstrate easy-to-visualize movement.
Reread excerpt from Into Thin Air.
IXL exercises on text structure: D.1-D.4. (You may select from grades 6, 7, or 8.)
Peer review of GQ_IDEA 1109 (politics, Fantastic Beasts, or "healthy" labels. Look for similarities and differences. Implement any feedback your partner gives you.
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Class time to workshop on personal bios
Partner work on 6 types of text structure (compare one another's work and amount of data)
HW: bios due Thurs 11/15
U4, Synonyms and Antonyms, p. 55
Into Thin Air excerpt: 1) answer comprehension questions; 2) highlight mountain-terms
Choice time:
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Meet with an "interest" group to discuss the NEWSELA article you read (Harry Potter, Election results, healthy food labels).
HW: Logs and GQ IDEAS are due on Friday, 11/9. Three NEWSELA articles have been assigned. You need only choose one. The revisions to the 11_1 response are due on Tuesday, 11/13.
HW: Logs and GQ IDEAS are due on Friday, 11/9. Three NEWSELA articles have been assigned. You need only choose one.
Text Structure, extra practice worksheet #8. Analyze text using an appropriate graphic organizer.
Unit 3 vocabulary test.
When you are finished: IXL Lesson G7.A1 & G7.C2
FINGO!
November!
Peer Analysis of GQ_IDEA
Text Structure Quiz: https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/text-structure-worksheets/text-structure-practice-01/
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