Lesson Plans


November 4 - November 8

Monday:

  • Introduce Module 2 Unit 1 -distribute Lyddie books and Module 2 Unit 1 workbooks.
  • Gallery Walk:

docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K3W24b40Eg6rQehcb-Dlyx1F_2vWXpS9-ThQnf8lJs8/edit?usp=sharing

  • Complete questions with group
  • WB p.3/4
  • HW: WB p.5/6

Tuesday:

  • check WB p. 5
  • Look at pictures - match with setting descriptions: WB p. 7
  • Read/discuss chapter 1
  • Complete WB p. 10
  • HW: Finish reading chapter 1-2, complete WB p. 8-9

Wednesday:

  • Re-read chapter 1-2 -check for understanding
  • Review/add to WB p. 8-9
  • Reading check-Chapters 1-2
  • Read chapter 3: complete Wb p. 14-15-Finish for HW

Thursday:

  • Check WB pages 14-15
  • Read chapter 4: complete WB pages 16-17
  • Read chapter 5: complete WB pages 18-19
  • HW: Review chapters 3/4-Reading check on Tuesday 11/12

Friday:

  • Media Center Stations completed in the classroom


October 21 - October 25

Monday

  • D.O.L. Week 6
  • self/peer edit essays
  • Read WB p. 97 Model Two Voice Poem
  • WB p. 99/100- Performance task
  • HW: Choose survival factors-complete 1 line of graphic organizer-WB p. 100- Final Draft of essay due Wednesday

Tuesday

  • D.O.L.
  • Writing the Two Voice Poem
  • HW: Two Voice Poem graphic organizer (complete 2 more rows)- Final copy of essay due Wednesday

Wednesday

  • D.O.L.
  • 7th grade ELA Common Formative Assessment

Thursday

  • D.O.L.
  • 7th grade ELA Common Formative Assessment

Friday

  • Quarter 1 Celebration/Remediation

October 14 - October 18

Monday

  • D.O.L. Week 5
  • 5 paragraph essay handout
  • Writing an introduction video clip
  • Write intro. for essay
  • Peer edit intro.
  • HW: correct and improve introduction and write conclusion

Tuesday

  • D.O.L.
  • Peer edit conclusion
  • Examine model essay
  • Write 3 body paragraphs
  • Peer edit body paragraphs
  • HW: Be sure rough draft is complete

Wednesday

  • D.O.L.
  • Peer editing
  • Type essay
  • HW: Finish draft. Bring a printed copy to class

Thursday

  • D.O.L.
  • Typing Essay
  • HW: Finish Essay

Friday

  • D.O.L.
  • Complete essays
  • Digital Portfolio-Upload essay

October 7 - October 11

Monday

  • WB p. 76
  • World Cafe discussion questions/charts with groups to review for ALWTW Mid Unit Assessment tomorrow
  • Video- Water For South Sudan and WB p. 79
  • HW- WB p. 77-79

Tuesday

  • Mid Unit 2 Assessment
  • HW- Ted Talks -watch and complete graphic organizer

Wednesday

No School- Teacher Workday

Thursday

  • Challenges/survival factors chart
  • Introduce Essay Prompt WB p. 81
  • Model Essay WB p.83
  • Planning Writing graphic organizer
  • HW: Add 2 quotes to graphic organizer

Friday

  • Collect Ted Talk handout
  • Essay graphic organizer


September 30 - October 4

Monday

NO SCHOOL


Tuesday

Media Center : Getting the Gist : Survival Stations

Homework: ALWTW - Read ch. 14 & 15, Do WB p. 65 & 66


Wednesday

In class: Receive DOL Week 4 WS- complete Tuesday's and Wednesday's sentences

  • Use gist notes on WB p. 65 to add 1 challenge and 1 survival factor from chapters 14 and 15 to the chart -WB p. 40-41
  • Re-read article on WB p. 16. Underline details that answer the question- "Why was Sudan a challenging place to survive ?"
  • At the top of WB p. 16 write-* in the book and article
  • Look at the underlined info. on WB p. 16 and put a * next to items mentioned in ALWTW

Homework: ALWTW - Read ch. 16 - 18, Do WB p. 68, 69, and 71


Thursday

In Class: DOL Week 4 WS- complete Thursday's sentences

Watch Linda Sue Park and Salva Dut interview

Homework: None

*ALWTW ch. 11-18 Reading Check tomorrow!


Friday

In class:

DOL-complete Friday's sentences

Collect DOL Week 4 WS

*ALWTW ch. 11-18 Reading Check

First Chapter Friday


September 23 - 27

Monday - D.O.L. Week 3

Theme: video clip, WB p. 38

WB p.40

HW: Read ch.6 - Fill in Gist on Reader's Notes p. 43

Tuesday -

D.O.L. Week 3

WB p. 45 -vocab. entry task

WB p. 44 - Reader's Dictionary

WB p. 40 - Survival Anchor Chart

HW: Read ch. 7/8 - complete p. 47-49

Wednesday -

D.O.L. Week 3

WB p. 50 -entry task

Review Reader's Dictionary

WB p. 42 - Salva/Nya Anchor chart - add for ch. 7/8

WB p. 53/54 - cross out significance boxes - p. 54: find/explain, and analyze 1 quote from ch. 6, 7, or 8. Must be about how family helps Nya/Salva Survive

HW: Read ch. 9/10, do WB p. 51/52

Thursday -

D.O.L. week 3

Review End of Unit 1 assessment

WB p. 59/60

HW: Read ch. 11-13 , do WB p. 55/56

Friday -

Interims go home

D.O.L. week 3

Reading check ch. 6 - 10

Time for make -up work based on interim report


September 16 - 20

Monday - i-Ready testing (reading)

Graded work returned

* Receive DOL Week #2 WS - collect Friday

**Receive Map Project - due Friday

In Class: WB p. 23 and 24

Homework: WB p. 27 and 28



Tuesday - i-Ready testing (math)

Homework: WB p. 24 and 25 - gist for each paragraph



Wednesday

In Class: Return Mid-Unit Assessment and analyze in order to do better on the End-of-Unit Assessment.

Review gist of Excerpt 2, WB p. 24-25, write summary

Homework: WB p. 30

*Map Project due FRIDAY!



Thursday - Open House 5-7 PM

In Class: Read Article-WB p. 33- annotate for gist, review vocabulary

Homework: Read WB p. 34 - gist for each paragraph

*Map Project due TOMORROW!!!



Friday

*Collect DOL Week 2 WS

**Collect Map Project

In Class: Module 1, Unit 1 End-of-Unit Assessment

Homework: None






November 4 - November 8

Monday:

  • Introduce Module 2 Unit 1 -distribute Lyddie books and Module 2 Unit 1 workbooks.
  • Gallery Walk:

docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K3W24b40Eg6rQehcb-Dlyx1F_2vWXpS9-ThQnf8lJs8/edit?usp=sharing

  • Complete questions with group
  • WB p.3/4
  • HW: WB p.5/6

Tuesday:

  • check WB p. 5
  • Look at pictures - match with setting descriptions: WB p. 7
  • Read/discuss chapter 1
  • Complete WB p. 10
  • HW: Finish reading chapter 1-2, complete WB p. 8-9

Wednesday:

  • Re-read chapter 1-2 -check for understanding
  • Review/add to WB p. 8-9
  • Reading check-Chapters 1-2
  • Read chapter 3: complete Wb p. 14-15-Finish for HW

Thursday:

  • Check WB pages 14-15
  • Read chapter 4: complete WB pages 16-17
  • Complete 2 media center stations together:
  • HW: Review chapters 3/4

Friday:

  • Reading Check- ch.3/4
  • Media Center Stations



October 21 - October 25

Monday

  • D.O.L. Week 6
  • self/peer edit essays
  • Read WB p. 97 Model Two Voice Poem
  • WB p. 99/100- Performance task
  • HW: Choose survival factors-complete 1 line of graphic organizer-WB p. 100- Final Draft of essay due Wednesday

Tuesday

  • D.O.L.
  • Writing the Two Voice Poem
  • HW: Two Voice Poem graphic organizer (complete 2 more rows)- Final copy of essay due Wednesday

Wednesday

  • D.O.L.
  • 7th grade ELA Common Formative Assessment

Thursday

  • D.O.L.
  • 7th grade ELA Common Formative Assessment

Friday

  • Quarter 1 Celebration/Remediation

October 14 - October 18

Monday

  • D.O.L. Week 5
  • 5 paragraph essay handout
  • Writing an introduction video clip
  • Write intro. for essay
  • Peer edit intro.
  • HW: correct and improve introduction and write conclusion

Tuesday

  • D.O.L.
  • Peer edit conclusion
  • Examine model essay
  • Write 3 body paragraphs
  • Peer edit body paragraphs
  • HW: Be sure rough draft is complete

Wednesday

  • D.O.L.
  • Peer editing
  • Type essay
  • HW: Finish draft. Bring a printed copy to class

Thursday

  • D.O.L.
  • Typing Essay
  • HW: Finish Essay

Friday

  • D.O.L.
  • Complete essays
  • Digital Portfolio-Upload essay

October 7 - October 11

Monday

  • WB p. 76
  • World Cafe discussion questions/charts with groups to review for ALWTW Mid Unit Assessment tomorrow
  • Video- Water For South Sudan and WB p. 79
  • HW- WB p. 77-79

Tuesday

  • Mid Unit 2 Assessment
  • HW- Ted Talks -watch and complete graphic organizer

Wednesday

No School- Teacher Workday

Thursday

  • Challenges/survival factors chart
  • Introduce Essay Prompt WB p. 81
  • Model Essay WB p.83
  • Planning Writing graphic organizer
  • HW: Add 2 quotes to graphic organizer

Friday

  • Collect Ted Talk handout
  • Essay graphic organizer


September 30 - October 4

Monday

NO SCHOOL


Tuesday

Media Center : Getting the Gist : Survival Stations

Homework: ALWTW - Read ch. 14 & 15, Do WB p. 65 & 66


Wednesday

In class: Receive DOL Week 4 WS- complete Tuesday's and Wednesday's sentences

  • Use gist notes on WB p. 65 to add 1 challenge and 1 survival factor from chapters 14 and 15 to the chart -WB p. 40-41
  • Re-read article on WB p. 16. Underline details that answer the question- "Why was Sudan a challenging place to survive ?"
  • At the top of WB p. 16 write-* in the book and article
  • Look at the underlined info. on WB p. 16 and put a * next to items mentioned in ALWTW

Homework: ALWTW - Read ch. 16 - 18, Do WB p. 68, 69, and 71


Thursday

In Class: DOL Week 4 WS- complete Thursday's sentences

Watch Linda Sue Park and Salva Dut interview

Homework: None

*ALWTW ch. 11-18 Reading Check tomorrow!


Friday

In class:

DOL-complete Friday's sentences

Collect DOL Week 4 WS

*ALWTW ch. 11-18 Reading Check

First Chapter Friday


September 23 - 27

Monday - D.O.L. Week 3

Theme: video clip, WB p. 38

WB p.40

HW: Read ch.6 - Fill in Gist on Reader's Notes p. 43

Tuesday -

D.O.L. Week 3

WB p. 45 -vocab. entry task

WB p. 44 - Reader's Dictionary

WB p. 40 - Survival Anchor Chart

HW: Read ch. 7/8 - complete p. 47-49

Wednesday -

D.O.L. Week 3

WB p. 50 -entry task

Review Reader's Dictionary

WB p. 42 - Salva/Nya Anchor chart - add for ch. 7/8

WB p. 53/54 - cross out significance boxes - p. 54: find/explain, and analyze 1 quote from ch. 6, 7, or 8. Must be about how family helps Nya/Salva Survive

HW: Read ch. 9/10, do WB p. 51/52

Thursday -

D.O.L. week 3

Review End of Unit 1 assessment

WB p. 59/60

HW: Read ch. 11-13 , do WB p. 55/56

Friday -

Interims go home

D.O.L. week 3

Reading check ch. 6 - 10

Time for make -up work based on interim report


September 16 - 20

Monday - i-Ready testing (reading)

Graded work returned

* Receive DOL Week #2 WS - collect Friday

**Receive Map Project - due Friday

In Class: WB p. 23 and 24

Homework: WB p. 27 and 28



Tuesday - i-Ready testing (math)

Homework: WB p. 24 and 25 - gist for each paragraph



Wednesday

In Class: Return Mid-Unit Assessment and analyze in order to do better on the End-of-Unit Assessment.

Review gist of Excerpt 2, WB p. 24-25, write summary

Homework: WB p. 30

*Map Project due FRIDAY!



Thursday - Open House 5-7 PM

In Class: Read Article-WB p. 33- annotate for gist, review vocabulary

Homework: Read WB p. 34 - gist for each paragraph

*Map Project due TOMORROW!!!



Friday

*Collect DOL Week 2 WS

**Collect Map Project

In Class: Module 1, Unit 1 End-of-Unit Assessment

Homework: None