The week of Nov. 17

Monday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, packet with several stories about heroes- read and find evidence to support their ideas of why each person is a hero, write a one page reflective journal on what they’ve learned about heroes.

Tuesday- Good News, SSR , watch the Malala interview with Diane Sawyer

Wednesday- ROL, Caught Ya’, read the Diary of Malala and response

Thursday- Good News, SSR, Caught ‘Ya, RL.7.7- compare the video of Malala to her diary

Friday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, Deborah Ellis Article--Activism

Homework:
Every night- read 20 minutes
Monday- work on hero evidence RI.7.1
Wednesday- finish the diary of Malala

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The week of Nov. 10

Week of Nov. 10

Monday- ROL, Caught Ya, Sentence Jeopardy

Tuesday- Good Things, Sentence Test, and fill in book review handout- due Thursday

Wednesday- SRI, finish revisions to myth

Thursday- Good Things, Book Blog- publish and comment on three others, SSR

Friday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, Coffee hero, Dan Dewey- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrDTBogf9So, Hero in the Hallway video http://www.herointhehallway.com, dictionary definition of a hero- create a poster with a partner that shows your definition of a hero- words, pictures, etc.

Homework:

Monday- study sentences

Tuesday-Wednesday- do book blog rough draft

Read 20 minutes every night

The week of Nov. 3

Week of Nov. 3

Monday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, hand back myths and revise

Tuesday- Good News, SSR, finish revisions, review notecards

Wednesday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, library visit, review complex sentences, essay writing pre-test

Thursday- Good News, SSR- find types of sentences in their silent reading book, Study notecards

Friday- SRI Test - Sentence test pushed back to next Tuesday

HOMEWORK:

Tuesday:  Finish revisions

Thursday:  Study and review flashcards for sentence test

EVERY DAY:  Read for 20 minutes outside of English class

The week of Oct. 27

Week of Oct. 27

Monday-  ROL, Caught ‘Ya, subject and verbs, compound sentences

Tuesday- Good News, SSR, compund sentences

Wednesday-  ROL, Caught ‘Ya, go over compound sentences, notecards

Thursday- No School

Friday- No School

HOMEWORK:

EVERY DAY:  Read 20 minutes outside of English class
WEDNESDAY: Finish notecards

The Week of Oct. 20

Week of Oct. 20

Monday- make revisions, type myth final draft

Tuesday- type myth final draft

Wednesday- Hand in myth final draft and all prewriting, Library, ROL, and museum (read each other's myths)

Thursday- Good News, SSR, complete sentences PowerPoint

Friday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, complete sentences activities

HOMEWORK:  

TUESDAY:  Finish final draft (typed)- you’ll need to hand in the final draft, rough draft (with revisions), all pre-writing activities on myths- due Wednesday

EVERY DAY:  Read 20 minutes outside of English class

The Week of Oct. 13

Week of Oct. 13

Monday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, hand back Roots/prefix Quiz, write a paragraph describing a main character in your myth.

Tuesday-Good News, SSR, students then will choose their best introduction and start writing the rough draft of their myth.

Wednesday- Library, ROL, Caught ‘Ya, and we will explain “exploding a moment” and keep working on their rough draft.

Thursday- Good News, SSR, work on a revision activity called “Scared Nutty,” and finishing touches to rough draft- make sure you have three sections of dialogue in your myth.

Friday- ROL, Caught ‘Ya, peer editing their myth, and work on revisions

HOMEWORK:

Read nightly- 20 minutes

Monday- character paragraph

Tuesday- work on rough draft, must be done and with you in class on Friday! *Be sure to include your exciting intro., setting paragraph, dialogue, character description(s), and So What paragraph.