The Week of September 14, 2015

Monday- ROL (Read out loud), Caught Ya, Greek gods/goddesses PowerPoint and fill in note sheet.  

Tuesday- SRI test and silent reading

Wednesday- ROL, Caught Ya, Read myth about Phaethon with reading strategy of describing a main character and providing evidence from the myth to prove your point.

Thursday- Share good things, read "The Story of Arachne" with multiple choice and short answer questions, SSR

Friday- ROL, Caught Ya, review and practice punctuating dialogue, go over "The Story of Arachne" questions and revise short answers. Discuss how to answer an essay question.

Homework- Silent reading at home

The week of Sept. 8, 2015

Welcome Back! We (Mrs. Fuzak, Mrs. Malloch, and Ms. Naber) are excited for the new school year and to have you in our classes! Here's the place to find the weekly agenda and homework for seventh grade English.

Monday- Labor Day
Tuesday- Seating Charts, Expectations, Syllabus, Autograph Party, explain “I” poster (fill up the poster with a minimum of 25 words- nouns, verbs, etc.) **Bring a spiral bound notebook for English!!
Wednesday- Read out loud (Crash), Library (get a 200-page book you have never read before), explain 40 book challenge, and work on “I” poster, student reading record
Thursday- Share good things, silent reading, write six-word memoir and tweet (140 characters or less)
Friday- Read out loud, start Word Nerd (Word Wall), Caught ‘Ya, intro. to Greek and Latin root words and make notecards

Homework-Tuesday- bring SSR book, get syllabus signed, and bring a spiral bound notebook by Thursday
Friday- Finish Greek and Latin root word notecards

The Week of May 18, 2015

Monday-ROL, Caught Ya, Introduce The Outsiders; S.E. Hinton Bio information reading due today at the end of the hour or Tuesday at the latest.  Chapters 1-3 due by Wednesday; Explain boxes (12 chapters/12 boxes); either a drawing with a caption of the main point of the chapter or five important points from the chapter

Tuesday-Good Things, SSR, work on Character Chart

Wednesday-ROL, Caught Ya, Boxes due; 1-3; Character Chart due

Thursday-Good Things, SSR--Read The Outsiders assign information reading about gangs (due next Wed.)

Friday-ROL, Caught Ya, Boxes due over chapters 4-6

HOMEWORK:

Monday: S.E. Hinton Biography information due

Tuesday: Read The Outsiders

Wednesday: Chapters 1-3 with boxes due; Character Chart due

Thursday: Read The Outsiders

Friday: Chapters 4-6 with boxes due

The Week of May 11, 2015

Monday-ROL, Caught Ya, How to use direct quotations and paraphrases review, Review in-text citations

Tuesday-Good Things, SSR, Finish outline on DBQ about the Great Wall of China

Wednesday-ROL, Caught Ya, Work on typing the DBQ about the Great Wall

Thursday-Good Things, SSR, typing, peer editing

Friday-ROL, Caught Ya, typing, finish paper and share with Social Studies teacher

Homework: Final DBQ of the year due on FRIDAY

Week of May 4, 2015

Monday-ROL, Caught Ya, Word Part Quiz,

Tuesday- SRI test, SSR (Malloch/Yurk Classes); ROL, Caught 'Ya, Begin the Great Wall of China DBQ--hook activity, PPT with Pictures of the Great Wall (Naber classes)

Wednesday-ROL, Caught Ya, Begin The Great Wall of China DBQ- hook activity, PPT with Pictures of the Great Wall (Malloch/Yurk classes); SRI test, SSR (Naber classes)

Thursday- Good Things, SSR, Possessives Quiz, Docs. A and B

Friday- ROL, Caught Ya, Docs. E and F, Begin bucketing, Compose Thesis Statement, Begin filling in Outline

HOMEWORK: Monday: Word Part Quiz

Thursday: Possessive Noun Quiz

Friday: Finish all documents for DBQ on The Great Wall

The Week of April 27-May 1

Same lesson plan for Monday and Tuesday due to M-STEP

Monday-ROL, Caught Ya, Review word parts--do worksheet on combining word parts

Tuesday-ROL, Caught Ya, Review word parts--do worksheet on combining word parts

Same Lesson plan for Wednesday and Thursday due to M-STEP

Wednesday-ROL, Caught Ya, review word parts, possessives worksheet packet

Thursday-ROL, Caught ‘Ya, review word parts, possessives worksheet packet

Friday-Good Things, SSR, finish possessives worksheet packet

HOMEWORK: Review word parts (20) Quiz on Monday, May 4

Finish noun possessives packet

Read 20 minutes per day, Final SRI test for seventh grade on May 5 (Malloch), May 6 (Naber)

April 20-24, 2015

April 20, 2015

Monday- ROL, Caught Ya, review roots, lesson on possessives, note-taking practice

Tuesday- Good Things, SSR, review roots, work on possessives and note-taking.

Wednesday-Library, ROL, Caught Ya, review roots, Introduce second set of word parts, possessive packet

Thursday- Job Shadowing

Friday-ROL, Caught Ya, Review roots, On-Demand Writing #2

HOMEWORK: Read 20 minutes each evening, finish possessive packet by next Wednesday