The week of March 27

The week of March 27

Monday- ROL, 5-A-Day quiz, character passport for a SS character

Tuesday- Good Things, SSR, and verb tenses

Wednesday- ROL, idioms and analogies review and practice

Thursday- A day full of reading (ROL and SSR) and snacks and watch watch the new version of The Twilight Zone- “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlHSD6uo7Mk

Friday- ½ day and enjoy your Spring Break!

HOMEWORK:

SSR- 2 hours outside of class

The week of March 20

March 20, 2017

Monday- ROL, 5-A-Day, and “The Veldt” pre-reading , and begin “The Veldt”

Here’s the audiobook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPTGS5DqtR4

Tuesday- Good Things, 5-A-Day, and finish “The Veldt”, and silent reading

Wednesday- “The Veldt” Assessment over RL.7.1- characterization chart for one character, RL.7.4- figurative- find the figurative language and an example, RL.7.3- narrative- write a paragraph after the story ends, RL.7.3 Short Story Diagram and author’s purpose RL.7.6

Thursday- Good Things, 5-A-Day, finish “The Veldt” assessment, SSR

Friday- ROL,  5-A-Day, and practice M-STEP

HOMEWORK:

SSR- 2 hours outside of class

The week of March 13

March 13, 2017

Monday- ROL, 5-A-Day,  “House Call” and chart, characterization of Ma

Tuesday- Good News, 5-A-Day, RL.7.7 warm up with Venn Diagram, and unpack the standard, begin reading “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”

Wednesday- ROL, Library, 5-A-Day, Finish “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”- fill in short story chart

Thursday- Good Things, RL.7.7- compare different mediums- watch the old version of “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” https://vimeo.com/168014736, fill in note sheet for the video and discuss

Friday- ROL, 5-A-Day, RL.7.7 assessment- compare different mediums

HOMEWORK:

SSR- 2 hours outside of class

The week of March 6

Monday-  ROL, 5-A-Day, ROL, The Highwayman (poem)- listen to this version- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3rMG6j7mhA , find figurative language, form (stanzas, refrains), and plot

Tuesday- Good Things, SSR, 5-A-Day, study vocab., type Side by Side poems and hand in

Wednesday- ROL, 5-A-Day, House- POV, review vocab. and figurative language, and begin All Summer in a Day- unpack the standard RL.7.6, audio for story- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdHiIZKbc8s
Thursday- Good News, 5-A-Day, SSR, and finish reading All Summer in a Day

Friday- No School

HOMEWORK:

SSR- 2 hours outside of class

Side by side poem due Tuesday- W.4

The week of Feb. 27

The week of Feb. 27, 2017

Monday- ROL, begin Short Story unit- Short story terms- go over,  I Love Lucy Show- fill in chart and go over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8petwReCGsQ  

Tuesday- Good News, 5-A-Day, SSR, go over figurative language terms, read “A Dream Deferred”,  and pick out the figurative language in SSR book while reading (create poster to post in room)  

Wednesday- 2 hour delay, Library, ROL, March is Reading Month and SSR

Thursday-Good News, 5-A-Day, SSR, read “Mother to Son” and pick out the figurative language, model side by side writing “Life for me…..”

Friday- ROL, review vocab. read “Priscilla and the Wimps”- fill in chart, characterization chart

HOMEWORK:

SSR- 2 hours outside of class

The week of Feb. 20

The week of Feb. 20, 2017

Monday- ROL, 5-A-Day, presentations, citations, work on Alexander the Great outline

Tuesday- Good News, Quote vs. Paraphrase,  and work on Alexander the Great

Wednesday- ROL, SRI, work on Alexander the Great

Thursday- Good News, SSR, Alexander the Great- typing

Friday- Alexander the Great- Works Cited Page together

HOMEWORK:

SSR- 2 hours outside of class

The week of Feb. 13

The week of Feb. 13, 2017

Monday- Assessment on The Breadwinner- open book, work time on final project if done early

Tuesday- Assessment on The Breadwinner- open book, work time on final project if done early

Wednesday- Library, ROL, final project- begin presentations

Thursday- Good News, introductions for essays and work on guided essay, work on presentations or guided essay, presentations

Friday- ROL, Presentation of Posters/Presentations - 6th and 7th hours go to play at the HS

HOMEWORK:

Monday-Wednesday-  work on poster/PowerPoint- due Wednesday

SSR- 2 hours outside of class