WEEK 1

Monday - 8/29
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari - Week 2 - Identify types of nouns in a sentence.
• Notebook Entry #5 - PowerPoint - Introduction to Cognitive Reading Strategies.
  Directions:
  • Make a three column chart.
  • Label column 1 - KNOW. Write down at least five things you know that good readers do while they're reading.
  • Label column 2 - WANT TO KNOW. Write down at least three things you want to learn about how to be an effective reader.
  • Label column 3 - LEARNED. Take notes on powerpoint presentation on strategies good readers use before, during, and after reading.
• You can view the powerpoint presentation we watched in class below or by clicking on this link.

• Continue Partner Interviews.
• Do Nouns WS - 1 [PDF] .
  HW: Finish Self- Portrait. Click here to review the directions.

Tuesday - 8/30
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari
• Correct Nouns WS - 1. Turn in.
• Turn in Self-Portraits.
• Learn about the Cognitive Reading Strategy of Making Connections. You can view the powerpoint presentation about Making Connections below or by clicking this link.

• Read the story Amelia's Road. Complete Making Connections with Amelia's Road WS [PDF]. Read the story and underline or highlight parts in the text that you can connect with. In the margin, make notations the way I demonstrated in class. What did the underlined part remind you of? How did you connect to the text? Use your Cognitive Reading Strategies handout to help you with sentence starters.
• Notebook Entry #6 - Choose one of the following topics to write about. Topic 1 - Describe something that's really special to you. OR Topic 2 - If you were to make a box like Amelia's, that held all your special things, what would your box hold? Minimum 1/2 page.
  HW: Finish classwork, if necessary.

Wednesday - 8/31
E - F - A- B - C - D

• Grammar Safari
• Share and turn in Amelia's Road assignment.
• Read story "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto [PDF]
• Complete Making Connections WS [PDF]. On the front side, make five connections to the story "Seventh Grade." Use your Cognitive Reading Strategies handout to help you with sentence starters.
• Notebook Entry #7 - What are your hopes and fears for 7th grade? What are you looking forward to? What are you worried about? What goals do you have? What do you hope to accomplish this year academically and/or socially? Minimum 1/2 page.
  HW: Nouns WS - 2 [PDF]

Thursday - 9/1
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari. Turn in.
• Correct Nouns WS - 2. Turn in.
• Read "Always Moving" [PDF- page 1 - page 2 - page 3].
• Complete the other side of Making Connections WS [PDF] with three to five thoughtful connections to "Always Moving." Try to make text-text connections between this autobiography and "Seventh Grade" and/or Amelia's Road.
• Notebook Entry #8 - "Always Moving" - Answer the following questions using complete sentences.
  • 1) Which of the three stories we read this week-- Amelia's Road, "Seventh Grade," or "Always Moving," did you like the best? What made you like that particular story the best?
  • 2) Which story did you find easier to make connections to? Why?
  • 3) Write a paragraph describing the connections you were able to make in the story you chose for answer #2.

  HW: Finish classwork, if necessary. Catch-up on Notebook Entries.

Friday - 9/2 - Common Planning Day
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Word Study - Unit 1
  • Pretest - Test on 9/9
  • Practice Sheet - [PDF] - due 9/9

WEEK 2

Monday - 9/5 - LABOR DAY HOLIDAY - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday - 9/6
C - D - E -F -A -B

• Grammar Safari - Week 3: Reviewing Capitalization Rules
• Review and turn in the Making Connections worksheet.
• Learn about the Cognitive Reading Strategy of Making Predictions. You can watch a powerpoint presentation about Making Predictions below, or by clicking this link.
• Notebook Entry #9 - Making Predictions with Lio. (If you were absent, do the following: Make a two column chart on your paper. Label the left column "What's Happening." Label the right column "Prediction/Support." In the left column right down five things that are happening in your Independent Reading Book right now. Then, in the right column, made a prediction for each event. What do you think will happen next? Give a reason (Support) for each of your predictions. For example: What's Happening - Susie is nervous about going to school. Prediction/Support - I think that Arnold is going to ask her to the dance because he mentioned the idea to one of his friends.
  HW: Grammar Book - Review the Capitalization Rules Handout in your Yellow Folder. Do Exercise Review C, p. 281 - 282. Write out the sentences using correct capitalization.

Wednesday - 9/7
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Correct Grammar Book assignment. Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #10 - Write about a time when something surprised you. It could be a time when an experience didn't turn out the way you expected. Or you could write about a time when a person didn't turn out to be the way you first thought he or she was going to be. Or maybe you learned how to do something that you didn't think you could learn how to do. Minimum1/2 page.
• Read "Terri Jackson" [PDF]. Write your responses on a separate sheet of paper.
  HW: Finish class work, if necessary. Notebook Entries #1 - 10 due tomorrow.

Thursday - 9/8 - BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT @ 6:45 p.m.
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Turn in Notebook Entries #1 - 10.
• Review "Terri Jackson." Turn in responses.
• Do 30 Questions Interviews [PDF]. Due Monday.
  HW: Unit 1 Practice Sheet [PDF] and Word Study Sheets due tomorrow. Use the Unit 1 Quizlet to study for tomorrow's Unit 1 test.

Friday - 9/9 - Commmon Planning Day
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Word Study - Unit 1
  • Correct & turn in Practice Sheet & Word Study Sheet.
  • Take Unit 1 Test.

WEEK 3

Monday - 9/12
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari - Week 3, continued from last week.
• Review 30 Questions Interviews. Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #11 - Textbook Features. 1) Make a mental image of your history textbook. Brainstorm a list of all the textbook features that the publisher uses to help you learn and understand the information in the book. 2) View the powerpoint presentation shown below or view it online by clicking this link. Circle all the textbook features that you included on your list. Add features that you didn't have on your list. You should have 12 textbook features all together.
• Notebook Entry #12 - Making Textbook Predictions. Skim over the history textbook article. Write ten Predict/Support statements about the article. What do you think you would learn about in this chapter? (Predict) What are you basing your predictions on? (Support) Examples: I predict I will learn about Umayyad people because they are mentioned in the Thinking/Focus question and in a sub-title. I predict we're going to learn about the years 635 - 750 because those are the years shown on the timeline.
  HW: If you did not do last Tuesday's homework because of confusion over the assignment, please do it for homework today. Grammar Book - Review the Capitalization Rules Handout in your Yellow Folder. Do Exercise Review C, p. 281 - 282. Write out the sentences using correct capitalization. Do Capitalization & Sentence Types WS [PDF].

Tuesday - 9/13
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari
• Turn in yesterday's homework, if necessary.
• Read the story That Book Woman [PDF]. Make five predictions about the story on a separate sheet of paper. Use complete sentences, be specific, and support your predictions with evidence from the text. Turn in. If you were absent, make the following five predictions:
  • 1) At the end of stanze 2, predict what you think the story will be about. Explain your reasons.
  • 2) At the end of stanza 3, explain what you think the conflict of the story will be. Example: "I think the conflict of the story might be . . . because . . ."
  • 3) At the end of stanza 6, predict what the strange's treasure might be. Example: "I predict the treasure is . . . because . . ."
  • 4) At the end of stanza 15, predict what you think will happen next.
  • 5) At the end of stanza 18, predict what what gift Cal will give the Book Woman.
• Notebook Entry #13 - That Book Woman - Answer the following questions in a short paragraph: What surprised Cal? How did his thinking change during the course of the story?
• Finish NB #12 from yesterday, if needed.
  HW: Sentence Types, Nouns, and Capitalization Review WS [PDF]. Test on Thursday.

Wednesday - 9/14
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari
• Correct Sentence Types, Nouns, and Capitalization Review WS. Keep until tomorrow.
• Review of Figurative Language. Click the link to view the PowerPoint presentation if you were absent.
• Use the story That Book Woman [PDF] to find examples of figurative language. Complete the Figurative Language in That Book Woman WS [PDF] .
  HW: Finish class work, if necessary. Use the Grammar Goodies to review for tomorrow's test on Sentence Types, Nouns, and Capitalization.

Thursday - 9/15
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari - Turn in.
• Test on Sentence Types, Nouns, and Capitalization.
• Read "On Being Bright, Seventeen, and Unable to Read" [PDF] and answer story questions on a separate sheet of binder paper as you read.
• Review Figurative Language in That Book Woman WS. Turn in.
  HW: Finish class work, if necessary. Due Monday.

Friday - 9/16 - Common Planning Day
C - D - E - F - A - B

•  Unit 2 - Word Study
  • Pretest - Test date 9/23
  • Do Practice Sheet - [PDF] - due 9/23

WEEK 4

Monday - 9/19
B - C - D - E - F -A

• Grammar Safari - Week 4 - Be able to identify adjectives and use them correctly in your writing.
• Review "On Being Bright, Seventeen, and Unable to Read." Turn in responses.
• Return Notebook Entries #1 - 10. Create a writing folder and place them inside.
• Lit Book - Chapter 1 - Read article "Plot," p. 4 - 5
  HW: Grammar Book - Read p. 34 - 36. Do Exercise 7, p. 36. Write out the sentences. Underline the adjectives and draw an arrow to the noun or nouns that are being modified. Do not include the articles a, an, or the.

Tuesday - 9/20
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari
• Correct Grammar Book assignment. Turn in.
• Review the Elements of Plot [Hand-out - PDF]. If you were absent, you can view the powerpoint below or by clicking this link.
• Read aloud - "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf" by Roald Dahl [Listen to the poem read by the author here.] Create Plot Outline. [PDF].
• Read "Three Little Pigs" by Roald Dahl [Read the poem here.] Complete Plot Outline. [PDF]
  HW: Finish class work, if necessary.

Wednesday - 9/21
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari
• Review "Three Little Pigs" plot outline. Add to yellow folder to use as a writing model.
• Steps to Writing an Autobiographical Narrative [PDF]
• Read and complete questions for "Mary Lou" [PDF]. Complete a plot outline for the story on a piece of binder paper.
  HW: Finish class work.

Thursday - 9/22
E - F (MAGAZINE ASSEMBLY) - A - B - C - D

PERIOD E, B, C & D ONLY -

• Grammar Safari - turn in
• Review "Mary Lou" worksheet and plot outline. Turn in.
• Grammar Book - Read about Proper Adjectives, p. 37. Do Exercise 8, p. 37. Write out the story and add interesting adjectives. Underline each of the adjectives you add. Do Exercise Review B, p. 296-297. Write out sentences correctly. Underline the adjectives.
  HW: Unit 2 Word Study and Practice Sheet [PDF] due tomorrow. Use this Quizlet to study the words.

PERIOD F ONLY - Unit 2 Word Study and Practice Sheet [PDF] due tomorrow. Use this Quizlet to study the words.

Friday - 9/23
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Unit 2 - Practice Sheet and Word Study sheet due.
• Take Unit 2 test.
• Correct grammar assignment and turn in, if there's time.

WEEK 5

Monday - 9/26
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari - Week 5: Be able to identify pronouns and use them correctly in your writing.
• Correct and turn in assignments from last week, if necessary.
• Notebook Entry #14 - Writing Narrative Leads [PDF]. Write ten questions about the pictures and the examples of leads in the powerpoint presentation below. If the powerpoint doesn't show up on this page, you can view it by clicking here.
• Steps to Writing an Autobiographical Narrative [PDF]
  • Step 1: Read and understand the prompt or writing directions [PDF].
  • Step 2: Decide on your topic.
  • Steps 3 - 7: Planning to write.
• On a piece of binder paper, create a plot outline in order to plan your narrative. You need to include a basic situation (characters, setting, conflict), a series of events, climax, and resolution. Make sure that you can clearly state why this event was meaningful to you.
  HW: Finish the plan for your Autobiographical Narrative. Due Wednesday.

Tuesday - 9/27
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Read aloud "Fish Cheeks," page 353 in Lit Book.
• Notebook Entry #15 - Answer the Interpretation Questions #2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 on page 355. Write your answers using complete sentences.
• Complete Types of Leads WS [PDF]
  HW: Finish class work, if necessary. Finish the plan for your Autobiographical Narrative. Due tomorrow.

Wednesday - 9/28
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari
• Read aloud from Knucklehead.
• Review Types of Leads WS. Turn in. Decide on the type of lead you're going to use for your narrative.
• Start writing your Autobiographical Narrative. You must use the following writing guidelines:
  • Skip lines.
  • Use blue or black ink.
  • Write on one side of the paper only.
  • Leave one inch margins.
  • NO TYPING!

  HW: Do Pronouns WS - 1 [PDF].

Thursday -9/29
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari - Turn in.
• Correct Pronouns WS - 1. Turn in.
• Read aloud from Knucklehead.
• Continue working on your Autobiographical Narrative. Draft due on Tuesday.
  HW: Grammar Book -
  • Do Exercise 6, page 33. Follow the book directions.
  • Do Oral Practice, page 33 - 34. Write out the sentence, replacing the italicized words with appropriate pronouns. Underline the pronouns that you add.

Friday - 9/30

F - A - B - C - D - E

• Unit 3 Word Study.
  • Pretest - Test Date - 10/7
  • Practice Sheet [PDF] due - 10/7
• Practice Your Words with the Unit 3 Quizlet

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