7TH GRADE ELAWEEK OF 8-18-14

MONDAY, 8-18-14UNPACK: BINDER, TEXTBOOK, PENCIL, HIGH LIGHTER, AGENDA,

HOMEWORK PAPERS TO TURN IN

• DO NOW:

• PUT THIS WEEK’S NEW READING LOG IN YOUR PINK FOLDER

• WRITE THE DATES FOR THE WHOLE WEEK.

• READ FOR 15 MINUTES

• RECORD THE PAGES

• WRITE A 2-3 SENTENCE SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU READ, DO A THINK TAC TOE ACTIVITY OR WRITE ME A LETTER TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU READ

15 minute

s

OPEN YOUR BINDER AND TURN TO A CLEAN SHEET OF PAPER IN THE READING SECTION

• OBJECTIVE: PROVIDE TEXT EVIDENCE AND RELEVANT EXAMPLES FROM THE STORY TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER.

• MINI-LESSON ON ACE- ANSWERING DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

• A ANSWER THE QUESTION SUCCINCTLY, RESTATING THE QUESTION

• C CITE EVIDENCE THAT STRONGLY SUPPORTS YOUR ANSWER.

• DIRECT- QUOTE THE AUTHOR WROTE, “……..”.

• INDIRECT – PARAPHRASE I READ THAT …

• E EXPLAIN HOW THE TEXT EVIDENCE SUPPORTS YOUR ANSWER.

• ELABORATE AND EXTEND WHEN NECESSARY.

WAYS TO CITE TEXT

• ON PAGE 12…

• IN PARAGRAPH 4…

• THE AUTHOR STATES…

• ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, …

• AN EXAMPLE FROM THE TEXT IS WHEN…

OBJECTIVE- BEGIN TO MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WHAT AUTHOR CHOOSES TO PUT IN HIS STORY AND THE MEANING.

 

• PASS OUT METHOD = MEANING. FILE IN BINDER – READING SECTION

• DISCUSS HOW AUTHORS USE CERTAIN METHODS TO GET THEIR POINTS ACROSS

• PARTNERS COMPLETE COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION QUESTIONS #’S 3-6.

• 1 PERSON FROM EACH GROUP TAKES THEIR ANSWERS TO ANOTHER GROUP AND SHARES THEIR RESPONSES.

• TURN IN WORK TO BE HUNG ON OUTSIDE BULLETIN BOARD FOR OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT!!!

BELL RINGER- MENTOR SENTENCE

• INVITATION TO NOTICE WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT THE MENTOR SENTENCE.

• YOU ARE INVITED TO NOTICE ALL OF THE THINGS ABOUT WHAT MAKES THIS SENTENCE A GOOD MENTOR SENTENCE! IT COULD BE USE OF EXCITING WORDS, DESCRIPTIONS, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, VIVID VERBS, GRAMMAR USAGE AND MUCH MORE! THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND!

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WORD WORK-

• LEARNING TARGET:

• I CAN DETERMINE THE MEANING OF WORDS AS THEY ARE USED IN TEXT.

• *PASS OUT WW HANDOUT

• VOCABULARY ACTIVITY

• NAME: __________________________________________________ DATE: ____________ CLASS: _______________

Learning Target: I can determine the meaning of words as they are used in text.

Unclear Text What I think it Means What it actually means

Teacher Model (I DO):

FRAIL

Partner Practice (WE DO):

BARREN

MISTRUST

Directions: Use the text clues to help identify the meaning of the bolded word in each piece of unclear text. Be sure to write in COMPLETE SENTENCES.

Unclear Text What I think it Means What it actually means

FILE

• FILE THE WORD WORK PAPERS IN YOUR BINDER BEHIND YOUR WORD WORK TAB.

GRAMMAR JOURNALS-

• SPLIT PAGE: HIGH-LIGHT AND EDIT CAPITALIZATION USAGE FOR THE ANY MONTHS OR I’S. (MINTS)

HOMEWORK

• NONE!!! I HOPE TO SEE YOUR PARENT AT OPEN HOUSE!!

TUESDAY

• UNPACK: BINDER, TEXTBOOK, PENCIL, HIGH LIGHTER, AGENDA, HOMEWORK PAPERS TO TURN IN

READING CLASS

• ACTIVITIES

• BELL RINGER SSR

• CHOICE TO WRITE A 2-3 SENTENCE SUMMARY OR WRITE ME A LETTER DESCRIBING WHAT YOU READ TODAY AND ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE STORY.

TIME TO RESEARCH

•  LESSON OBJECTIVE

• INTRODUCE AUTHOR STUDY RESEARCH PROJECT.

• USE TECHNOLOGY AND SHORT TEXTS TO RESEARCH AN AUTHOR OF CHOICE.

• ACTIVITIES

• AUTHOR STUDY OUTLINE AND POINTS POSSIBLE RUBRIC. STUDENTS WILL CHOOSE AN AUTHOTO STUDY AND RECEIVE A STORY TO READ BASED UPON THEIR CHOSE

• LIBRARY 4TH PERIOD!! CHECK OUT BOOKS BY YOUR AUTHOR AND RESEARCH ON THE COMPUTERS!!

GRAMMAR JOURNAL

• SPLIT PAGE NOTES ON COMMAS

• 1 MINUTE THINK, 3-5 MINUTES WRITE. HIGH-LIGHT AND EDIT.:

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HOMEWORK

• READ AND ANNOTATE THE STORY BASED ON YOUR AUTHOR RESEARCH