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7 th ELA

7 th ELA. 3 rd Six Weeks November 26, 2012 thru January 17, 2013. 1 st & 3 rd Period ELA Monday, 11/26/12. Journal time: work on Issue 4 New 6 Weeks New seats & passes NaNos…update your stickers!!! Hall Meetings Watsons PPT Book Presentations Start Next Monday!!!.

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7 th ELA

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  1. 7th ELA 3rd Six Weeks November 26, 2012 thru January 17, 2013

  2. 1st & 3rd Period ELAMonday, 11/26/12 • Journal time: work on Issue 4 • New 6 Weeks • New seats & passes • NaNos…update your stickers!!! • Hall Meetings • Watsons PPT • Book Presentations Start Next Monday!!!

  3. 1st & 3rd Period ELATuesday, 11/27/12 • Journal time: work on Issue 4 • Watsons PPT • Read Watsons’ • NaNos…update your stickers!!! Remember to enter ALL your words into NaNo Site by Midnight on 11/30/12. • NaNo Novel binder due next Monday! • Book Presentations & Brochures due Next Monday!!! • Substitute tomorrow! • Fundraiser

  4. 1st & 3rd Period ELAWednesday, 11/28/12Substitute Read Watsons’ to CD whole period 1st period: Page 130, Disc 3, Track 4, counter 6:00 3rd period: page 134, Disc 3, Track 5, counter 3:46 If finish…: They need to finish Issue 4 Do Issue 5 Please remind: NaNos…update your stickers!!! Remember to enter ALL your words into NaNo Site by Midnight on 11/30/12. NaNo Novel binder due next Monday! Book Presentations & Brochures due Next Monday!!!

  5. 1st & 3rd Period ELAThursday, 11/29/12 Read Watsons’ to CD whole period 1st period: Page 149 3rd period: page 161 If finish…: They need to finish Issue 4 Do Issue 5 Please remind: NaNos…update your stickers!!! Remember to enter ALL your words into NaNo Site by Midnight on 11/30/12. NaNo Novel binder due next Monday! Book Presentations & Brochures due Next Monday!!!

  6. 1st & 3rd Period ELAFriday, 11/30/12 Finish Reading Watsons’ to CD whole period 1st period: Page 156 3rd period: page 188 Test next Wednesday! Watch & Discuss the “4 Little Girls” Finish Issue 4 & 5 (due next Wednesday) Reminder: NaNos… ALL your words into NaNo Site by Midnight TONIGHT!!!. NaNo Novel binder due Monday! Book Presentations & Brochures due Monday!!!

  7. 1st & 3rd Period ELAMonday, 12/3/12 Book Report Presentations (take notes) Book Report Brochures due NaNo Notebooks due Watsons Go to Birmingham Test on Wednesday Issue 4 & 5 due Wednesday

  8. 1st & 3rd Period ELATuesday, 12/4/12 Book Report Presentations (take notes) Watsons Go to Birmingham Test on TOMORROW!!! Issue 4 & 5 due TOMORROW!!!

  9. 1st & 3rd Period ELAWednesday, 12/5/12 Watsons Go to Birmingham Test TODAY!!! Issue 4 & 5 due TODAY!!! Book Report Presentations - will continue after test is over (take notes)

  10. Test Words to Know • Infer (draw a logical conclusion, suggest might happen) • Personification (human qualities) • Onomatopoeia (sounds) • Simile (like or as) • Metaphor (is)

  11. 1st Period Presentations IsayahFatu Shea Calvert Emily Emshoff Andrew Frank Camila Rosa Jonathon Kiss Josue George Yasmin Smith Katrina Crowder Carter Hogue Celeste Girdner Daniel Luna Raudel Pena Val’liesa Cortez

  12. 3rd Period Presentations • Joshua DeFreece • AjiaKizzee • Hailey Ishmael • Andrew Valdez • Grace Kennedy • Winter Baliukonis • Benjamin Perez • Bradley Boston • Edwin Courett • Christopher LaFevor • Hugo Bautista

  13. 1st & 3rd Period ELAThursday, 12/6/12 Watsons Go to Birmingham Did you turn Issue 4 & 5 in? Book Report Presentations Turn in Notes for a daily grade

  14. 1st & 3rd Period ELAFriday, 12/7/12 Finish Book Report Presentations Turn in Notes for a daily grade Continue excerpts from “The Help”

  15. 1st & 3rd Period ELAMonday, 12/10/12Substitute Begin Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley dramatic play

  16. 1st & 3rd Period ELATuesday, 12/11/12 Finish Book Report Presentations Biography on Charles Dickens and notes Continue Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley dramatic play http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search

  17. 1st & 3rd Period ELAWednesday, 12/12/12 Journal Prompt: Write a full page essay about Charles Dickens, his life and his writing. Finish Book Report Presentations Continue Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley dramatic play http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search

  18. 1st & 3rd Period ELAThursday, 12/13/12 Journal Prompt: Write the definitions of the following words: (724) playwright, acts, scenes, dialogue, monologue, stage directions, set, scenery, props, comedy, tragedy, drama, screenplays, teleplays, radio plays What are the 6 ideas you can use in ‘Establishing a purpose for reading’? (737) District Reading CCA Finish Book Report Presentations Continue Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley dramatic play

  19. 1st & 3rd Period ELAFriday, 12/14/12 Journal Prompt: Describe Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley, & Bob Cratchit. Cite specific examples from play to defend your descriptions. Finish & Bubble District Reading CCA Last Chance for Book Report Presentations (make-ups & redos) Continue Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley dramatic play Test on Act I next Wednesday

  20. 1st & 3rd Period 7th Grade ELAMonday, 1/7/13 Journal: A new year has begun! Ever want to start all over? Ever need to start something over? Ever need a fresh start? Write a letter to yourself explaining what you want to do over, why, give example of past and how you would like it to be different this time. Pass out papers & file Match up benchmarks with scored papers Discuss revision

  21. 1st & 3rd Period 7th Grade ELATuesday, 1/8/13 Journal: (Copy this in journal….start now) You are serving on a committee that will design a new middle school for your community. Think about one feature for the new middle school that you will suggest to the design committee. (ex- a new theater, a state of the art computer lab, a new lunchroom, a high-tech library, a work-out gym, etc) Write a report to the committee, explaining what this feature is and why it will be beneficial to the school. Discuss revision of benchmark options

  22. 1st & 3rd Period 7th Grade ELAWednesday, 1/9/13 1. Journal: (Copy this in journal….start now) “Necessity is the mother of invention” English Proverb THINK carefully about the following statements. Many inventions directly affect our daily lives. Some fill a need; others enrich our lives or enable us to accomplish more. Consider which inventions you would find it hard to live without. WRITE an expository essay that explains the invention that you consider the most useful in your life. 2. Discuss revision of benchmark options 3. DEAR Time 4. Make up TESTING

  23. 1st & 3rd Period 7th Grade ELAThursday, 1/10/13 1. Look at Model papers 2. Discuss revision of benchmark options 3. DEAR Time 4. Make up TESTING

  24. 1st & 3rd Period 7th Grade ELAFriday, 1/11/13 DEAR Time – DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO READ? See me for alternative assignment if you do not have reading material by the bell. Finish revision of benchmark – MUST FINISH TODAY! 3. Imagination Station - work until you get to the jungle, then log off and let another person start.

  25. Imagination Stationor iStation Texas has released a Texas Success Initiative that includes a website with information and a free reading resource. This resource is called IStation and it is available grades 3-8. IStation is an online resource that provides support in reading/ELA. Can be accessed at home (info coming later) Will show us your strengths and weaknesses in reading Will provide tutorials for areas of weakness Will help student improve reading skills Will verify your current reading level and improvements you make throughout the year Tiers – reading level gauge Tier 1 – Strength - best Tier 2 – Needs Work Tier 3 – Weakness – worst – really needs work

  26. 1st & 3rd Period 7th Grade ELAMonday, 1/14/13 Journal – Copy vocabulary words for “Monotony”. (skip a line between each word) “Let’s be Proper” activity Progressive Story – if time 4. Imagination Station - work until you get to the jungle, then log off and let another person start.

  27. Sluggish Obliterate Mobility Enigma Monotony Tedious Apathy Ominous Foreboding Menacing 11. Desolate 12. Clairvoyant 13. Mediocrity 14. Indifferent 15. Mitigate 16. Rectify 17. Uniform 18. Conformity 19. Ameliorate 20. Brouhaha 21. impervious Monotonyby the Rock the SAT Band

  28. 1st & 3rd Period 7th Grade ELATuesday, 1/15/13 Journal – Read the poem “Monotony” – can you define the words “What a Capital Idea!” activity “Another Capital Idea” Progressive Story – if time 4. Imagination Station - work until you get to the jungle, then log off and let another person start. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APzx55dBEu4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdlEDHGq9JQ

  29. 1st & 3rd Period 7th Grade ELAWednesday, 1/16/13 Journal – copy definitions “#4” capitalization activity Progressive Story – if time 4. Imagination Station - work until you get to the jungle, then log off and let another person start. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APzx55dBEu4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdlEDHGq9JQ

  30. Monotonyby the Rock the SAT Band Sluggish – inactive or slow-moving Obliterate – to destroy completely Mobility – the ability to move Enigma – a mystery or puzzle Monotony – dreary regularity or sameness Tedious – long and tiresome Apathy – lack of caring or emotion Ominous – predicting evil or disaster Foreboding – expectation of misfortune Menacing – threatening danger or harm

  31. Monotonyby the Rock the SAT Band 11. Desolate – barren, uninhabited 12. Clairvoyant – one who can see the future 13. Mediocrity – the condition of being average 14. Indifference – lack of interest or concern 15. Mitigate – to ease or relieve 16. Rectify – to correct a mistake 17. Uniform – characterized by sameness 18. Conformity – the quality of sameness 19. Ameliorate – to make better 20. Brouhaha – a noisy, chaotic situation 21. Impervious – incapable of being penetrated (physically or emotionally)

  32. 1st & 3rd Period 7th Grade ELAThursday, 1/17/13 Journal Time – quiz over “Monotony” vocabulary words…study!!! Imagination Station - everyone should have this done by today, remember when you get to the JUNGLE, stop so someone else can use the computer DEAR day…Read or work in English workbook http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APzx55dBEu4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdlEDHGq9JQ

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