Lesson Plans Week 1 M. Unser English Grade 7 September 8-11, 2015

Tuesday Warm-Up Fold your notecard in half. On one side of the card write your first name. On the other side write your last name. On the inside of the card, write: Your birth month and day your favorite color what you like to read where you were born

Tuesday September 8, 2015 Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call 7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.7 TSW write in a variety of forms with emphasis on exposition Fire drill and emergency procedures CARE procedures and process Viking Coins Chance Cards “Agree” statements activity

Wednesday Warm-Up Use a dictionary, the glossary in your literature textbook or the internet to define the following words: Compelled Improvising Perfunctorily

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call 7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words 7.5 TSW read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts: narrative structure (setting, characters, plot, conflict) ; make confirm, revise predictions Syllabus Online Reading Log “Vocabogram” activity From An American Childhood (pages ) –Listen to audio and follow along with text –Validate predictions with learning team –Turn in paper for a daily grade!

Thursday Warm-Up The Latin prefix “trans” means “over”, “across”, or “through”. Make a list of words that you can think of that start with that prefix.

Thursday, September 10, 2015 Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call 7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.7 TSW write in a variety of forms: use a variety of prewriting strategies to generate and organize ideas Writer’s Workshop –Mini-Lesson: Setting up your notebook –Model Writing: My heart –Sustained Writing: All about Me or What’s in my Heart? –Conference and Share

Friday Warm-Up Complete the following analogy and then make up and analogy of your own: jack : flat tire :: hammer : _______ a.broken window b. dull pencil c. deflated ball d. loose board

Friday, September 11, 2014 Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call 7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words 7.5 TSW read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts: make inferences and draw conclusions based on text Agree Statements Activity (continued) Open Book Assessment: “from An American Childhood” pages Independent Reading and Reading Log

I had a great summer!

I read a good book over summer vacation.

I am excited about the seventh grade!

I enjoyed a trip this summer.

I am a good reader.

I like to write.

I enjoy working with a group during class time.

I like the color green.

I get along well with others.

I have goals to achieve this year

I like my sisters and brothers.

I enjoy sports.

I was excited to come back to school.

I am a hard worker

I learn best through hands-on activities

I like music.

Agree

Strongly Agree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree