MONday

Journal Imagine yourself as a teacher. What kind of student would you like to teach? Why? Four sentences

an advance sign or warning that something is about to happen Foreshadowing an advance sign or warning that something is about to happen “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailors take warning!” “As Annabelle walked towards the city, Death fell in step behind her. He matched her every turn, paused at the street corner while she waited for the cars to pass, and walked into the bank moments after she did.”

Speeches: Articles: In NON-FICTION: Look for comments that indicate warnings “The Senate should think twice before voting ‘no’ on this particular bill!” “The Japanese government’s reply indicated that there was no reason to continue peace talks.” Articles: Look for facts the give you cause-and-effect “When magnesium comes in contact with heat, it ignites in seconds.”

Characters Setting In FICTION: Characters who have “feelings” about upcoming events, are shadowed by Death or Doom, or wonder what “might” happen “I should have known that flirting with him would only lead to misery and trouble.” “I wondered briefly if anyone had ever tried to ride their bike along the edge of that mountain pass.” Setting Dark versus light, rain/storms, wind, gloomy houses, empty stores and streets... just a bit obvious, right?

7.W.08 Writing Objective: The Highly Proficient student can conduct research projects to answer questions using several sources gather relevant information while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.   Essential Questions: 1. What is the format for citing sources? How do I pick strong and accurate sources? 2. What is plagiarism? How can I avoid plagiarism?

Tuesday

Journal Rank these five professions in order of how much they should be paid, then explain why: Firefighters NFL athletes Grocery store managers Computer technicians Pediatricians Six sentences

Foreshadowing Practice USING foreshadowing by writing a story that begins with this line: I should have known that going to school was only going to be a bad decision that day.

7.W.08 Writing Objective: The Highly Proficient student can conduct research projects to answer questions using several sources gather relevant information while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.   Essential Questions: 1. What is the format for citing sources? How do I pick strong and accurate sources? 2. What is plagiarism? How can I avoid plagiarism?

Wednesday

Journal What will your life be like in 10 years? Four sentences

Foreshadowing Practice IDENTIFYING foreshadowing in the following passage by underlining the lines that foreshadowed the events of the story. There are several lines that foreshadow upcoming events.

7.W.03 Writing Objective: The Highly Proficient student can write a narrative to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective narrative techniques.   Essential Questions: 1. What are the necessary parts of a narrative? How can these be used to convey real or imagined events? 2. What is dialogue? How can dialogue be used to personalize a character? 3. What are the five senses? How can they be used to explain the action, experiences or events in a story?

Thursday

Journal If you could guest star in any TV show, what show would you choose? Why? 5 sentences

All authors write for a reason: Author’s Purpose All authors write for a reason: Entertainment Humor, drama, romance, horror, suspense, action, etc. Information how-to, facts about the past or present, a new idea, biographies, etc. Persuasion (argument) proving a point, asking for support, convincing the reader of a new opinion

Author’s Purpose Practice IDENTIFYING author’s purpose by writing down three kinds/examples of each reason: Entertainment Ex. Harry Potter Information Ex. an article about the new athletic fees Persuasion Teddy Roosevelt’s speech about conserving forests

7.L.01 Writing Objective: The Highly Proficient student can demonstrate correct application and command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.   Essential Questions: 1. What are phrases and clauses? How do they function in a sentence? 2. What are simple, compound, complex, compound complex sentences? How do they show the different relationships among ideas? 3. What are dangling modifiers? How can they be corrected?

Friday

Journal St. Patrick’s Day is Sunday. What is the luckiest thing to ever happen to you? 5 sentences