Lesson Plans English 7 M. Unser Week 11 November 11-15

Thursday, Workbook page 33. You can work with your team to complete this AND you can/should use the textbook! Get started. You have only 20 minutes. This is your exit ticket!

Monday Warm-Up Use the glossary in your literature text book to define the following words: reassuring contraption formidable

Monday, November 11 Warm-Up/Housekeeping/Roll Call Practice Passage: “Reel Time: How the Movies Portray History” page in workbook. Read/discuss pages Listen to “Barrio Boy” and follow along on pages in your literature text book.

Tuesday Warm-Up Use the glossary in your literature book to define the following words: –epidemic –flushed –evidently

Tuesday Warm-Up List 5 nouns and 5 verbs from the “word master” list.

Tuesday, November 12 Warm-Up/Housekeeping/Roll Call Spelling Bee Practice Independent Reading Time

Wednesday Warm-Up Write a paragraph describing a beautiful fall day. Use sensory details and lots of describing words.

Wednesday, November 13 Warm-Up/Housekeeping/Roll Call Visit the Book Fair in the library! Listen to “A Day’s Wait” by Ernest Hemingway and follow along on pages in your literature text book.

Thursday Warm-Up Brainstorm a list of at least 5 phrases that describe a special dog. This could be “fiction” or “nonfiction” and will be used later in class!

Thursday November 14 Warm-Up/Housekeeping/Roll Call Compare fiction and nonfiction by completing the chart on workbook page 33. Finish “My Life in Dog Years” by Gary Paulsen. Write the first draft of a “tribute” to a special dog in your life. You can write narrative non-fiction (like Gary Paulsen does) or fiction. Use your warm-up as a starting point!

Friday Warm-Up Write a list of 10 things for which you feel thankful. Alphabetize your list and be ready to share.

Friday, November 15 Warm-Up/Housekeeping/Roll Call Classroom Spelling Bee Comprehension Assessment (quiz) on “Barrio Boy” and A Day’s Wait” Independent Reading Time