1. Lesson Plans Week 1 M. Unser
English Grade 7 Advanced September 8-11, 2015
Homebase: assign lockers if needed, bell schedule, locker schedule, fire drill and emergency, Tuesday folders,
Returning forms

2. 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

3. Tuesday September 8, 2015 Fire drill and emergency procedures
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
Fire drill/emergency; rules/expectations; warm-up notebook 3

4. Wednesday Warm-Up Garden: Overgrown:: Praise: ________
Copy and Complete the following analogies:
Friends: Cooperate:: criminals: ___________
Throttle
Flog
Trammel
Connive
Garden: Overgrown:: Praise: ________
Forthcoming
Convivial
Terse
zealous

5. 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
Author Study: Mark Twain
Review Reciprocal Teaching Roles
Teams Read and Discuss The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Stop at least 4 times during reading to discuss and complete the reciprocal teaching chart

6. 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.
Transportation, transport, transcontinental, transvestite, transit, transgression, transparent, transition, transcribe

7. 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

8. Friday Warm-Up Bulwark: Attack:: _______________
Copy and Complete the following analogies:
Bulwark: Attack:: _______________
Bullet: rifle
Vaccine: virus
Battle: war
Soldier: fort
In Space: Looming:: In time: _________
Threatening
Incipient
Impending
Forthcoming

9. Friday, September 11, 2014 Agree Statements Activity (continued)
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)
Continued: Teams Read and Discuss The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Stop at least 4 times during reading to discuss and complete the reciprocal teaching chart
Independent Reading/Reading Log 9

10. I had a great summer!

11. I read a good book over summer vacation.

12. I am excited about the seventh grade!

13. I enjoyed a trip this summer.

14. I am a good reader.

15. I like to write.

16. I enjoy working with a group during class time.

17. I like the color green.

18. I get along well with others.

19. I have goals to achieve this year

20. I like my sisters and brothers.

21. I enjoy sports.

22. I was excited to come back to school.

23. I am a hard worker

24. I learn best through hands-on activities

25. I like music.

26. Agree

27. Strongly Agree

28. Disagree

29. Strongly Disagree