1. MONDAY

2. JOURNAL
Describe your President’s Day break. Use vivid details to describe
your five days off. Did you eat? Did you go somewhere?
Remember your audience wants appropriate but profound info!
5 sentences

3. ACTIVE versus PASSIVE voice
“Voice” depends on whether the SUBJECT or VERB in a sentence comes first.
“Voice” changes the strength of a sentence.

4. the SUBJECT
is the person/thing that is DOING the action in the sentence
Challenge:
Circle the subject in each sentence on your paper.

5. ACTIVE voice
in ACTIVE voice, the subject arrives before the verb and “actively” does the action.
Challenge:
Which sentence is NOT active?

6. ACTIVE voice Practice by writing a sentence in ACTIVE voice.
Please share this sentence with your neighbor.

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8. 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?

9. TUESDAY

10. JOURNAL
Write about escape!
5 sentences

11. ACTIVE versus PASSIVE voice
“Voice” depends on whether the SUBJECT or VERB in a sentence comes first.
“Voice” changes the strength of a sentence.

12. ACTIVE voice
in ACTIVE voice, the subject arrives before the verb and “actively” does the action.
Example:
The third baseman caught the ball.

13. PASSIVE voice in PASSIVE voice, the subject arrives after the verb
Example:
The ball was caught by the third baseman.

14. PASSIVE voice in PASSIVE voice, the subject arrives after the verb
Challenge:
Re-write your ACTIVE sentence from yesterday into PASSIVE voice.

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16. STAR
READING
TEST

17. WEDNESDAY

18. JOURNAL
Write a short scene about being captured.
5 sentences

19. ACTIVE versus PASSIVE voice
“Voice” depends on whether the SUBJECT or VERB in a sentence comes first.
“Voice” changes the strength of a sentence.

20. SUBJECTS in the given sentences, circle all of the subjects. Example:
I was dreaming about naptime.

21. ACTIVE vs. PASSIVE voice
Label each sentence as ACTIVE or PASSIVE
Example:
active I was dreaming about naptime.

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23. 7.L.05 Writing Objective:
The Highly Proficient student can include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points.
Essential Questions:
1. What multimedia components can add depth to my research presentation?

24. THURSDAY

25. JOURNAL
Describe to someone who lives in New York the weather in the Las Vegas (Henderson) in the winter. Be descriptive but do not rub it in. New York is very cold this time of year.
5 sentences

26. ACTIVE versus PASSIVE voice
“Voice” depends on whether the SUBJECT or VERB in a sentence comes first.
“Voice” changes the strength of a sentence.

27. ACTIVE voice
in ACTIVE voice, the subject arrives before the verb and “actively” does the action.
Challenge:
Write a paragraph about hippopotamuses
using only active voice,

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29. 7.R.RI.01 Reading Objective:
The Highly Proficient student applies numerous, strong pieces of textual evidence in supporting a complex inference or analysis of the text.
Essential Questions:
1. What is strong textual evidence? How can I identify the appropriate support? 2. What is a complex inference? How can I analyze a text to find the meaning?

30. FRIDAY

31. JOURNAL
If you could be someone else for one day, who would you be and what would you do?
5 sentences

32. ACTIVE versus PASSIVE voice
“Voice” depends on whether the SUBJECT or VERB in a sentence comes first.
“Voice” changes the strength of a sentence.

33. PASSIVE voice in PASSIVE voice, the subject arrives after the verb
Challenge:
Re-write your paragraph about hippopotamuses
using only passive voice,

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35. 7.R.RI.01 Reading Objective:
The Highly Proficient student applies numerous, strong pieces of textual evidence in supporting a complex inference or analysis of the text.
Essential Questions:
1. What is strong textual evidence? How can I identify the appropriate support? 2. What is a complex inference? How can I analyze a text to find the meaning?