1. Monday

2. Journal What are your thoughts of Tangerine so far?
Four complete sentences
Advanced: Six complete sentences

3. Subjects & Objects Subject Direct object Who/What is DOING the action
has the action HAPPEN TO them/it

4. Tuesday

5. Journal Which family member are you the least close to? Why?
Four complete sentences
Advanced: Six complete sentences

6. Subjects & Objects Subject I love coffee. My friend bought a new bike.
Who/What is DOING the action
I love coffee.
My friend bought a new bike.
The moon is very bright tonight.
Anne did not survive the Holocaust.
Her father published her diary.
CIRCLE the subjects.

7. Subjects & Objects Direct object I love coffee.
has the action HAPPEN TO them/it
I love coffee.
My friend bought a new bike.
Anne did not survive the Holocaust.
Her father published her diary.
CIRCLE the subjects.
BOX the objects.

8. Subjects & Objects
On sentences 1-6: UNDERLINE the verbs. CIRCLE the subjects. BOX the objects.

9. Launch

10. 7.W.02 Writing Objective: The Highly Proficient student can write an informative/ explanatory essay that conveys complex ideas/concepts with a strongly developed focus and organization. Essential Questions: 1. What is an informative/explanatory essay? How is it structured? How can the structure be used to fully explain my topic? 2.How can a writer include complex ideas and concepts in one’s essay? 3.How does a writer focus these concepts using relative content?

11. Wednesday

12. Journal Are you most likely to: Four complete sentences
be a bully?
be bullied?
watch someone get bullied (embarrassed)?
stick up for someone being bullied?
Four complete sentences
Advanced: Six complete sentences

13. Present Participle “ends in —ing” SOMETIMES running, sneezing, trying
being, thinking, loving
happening, missing, becoming
SOMETIMES
acts like an adjective

14. Gerund “ends in —ing” ALWAYS running, sneezing, trying
being, thinking, loving
happening, missing, becoming
ALWAYS
acts like a NOUN

15. Gerunds Following this trail was a terrible idea.
Highlight the gerunds in these sentences!
Following this trail was a terrible idea.
I tried making brownies with peanut butter.
Asking to get a drink in the middle of the play makes your teacher crazy.
I wasn’t even running when I tripped and broke my ankle.
Posting a new status at midnight could be the reason you’re so tired.

16. Launch

17. 7.W.02 Writing Objective: The Highly Proficient student can write an informative/ explanatory essay that conveys complex ideas/concepts with a strongly developed focus and organization. Essential Questions: 1. What is an informative/explanatory essay? How is it structured? How can the structure be used to fully explain my topic? 2.How can a writer include complex ideas and concepts in one’s essay? 3.How does a writer focus these concepts using relative content?

18. Week 13 Thursday

19. Journal
What do YOU think is the cause of the most deaths in our current world?
(ex. cancer? genocide? car accidents? bullying?)
Four complete sentences
Advanced: Six complete sentences
#1: Heart disease
#2: Stroke
#3: Lung disease
Also listed: diabetes, HIV/AIDS, vehicular accidents

20. Try & Share
On sentences 1-10: UNDERLINE the verbs. CIRCLE the subjects. BOX the objects. LABEL the participles and gerunds.

21. SUBJECT, VERB, OBJECT, GERUND
You can see her dancing gracefully next week.
The nesting birds stole my shoelaces.
Asking for help is a sign of respect towards others.
Cooking will help you save money.
Some caring Germans hid Jews from the Nazis.
I dislike speaking in front of others.
Freezing rain can harm small pets.
Tickling your sister will make her laugh.
The melting snowman ran to the North Pole.
Pretending to play a character teaches you new skills.

22. SUBJECT, VERB, OBJECT, GERUND/PARTICIPLE
You can see her dancing gracefully next week.
The nesting birds stole my shoelaces.
Asking for help is a sign of respect towards others.
Cooking will help you save money.
Some caring Germans hid Jews from the Nazis.
I dislike speaking in front of others.
Freezing rain can harm small pets.
Tickling your sister will make her laugh.
The melting snowman ran to the North Pole.
Pretending to play a character teaches you new skills.

23. Launch

24. 7.R.RL.03 Reading Objective: The Highly Proficient student can analyze and explain how the elements of a narrative or drama interact. Essential Questions: 1.What are the elements in a story or drama? How do each of these interact within a story or a drama? 2. How do the changes in narrative elements affect or develop theme?

25. Week 13 Friday

26. Journal Talk about animals. Four complete sentences
Advanced: Six complete sentences

27. Launch

28. 7.R.RL.03 Reading Objective: The Highly Proficient student can analyze and explain how the elements of a narrative or drama interact. Essential Questions: 1.What are the elements in a story or drama? How do each of these interact within a story or a drama? 2. How do the changes in narrative elements affect or develop theme?