1. Monday

2. Journal Write about something you’d like to purchase.
Do you have to save for it?
Why do you want this item?
What will you do with it once you have it?
Four complete sentences
6 complete sentences Advanced

3. Tuesday

4. Journal
What is the hardest part of being a 7th Grader? What’s the best part?
Four complete sentences
6 complete sentences Advanced

5. Verbs
“action words”
a word that describes an action, state, or occurrence
run, sneeze, try
be, think, love
happen, miss, become

6. You can remember this by remembering Buzz Lightyear’s catchphrase...
To INFINITY and... what?
An INFINITIVE is
the “to” form of a verb
You can remember this by remembering Buzz Lightyear’s catchphrase...

7. Infinitive Past Present Future
to ________
dreamed
dream
going to dream
_____________
obsessed
obsess
will obsess
fought
fight
going to fight
created
create
will create
improved
improve
going to improve
worked
work
will work

8. Launch

9. 7.R.RL.01 Reading Objective: The Highly Proficient student can cite multiple examples of textual evidence to support my complex analysis and inference. Essential Questions: 1. What is textual evidence? How can I identify the appropriate support? 2. What is a direct and indirect reference? How can I analyze a text to find the direct and indirect meaning? 3. What is a complex inference?

10. Wednesday

11. Journal
What would be in your “survival kit” if you were trapped in a safe place with your family?
Four complete sentences
Advanced: Six complete sentences

12. Verb Tenses “past, present, and future” What about...
I dreamed about minions.
I dream about traveling through time.”
I will dream during my nap, fourth period.
What about...
I will be dreaming about that horror film forever!
Dreaming is my favorite hobby.
I would have been dreaming if you hadn’t woken me up!
I have dreamed many times before now.

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

14. Yesterday... Infinitive Past Present Future to dream dreamed dream
going to dream
to obsess
obsessed
obsess
will obsess
to fight
fought
fight
going to fight
to create
created
create
will create
to improve
improved
improve
going to improve
to work
worked
work
will work
Yesterday...

15. Infinitive Present Participle
Past
Present
Future
Present Participle
to dream
dreamed
dream
going to dream
dreaming
obsessed
obsess
will obsess
fought
fight
going to fight
created
create
will create
improved
improve
going to improve
worked
work
will work

16. Launch

17. 7.R.RL.01 Reading Objective: The Highly Proficient student can cite multiple examples of textual evidence to support my complex analysis and inference. Essential Questions: 1. What is textual evidence? How can I identify the appropriate support? 2. What is a direct and indirect reference? How can I analyze a text to find the direct and indirect meaning? 3. What is a complex inference?

18. Thursday

19. Journal Is it better to watch something or read something? Why?
Four complete sentences
6 complete sentences Advanced

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

21. Chameleon Participles
The crying baby in Kmart gave me a headache.
I am trying to improve my mile time.
The bleeding wound looked grotesque.
My T.A. has been eyeing my granola bars.
They could have been selling cookies to their neighbors.

22. Launch

23. 7.R.RL.01 Reading Objective: The Highly Proficient student can cite multiple examples of textual evidence to support my complex analysis and inference. Essential Questions: 1. What is textual evidence? How can I identify the appropriate support? 2. What is a direct and indirect reference? How can I analyze a text to find the direct and indirect meaning? 3. What is a complex inference?

24. Week 11 Friday

25. Journal Have you ever done anything to make a change in the world?
YES? What did you do, and why?
NO? What could you do, and why?
Four complete sentences
6 complete sentences Advanced

26. Write Your Own... Adjective: The howling wolf raced through the wood.
___________
Verb: We were setting off fireworks.

27. Launch