1. Micki Kaminski ELA and Social Studies Lesson Plans
7th Grade ELA Block Hours 1,2 and 3,4
8th Grade Social Studies Hour 6
Prep Hour 5
October 30-November 3, 2017

2. Micki Kaminski 7th Grade ELA Agendas
7th Grade ELA: Hours 1,2 and 3,4
October 30-November 3, 2017

3. 7th Grade ELA Standards Reading Writing Speaking/Listening Language
RL Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RL Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
W Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in W )
W With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of L )
SL.7.1a - Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.
SL.7.1b - Follow rules for collegial discussions, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
SL.7.1c - Pose questions that elicit elaboration and respond to others' questions and comments with relevant observations and ideas that bring the discussion back on topic as needed.
SL.7.1d - Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify their own views. .
L Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.7.2a - Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., "It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie" but not "He wore an old[,] green shirt").
L.7.2b - Spell correctly.
L Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
L.7.3a - Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.

4. Guided Reading/Writing Assignments
Inferring and Making Conclusions
Students are to complete the assignment and read the assigned reading to be prepared for guided reading groups. The rest of the week they may read any book of choice (including the guided reading book) as well as complete a Reading Journal.
Group
Title of Reading
Assignment
Focus
Red
Penny Nichols Finds a Clue
Stars
Read Mystery
T4 (Talk to the Text) IN MC
Orange
Yellow
Circles
Green
Blue
Triangles
Violet

5. Reading/Writing Workshop Stations
1. Mrs. Kaminski – Making Inferences and Conclusions
Penny Nichols Finds a Clue
2. Read to Self – IDR Self Selected Book - Enjoyment
3. Word Work – Word Generation 3.03
“Is An Extended School Day the Right Choice for Students?”
Graphic Organizer 1 in WG Packet
4. Work on Reading – “Dracula” and “Frankenstein”
5. Work on Writing – Modes of Writing and Writing Around the Room
6. ELA Activity – Subjects and Predicates
7. Warm Up Practice – October 30-November 4 Week 9
8. Multimedia – Word Generation Video Review Commonlit.org
Reading/Writing Workshop Stations

6. MODELING OF STATIONS AND WEEK’S STRATEGIES
Rotations
Day
Guided
Kaminski
ELA
Activity
Work on Writing
Word
Study
Work on Reading
Mon
EVERY STUDENT WILL IDR USING ASSIGNED GUIDED READING AND COMPLETE STRATEGY ORGANIZER.
MODELING OF STATIONS AND WEEK’S STRATEGIES
Tues - R O V Y G B
Wed
Thurs
Fri
STUDENTS WILL IDR AND COMPLETE A POST ASSESSMENT, COLORED READING ASSIGNMENT OR USE TIME TO CATCHUP.
ALL WORK IS DUE TODAY.

7. Monday, October 30, 2017 Reading Workshop Notes Famous Inspiration
ELA Activities
WG Unit 3.03
Short Halloween Stories
Reading Response RNB
Reading Workshop
Strategy/Skill Main Ideas/Supporting Details
Shared Reading Word Generation 3.03
Read Aloud The Widow’s Broom
Reading Response To be completed in RNB 45
WG Pre Assess 3.03 and 3.05
WG Post Assess on 3.01 and 3.02
Language/Word Work
Tier II Academic Vocabulary Word Generation 3.03
Is an Extended Day the Right Choice for Students?
Extended, Radical, Crucial, Attain, Initiative
Writing Workshop
Notes
Modes of Writing
Writing Around the Room
Scary Halloween Story Starters
TASTE OF SUCCESS OPEN DURING LUNCH IN THE MEDIA
SUB TOMORROW

8. The Widow’s Broom Reading Response
Because they don’t understand the broom, the Spiveys fear it. Sometimes this happens between people. Can you think of a situation where people fear someone or something they don’t understand?

9. MOVIE “The Monster House”
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Word of the Week
ELA Activities
Sentence Frame: In the movie “The Monster House”, the main character DJ, believes… MUST BE AT LEAST 10 SENTENCES
Reading Workshop
Strategy/Skill Listening and Viewing
Shared Reading NONE
Read Aloud NONE
Mrs. K NONE
MOVIE “The Monster House”
(92 minutes)
Language/Word Work
Tier II Academic Vocabulary Word Generation 3.03
Is an Extended Day the Right Choice for Students?
Extended, Radical, Crucial, Attain, Initiative
Writing Workshop
Notes
Modes of Writing
Summary of the movie “The Monster House”
TASTE OF SUCCESS OPEN DURING LUNCH IN THE MEDIA CENTER

10. Wednesday, November 1, 2017 Reading Workshop Notes Figurative Language
ELA Activities
T4 Frankenstein
Word Generation 3.03 Organizers
Mode of Writing - Descriptive
Reading Workshop
Strategy/Skill Infer and Make Conclusions
Shared Reading Frankenstein T4
Read Aloud The Five People Mitch Albom
Reading Response Question 1
Mrs. K G B V
Stations Word Work, IDR T4 Frankenstein
Language/Word Work
Tier II Academic Vocabulary Word Generation 3.03
Is an Extended Day the Right Choice for Students?
Extended, Radical, Crucial, Attain, Initiative
Writing Workshop
Notes
Modes of Writing – Descriptive
Choose an ordinary object from your home or the classroom. What would happen if the object suddenly came to life? How would you react to it? How would others react to it? Write a story about this object coming life.
TASTE OF SUCCESS OPEN DURING LUNCH IN THE MEDIA CENTER

11. Thursday, November 2, 2017 Reading Workshop Notes Creative Writing
ELA Activities
T4 and MC / Cite Frankenstein
Word Generation 3.03 Organizers
(1) Mode of Writing – Descriptive
(2) Mode of Writing – Sequential
Visual of Ordinary Object
Reading Workshop
Strategy/Skill Infer and Make Conclusions
Shared Reading Frankenstein MC / Cite
Read Aloud The Five People Mitch Albom
Reading Response NONE
Mrs. K R O Y
Stations ELA Activity, IDR, MC Frankenstein
Language/Word Work
Tier II Academic Vocabulary Word Generation 3.03
Is an Extended Day the Right Choice for Students?
Extended, Radical, Crucial, Attain, Initiative
Writing Workshop
Notes
Modes of Writing – Sequential Order
Choose an ordinary object from your home or the classroom. What would happen if the object suddenly came to life? How would you react to it? How would others react to it? Write a story about this object coming life.
TASTE OF SUCCESS OPEN DURING LUNCH IN THE MEDIA CENTER

12. Friday, November 3, 2017 Reading Workshop Notes Critical Thinking
ELA Activities
T4 and MC / Cite Frankenstein
Word Generation 3.03 Organizers
(1) Mode of Writing – Descriptive
(2) Mode of Writing – Sequential
(3) Mode of Writing – Cause and Effect
Visual of Ordinary Object
Reading Workshop
Strategy/Skill Infer and Make Conclusions
Shared Reading Frankenstein MC / Cite
Read Aloud The Five People Mitch Albom
Reading Response Question 2
Mrs. K NONE
Stations NONE
Language/Word Work
Tier II Academic Vocabulary Word Generation 3.03
Is an Extended Day the Right Choice for Students?
Extended, Radical, Crucial, Attain, Initiative
Writing Workshop
Notes
Modes of Writing – Cause and Effect
Choose an ordinary object from your home or the classroom. What would happen if the object suddenly came to life? How would you react to it? How would others react to it? Write a story about this object coming life.
TASTE OF SUCCESS OPEN DURING LUNCH IN THE MEDIA CENTER

13. Micki Kaminski 8th Grade Social Studies
Social Studies: Hour 6
October 30-November 3, 2017
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14. 8th Grade Social Studies Standards
Craft and Structure:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
F1.1: Describe the ideas, experiences, and interactions that influenced the colonists’ decisions to declare independence by analyzing
• colonial ideas about government (e.g., limited government, republicanism, protecting individual rights and promoting the common good, representative government, natural rights);
• experiences with self-government (e.g., House of Burgesses and town meetings); and
• changing interactions with the royal government of Great Britain after the French and Indian War

15. Critical Thinking in Social Studies Student Responsibilities
Monday, October 30, 2017
Critical Thinking in Social Studies
Student Responsibilities
Section 4.4 Summary Notes (GREEN)
The Crisis No.1 (WHITE)
Chapter 4 Test THURSDAY
Would you consider joining the underage fighters for freedom?
ELA in Social Studies
Key Terms / People
Strategy/Skill The GIST Main Ideas
Reading Independence!!! 4.4
Pages
Writing If You Were There… Page 135
Green Section Outline
Summary Page and Vocabulary
Guerilla Warfare, General Cornwallis,
Morale, Battle of Yorktown
Notes
HALLOWEEN TUESDAY 10/31
SUB TOMORROW
CHAPTER 4 TEST
THURSDAY 11/2
The Big Idea(s)
The war spread to the southern colonies, where the British were finally defeated.

16. Critical Thinking in Social Studies Student Responsibilities
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Critical Thinking in Social Studies
Student Responsibilities
Chapter 4 Test Thursday
Review WS for Test in Packet (WHITE)
Advantages / Disadvantages of War Organizer
What is meant when said, “the shot heard around the world?”
ELA in Social Studies
Key Terms / People
Strategy/Skill Cause and Effect Chronological Order, Argument
Reading Chapter 4 Pages
Writing Review Page for Test
This is Us: The Revolutionary War
Notes
CHAPTER 4 TEST
THURSDAY 11/2
The Big Idea(s)
The war spread to the southern colonies, where the British were finally defeated.

17. Critical Thinking in Social Studies Student Responsibilities
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Critical Thinking in Social Studies
Study for Chapter 4 Open Note Test
Student Responsibilities
What is meant when said, “the shot heard around the world?”
ELA in Social Studies
Key Terms / People
Strategy/Skill Study Skills
Hashtags (#)
Reading Chapter 4 Pages
Writing Review for the Test WS
Chapter 4 Vocabulary Words
Notes
CHAPTER 4 TEST
TOMORROW 11/2
The Big Idea(s)
Patriot forces faced many obstacles in the war against Britain.

18. Critical Thinking in Social Studies Student Responsibilities
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Critical Thinking in Social Studies
Student Responsibilities
Chapter 4 TEST
TEST
ELA in Social Studies
Key Terms / People
Strategy/Skill Test Taking Skills
Shared Reading TEST
Writing TEST
Listening/Speaking TEST
Chapter 4 Vocabulary
Notes
CHAPTER 4 TEST
TODAY!!!
The Big Idea(s)
The tensions between the colonies and Great Britain let to armed conflict in1775.

19. Critical Thinking in Social Studies Student Responsibilities
Friday, November 3, 2017
Critical Thinking in Social Studies
Student Responsibilities
Patrick Henry: The Voice… (WHITE)
Benjamin Rush’s Letter…(WHITE)
The Crisis No. 1 (WHITE)
Who do you think had the advantage at the start of the war? British or Patriots
ELA in Social Studies
Key Terms / People
Strategy/Skill Listening and Viewing
Reading Word Generation Unit 3.03
Writing Writing of Word Generation
The Extended School Day
This is Us: The Revolutionary War
Notes
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!
The Big Idea(s)
Should Schools have an Extended Day in School?