1. Lesson Plans Week 5 M. Unser English Grade 7 Plus September 29-October 3, 2014

2. Monday, September 29 Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call 7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.4 TSW read to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words 7.6 Use text features to make predictions and enhance comprehension Week 2 Day 2 Vocabulary Worksheet Present Pictures from Biographies Read Biographies –Eleanor Roosevelt to page 75 –Harry Houdini to page 76 –Complete analysis of text features (checklist)

3. Tuesday Warm-Up! Define “analogy” in your own words

4. Tuesday, September 30, 2014 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: identify and analyze figurative language; identify connotations Present “Picture Walk” Projects

5. Wednesday Warm-Up Tri Bond Challenge: What one word connects the following sets of words? Sweat, Squeal, Bleed Balls, Hair, Tigger

6. Wednesday, October 1, 2014 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 an emphasis on exposition, narration, and persuasion Writer’s Workshop –Mini-Lesson: punctuation of dialogue –Continue with writing OR –Start a new piece –Sustained Writing –Conference and Share

7. Thursday Warm-Up Read the poem Martin Luther King by Raymond Patterson on page 670 of the literature book aloud to someone at your table. Paraphrase lines 1 and 2 in your warm-up notebook

8. Thursday, October 2, 2014 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 an emphasis on exposition, narration, and persuasion Week 2 Day 3 Vocabulary Worksheet Poll: Hunger Games, Out of the Dust, Second Biography, Witch of Blackbird Pond Read Biographies –Eleanor Roosevelt to page 75 –Harry Houdini to page 76 Visit the library – check out books –Read!

9. Thursday Warm-Up Tri Bond Challenge: What one word connects the following sets of words? Tax, Hitch, Nature Frost, Snake, Over

10. Friday, October 3, 2014 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 Week 2: Day 4 Vocabulary Read Biographies –Eleanor Roosevelt to end –Harry Houdini to end Writers Workshop when finished