1. 7 TH GRADE ELA WEEK OF 8-18-14

2. MONDAY, 8-18-14 UNPACK: BINDER, TEXTBOOK, PENCIL, HIGH LIGHTER, AGENDA, HOMEWORK PAPERS TO TURN IN DO NOW: PUT THIS WEEK’S NEW READING LOG IN YOUR PINK FOLDERREADING LOG WRITE THE DATES FOR THE WHOLE WEEK. READ FOR 15 MINUTES RECORD THE PAGES WRITE A 2-3 SENTENCE SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU READ, DO A THINK TAC TOE ACTIVITY OR WRITE ME A LETTER TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU READ 15 minutes

3. OPEN YOUR BINDER AND TURN TO A CLEAN SHEET OF PAPER IN THE READING SECTION OBJECTIVE: PROVIDE TEXT EVIDENCE AND RELEVANT EXAMPLES FROM THE STORY TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER. MINI-LESSON ON ACE- ANSWERING DISCUSSION QUESTIONS A ANSWER THE QUESTION SUCCINCTLY, RESTATING THE QUESTION C CITE EVIDENCE THAT STRONGLY SUPPORTS YOUR ANSWER. DIRECT- QUOTE THE AUTHOR WROTE, “……..”. INDIRECT – PARAPHRASE I READ THAT … E EXPLAIN HOW THE TEXT EVIDENCE SUPPORTS YOUR ANSWER. ELABORATE AND EXTEND WHEN NECESSARY.

4. WAYS TO CITE TEXT ON PAGE 12… IN PARAGRAPH 4… THE AUTHOR STATES… ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, … AN EXAMPLE FROM THE TEXT IS WHEN…

5. OBJECTIVE- BEGIN TO MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WHAT AUTHOR CHOOSES TO PUT IN HIS STORY AND THE MEANING. PASS OUT METHOD = MEANING. FILE IN BINDER – READING SECTION DISCUSS HOW AUTHORS USE CERTAIN METHODS TO GET THEIR POINTS ACROSS PARTNERS COMPLETE COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION QUESTIONS #’S 3-6. 1 PERSON FROM EACH GROUP TAKES THEIR ANSWERS TO ANOTHER GROUP AND SHARES THEIR RESPONSES. TURN IN WORK TO BE HUNG ON OUTSIDE BULLETIN BOARD FOR OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT!!!

6. BELL RINGER- MENTOR SENTENCE INVITATION TO NOTICE WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT THE MENTOR SENTENCE. YOU ARE INVITED TO NOTICE ALL OF THE THINGS ABOUT WHAT MAKES THIS SENTENCE A GOOD MENTOR SENTENCE! IT COULD BE USE OF EXCITING WORDS, DESCRIPTIONS, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, VIVID VERBS, GRAMMAR USAGE AND MUCH MORE! THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND!

7. WORD WORK- LEARNING TARGET: I CAN DETERMINE THE MEANING OF WORDS AS THEY ARE USED IN TEXT. *PASS OUT WW HANDOUT

8. VOCABULARY ACTIVITY NAME: __________________________________________________ DATE: ____________ CLASS: _______________ Learning Target: I can determine the meaning of words as they are used in text. Unclear TextWhat I think it MeansWhat it actually means Teacher Model (I DO): FRAIL Partner Practice (WE DO): BARREN MISTRUST Directions: Use the text clues to help identify the meaning of the bolded word in each piece of unclear text. Be sure to write in COMPLETE SENTENCES.

9. Unclear TextWhat I think it MeansWhat it actually means

10. FILE FILE THE WORD WORK PAPERS IN YOUR BINDER BEHIND YOUR WORD WORK TAB.

11. GRAMMAR JOURNALS- SPLIT PAGE: HIGH-LIGHT AND EDIT CAPITALIZATION USAGE FOR THE ANY MONTHS OR I’S. (MINTS)

12. HOMEWORK NONE!!! I HOPE TO SEE YOUR PARENT AT OPEN HOUSE!!

13. TUESDAY UNPACK: BINDER, TEXTBOOK, PENCIL, HIGH LIGHTER, AGENDA, HOMEWORK PAPERS TO TURN IN

14. READING CLASS ACTIVITIES BELL RINGER SSR CHOICE TO WRITE A 2-3 SENTENCE SUMMARY OR WRITE ME A LETTER DESCRIBING WHAT YOU READ TODAY AND ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE STORY.

15. TIME TO RESEARCH LESSON OBJECTIVE INTRODUCE AUTHOR STUDY RESEARCH PROJECT. USE TECHNOLOGY AND SHORT TEXTS TO RESEARCH AN AUTHOR OF CHOICE. ACTIVITIES AUTHOR STUDY OUTLINE AND POINTS POSSIBLE RUBRIC. STUDENTS WILL CHOOSE AN AUTHOTO STUDY AND RECEIVE A STORY TO READ BASED UPON THEIR CHOSE AUTHOR STUDY OUTLINE CHOOSE AN AUTHO LIBRARY 4 TH PERIOD!! CHECK OUT BOOKS BY YOUR AUTHOR AND RESEARCH ON THE COMPUTERS!!

16. GRAMMAR JOURNAL SPLIT PAGE NOTES ON COMMAS 1 MINUTE THINK, 3-5 MINUTES WRITE. HIGH-LIGHT AND EDIT.:

17. HOMEWORK READ AND ANNOTATE THE STORY BASED ON YOUR AUTHOR RESEARCH