1. 7 th Grade ELA Reading Focus: The Outsiders Writing Focus: Informational Claims

2.  Monday ◦ Introduce Vocabulary Words ◦ Outsiders Chapt. 5 ◦ Claims Using Informational Texts  Tuesday ◦ Vocabulary Slappers ◦ Outsiders Chapt. 5 ◦ What is a claim? Where does it come from?  Wednesday ◦ Vocabulary Mapping Activity ◦ Outsiders Chapt.6 ◦ Writing Claims  Thursday ◦ Vocabulary Bluff ◦ Outsiders Chapter. 6 ◦ Writing Claims  Friday ◦ Vocabulary Quiz ◦ Outsiders Chapters 5 and 6 Quiz ◦ Outsiders Movie?

3.  ELACC7RI3: Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).  ELACC7RL2: 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.  Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 

4.  Gallant (Adjective)  Transplant (Noun)  Wholeheartedly (Adverb)  Reluctantly (Adverb)  Implore (Verb)  Elude (Verb)  Conviction (Noun)  Hysteric (Adjective)

5. Brave or Heroic

6. A person of thing that has been moved to a new location or situation.

7. fully or completely sincere

8. Unwilling but forced to do

9. To beg or convince someone to join or participate

10. To escape or get away from

11. Strong belief

12. Tending to be over exaggerated

14.  Can your claim be proven/supported?  Is your claim based on feelings/emotions?  Is your claim debatable? Is there another side?  Are there multiple parts to your claim? ◦ Can it be divided into more topics? ◦ Reasons, statistics, personal experience…  Can you find evidence/facts that support it? ◦ Where will you find this evidence?

15. Gallant Hysteric Conviction Elude Implore Reluctantly Wholeheartedly Transplant

17. Word: Definition: Part of Speech : Sentence (2) 1. 2. Picture: Antonyms (3) 1. 2. 3. Synonyms (3) 1. 2. 3.