7th Grade English Language Arts (Period 6) Assignments
- Instructor
- Ms. J. Cosentino
- Term
- 2018-2019 School Year
- Department
- Language Arts
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read chapter 19 of The Giver
2. Students responded to questions for chapter 19
Homework:
1. Agenda check
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read chapter 17 then responded to four questions - counted as an assessment
1. Students read chapter 17 then responded to four questions - counted as an assessment
Homework:
1. Check schedule throughout May due to testing
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will write argument paragraphs
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students completed their AOW on Violence and Video Games - due by the end of the period
Homework:
1. Testing schedule through Tuesday for 7th grade
2. Bring work book daily
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze plot elements and identify the meaning of words in context using text evidence
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students responded to questions 1-5 on page 14 of their work books - due in class. Questions were for the story, "The Teacher Who Changed My Life" by Nicholas Gage
Homework:
1. Agenda check
2. We're on a 1-6 schedule until May 15th
3. Bring work book daily
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze plot elements using text evidence
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read chapter 16 of The Giver
2. Students read "The Teacher Who Changed My Life" by Nicholas Gage
Homework:
1.Agenda check
2. Bring work book daily
3. We're on a 1-6 schedule until May 15th due to testing
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze plot elements and support their analysis with text evidence.
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read pages 4-7 of their Work books "Getting Along"
2. Students responded to questions 1-3 on page 7 of their workbooks - due in class
homework:
1. Schedule is 1-6 until May 15th
2. Bring workbook daily
3. Agenda check
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1.Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read chapter 15 of The Giver
2. Students then responded to questions in Google Classroom for chapters 14-15 due in class.
Homework:
1. Agenda check
2. Bring work book "Getting Along" daily - no computers will be used during testing
3. We are on a 1-6 schedule until May 15th
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: write argument paragraphs
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students were provided their testing locations and brief discussion about this week's schedule
2. Students completed their AOW on Scooters - due in class.
Homework:
1. No Homework Club for the rest of the year
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will write compound sentences using conjunctive adverbs
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read chapter 14 of The Giver
2. Students worked on pages 33-34 in the Interactive Notebook: page 34 is the handout annotated and 33 is 10 compound sentences using conjunctive adverbs
Homework:
1. Narrative is due today by 3:45
2. Homework Club today 2:45-3:45
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read chapter 13 of The Giver
2. Students responded to questions for chapters 10-13 in Google Classroom
Homework:
1. Homework Club today 2:45-3:45
2. Narrative due tomorrow by 3:45pm
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: write complex sentences
Bell Work
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students completed pages 31-32 in their Interactive Notebooks - both pages were graded in class.
2. Students went to the library
Homework:
1. No Homework Club today
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will analyze two central ideas and support their analysis with text evidence
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students completed their AOW in class - due by the end of the period
2. Students then worked on their narratives in Google Classroom - those are due Friday
Homwork:
1. Narrative due Friday
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will write narratives
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students typed up their narratives from their plot charts in Google Classroom (see chart from yesterday's post) - narratives are due by 4/26/19.
Homework:
1. Narrative due on 4/26/19. Students can come to Homework Club when we return from break if they need access to a computer
2. Homework Club resumes when we return from Spring Break
3. Agenda check
4. State testing week of 4/29
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will write a narrative
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas.
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students were given a plot outline with a prompt to prepare for a narrative. Students need to use their "Space Salad" article to incorporate into their narrative.
Homework:
1. Plot outline due tomorrow for narrative typing on Google Classroom
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas.
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students completed Google Classroom assignment on Chapters 6-9 The Giver - they had to add a column for an online picture in #6
Homework:
1. No Homework Club this week
2. State testing 4/29/19
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze author's argument and point of view
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students read chapter 11 in The Giver
2. Students took their Test - Dangers of Social Media Skills
Homework:
1. No Homework Club this week
2. State testing starts 4/29/19
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze author's argument
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students typed up their argument paragraph in Google Classroom - due today.
2. Students read chapter 10 of The Giver
Homework:
1. Test tomorrow - authors pupose and point of view; argument and claims; compare/contrast
2. No Homework Club this week- if students need to talk about grades they need to go to 602 after 3pm.
3. Agenda check soon
4. State testing begins 4/29/19
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will compare and contrast two author's point of view on a subject, and argue which opinion is stronger
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students read chapter 9 The Giver
2. Students read and filled out an argument RACER form - this will be used on Monday for online typing
Homework:
1. RACER form due Monday
2. Test on Tuesday - authors pov/pupose; compar/contrast; arguments/claims
3. agenda check coming
4. Homework Club today
5. State testing begins 4/29/19
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze author's purpose and point of view
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students read chapter 8 of The Giver
2. Students worked on Study Sync Author's Purpose and Point of View
Homework:
1. Homework Club today 2:45-3:45
2. State Testing 4/29/19
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze and predict plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students read chapter 7 in The Giver
2. Students completed a google classroom assignment question - due in class
3. Students went to the library
Homework:
1. No Homework Club today
2. Students who need access to computers for Study Sync and Google Classroom assignments can attend Homework Club this week from 2:45-3:45
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will compare and contrast arguments using text evidence.
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Agenda check today
2. Study Sync Compare and Contrast - 4 tabs due in class
Homework:
1. Homework Club today.
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will read and analyze the central idea in the AOW this week titled, " Meet the Space Salad" by Newsela
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Read, annotate, and analyze the central idea in the AOW - due in class
Homework:
1. Homework Club today 2:45-3:45
2. If more time is needed on the AOW please attend Homework Club.
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will read and analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students watched 10 minutes of The Giver
2. Students finished questions from Chapters 4 and 5 and turned in responses.
Homework:
1. No Homework Club today.
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will read and analyze plot elements in Chapters 4 and 5 of The Giver
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas.
2. Read silently.
Class Work:
1. Students read chapter 5
2. Students answered questions for chapters 4 and 5 in class.
3. Students went to the library
Homework:
1. No Homework Club this week
2. Questions for chapters 4/5 due end of class tomorrow - period 5 will have an assembly so the questions are due at the beginning of class
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will read, discuss, and analyze arguments and claims
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Study Sync Arguments and Claims - 4 tabs due today in class.
Homework:
1. No Homework Club this week
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students read chapter 4 of The Giver and discuss and analyze the idea of a utopian society
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Read chapter 4 of The Giver
2. Google Classroom Questions "The Giver Utopia 2" in groups
Homework:
1. No Homework Club this week
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will read "Dangers of Social Media", discuss and analyze arguments and respond to questions in writing using text evidence.
Bell Work:
1. Write in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work
1. Students completed Think Questions 1-5 in Study Sync. Each questions has at least two questions to it and requires text evidence. This was due in class but many students are choosing to finish during Homework Club today.
2. The Giver questions for Chapters 1-3 were collected.
Homework:
1. Homework Club today
Due:
Assignment
learning objective: students will read "Dangers of Social Media", discuss teh opinions of the aruthors and identify vocabulary in context
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students read chapter 2 of The Giver
2. Homework was collected for chapter 1 and Blast Unit 4
3. Dangers of Social Media reading and vocabulary
Homework:
1. Reading Response for Chapter 2 of The Giver
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will read, discuss, and write about the challenges of human interaction through a BLAST
Bell Work:
1. Write homework down in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students read Chapter 1 of The Giver
2. Students read a BLAST titled "Getting Along" - they identified the main idea of each paragraph, then wrote their blast online. They also rated each others blasts.
3. Students then wrote BLAST information on a separate paper - due tomorrow
Homework:
1. BLAST Unit 4 due tomorrow
2. Questions Chapter 1 The Giver due tomorrow
3. Bring reading material daily
4. Agenda check
5. Homework Club today
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will illustrate plot elements from The Outsiders in a One Pager
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agenda
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. One Pager in class due Wednesday
Homework:
1. One Pager due Wednesday
2. Agenda check
3. Bring a book daily
4. Tab order forms due asap
5. Homework Club Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will write argument essays
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students completed writing their argument essays - due today. I'm keeping my classroom open during lunch and I'll be here for Homework Club today from 2:45-3:45 if students need extra time to finish
2. Students who were done with the essay could go to the library.
Homework:
1. Agenda check
2. Bring a book
3. Bring Colored Pencils
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will write argument essays
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students wrote their argument essays on kids and nutrition - due tomorrow end of class
Homework:
1. Bring colored pencils
2. Bring a book
3. Agenda check
4. Essay due end of class Friday/tomorrow
5. Homework Club Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday 2:45-3:345
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will write argument essays
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Work on argument organizer - due Thursday
2. Articles to use in this essay *Kids and Caffeine; *Sports Drinks, *Processed Foods, *Sneaky Marketing
Homework:
1. Argument organizer due Thursday
2. Essay due end of class Friday
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: analyze central idea using text evidence
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students read chapter 12 of The Outsiders
2. Students worked on AOW Sports Drinks
Homework:
1. AOW due tomorrow
2. Test tomorrow - central idea/theme/text evidence
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will identify and analyze text structures
Bell WorK
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Quiz on Text Structures
2. Chapters 10-11 questions Google Classroom
3. Text Structures packet collected
Homework:
1. Test Friday - POV, text evidence, theme
2. Agenda check
3. Bring a book daily
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: identify and analyze text structures
Bell Work:
1. Write in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students read chapter 11 of The Outsiders
2. Students worked on a Text Structures packet in preparation for their quiz tomorrow
3. AOW was collected
4. Agenda check today
Homework:
1. Text Structures packet due tomorrow
2. Text Structures quiz tomorrow
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: identify and analyze text structures
Bell Work:
1. Write homework down in agenda
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1.AOW due Monday - "Sneaky Marketing"
2. Text Structures Quiz Tuesay
3. Agenda check coming soon
4. Bring a book daily
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: identify and analyze text structures
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Text structures notes page 30 and text structures practice page 29
Homework:
1. Agenda check coming soon
2. Bring a book daily
3. Text structures quiz Tuesday
4. Interactive Notebook pages 29-30 due tomorrow
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write in agenda
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Complete The Outsiders questions chapters 7,8,9 in google classroom by the end of the period.
Homework:
1. Agenda grade coming soon
2. Bring a book daily
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students read chapter 9 The Outsiders
2. Students completed a full page reading response - due in class
Homework:
1. Agenda grade coming soon
2. Always bring a book to read
Due:
Assignment
learning objective: students will write argument paragraphs
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. students read chapter 8 The Outsiders
2. AOW packet - Vaccinations
Homework:
1. AOW due by the end of the period on Friday.
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will write argument paragraphs and essays
Bell Work:
1. Write in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students took notes for argument writing on page 28 of their interactive notebooks
2. Students began filling out the argument RACER form. This will be part of page 27 of the notebook
Homework:
1. pages 27-27 of the interactive notebook by Thursday
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will identify and analyze author's purpose and perspective
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students read chapter 6 part 2 of The Outsiders
2. Students took notes on author's purpose and perspective on page 26 of their Interactive Notebook and on page 25 did a short guided practice
Homework:
1. Period 4 - artifact and essay due on 2/11/19
2. Interactive Notebook pages 25-26 due tomorrow
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will write expository essays using text evidence
Bell Work:
1. Write homework down in agenda
1. Write homework down in agenda
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Essays due today
Homework:
1. Get an agenda
2. Period 4 essay and artifact due 2/11/19
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will write expository essays using text evidence
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students typed typed up their expository essays in MLA format - they will continue tomorrow - papers are due tomorrow
Homework:
1. Essays due by the end of the period Friday
2. Get an agenda
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will write informative essays using text evidence
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students worked on their organizers for their informative essay - organizers due tomorrow
2. Students who were finished went to the library
Homework:
1. Organizer due tomorrow
2. Agendas due Monday
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will write explanatory essays analyzing the benefits of driverless cars
Bell Work:
1. Write homework down in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students read chapter 6 part 1 of The Outsiders
2. Students worked on their organizers for their explanatory essay that are due Thursday
Homework:
1. Organizers due Thursday
2. Buy an agenda
Due:
Assignment
learning objective: students will write expository essays analyzing the benefits of driverless cars
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agenda
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. students read chapter 5 part 2
2. Expository Essay discussion - introduction and thesis statement completed today
Homework:
1. Get an agenda by Friday - a grade will be given by Monday
1. Get an agenda by Friday - a grade will be given by Monday
2. Essay organizer due by Thursday
3. Period 4 finish The Five People You Meet in Heaven, essay coming soon
4. No Homework Club this week. Ms. Cosentino will be in her room from 2:45-3:15 for questions or help.
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: analyze plot elements and theme in The Outsiders
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agenda
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. 1. Students read part 1 of Chapter 5
2. Students finished questions in Google Classroom for chapters 3 and 4
3. Answer class question in Google Classroom
Homework:
1. Get an agenda from ASB store - grade will be taken in a week!
2. Period 4 finish novel by Monday
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will determine the meaning of words using context clues
Bell work:
1. Write down homework in agendas.
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students took their context clues quiz online
2. Students answered questions for chapters 3/4 of The Outsiders
Homework:
1. Student Led Conference papers due tomorrow - they will not be taken late
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write Homework down in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Collect Student Led Conference worksheets
2. Students read chapter 4 of The Outsiders
Homework:
1. No Homework Club this week
2. Quiz tomorrow on context clues - see pages 21-22 of the Interactive Notebook
3. Period 4 finish the novel by Monday
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will analyze central idea in their Article of the Week by Wonderopolis, "Can a Car Drive Itself?"
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. collect Student Led Conference papers signed for 100 points - Due by Friday
2. AOW
3. Return graded work and file
Homework:
1. No Homework Club this week
2. Honors period 4 - read pages 97-116
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write homework in agendas.
2. Read silently.
Class Work:
1. Students read chapter 3 of The Outsiders
Homework:
1. No Homework Club today
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will analyze the author's purpose and central idea in their Article of the Week: "Pro/Con: Are Self-Driving Cars the Future of Transportation?"
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework in agendas
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students who didn't come to Student Led Conferences will have parents sign their SLC sheets and returned for a grade
2. AOW
Homework:
1. No Homework Club this week
2. SLC sheets signed and due tomorrow.
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will analyze plot elements for chapter 2 of The Outsiders
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework in agendas.
2. Read silently.
Class Work:
1. Students went to the library.
2. Students answered questions 1-5 for chapter 2 of The Outsiders. These were due in class.
Homework:
1. No Homework Club this week
2. Student Led Conferences 1:00pm-4:00pm and 5:00pm-7:00pm
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students prepared for student led conferences
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework in agendas.
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Students read chapter 2 part 2 of The Outsiders
2. Students prepared portfolios for Student Led Conferences on Wednesday
Homework:
1. No Homework Club today
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students prepared for Student Led Conferences
Bell Work:
1.Write down homework
2. Read silently
Classwork:
1. Students read chapter 2 part 1 of The Outsiders
2. Students prepared portfolios for Student Led Conferences on Wednesday - Grade reports were provided for both first and second semester.
3. Period 4 read pages 56-76 Five People
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze narrative point of view
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students took narrative pov quiz
2. Students finished their Interactive Notebooks pages 23-24
3. Students responded to chapter 1 questions from The Outsiders on Google Classroom
Homework:
1. Homework Club today 2:45-3:45
2. Period 4 - Read pages 37-55 and do a Reading Response
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze narrative point of view
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read chapter 1 part 2 of The Outsiders
2. Students took notes on narrative point of view on page 24 of their Interactive Notebooks
Homework
1. No Homework Club today
2. Period 4 - read pages 19-36 Five People and do reading response
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will analyze central ideas in the Article of the Week (AOW) "Driverless Car Testing Coming to California"
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda
1.Review rules and consequences
1.Review rules and consequences
2. Turn in workbooks - assign new workbooks
3. Read chapter 1 part 1 of The Outsiders (pages 1-9)
4. AOW "Driverless Car Testing Coming to California" due in class
Homework:
1. Homework Club 2:45-3:45 daily - Math clinic or any other clinics during the week take priority over Homework Club.
2. Period 4 - read pages 1-18 for the novel The Five People You Meet in Heaven
3. Period 4 - do the Reading Response for pages 1-18
4. Period 4 - finish the AOW
Due:
Assignment
Agenda:
1. Students read chapter 7 from Of Mice and Men
2. Students finished up the final if they needed more time
Homework:
1. No Homework Club for the rest of the week
2. Period 4 - essay due on 1/7/18 - Google Classroom
3. Period 4 - finish novel by Friday
Due:
Assignment
Agenda:
1. Students completed their final
Homework:
1. Detentions today
2. Period 4 finish novel by Friday
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will take their semester final
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students took their semester final - will continue tomorrow if more time is needed
2. Students' Interactive Notebooks were graded pages 19-22
Homework:
1. Homework Club today
2. Period 4 finish The Hobbit by Friday
3. Detentions today
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will use context clues to understand vocabulary
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read chapter 4 part 2 from Of Mice and Men
2. Context Clues notes page 22 Interactive Notebook
3. Context Clues worksheet practice page 21 Interactive Notebook
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students identified and analyzed connotation and denotation in vocabulary
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read part 1 of chapter for in Of Mice and Men
2. Students worked on pages 19-20 of their Interactive Notebook
Homework:
1. Homework Club daily room 602 2:45-3:45
2. Final Exam Monday/Tuesday
3. Interactive Notebook pages 19-20 due tomorrow
4. Detentions/Opportunity Class for Essay today
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will review for their final exam
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read Of Mice Men
1. Students read Of Mice Men
2. Students worked on their final review packet - due tomorrow
Homework:
1. Homework Club daily room 602 2:45-3:45
2. Final Exam Monday/Tuesday
3. Final Exam Review Packet due tomorrow
4. Detentions tomorrow for students who didn't turn in their essays is tomorrow from 2:45-3:45pm
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze the central idea in the article of the week (AOW)
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read Of Mice and Men
2. AOW on "The Causes of the Great Depression"
Homework:
1. Homework Club daily room 602
2. AOW due Wednesday if not done in class
3. Final Exam on Monday/Tuesday of next week - review will be on Wednesday
4. Period 4 do Google Classroom Chapters 11-13 questions
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: write expository essays
BW:
1. Write homework down
2. Work on essay
Agenda:
1. Write essay - due at the end of the period
Homework:
1. Homework Club daily
2. Period 4 - read chapter 13
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: write expository essays analyzing character
Bell Work
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students wrote out their essays - essays due end of class Friday
Homework"
1. Essays due Friday end of class
2. Period 4 read chapter 12
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: write expository essays
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students completed their writing organizer for their essay tomorrow.
Homework:
1. Homework Club one hour after school daily room 602
2. Writing organizer due tomorrow
3. Essay due by the end of the class on Friday
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will write an expository essay analyzing character
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Begin working on writing organizer
Agenda:
1. Students need to complete the expository essay writing organizer
Homework:
1. Homework Club this week from 3:00-3:45 room 602
2. Writing organizer/outline due Thursday - we type our essays Thursday!!
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will write an expository essay analyzing character
Bell Work:
1. Read silently
2. Review Interactive Notebook pages 15-18
Agenda:
1. Read Of Mice and Men chapter 3 part 1
2. Expository Essay Outline and schedule for the week
3. Guided practice for summary and thesis
Homework:
1. Homework Club this week 3-3:45 room 602
2. Period 4 read chapter 10 The Hobbit
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Begin Google Classroom assignment
Agenda:
1. Google Classroom Chapter 2 Questions due in class
Homework:
1. Homework Club next week M/T/Th/F 2:45-3:45 room 602
2. Period 4 read chapters 7-9
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: write expository essays
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework.
2. Read silently.
Agenda:
1. Students finished reading Of Mice and Men chapter 2 part 2
2. Students finished page 17 Thesis Statements practice from Friday
Homework:
1. Homework Club 2:45-3:45 room 602
2. pages 15-18 Interactive Notebook
3. Period 4 read chapter 6
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: write expository essays with a focus on thesis statements
Bell Work:
1. Read silently'
Agenda:
1. Students read Of Mice and Men chapter 2 part 1
2. Thesis statement notes page 18 of Interactive Notebook
3. Thesis statements practice page 17 Interactive Notebook
Homework:
1. pages 15-18 Interactive Notebook
2. Homework Club today 602 2:45-3:45
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: analyze the two sides of Bibo's character using text evidence to support your analysis
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework.
2. Take out organizer for test
3. Take out work book for test
Agenda:
1. Students took their writing test today - they typed it up in Study Sync
Homework:
1. Homework Club 2:45-3:45 room 602
2. Period 4 - Review Questions on chapters 1-3 in Google Classroom due by 8am tomorrow morning
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Write expository constructed response analyzing Bilbo's personality in The Hobbit
Bell Work:
1. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read part one of chapter one in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men
2. Students were provided a two sided writing organizer and filled it out during class. If it wasn't finished it was to be completed for homework. This organizer is going to be used for their writing test tomorrow.
Homework:
1. Homework Club 2:45-3:45 room 602
2. Finish the two sided organizer for the writing test tomorrow.
3. Period 4 read chapter 3 of The Hobbit and do Google Classroom assignment for chapter 3
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. read silently
Agenda:
1. Students completed Think Questions for The Hobbit - due in class
Homework:
1. Homework Club 2:45-3:45 room 602
2. Writing Test on Wednesday 11/14/18. Students will analyze the two side's of BilBo's personality and support their analysis with text evidence. Writing organizers will be provided next week and used during the test. Open book and open notes. Review The Hobbit and Think Questions.
4. Period 4 - Google Classroom assignment for Chapter 2 due on Tuesday 11/13/18
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students took their Hobbit quiz on Study Sync
2. Students then looked through Google Classroom and submitted any assignments that hadn't previously been turned in.
3. Students went to the library
Homework:
1. Homework Club 2:45-3:45 room 602
2. Period 4 - FIELD TRIP TOMORROW. Bring lunch and drink!
3. Period 4 Read chapter 2 of The Hobbit by Friday
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students saw chapter 1 of The Hobbit and responded to questions on Google Classroom
Homework:
1. Homework Club this week 2:45pm-3:45pm room 602
2. Period 4 return permission slip for Huntington Library field trip ASAP
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: understand vocabulary in context
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework in agenda
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students finished their Hobbit vocabulary in Google Classroom today. Period 3 will also have Monday to work on it due to the assembly.
Homewokr:
1. Homework Club today 3:00-3:45 pm 602
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will understand vocabulary in context
Bell Work:
1. Write homework down in agenda
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read The Hobbit
2. Vocabulary assignment for The Hobbit in Google Classroom due end of the period Friday
3. pages 13-14 of the Interactive Notebook was graded
Homework:
1. Homework Club this week 3-3:45pm room 602
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will identify and analyze plot elements
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read The Hobbit
2. Students finished their Plot Diagram on page 13 of the Interactive Notebook
3. Students took a quiz on "The Song of Wandering Aengus"
4. Students had Interactive Notebooks graded - pages 13 and 14
Homework:
1. Homework Club this week 3-3:45
2. Period 4 return permission slip and know your chaperone
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: identify and analyze plot elements
BW:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students read The Hobbit pages 1-6 discussed exposition
2. Students took notes on plot elements page 14 of the Interactive Notebook
3. Students watched "Partly Cloudy" by Pixar
4. Students began their Plot diagram for Partly Cloudy page 13 of the Interactive Notebook - we'll finish this Tuesday
Homework:
1. Quiz tomorrow - metaphor, simile, imagery both definitions and examples from "The Song of Wandering Aengus"
2. Homework Club this week 3-3:45 except Wednesday
3. Period 4 return permission slip and know your chaperone for field trip on November 8th
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will discuss the impact of figurative language and write and review Blasts
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
1. Write down homework
2. Review page 6 Interactive Notebook
Agenda
1. Students saw a figurative language video
1. Students saw a figurative language video
2. Students wrote a response to a Blast Question
3. Students then read their Blast, "Go Figure" and responded and reviewed other Blasts
Homework:
1. Homework Club M/T/Th/F next week 3-3:45pm room 602
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will identify and analyze theme and figurative language in the William Butler Yeats poem, "The Song of Wandering Aengus"
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda
1. Students wrote their three paragraph response to the prompt: Identify and analyze one theme in "The Song of Wandering Aengus" and support your analysis with figurative language as text evidence.
1. Students wrote their three paragraph response to the prompt: Identify and analyze one theme in "The Song of Wandering Aengus" and support your analysis with figurative language as text evidence.
2. Pages 9-12 of the Interactive Notebook were graded today in class.
Homework:
1. Homework Club Thursday and Friday this week
2. Bring a book daily
Due:
Assignment
10/23/18
Learning Objective: students will identify and analyze figurative language in "The Song of Wandering Aengus"
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students filled out an organizer for "The Song of Wandering Aengus". **I'm attaching the organizer that students completed - they came up with the figures of speech used and the analysis**
Homework:
1. Homework Club Tuesday/Thursday/Friday room 602 2:45-3:45
2. Interactive Notebook pages 9-12 due tomorrow
3. Bring a book daily
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will identify and analyze figurative language
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Students took notes on figurative language - page 12 Interactive Notebook
2. Students worked on a practice page for figurative language page 11
Homework:
1. Interactive Notebook pages 9-12 due Wednesday
2. Bring a book daily
3. Homework Club this week Tuesday, Thursday, Friday (today was cancelled) 2:45-3:45 in room 602
Due:
Assignment
10/18/18
Learning Objective: students will identify and analyze theme in fictional texts
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Daily Warm Up #9 "Women of Justice"
Agenda
1. Students finished the novel Holes (except period 5)
2. Notes on theme page 10 Interactive Notebook
3. Practice page 9 Interactive Notebook on theme
Homework:
1. Homework Club next week Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday 2:45-3:45 room 602
2. Daily Warm Up days 6-10 due Monday
3. Interactive Notebook pages 9 and 10 due Monday
Due:
Assignment
10/16/18
learning objective: students will evaluate their understanding of the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus"
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Daily Warm Up #7 "Stronger Than Steel"
Agenda:
1. Students read Holes
2. Video on Poem
3. Quiz
Homework:
1. Daily Warm Up days 6-10 due Monday
2. Homework Club this week Monday/Tuesday 2:45-3:45 room 602
3. Period 4 - Essay and charts due Monday
Due:
Assignment
10/15/18
Learning Objective: Students will use text evidence to support responses for Think Questions
Bell Work:
1. Write homework down in agendas
2. Daily Warm Up #6 "Man of Finance"
Agenda:
1. Holes chapter 44
2. Think Questions page 18 "The Song of Wandering Aengus"
Homework:
1. Homework Club Monday/Tuesday 602 2:45-3:45
2. Quiz on "The Song of Wandering Aengus" tomorrow
3. Period 4 Google Classroom Assignment for The Fault in Our Stars
Due:
Assignment
10/12/18
Learning Objective: Students will paraphrase "The Song of Wandering Aengus"
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Agenda:
1. Holes
2. group paraphrase - prepare questions
3. paraphrase review
4. questions due in class
Homework:
1. Homework Club Monday 10/15/18 2:45-3:45 Room 602 - sign in/sign out required
2. Period 4 finish novel by Monday
Due:
Assignment
10/11/18
Learning Objective: Students will read and annotate "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. preview poem
2. slide show vocabulary
3. group read of poem
4. students read and annotated the poem
5. class discussion about poem
Homework:
1. Homework Club tomorrow 2:45-3:45 room 602 - This is a place where students can work on any homework they want quality. It is NOT Opportunity Class. No makeup work.
2. Period 4 finish novel by Monday
Due:
Assignment
10/9/18
Learning Objective: Students will use context to understand vocabulary in the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus"
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Vocabulary on Google Classroom
Homework:
1. Opportunity Class today
Due:
Assignment
10/8/18
Learning Objective: students will use context to understand vocabulary
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Read silently
Class Work:
1. Holes
2. Vocabulary in Google Classroom for the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus"
Homework:
1. Opportunity Class - Tuesday 2:45-3:45. Students must stay the full hour and they can make up Daily Warm Ups and Interactive Notebook pages. This includes completing incomplete work as well as missing work.
Due:
Assignment
10/5/18
Learning Objective: Students will analyze central ideas and use text evidence and inferences to support their analysis
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. Work on the article, "It's Just Not Halloween Without a Haunted House"
Class Work:
1. Students completed their close read paragraph in Study Sync for "The Other Side of the Sky"
2. Students read Holes chapters 36-38
Homework:
1. Article, "It's Just Not Halloween Without a Haunted House"due Monday
2. Period 4 chapters 11-15
Due:
Assignment
10/3/18
Learning Objective: analyze text evidence by inferring central ideas
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework
2. "It's Just Not Halloween Without a Haunted House"
Class Work:
1. Quiz on "The Other Side of the Sky"
2. finish pages 7-8 Interactive Notebook
3. Library
Homework:
1. "It's Just Not Halloween Without a Haunted House" due Monday
Due:
Assignment
10/1/18
Learning Objective: Students will analyze text evidence and inferences
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework.
2. Begin the article, "It's Just Not Halloween Without a Haunted House" by Newsela.
Class Work:
1. Students turned in the article, "How Do Animals Communicate?"
2. Cornell Notes "Inferences" page 8
3. Practice page 7 Inferences
Homework:
1. "It's Just Note Halloween Without a Haunted House" due Monday
2. Pages 7-8 Interactive Notebook due tomorrow
3. AR points = Lancer Loot
4. 2 AR books = Menchie's certificate
5. Period 4 Google Classroom assignment for chapters 6-10 due Wednesdsay
Due:
Assignment
9/27/18
Driving Question: What drives us to undertake a mission?
Learning Objective: Students will read and identify central idea and use context clues to understand vocabulary in "The Other Side of the Sky"
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework.
2. Work on the article "How Do Animals Communicate?" due Monday
Class Work:
1. Students watched a short video for "The Other Side of the Sky"
2. Students read "The Other Side of the Sky" as a class
3. Students did a second read of the story online providing annotations according to guidelines
Homework:
1. The article, "How Do Animals Communicate?" is due on Moday
2. Pages 5-6 of the Interactive Notebook is due tomorrow
3. Period 4 read chapters 6-10 in the novel
4. Period 4 take the STAR test by Friday
Due:
Assignment
9/24/18
Learning Objective: Students will discuss the driving question, "What drives us to undertake a mission?" then read and analyze the Blast "Life Changers"
Driving Question: What drives us to undertake a mission?
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework:
2. "How Do Animals Communicate?"
link to article:
Homework:
1. Read 60 minutes
2. "How Do Animals Communicate?" due Monday
3. Pages 5-6 in the Interactive Notebook due tomorrow
4. Period 4 read chapters 1-5
Due:
Assignment
9/21/18
Learning Objective: students will analyze two central ideas and support their analysis with text evidence.
Bell Work:
1. Write down homework in agendas
2. Daily Warm Up day 5 - "Harry S. Truman, U.S. President"
Class Work:
1. Students completed their Barrio Boy paragraphs in Study Sync
Homework:
1. Daily Warm Up days 1-5 due Monday
2. Read 60 minutes
3. AR coming soon!
Due:
Assignment
9/20/18
Learning Objective: students will summarize two central ideas and support their analysis with text evidence
Bell work:
1. Write down homework
2. Daily Warm Up #4 "Olympic Inspiration"
Class Work:
1. Students read Holes chapters 23-25
2. Students typed up two paragraphs in Study Sync on Barrio Boy
Homework:
1. Barrio Boy paragraphs due end of class on Friday
2. Read 60 minutes
3. Daily Warm Up days 1-5 due Monday
Due:
Assignment
9/19/18
Learning Objective: students will summarize two central ideas and support their summaries with text evidence
Bell Work:
1. Write homework down
2. Daily Warm Up #3 "Sir Thomas More"
Class Work:
1. Students read Holes chapter 22
2. Students who finished their "Barrio Boy" organizer went to the library
3. Students who were not done with the organizer finished in class or continued at home if they needed more time.
Homework:
1. "Barrio Boy" organizer
2. Read 60 minutes
3. Daily Warm Up days 1-5
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Summarize two central ideas in Ernesto Galarza's story "Barrio Boy" and support their analysis with text evidence
Bell Work:
1. Write homework down.
2. Daily Warm Up #2 "Lawrence of Arabia
Class Work:
1. Students read Holes chapters 20-21
2. Students finished the second side of their Barrio Boy organizer
Homework:
1. Daily Warm Up days 1-5 due Monday
2. Rebound "Barrio Boy" Quiz today after school. Voluntary. Leave when quiz is done.
3. Read 60 minutes
4. Finish organizer
Due:
Assignment
9/17/18
Learning Objective: Summarize two central ideas in Ernesto Galarza's story "Barrio Boy" and support their analysis with text evidence
Bell Work:
1. Write homework down.
2. Daily Warm Up #1 "The Unknown Winston Churchill"
Class Work:
1. Students were provided Writing Folders to collect their prewriting organizers
2. Students worked in groups to fill out the "Barrio Boy" organizer in preparation for two paragraphs that will be typed up on Wednesday
Homework:
1. Daily Warm Up days 1-5 due Monday
2. Rebound "Barrio Boy" Quiz today after school. Voluntary. Leave when quiz is done.
3. Read 60 minutes
4. Students will be typing up their Barrio Boy paragraphs Thursday and Friday. The organizers need to be completed in order to begin typing. Students can choose to bring them home or work on them in class.
Due:
Assignment
9/14/18
Learning Objective: students will analyze central idea and support it with text evidence
Bell Work:
Daily Warm Up #15
Class Work:
1. Students read chapters 18-19 of Holes
2. Students worked in groups to identify and support several central ideas from the story "Barrio Boy"
Homework:
1. Rebound quiz for Barrio Boy moved to Monday
2. Daily Warm Up days 11-15 due on Monday - Students need to read, annotate with at least five margin notes, respond to all questions including the short answer, and write down three things learned from each article in order to get full credit
3. Read 60 minutes
Due:
Assignment
9/13/18
Learning Objective: Students will analyze central idea and support their analysis with text evidence
Bell Work:
Daily Warm Up #13
Class Work:
1. Students worked on central idea in study sync - due in class
Homework:
1. Barrio Boy rebound moved to Monday after school
2. Daily Warm Ups 11-15 due Monday
3. Read 60 minutes
Due:
Assignment
9/12/18
Learning Objective: analyze central ideas
Bell Work:
Daily Warm Up #12
Class Work:
1. Students read chapters 16-17 in Holes
2. Students finished pages 3-4 in their Interactive Notebooks and received a grade
3. Students went to the library
Homework:
1. Read 60 minutes
2. Daily Warm Up 11-15 due Monday
3. Rebound Barrio Boy Quiz Friday
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will summarize central idea and support it with text evidence
Bell Work:
Daily Warm Up #11
Class Work:
1. students read chapter 14 of Holes
2. Students completed page 3 of their Interactive Notebook and attached it as a flip page
Homework:
1. Rebound opportunity for Barrio Boy Quiz
2. Pages 3-4 Interactive Notebook
Due:
Assignment
9/10/18
Learning Objective: Students will analyze central idea and support their analysis with text evidence
Bell Work:
Daily Warm Up #11 "Deadly Delicacy"
Add three things you learned to each article
Class Work:
1. Daily Warm Up days 6-10 collected
2. Notes for central idea taken on page 4 of the Interactive Notebook
3. Menchie's reading incentive
Homework:
- Daily Warm Up Days 11-15 due Monday
- Read 60 minutes daily
- Menchie’s Reading Program - record of book check out from library and one paragraph summary of the book
- Retake Barrio Boy quiz after school Friday. Voluntary. Leave when the quiz is done.
- Period 4 Make sure novel is read - Essay assignment in Google Classroom due Monday
Due:
Assignment
9/7/18
Learning Objective: Students will asses their comprehension of the story excerpt "Barrio Boy"
Bell Work:
Daily Warm Up #10
Write down three things you learned in each article
Class Work:
1. Students turned in Think Questions for "Barrio Boy"
2. Students logged in to Clever
3. Students took the "Barrio Boy" Quiz
Homework:
1. Read 60 minutes
2. Daily Warm Up days 6-10 due Monday. Write down three things you learned from the article on each article
Due:
Assignment
9/6/18
Learning Objective: students will use text eveidence to analyze Barrio Boy
Bell Work:
Daiky Warm Up #9
Classwork:
1. students read chapters 11-12 of Holes
2. students responded to Think Questions in page 8 of their workbook
- due tomorrow
Homework:
Think Questions
read 60 minutes
Quiz tomorrow Barrio Boy
Due:
Assignment
9/4/18
Learning Objective: Students will read and annotate Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza
Bell Work:
Daily Warm Up #6 "The Rare Dolphin"
Students must also write down three things they learned from this article.
Classwork:
1. Students turned in Daily Warm Ups days 6010
2. Students had Daily Warm Ups 1-5 returned to them and put them in their portfolios
3. Students read chapter 10 in the novel Holes
4. Students read and annotated Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza - they had to provide 20 margin notes and if they weren't done in class, it was homework
4. Students read and annotated Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza - they had to provide 20 margin notes and if they weren't done in class, it was homework
Homework:
1. Finish annotating Barrio Boy - the workbook is to be brought to class daily
2. Read 60 minutes
3. Daily Warm Ups days 6-10 beginning with "The Rare Dolphin" is due Monday
4. Opportunity Class from 3-4 pm today in 602
5. Period 4 finish novel
Due:
Assignment
Learning objective: Students will respond to a prompt by reading and annotating an article, then use a prewriting organizer to write a paragraph
Bell Work:
Daily Warm Up day #10 "The Louisiana Purchase"
Class Work:
1. Students finished their Google Classroom assignment from yesterday. Students read the Wonderopolis article, "Do Chickens Make Good Pets?" and responded to a prompt by filling out a graphic organizer and writing a paragraph from that organizer.
2. When students finished they worked on their Daily Warm Up days 6-10 that are due on Tuesday and when that was done they could read silently.
Homework:
1. Read 60 minutes
2 Daily Warm Up days 6-10 due Tuesday - please remember to not only read but ANNOTATE with margin notes, and answer questions attached
3. Period 4 finish novel
4. Opportunity Class Tuesday 9/4/18 from 3-4 pm in 602. Students who want to make up the following assignments for partial credit MUST be present for the entire hour, no exceptions. Opportunity Class is voluntary. The assignments that will be accepted during Opportunity Class on 9/4 are:
Interactive Notebook paged 1-2
Barrio Boy Vocabulary
Daily Warm Up days 1-5
Daily Warm Up days 6-10
These assignments will NOT be accepted after 9/4/18
Due:
Assignment
8/30/18
Learning Objective: Students will respond to a prompt by reading and annotating an article, then use a pre-writing organizer to write a paragraph
Bell Work:
Daily Warm Up Day #9 "The Beginnings of Fountain Drinks"
Class Work:
1. Students read Holes Chapters 8 and 9
2. Students were graded for their Interactive Notebook pages 1 and 2
3. Students worked on a Google Classroom Assignment. They read an article from Wonderopolis titled, "Do Chickens Make Good Pets?" and filled out an organizer responding to the prompt in the organizer. They also wrote a paragraph from their organizer.
link to article:
Homework:
1. Read 60 minutes
2. Daily Warm Up days 6-10 due Tuesday
Due:
Assignment
8/29/18
Learning Objective: Students will respond to a prompt by reading and annotating an article, then use a pre-writing organizer to write a paragraph
Bell Work:
Daily Warm Up #8 "Pirates on the South China Seas"
Classwork:
1. Students write their proper paragraph from their organizer on page 1 of their Interactive Notebook. They glued their organizer to page 2 and highlighted key words. They also glued their article as a flip page to page 1. They added pages 1 and 2 to their Table of Contents
Homework:
1. Read 60 minutes
2. Complete pages 1-2 in the Interactive Notebook
3. Daily Warm Up days 6-19 due Tuesday
Due:
Assignment
8/28/18
Learning Objective: Students will respond to a prompt by reading and annotating an article, then use a pre-writing organizer to write a paragraph
Bell Work:
Daily Warm Up #6 "The History of Airships"
Classwork:
1. Students read chapter 7 in the novel Holes
2. Students used a pre-writing organizer to respond to the prompt "How can people overcome loneliness? Provide text evidence to support your response. This is in direct response to the Newsela article, "Young Adults Need to be More Interactive to Overcome Loneliness" from yesterday.
Homework:
1. Finish Organizer if not done in class
2. Read 60 minutes
3. Daily Warm Ups days 6-10 due next tuesday
4. Period 4 finish novel by tomorrow
Due:
Assignment
8/27/18
Learning Objective: Students will respond to a prompt by reading and annotating an article, then use a pre-writing organizer to write a proper paragraph
Bell Work:
Daily Warm Up day #6 "The Great American Dessert"
Classwork:
1. Students turned in their Daily Warm Up packets for days 1-5
2. Students read chapter 6 in the novel Holes
3. Students read an annotated the Newsela article, "Young Adults Need to Be More Interactive to Overcome Loneliness" - we noted the title, writer, publisher, publication date, numbered paragraphs and highlighted subheadings. This was done in addition to margin notes and various other annotations.
Link to article:
Homework:
1. Read 60 minutes
2. Daily Warm Up days 6-10 due on Tuesday September 3rd
3. Period 4 novel due by Wednesday 8/29/18
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will analyze the central idea and support their analysis with text evidence
Bell Work:
1. Daily Warm Up #5
Class Work:
1. Students read a Wonderopolis article "What is SubTropolis?"
2. Students then responded to a prompt on Google Classroom. Prompt is attached as a pdf but is available on Google Classroom.
Homework:
1. Read 60 minutes daily
2. Bring reading material daily
3. Daily Warm Ups days 1-5 due on Monday
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will understand vocabulary in context
Bell Work: Daily Warm Up #4 "The Jumping Spider"
Agenda:
1. Holes chapter 5
2. Review on annotations
3. Vocabulary for Barrio Boy due in class
4. Workbooks assigned
Homework:
1. Daily Warm Ups Days 1-5 due on Monday 8/27
2. Read 60 minutes daily
3. Period 4 - novel must be read by 8/29
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: STudents will demonstrate reading comprehension and writing skills by taking a writing assessment.
Bell Work:
1. Daily Warm up Day #1 A Forest Secret and Daily Warm up #2 Animal Intelligence
Agenda:
1. Students took a writing test
2. Binder Check
Homework:
1. Read 60 minutes daily
2. Daily Warm Up Bell Work Days 1-5 due Monday 8/27
MANY STUDENTS STILL DO NOT HAVE THEIR BINDERS OR INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS ORGANIZED. PLEASE PUT THESE TOGETHER. THIS IS COUNTING AS A GRADE.
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: students will organize their Language Arts binder and Interactive Notebook
Bell Work:
Daily Bellwork Day #1 "A Forest Secret"
Agenda 8/20
1. contracts collected
2. read Holes
3. Organize binders and Interactive Notebooks
Homework:
1. Bring reading material daily
2. Binder organization due tomorrow
3. Daily Bellwork Days 1-5 due Monday 8/27
4. Read 60 minutes daily
Due:
Assignment
Learning Objective: Students will subscribe to homework websites and explore Wonderopolis using assigned computers and student gmail accounts
Agenda 8/17/18
1. Emergency Info/Favorite Things handout to in box
2. Computers assigned to students
3. Subscribe to Homework Websites
4. Google Classroom and Wonderopolis - kids logged in to explore - nothing to turn in here
Homework:
1. All supplies due on Monday
2. Reading material must be brought to class daily
Due:
Assignment
Agenda 8/15/18
1. Welcome
2. Rules
3. Supplies
4. Emergency Info
5. Favorite Things handout
Homework due on 8/16/18
1. Bring reading material daily starting 8/16/18
2. Rules and Consequences Contract due tomorrow 8/16
3. Supplies due Friday 8/17
*4. Period 4 ONLY - Honors Contract due tomorrow 8/16
Due:
Assignment
August 16, 2018
Learning Objective: Students will create organizational materials for the year by making portfolios and student files
Agenda:
1. seating chart
2. student files - collection of all contracts both honors and rules
3. student portfolios
Homework:
1. Bring reading material
2. Bring supplies Monday (date changed from Friday to Monday)