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Quarter Four
Monday and Friday - Research What will you discover? Students choose their Discovery unit topics and collect interesting and important facts and key terms. See Laser Talk rubric above. Students must also gather their sites into a simple resources bibliography.
Tuesday and Wednesday - Students will be taking a Career Inventory as well as making up three lost WYRWednesday reading times.
Thursday - DVUSD Research Assessment Test
M-Thu - AIMS in the am and Socratic Discussion in the pm
Monday - Complete Expository Essay and answer Socratic Discussion questions
Tuesday - Socratic Discussion Questions DUE
Wednesday and Thursday AIMS Reading Prep
Wednesday - Narrative Write DUE
Friday - Test-taking dos and don'ts - celebrate!
Monday - Parts of Speech and Sentencing Review
Tuesday - Theme Essay Take #2: How does the theme of Survival (physical or emotional a part of the Hunger Games) and Socratic Discussion questions.
Wednesday - Expository write review
Thursday - Writing types - How do I start
Friday - 1/2 day AIMS Expository write - VIP (very important practice)!
Monday and Friday - Persuasion Techniques and Rally Round your Tribute Advertisement
Tuesday and Thursday- Socratic Discussion Questions - Conference with Mrs. Sprague about Theme Essay
Wednesday - WYRW Poetry - Rue's Death
Monday - Theme Essay: Love and Hate
Tuesday - Field Day Theme Essay
Wednesay - Complete Theme Essay and Functional Text and Vocabulary Talks
Thursday/Friday 1/2 days: Socratic Discussion Questions start with either inferential or evaluative
Quarter Three
Monday - Plot: Musts, Shoulds, Maybes!
Tuesday - SD ?s Which Ones?
Wednesday - Read Chapter 7 and Poetry/Student led Conference forms
Thursday Functional Text: Stylists and Career Tributes - Reminder about Current Events
Friday 1/2 day Expository Write
Monday - Evaluating Hunger Games
Tuesday - Chapter 2 Flashbacks
Wednesday - WYRW - Vocabulary Talk Dependent Clauses and Simple Sentences
Thursday - Original Perseverance Poem
Friday - PIG DAY! Trivia, Odes and Pig Out Sundaes
Monday - President's Day, no school
Tuesday and Wednesday: Investigate Style: Irony and one additional literary term - student choice.
Thursday and Friday - Hunger Games introduction
Monday - Read Short Story Aloud, Determine Conflict
Review of Original Perseverance Poem Requirements
Tuesday - DVRA assessment
Wednesday - WYRW and Perseverance and Poetry Evaluation
Thursday and Friday - Conflict affects Characterization and Point of View Thinking Maps and Essay
Monday - Review poem, "It Couldn't be Done." Complete Original Short Story Draft
Tuesday - Poetry Recitation and Short Story Annotations
Wednesday - No School
Thursday - Word Off Game
Friday - Data Dossier
Monday - Short Story #2 - Read and Guess underlined vocabulary
Tuesday - Check definitions, write correct synonym or short phrase over vocabulary word and reread story.
Wednesday - WYRW - Data Dossier
Thursday - word sort, create word pictures and pnuemonics
Friday - Draft: one page story using 8 words from one story and six words from another story.
<MMonduarter Three
Monday Off
Tuesday and Wednesday-
Short Stories - "The Tell-tale Heart" Vocabulary work and Listening - Rd Through: Conflict, Characterization, Pt of View, Theme, Style
Thursday - Read through individually assigned Short Story Vocab find
Friday - Read through second individually assigned Short Story Vocab find
Monday and Tuesday: Critical Reading Series (CRS) Articles - focus is on main idea, inferences, and author approach.
Wednesday - Tsunami author approach comparison analysis paragraph (4-6 sentences).
Thursday - CRS update "The Wild Ride of the Gemini"
Friday CRS analysis and author approach assessment.
Quarter Two
December 16 SRI testing
December 17-20 Socratic Discussions
December 9-13
Monday - Wednesday Socratic Discussion Questions Analytic and Evaluative
Thursday Friday - Flex day - what needs to be completed?
Monday and Tuesday - District Assessments
Wednes and Thursday - Socratic Discussion Questions - Literal and Analytic
Friday - half day (possible skyping with Gary Guller)
Monday - complete minor character analysis
Rd Camp 31/2 and Camps 5 and 6
Tuesday - finish reading PEAK, review Themes
Wednesday - WYRW - all class
Monday and Wednesday - Everest Art and Music
Tuesday - Personification Poetry
Thursday - Counterargument
Friday - Read Blink and Minor Character Study
Week Five
Monday - no school
Tuesday - Flee Map
Wednesday and Thursday - Rough, rough draft in lab
Friday - Crafting sentences: Subordinating Conjunctions - and Complex sentences
Week Four
Monday - Read together, "Secrets" Homework: Entrance ticket - see example above - bullets and summaries pp136-172 due Thursday or no Prayer Flag making
Tuesday- Complete Text Research in class
Wednes and Thursday - Meet in Research Teams: must have internet, text, and movie research
Friday Prayer Flags
Week Three
Monday - PEAK Packet Character and Plot OR What If Analysis
Tuesday - Thursday - Text Research
Friday - 1/2 day Combination Notes: TEAM EVEREST movie
Week Two
Monday - Annotations Rubric Review - Due Tuesday, October 22
Tuesday and Wednesday - Rock Cycle Story add Emotional
Thursday - rd Secrets Chapter and annotate. Style Elements: Hyperbole and Word Power
HW: Read pages 136-172 and complete Entrance Ticket (in Peak Packet)
Friday - Inductive Reasoning - Minor Characters
Week One
Monday - no school
Tuesday - Read chapters "Peak Experience" and "Rock Weasels" - no annotations - Knot Tying
Wednesday - Read chapters"Gasp" through "Latecomers" - annotations in class
Thursday and Friday 1/2 days
Style Elements Analysis - 1/2 of the assignment due.
HW: Read "ABC" and annotate due Monday October 21 or No Prayer Flag activity.
Week Nine
Monday and Tuesday: Internet Research
Homework: Students read pp 38-66 and annotate.
Overview of PEAK packet Style Elements and Peak's PIES.
Wednesday
WYRW and annotation revie
Thursday: Edmund Hillary first on Everest Critical Reading questions
Friday: Knot Tying
Week Eight
Monday - Introduction to Annotating text; to PEAK, to Roland Smith; and to Everest
Tuesday: Bias, Validity, Reliability - Vocabulary work
Wednesday: WYRW, compound sentencing - coordinating conjunctions
Thursday: Read PEAK, 26- 30
Overview of Argument Writing, 7 minutes research
Friday: DVLanguage Arts District Testing; Data Folders; Socratic Discussion Questions
Week Seven
Monday - Dramatic Literature overview - set up stage directions and three scenes.
Tuesday - Work backwards - Scene Three then Scene One
Wednesday - WYRW
Thursday - Scene Two, read through entire Act.
Friday - , self, peer review
Script due
Week Six
Monday - Thursday - Combination Notes and Summarizing Jason and the Argonauts Myth
Wednesday - WYRW - 500 pages due
Thursday and Friday - Compare and Contrast text and film analysis due.
Week Five
Monday - Tuesday
Students take their analysis and knowledge of the myth Echo and Narcissus and create a theme essay, using myth and life themes and evidence from the myth
Wednesday - WYRW and Theme Evaluation
Thursday: Daedalus and Icarus - god intervention write
Friday: half day - Simulation Write
Week Four
Tuesday - Friday
Students analyze the myth Echo and Narcissus:
syntax, punctualtion, sentencing, character motivation, character and plot integration, tone, and theme.
Week Three
Monday: Critical Reading Series Review
Tuesday: Data Dossier and Frontload ELA writing essentials. (Students will receive a myriad of writing information.)
Wednesday and Thursday: WYRW; Fables, character vs. plot/conflict AND morals/theme.
Friday: Types of Endings, write and alternative ending.
Looking forward: Myths!!
Week Two
Monday
Data Dossier: How tos and record scores
Tuesday
Team talk: Student discussion: the importance of reading for meaning and the breakdown strategy.
Find 6 adjectives
What are the Clues to Complexity?
What is the value of this analysis?
Wednesday: WYRW/ Potato Genres
Thursday; Critical Reading and Analysis
Friday: 1/2 day Multiple Intelligence Survey, Breakdown, and Graph
WEEK ONE!!!!
Monday: ELA overview - rules, room, goals, etc.
Tuesday: Reading Requirements: choose a book
Wednesday: SRI testing; Functional Teams
Thursday: Teaming close reading
Friday: Pair/Share and Reading discussions regarding teaming
Monday - finish PEAK - Begin Theme
Essay
Tuesday - Wednesday - Theme Essay - see attached rubric Thursday - Socratic Discussion Answers
Friday - PDSA Semester One
Monday - Theme Analysis: Family and PEAK - Include 1 direct citation and 3 paraphrased citations in the juicy paragraph 6-12 sentences. Use rubric!
Tuesday - Read and annotate for theme and Everest info pages 173-204
Homework: Read and annotate Camp 3 1/2 (final annotation for grade - Due Friday or no watercolor painting)
Wednesday - Minor Character's purpose: Select Three characters (3 separate paragraphs) and explain their purpose in the novel - 1 direct citation and 2 paraphrased total.
Thursday - SRI Test for Reading Lexile
Friday - Watercolor painting Everest - Personification Poem and Camp 3 1/2 annotations are prerequisite to painting.
Monday - Work Day for Style: Flashback, Foreshadowing, Sarcasm, Word Choice, and Hyperbole - Complete pages 2 and 3 using prompts - Due Thursday
Tuesday - DVRA
Wednesday - Work Day for Style continue work from Monday - Due Thursday!
Thurs - Work Day for Reading Response
Friday - Half Day: Writing about history with citations
Monday - Review Hilary and Norgay Critical Reading and Minor Character Summaries; Style Elements p.2,3 - Prepare and Tackle Two
Tuesday - Read and annotate in class pp 67-92
Homework: Read and annotate pp 93-97 Read only pp 98-106 Due Wed am
Wednesday - Read and annotate pp107-121 and Personification p. 4 #1 and 2
Thursday - Personification Poetry p.5 "I am Everest"
Homework: 3 Life Quotes
Friday - Read pp 122-125 - Tibetan and Nepalese Prayer Flags and Life Quotes
Monday - Jamestown Critical Reading Series - Main Idea, Recalling Facts, Inferencing, Vocabulary and Author Approach Edmund Hilary
Tuesday - Minor Character Description Paragraphs: Rolf, Josh, Two Peas, Sunjo, Zoppa, Vincent p.7 in packet
Wednesday - Whatcha reading Wednesday - and prompts
Monday - No School
Tuesday - Read and annotate p. 1-17 - Close reading and annotating: How to
Wednesday - Read and annotate p. 18-30 - Begin Character Tree Map - Reading Response, p1 Identifying Obstacles
Thursday - Read and annotate p. 31-51 Reading Response, p1 Character Questions - at home reading and Relationship Entrance Ticket
Friday - Complete Reading Response page, Rd 52-61 and create knots.
Monday - Rock Process Narrative: Add or revise social issue, lead sentence, semi-colon, and third person biography
Tuesday and Wednesday - Text Research - 7 minute note-taking
Thursday - Research Team meetings - share research - Begin Go, Don't Go Boards
Friday - Skype with Gary Guller (successfully made it to Mt. Everest twice with only one arm)
October 29-Nov 2
Monday - What is Bias? What affects Bias? How can I guard against bias?
Tuesday - Homework Journal - Unit Overview Internet Research, easybib.com
Wednesday - Note-taking in color - Internet Research
Thursday - Text Research - Vocab Quiz (Short Story words)
Friday - PEAK p. 1-66
October 22-26 - Short Story Elements of Literature Completion and Epilogue Writing
Monday - Student revise and complete any and all elements:
Point of View, Setting, Characterization, Theme
Tuesday - Friday
Students create an Epilogue for one of the short stories they read. Must be one page in length and includes figurative and connotative language.
What is Laurie or Vera like as a seventh grader?
OR
What is Greg like in college?
Week Nine - October 9-12
Tuesday - Friday - Conflict and Plot for Short Stories + Questions and Vocabulary
Week Ten - October 15-19
Monday - Vocabulary mini-lessons - Affixes, Connotation and Denotation
Tuesday - Vocabulary and Synonyms Due - Reread stories and Assign to Elements of Literature - Begin characterization.
Wednesday - Friday - Final Elements of Literature analysis
Eight: October 1-5
Monday - Introduction to "The Tell-tale Heart"
Tuesday - Multi-flow map and Plot Points for Tell-tale and Set goals for Short Story Unit
Wednesday - Review Close-reading model for Tell-tale and answer questions.
Thursday - Begin reading differentiated short stories (each student is given two-three stories that either meet their reading level or exceed their reading level)
Friday - Library - reading time.
Common Core ELA Short Story Standards
Speaking and Listening
1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative
discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled)
with diverse partners on grade 7 topics,
texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and
expressing their own clearly.
a. 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.
b. Follow rules for collegial discussions, track
progress toward specific goals and deadlines,
and define individual roles as needed.
Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific
claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning
and the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Writing
Apply grade 7 Reading standards to literary
nonfiction (e.g. “Trace and evaluate the
argument and specific claims in a text,
assessing whether the reasoning is sound
and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to
support the claims”).
Reading
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support
analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.
1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly
supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly
as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and
how it is conveyed through particular details;
provide a summary of the text distinct from
personal opinions or judgments.
2. 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.
3. Analyze how particular elements of a story or
drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the
characters or plot).
Determine the meaning of words and phrases
as they are used in a text, including figurative
and connotative meanings; analyze the impact
of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g.,
alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts
the points of view of different characters or
narrators in a text.
Week Seven: September 24-28
Monday - Thursday - Jamestown Critical Reading Series.
Complete and Review "The Wildride of the Gemini"
Overview Process of reading information text - critical reading steps.
Skills: Main idea, recalling facts, inferencing, author's approach, vocabulary, critical thinking skills: compare and contrast, cause and effect, sequencing
ELA Progress Conferences with Mrs. Sprague throughout the week.
Friday - Introduction to Short Stories and Close-reading
"The Tell-tale Heart"
Week Sxi:
Monday - Complete Inferrential and Evaluative Questions
Tuesday - What is Active Listening? What does it look like?
Set goals for piggybacking, paraphrasing, sincere complimenting.
Wednesday - Jamestown Critical Reading Series - Prequiz - "The Wildride of the Gemini"
Thursday and Friday - Socratic Discussion
Week Five:
Monday - PDSA Study Myth Analysis #3 and Plot line #1
Goldilocks: Plot line review and 3 type question intro.
"Baseball and the Facts of Life"/"Right Field" intro.
Tuesday: Sequence "Right Field" using Plot points
Practice 3-Type Questions
Wednesday - Overview Socratic Discussion Method
Review 3 Type Questions - Begin answering
Thursday - Answer 3 Type questions
Friday - Half Day - Read Bystander
CCSELA
Reading Literature
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.
Analyze how particular elements of a story or
drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the
characters or plot).
Reading Information Text
Determine two or more central ideas in a text
and analyze their development over the course
of the text; provide an objective summary of the
text.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases
as they are used in a text, including figurative,
connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the
impact of a specific word choice on meaning and
tone.
Determine an author’s point of view or
purpose in a text and analyze how the author
distinguishes his or her position from that of
others.
Writing
Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and
relevant evidence, using accurate, credible
sources and demonstrating an understanding
of the topic or text.
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
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts
to support analysis, reflection, and research.
a. Apply grade 7 Reading standards to literature
(e.g., “Compare and contrast a fictional
portrayal of a time, place, or character and
a historical account of the same period as a
means of understanding how authors of fiction
use or alter history”).
b. Apply grade 7 Reading standards to literary
nonfiction (e.g. “Trace and evaluate the
argument and specific claims in a text,
assessing whether the reasoning is sound
and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to
support the claims”).
Speaking and Listening
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative
discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled)
with diverse partners on grade 7 topics,
texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and
expressing their own clearly.
a. 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.
b. Follow rules for collegial discussions, track
progress toward specific goals and deadlines,
and define individual roles as needed.
c. 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.
d. Acknowledge new information expressed by
others and, when warranted, modify their own
views
Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific
claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning
and the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Present claims and findings, emphasizing
salient points in a focused, coherent manner
Weeks Three and Four: August 27-Sept. 7
Week Four Monday - no school
Tuesday - Fables: morals and universal themes
Wednesday - Folk Tales Themes and Plot line and conflits - use Multi-Flow Map
Thursday -Plotline, theme - Theme analysis #3 Due
Friday - Library - read
Week Three Monday: PDSA, Myth Analysis #2
Tuesday: DVRA Pre-Test
Wednesday: Myth Analysis #2 Due - connect mythology themes to Jason and the Argonauts
Thursday and Friday - Narrative Writing - Write your own Myth - Prewriting, Draft, Polish
Common Core State Standards ELA
(CCSSELA)
*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.
*Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or
poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia
version, analyzing the effects of
techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
*Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details and well structrured event sequences.
*Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details and well structrured event sequences.
*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.
*Analyze how an author develops and contrasts
the points of view of different characters or
narrators in a text.
Weeks One and Two: August 13 - 24
Monday - Expectations, Surveys and Overview of Language Acquisition and History
Tuesday - ELA CLass Mission, Goal Setting & The Importance of Words, ELA Academic Vocabulary
Wednesday - Whatcha Reading Wednesdays (WYRW) Overview: Select Reading Materials; Analysis Expectations
Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday Story Beginnings: Myths and Drama Focus - see standards below. Combination note-taking, summarizing, myth analysis #2
Wednesday: Reading Requirements
Thursday - Student Reading Inventory
Common Core State Standards ELA (CCSSELA)
*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.
*Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a
time, place, or character and a historical account
of the same period as a means of understanding
how authors of fiction use or alter history.
*Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or
poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia
version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique
to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera
focus and angles in a film).
Write routinely over extended time frames (time
for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter
time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for
a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and
audiences.
Quarter Four Week Te
Monday - Life Quotes
Tuesday - Wellness
Wednesday - Wellness Fair
Thursday - Skype with Roland Smith - Wellness Survey
Tuesday - Wellness
Wednesday - Wellness Fair
Thursday - Skype with Roland Smith - Wellness Survey
Quarter Four Week Nine
Monday - Wellness bullets and boards
Tuesday - Wellness Laser Talks
Wednesday - Reading: Flow Map and Tone/Mood Graph
Emotional Wellness Foods with Moods - Bring in fruit and vegetable
Thursday - Friendship Poem and Family Communications
Friday - Laser Talk Practice Autobiographical Maps due - Lion King
Tuesday - Wellness Laser Talks
Wednesday - Reading: Flow Map and Tone/Mood Graph
Emotional Wellness Foods with Moods - Bring in fruit and vegetable
Thursday - Friendship Poem and Family Communications
Friday - Laser Talk Practice Autobiographical Maps due - Lion King
Quarter Four Week Eight
Monday - Socratic Discussion - small groups and Autobiographical Maps
Tuesday- Thursday: Katniss and Peeta Press Release or On Camera Interview drafts
Friday - Autobiographical Maps and Wellness Quotes
Tuesday- Thursday: Katniss and Peeta Press Release or On Camera Interview drafts
Friday - Autobiographical Maps and Wellness Quotes
Quarter Four Week Seven
Monday - Hunger Games 21-23a Socratic Discussion Due
Tuesday ZOO!! big lunch, sunscreen, tennis shoes, quarters??
Wednesday Read Hunger Games 23b-25
Thursday Vocabulary Quiz 1/3 Drafts Author circle
Friday 1/2 day Finish Hunger Games
Tuesday ZOO!! big lunch, sunscreen, tennis shoes, quarters??
Wednesday Read Hunger Games 23b-25
Thursday Vocabulary Quiz 1/3 Drafts Author circle
Friday 1/2 day Finish Hunger Games
Quarter Four, Week Five and Six - Hunger Games
Monday - Review Part One: Flow Map and Flashback information (see download on first page of website) - Finish Chapter 11, Hunger Games (HG)
Tuesday - Read HG 12-14
Wednesday - Read HG 15-17
Thursday - Read HG 18 - Add to Multi-Flow Maps
Friday - no school
Monday - Socratic Discussion Questions - Inferential:1-12, 17,20 Evaluative: 1,4,7, 8, 13-15,17,18
New Question: What affect does the media (TV, Commericals, Mmovi
Tuesday - review for vocab quiz, multi-flow map and character circle map for novel, writing drafts
Wednesday - Vocabulary Quiz, 1/3 of Drafts due for pair share, and half of reading pages due (Must create a Multi-flow Map and a Circle map for the main character).
Thursday Read 19 and 20 in HG
Friday - Career Day
Tuesday - Read HG 12-14
Wednesday - Read HG 15-17
Thursday - Read HG 18 - Add to Multi-Flow Maps
Friday - no school
Monday - Socratic Discussion Questions - Inferential:1-12, 17,20 Evaluative: 1,4,7, 8, 13-15,17,18
New Question: What affect does the media (TV, Commericals, Mmovi
Tuesday - review for vocab quiz, multi-flow map and character circle map for novel, writing drafts
Wednesday - Vocabulary Quiz, 1/3 of Drafts due for pair share, and half of reading pages due (Must create a Multi-flow Map and a Circle map for the main character).
Thursday Read 19 and 20 in HG
Friday - Career Day
Quarter Four Week Four
AIMS Week beginning Tuesday (writing prompt)
Wednesday through Friday (reading/writing/math)
Monday - Locate and Record Elements of Literature for Hunger Games
Monday, April 11
Reread: Chapters 1 and 2 Locate Elements of Literature
Multi-Flow #1 and #2
Capitol vs Districts and Katniss is chosen
Tuesday - Friday AIMS in the am
Hunger Games Schedule
Tuesday, April 12
45 min Read Chapters 3 and 4, review rules of Hunger Games
30 min Circle Map – Katniss (What do we learn from all of the foreshadowing??)
45 min Read Chapters 5 and 6, Multi-flow map #3 Peeta and Katniss
Wednesday, April 13 - From here on out they need the Circle Map out at all times.
45 - Read Chapter 7 – Add to Circle map
30 min – Vocabulary Sentences
45 min Read Chapter 8 – Add to Circle map and Multi-flow maps (especially Peeta and Katniss)
Thursday, April 14
30 min – Vocabulary Sentences
45 Read Chapters 9 -11 – stop at page 152
45 Socratic Discussion Questions so far.
Friday, April 15
Catch up - Open
Vocabulary Sentences due
Wednesday through Friday (reading/writing/math)
Monday - Locate and Record Elements of Literature for Hunger Games
Monday, April 11
Reread: Chapters 1 and 2 Locate Elements of Literature
Multi-Flow #1 and #2
Capitol vs Districts and Katniss is chosen
Tuesday - Friday AIMS in the am
Hunger Games Schedule
Tuesday, April 12
45 min Read Chapters 3 and 4, review rules of Hunger Games
30 min Circle Map – Katniss (What do we learn from all of the foreshadowing??)
45 min Read Chapters 5 and 6, Multi-flow map #3 Peeta and Katniss
Wednesday, April 13 - From here on out they need the Circle Map out at all times.
45 - Read Chapter 7 – Add to Circle map
30 min – Vocabulary Sentences
45 min Read Chapter 8 – Add to Circle map and Multi-flow maps (especially Peeta and Katniss)
Thursday, April 14
30 min – Vocabulary Sentences
45 Read Chapters 9 -11 – stop at page 152
45 Socratic Discussion Questions so far.
Friday, April 15
Catch up - Open
Vocabulary Sentences due
Quarter Four Week Three
Monday - Students Practice identifying the Six traits of writing - quiz
Tuesday - Deer Valley Reading Assessment Test
Wednesday and Thursday - Writing prompt - practice write
Thursday - Vocabulary Quiz - First 25% of student's list
Friday - 1/2 day - Walk a Thon and Vocabulary Practice
Tuesday - Deer Valley Reading Assessment Test
Wednesday and Thursday - Writing prompt - practice write
Thursday - Vocabulary Quiz - First 25% of student's list
Friday - 1/2 day - Walk a Thon and Vocabulary Practice
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Quarter Four Week Two
Monday - Tuesday - AIMS Practice Narratives and Poetry
Wednesday - Product Page Due - Type up in Lab
Thursday - Round Robin AIMS Functional Text Practice
Friday - AIMS Practice - Expository Text
Homework: Read, Write, Create Vocabulary synonyms or short phrases - Two copies of words and synonyms due Friday.
Wednesday - Product Page Due - Type up in Lab
Thursday - Round Robin AIMS Functional Text Practice
Friday - AIMS Practice - Expository Text
Homework: Read, Write, Create Vocabulary synonyms or short phrases - Two copies of words and synonyms due Friday.
Quarter Four Week One
Monday - Students sift their work to find pieces for their portfolio.
Also students will be revieiwng Functional Text and completing a prequiz for AIMS practice.
Tuesday and Wednesday - Students will review different types of advertising techniques and review jungles and slogans
Thursday - Students will watch the video A Class Divided
Friday - Discrimination Writing - Students will be given a scenario and set organization to write a process narrative.
Also students will be revieiwng Functional Text and completing a prequiz for AIMS practice.
Tuesday and Wednesday - Students will review different types of advertising techniques and review jungles and slogans
Thursday - Students will watch the video A Class Divided
Friday - Discrimination Writing - Students will be given a scenario and set organization to write a process narrative.
Quarter Three, Week Ten
Monday and Tuesday - Read Discrimination Novels - Goal Conferences
Wednesday - Vocabulary Practice
Thursday - Field Day and Socratic Discussion over Individual Discrimination Novels
Friday - Vocabulary Quiz and Writing Review
Due this week: Go/Don't Go Essays, Discriminiation Socratic discussion answers, Vocabulary Test
Quarter Three, Week Nine
Monday - Peer and Self Revisions of the Go, Don't Go Persuasion Essays. Use pages in packet to self and peer assess.
Final Polished writing piece AND audience review sheet. Due March 4.
Tuesday - National Pig Day - write odes to the ubiquitous pig. Need to bring in one topping for ice cream.
Wednesday and Thursday: Review Expository Text using Critical Reading Series - Climbing Frozen Waterfalls - Complete Main idea, Inferences, Vocabulary, and Author Approach (author viewpoint and author purpose).
Thursday - Vocabulary Quiz over all YOUR words.
Friday - Half-day: Practice Write
Final Polished writing piece AND audience review sheet. Due March 4.
Tuesday - National Pig Day - write odes to the ubiquitous pig. Need to bring in one topping for ice cream.
Wednesday and Thursday: Review Expository Text using Critical Reading Series - Climbing Frozen Waterfalls - Complete Main idea, Inferences, Vocabulary, and Author Approach (author viewpoint and author purpose).
Thursday - Vocabulary Quiz over all YOUR words.
Friday - Half-day: Practice Write
Quarter Three, Week Eight
Monday - No School
Tuesday - Myths: Introduction to genre, themes for Echo and Narcissus and other myths in textbook
Wednesday - Friday: Jason and the Argonauts video
Students take Combination Notes and then summarize sections of story.
Theme Connection Paragraphs
Tuesday - Myths: Introduction to genre, themes for Echo and Narcissus and other myths in textbook
Wednesday - Friday: Jason and the Argonauts video
Students take Combination Notes and then summarize sections of story.
Theme Connection Paragraphs
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Quarter Three, Week Seven
Monday - Read Chapters Top of the World and Down the Mountainside - Fill in Peak's PIES Changes
Tuesday - Read Denouement, complete Theme page (found in packet) Due Thursday.
Wednesday - Complete PEAK Socratic Discussion Questions
Thursday (Vocab requiz) and Friday - Socratic Discussions
Quarter Three, Week Six
Monday - Record vocabulary progress, add next 25% of words - create cards for new words (unless already done) - create bingo card, riddles, and sentences.
Tuesday - Write the author purpose for Gulu's story?
Read PEAK (Camp Four and Arrest and Family History) Predict events using these chapters; Conflict review - man vs man (father vs. son) Multi-Flow Map; code for Theme Connections (see packet)
Thursday- VOCAB QUIZ Minor character - write to Decribe and Explain (see packet)
Friday - Read PEAK (Blink - Camps Five and Six) Ex. Credit: Create Socratic Discussion Questions 8-10 inferential and evaluative
Tuesday - Write the author purpose for Gulu's story?
Read PEAK (Camp Four and Arrest and Family History) Predict events using these chapters; Conflict review - man vs man (father vs. son) Multi-Flow Map; code for Theme Connections (see packet)
Thursday- VOCAB QUIZ Minor character - write to Decribe and Explain (see packet)
Friday - Read PEAK (Blink - Camps Five and Six) Ex. Credit: Create Socratic Discussion Questions 8-10 inferential and evaluative
Quarter Three, Week Five
Monday and Tuesday evenings students need to read Chapters "Secrets" and "Bear and Bull" in PEAK continuing our coding the book for Style.
Monday - Students who have completed their homework reading are using watercolors to paint Everest paying close attention to perspective, lighting, shading and other visual art elements.
Tuesday - Personification Poetry - students are taking the quote found in the novel, PEAK, "...the mountain will allow who the mountain will allow." and the fact that Everest is actually referred to as a goddess to create a poem that personifies it.
This assignment is found in the student packet.
Wednesday - no school - Homework:
Students - record the Style (this is in your PEAK Packet) elements: flashback, sarcasm, word choices, and hyperbole found in the novel (where you wrote the symbols from the bookmark). This is a simple list of page and paragraphs. Next choose two of the four style elements from the above list and complete the rest of the assignment.
This assignment is also found in the student packet. To be collected by Friday.
WARNING: Don't forget to study for the Vocabulary Quiz.
Thursday (vocabulary quiz) and Friday - Student complete their Persuasive Essay drafts by writing the introduction and body paragraphs.
Monday - Students who have completed their homework reading are using watercolors to paint Everest paying close attention to perspective, lighting, shading and other visual art elements.
Tuesday - Personification Poetry - students are taking the quote found in the novel, PEAK, "...the mountain will allow who the mountain will allow." and the fact that Everest is actually referred to as a goddess to create a poem that personifies it.
This assignment is found in the student packet.
Wednesday - no school - Homework:
Students - record the Style (this is in your PEAK Packet) elements: flashback, sarcasm, word choices, and hyperbole found in the novel (where you wrote the symbols from the bookmark). This is a simple list of page and paragraphs. Next choose two of the four style elements from the above list and complete the rest of the assignment.
This assignment is also found in the student packet. To be collected by Friday.
WARNING: Don't forget to study for the Vocabulary Quiz.
Thursday (vocabulary quiz) and Friday - Student complete their Persuasive Essay drafts by writing the introduction and body paragraphs.
Quarter Three Week Four - Bolded, light pink assignments due this week!
Monday - Evalute Unit Themes - final notes for Video - Team Everest '03
Create Vocab Review Cards
Tuesday - Organize, synthesize, and evalute Everest research - all note-taking due!
Wednesday - Vocabulary game; Organize, synthesize, and evaluate research notes - creating the closing and counterargument for the Flee Map.
Thursday and Friday - Rd PEAK through p. 125; complete one Minor Character paragraph, add to Peak's PIES and begin Style review
Friday - Vocabulary quiz over the first 25% of the words. (Each student has their own list.)
Create Vocab Review Cards
Tuesday - Organize, synthesize, and evalute Everest research - all note-taking due!
Wednesday - Vocabulary game; Organize, synthesize, and evaluate research notes - creating the closing and counterargument for the Flee Map.
Thursday and Friday - Rd PEAK through p. 125; complete one Minor Character paragraph, add to Peak's PIES and begin Style review
Friday - Vocabulary quiz over the first 25% of the words. (Each student has their own list.)
Quarter Three Week Three
Tuesday and Wednesday: PEAK Experience and Reading: Pages 67-97
Chart Peak's Character changes - and analyze and record Minor Characters
Thursday: Mars Exploration Field Trip and Prompt
writing
Friday: '03 Team Everest Base Camp Expedition Video - First group of Disabled Climbers, Note-taking
Chart Peak's Character changes - and analyze and record Minor Characters
Thursday: Mars Exploration Field Trip and Prompt
writing
Friday: '03 Team Everest Base Camp Expedition Video - First group of Disabled Climbers, Note-taking
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Quarter Three Week Two
Monday - Read and Analyze PEAK. Look for text features that emphasize the character of Peak and look for any signs of sarcasm and hyperbole. Review ELA Mandatory Vocabulary (list on homework page).
Tuesday - Vocabulary Preview Quiz and Read PEAK - Interpret Minor Characters
Wednesday and Thursday - 7 minute Research - interpret written text for Go and Don't Go. Bullet and add to online research
Friday - Everest Video - round robin note-taking
Tuesday - Vocabulary Preview Quiz and Read PEAK - Interpret Minor Characters
Wednesday and Thursday - 7 minute Research - interpret written text for Go and Don't Go. Bullet and add to online research
Friday - Everest Video - round robin note-taking
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Quarter Three
Monday - Table of Contents
Read PEAK
Tuesday - Persuasion Writing
Counterarugument Practice Worksheet and notes
Wednesdy and Thursday - Everest Research
collect information to support conquering Everest or staying home.
Friday - 1/2 day Friday write
Read PEAK
Tuesday - Persuasion Writing
Counterarugument Practice Worksheet and notes
Wednesdy and Thursday - Everest Research
collect information to support conquering Everest or staying home.
Friday - 1/2 day Friday write
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Quarter Two - Week Eight and Nine
Short Stories: Individual choice of assignment - see Student Planner/Agenda
Friday, December 10th Shakespere Company - Romeo and Juliet
Friday, December 10th Shakespere Company - Romeo and Juliet
Quarter Two - Week Seven
Monday - Listening - "A Tell-tale Heart"
Tuesday - Fact vs. Opinion - Inferencing - "A Tell-tale Heart"
Wednesday - Poetry 101 - Foundations of: See link above
Thursday - DVRA testing
Friday - Style Elements for "A Tell-tale Heart"
Tuesday - Fact vs. Opinion - Inferencing - "A Tell-tale Heart"
Wednesday - Poetry 101 - Foundations of: See link above
Thursday - DVRA testing
Friday - Style Elements for "A Tell-tale Heart"
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Quarter Two - Week Six
Monday and Tuesday- Critical Thinking Evaluations/ Reading Novels
Monday - Edmund Hillary and Mt. Everest text
Tuesday - Spontaneous Human Combustion text
Wednesday: Write to Define: Attitude
Monday - Edmund Hillary and Mt. Everest text
Tuesday - Spontaneous Human Combustion text
Wednesday: Write to Define: Attitude
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Quarter Two - Week Five
Monday - Paragraph Review - Lead Sentence
Narrative vs. Expository
Tuesday - Critical Thinking - Complete or Create
Wednesday - Visual Thesaurus - New List - Sentencing
Thursday - Critical Thinking - Complete or Create
Friday - 1/2 Glory - Annotated Bibliography or Video Journal Script due! 1150 pages.
Narrative vs. Expository
Tuesday - Critical Thinking - Complete or Create
Wednesday - Visual Thesaurus - New List - Sentencing
Thursday - Critical Thinking - Complete or Create
Friday - 1/2 Glory - Annotated Bibliography or Video Journal Script due! 1150 pages.
Quarter Two - Week Four
Monday - Socratic Method Review: complex vs simple answers
Expository Texts (Jamestown Critical Thinking Books): Main Idea and Recalling Facts - (identify paragraph)
Tuesday: Expository Texts: Inferences and Author Approach - Examining Style and Theme
Narrative Writing Review: One paragraph revision
Wednesday - Cockpit Pairs/Trios - Visual Thesaurus - using word lists with semi-colons and complex sentences.
Thursday - No School
Friday - (Mrs. Sprague gone) Expository Texts: Vocabulary and Critical Thinking
Narrative Writing Review: One paragraph revision
Expository Texts (Jamestown Critical Thinking Books): Main Idea and Recalling Facts - (identify paragraph)
Tuesday: Expository Texts: Inferences and Author Approach - Examining Style and Theme
Narrative Writing Review: One paragraph revision
Wednesday - Cockpit Pairs/Trios - Visual Thesaurus - using word lists with semi-colons and complex sentences.
Thursday - No School
Friday - (Mrs. Sprague gone) Expository Texts: Vocabulary and Critical Thinking
Narrative Writing Review: One paragraph revision
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Quarter Two Week Three
Monday - Socratic Discussion Debriefing and Evaluation
Formative Assessment - Theme and Tone/Mood
Tuesday and Wednesday - Computer Lab - Access Visual Thesaurus Accounts
Create Word Lists: Free choice from Composition Notebooks, "learning" words, adjectives and verbs
Sentencing - complex sentences
Thursday and Friday - Expository text review - Using tricolors find main idea, literal and inferential questions, and hints to author purpose. Review Graph - SET GOALS
Formative Assessment - Theme and Tone/Mood
Tuesday and Wednesday - Computer Lab - Access Visual Thesaurus Accounts
Create Word Lists: Free choice from Composition Notebooks, "learning" words, adjectives and verbs
Sentencing - complex sentences
Thursday and Friday - Expository text review - Using tricolors find main idea, literal and inferential questions, and hints to author purpose. Review Graph - SET GOALS
Quarter Two Week Two
Monday - Expositiory pre-test
Tuesday - Wednesday Freak the Mighty and Zach's Lie Socratic Discussion Questions
Thursday - Write to Define Quality
Friday - Socratic Discussion
Tuesday - Wednesday Freak the Mighty and Zach's Lie Socratic Discussion Questions
Thursday - Write to Define Quality
Friday - Socratic Discussion
Quarter Two - Week One - Oct. 18-22
Monday - Complete Novels - Brainstorm Socratic discussion questions
Tuesday and Wednesday - Wrap-up Tone/Mood and Theme
Thursday - Persuasive Writing
Friday - Democracy in the Classroom
Tuesday and Wednesday - Wrap-up Tone/Mood and Theme
Thursday - Persuasive Writing
Friday - Democracy in the Classroom
Week Nine
This is the last week of the quarter.
Tuesday - Thursday and Friday - Read novels and Mini-Socratic Discussions on Tone/Mood Graphs, and Theme - Group Dynamic Score taken each day.
Wednesday - Vocabulary work and Visual Thesaurus word lists.
Due dates for work:
Thursday: Vocabulary Sentences
Friday: Tone/Mood Graph
Theme paragraphs
Friday: Outside Reading 700 pages and at least five completed tasks
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Week Eight Oct. 4 - 8
Monday - Switch Novels and Read
Review and Write Vocabulary Sentences
Review Theme and Tone/Mood
Tuesday - Read Novel and Evaluate Themes
Create Tone/Mood Chart
Wednesday - Practice Mini Socratic Discussions Set Goals for Group Dynamics
Read Novel
Thursday- Read Novel and Evaluate Themes and Create Tone/Mood Chart
Friday - Mini Socratic Discussion regarding themes and Tone/Mood - use of graph
Practicing Goals for Group Dynamics
Review and Write Vocabulary Sentences
Review Theme and Tone/Mood
Tuesday - Read Novel and Evaluate Themes
Create Tone/Mood Chart
Wednesday - Practice Mini Socratic Discussions Set Goals for Group Dynamics
Read Novel
Thursday- Read Novel and Evaluate Themes and Create Tone/Mood Chart
Friday - Mini Socratic Discussion regarding themes and Tone/Mood - use of graph
Practicing Goals for Group Dynamics
Week Seven Sept. 27- Oct 1
Monday - Metacognition and Debriefing Socratic Discussion
Week Three Journal
Tuesday - Week Three Vocabulary - Complex Sentence Writing and Subordinating Conjunctions
Wednesday - Reading, Sequencing
Thursday 1/2 Inferencing - Reading
7/8 Conflict - Reading
Friday - Vocabualry Sentences due, Sequence due
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Week Six September 20-24
Monday - Answer Socratic Discussion Questions - see below.
Tuesday: Active Listening - Direct Instruction on paraphrasing and piggybacking - see above for document.
Wednesday and Thursday: Socratic Discussion - see file above for the Socratic Discussion Procedures
Friday: Reading - paper airplane contest!
First and Second Hour Sections:
ach’s Lie Socratic Discussion Questions
1. Why is keeping a journal so important to Zach AND what problems does it cause?
2. What is the significance of Sam Sebesta?
3. What is the significance of the Jack in the Box?
4. What is Zach’s greatest difficulty with being placed in the Witness Security Program? Are there any benefits?
5. Is Neil Osborne a good father?
6. How could Peter and his parents have a better relationship?
7. How would you cope in the Witness Security Program?
7th and 8th Hour Sections:
1. Who are Grim and Gram?
2. How are Max and Kevin the same? Different?
3. What is Max afraid of?
4. Why do Max and Freak become Freak the Mighty?
5. Who is more dangerous to Max, Tony D or Iggy?
6. Should Grim get a gun to protect his family?
Tuesday: Active Listening - Direct Instruction on paraphrasing and piggybacking - see above for document.
Wednesday and Thursday: Socratic Discussion - see file above for the Socratic Discussion Procedures
Friday: Reading - paper airplane contest!
First and Second Hour Sections:
ach’s Lie Socratic Discussion Questions
1. Why is keeping a journal so important to Zach AND what problems does it cause?
2. What is the significance of Sam Sebesta?
3. What is the significance of the Jack in the Box?
4. What is Zach’s greatest difficulty with being placed in the Witness Security Program? Are there any benefits?
5. Is Neil Osborne a good father?
6. How could Peter and his parents have a better relationship?
7. How would you cope in the Witness Security Program?
7th and 8th Hour Sections:
1. Who are Grim and Gram?
2. How are Max and Kevin the same? Different?
3. What is Max afraid of?
4. Why do Max and Freak become Freak the Mighty?
5. Who is more dangerous to Max, Tony D or Iggy?
6. Should Grim get a gun to protect his family?
Week Four September 7-10
Tuesday - Frontload Vocabulary - sentence writing - prepositional phrases; Journal writing - honesty connections; Overview
Chapter One, Rd Chapter Two
Wednes - Friday: Reading novel - inferencing and sequencing; characterization
Week Three
August 30 - September 3
Monday and Tuesday: Plot Development and Three Type Questions
Three Type Questions - Practice in identifying and answering each type
Plot points: Practice identifying each using The Lorax, Butterbattle book, and Diffendooferday.
Wednesday: Set up notebook and Identify Conflicts: Man vs. man, nature, fate, self, society
Thursday and Friday: Polish Narrative: The Mistake
Three Type Questions - Practice in identifying and answering each type
Plot points: Practice identifying each using The Lorax, Butterbattle book, and Diffendooferday.
Wednesday: Set up notebook and Identify Conflicts: Man vs. man, nature, fate, self, society
Thursday and Friday: Polish Narrative: The Mistake
Week Two August 23-27
Monday - and Tuesday Write ME Paragraphs include:
Learning Styles info
Multiple Intelligence infor
Likes and Dislikes
Percentages from LS and MI
Future Plans
Whether or not you like writing the paragraph
AND
preview skills using short stories
Wed - Friday
Three Type Questions: literal, inferential, evaluative
Practice using short story, "Baseball and the Facts of Life" and the Peter, Paul, and Mary song, "Right Field"
Begin Socratic Discussion Questions for both texts.
Week One August 16-20
Monday - Intro and Multiple Intelligence Overview
Tuesday - Multiple Intelligence Survey and Breakdown
Wednesday and Thursday - Breakdown and Graphing
Friday - Multiple Intelligence Paragraphs
Tuesday - Multiple Intelligence Survey and Breakdown
Wednesday and Thursday - Breakdown and Graphing
Friday - Multiple Intelligence Paragraphs