7th+Grade

=7th Grade Language Arts =

||  || Don't forget the Notes & Quizlet! || Read at least 20 minutes this weekend || handout and return by Friday. ||
 * **Lesson Plan** ||  ||
 * __Date__ || __Activity__ || __Homework__ ||
 * || **Spring Semester**
 * **Week of**
 * May 9th** || * STAAR Math Seventh Grade ||  ||
 * T || * STAAR Reading Seventh Grade ||  ||
 * W ||  ||   ||
 * Th ||  ||   ||
 * F ||  ||   ||
 * **Week of**
 * April 25** || * Study Island STAAR Review ||  ||
 * F || * Junior High Student Council Highway Cleanup ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * April 18** ||  ||   ||
 * **Week of**
 * April 11** || * Student Holiday / Teacher Workday ||  ||
 * T || * Grade WW7 - Optional Vocabulary Test on Thursday
 * Quizlet at [] ||  ||
 * W || * Independent Reading or study for the vocabulary test ||  ||
 * Th || * ** Optional Vocabulary Test Lesson 7 **
 * End of the 5th six weeks ||  ||
 * F || * Student Holiday / Teacher Workday ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * April 4** || * Historical Fiction Drama - "When Girls Ruled Baseball"
 * Short Video about WWII & Women's roles in the war
 * Assign parts and begin reading the play ||  ||
 * T || * Continue reading "When Girls Ruled Baseball"
 * Discussion ||  ||
 * W || * Watch BBC Video Interview with Former Rockford Peach Betty Pratt
 * Making Inferences & Mood - work with partners ||  ||
 * Th || * WW Vocabulary Lesson 7
 * Sections A&B ||  ||
 * F || * WW Vocabulary Lesson 7
 * Sections C&D ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * March 28** || * STAAR TESTING ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * March 21** || * Student Holiday ||  ||
 * T || * STAAR Revising & Editing Practice
 * STAAR Expository Essay Analysis ||  ||
 * W || * STAAR Revising & Editing Practice ||  ||
 * Th || * Grade & Review missed Revising & Editing ||  ||
 * F || * Good Friday Holiday ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * March 14** || * Spring Break ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * March 7** || * Expository Essay - Giving Up
 * Prompt Analysis & Planning || Expository Essay - Due Thursday by the end of the period ||
 * T-W || * Essay Writing ||  ||
 * Th || * ** Expository Essay - Giving Up - Due by the end of the period ** ||  ||
 * F || * Student Holiday ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * February 29** || * Expository Essay - last day to work on rough draft
 * Transitions mini lesson || Final copy Expository Essay due Tuesday ||
 * T || * Expository Essay - Final copy due today ||  ||
 * W || * STAAR Revising & Editing practice ||  ||
 * Th || * Homophone practice - There, Their, They're & To, Too, & Two ||  ||
 * F || * Expository Essay - student samples and critique ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * February 22** || * Begin 5th Six Weeks
 * STAAR Revising & Editing - graph questions missed and review the most commonly missed. ||  ||
 * T || * Apostrophe mini-lesson - possessives ||  ||
 * W || * Apostrophe mini-lesson - contractions
 * Expository Essay Prompt Breakdown || Mixed Apostrophes - Due Thursday ||
 * Th || * Plan & Write Expository Essay - Final copy due Tuesday
 * Write an essay explaining whether it is important to laugh || Final Copy due Tuesday ||
 * F || * Early Release due to Basketball Playoffs ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * February 15** || * Student Holiday
 * Teacher STAAR Training ||  ||
 * T || * STAAR Revising & Editing - Part B ||  ||
 * W || * ** WW5 Vocabulary Test **
 * Study the Quizlet at []
 * Finish Revising & Editing if needed ||  ||
 * Th-F || * Review & Highlight the Parts of the Expository Essay
 * Cut out section and apply to the Oreo Graphic Organizer
 * End of the 4th Six Weeks ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * February 8** || * WW Vocabulary 5 - Grade A & B
 * Complete Sections C&D ||  ||
 * T-W || * Writing Revising & Editing STAAR practice ||  ||
 * Th-F || * Expository Oreo - lesson and composition book practice
 * Parts of the STAAR Expository Essay ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * February 1** || * Independent Reading
 * Catch up on reading logs and status of the class ||  ||
 * T || * Reading Detective - finding and using text evidence ||  ||
 * W-Th || * STAAR Reading Skills Test ||  ||
 * F || * WW Vocabulary 5 - Sections A & B ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * January 25** || * "Playing With Pain" & "Travel Team Heartbreak"
 * Text Evidence Search & Create with a partner ||  ||
 * T || * Text Evidence continued ||  ||
 * W-Th || * Independent Reading
 * Hearing & Vision Testing ||  ||
 * F ||  ||   ||
 * **Week of**
 * January 18** || * Complete Flipped Stories & Share
 * Analogy Practice - homework if not finished in class ||  ||
 * T || * Study Island - Analogies ||  ||
 * W-Th || * Paired Texts: "Playing With Pain" & "Travel Team Heartbreak"
 * Finding Text Evidence practice & Critical Thinking Questions with partners ||  ||
 * F || * WW5 Vocabulary Test - Study the Quizlet online at[| https://quizlet.com/_1dv5b7] ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * January 11** || * WW Vocabulary 5 - C & D ||  ||
 * T || * Analogy Flipbook ||  ||
 * W || * Continue construction of Analogy Flipbook ||  ||
 * Th || * Types of Analogies Notes & add to composition books ||  ||
 * F || * Independent Reading
 * Flipped Story Writing ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * January 4** || * Student Holiday ||  ||
 * T || * Goals, Dreams, & Themes activity for 2016 - write, color, cut & add to composition books ||  ||
 * W || * 2016 Word of the Year - choose a descriptive word for the coming year and brainstorm three ways to make that description reality. ||  ||
 * Th || * Independent Reading & Updating of Reading List and Status of the Class ||  ||
 * F || * Wordly Wise Vocabulary Lesson 5 - A & B ||  ||
 * || **Fall Semester** ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * December 14** || * Review for Semester Exams ||  ||
 * T-F || * Semester Exams ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * December 7** || * Independent Reading Day ||  ||
 * T || * Introduce Conjunctions
 * Watch Schoolhouse Rock & Grammaropolis videos ||  ||
 * W || * Coordinating Conjunctions - Foldable & Notes ||  ||
 * Th || * Correlative Conjunctions - Foldable & Notes ||  ||
 * F || * Review Graded Argument Essays
 * Continue Conjunction Practice ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * November 30** || * Argument Essay - rough draft correction
 * Argument Essay - Final Copy Due Friday ||  ||
 * T || * Argument Essay - rough draft correction ||  ||
 * W-Th || * District UIL
 * Independent Reading
 * Type Argumentative Essay ||  ||
 * F || * Study Island - STAAR Preparation ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * November 23** || * UIL Ready Writing, Editorial, & Spelling
 * Argument Essay - review graded outline & correct ||  ||
 * T || * Argument Essay - Miley Cyrus student sample
 * Highlight & Color Coordinate written sample with outline ||  ||
 * W || * Peanuts - "I am Thankful for ..." ||  ||
 * Th-F || * Thanksgiving Break ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * November 16** || * ** "Girl. Fighter. Hero." & "Should Women Do This?" Quiz **
 * Assign: WW Lesson 3 Vocabulary Test will on Friday
 * Quizlet @ [] ||  ||
 * T || * Read "Is Boredom Really That Bad?"
 * Discuss and Prepare for an Argument Essay ||  ||
 * W || * Argument Essay
 * Choose a side and use text evidence for support
 * Use a graphic organizer to plan and organize ||  ||
 * Th || * Independent Reading - many students on perfect attendance trip
 * Write Argument Essay ||  ||
 * F || * ** WW Lesson 3 Vocabulary Test **
 * Write Argument Essay ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * November 9** || * "The Wizard of Oz" OAP Presentation
 * Independent Reading ||  ||
 * T || * District OAP - most students competing
 * General Catch-up Day - grading, reading, update composition books, etc. ||  ||
 * W || * Veteran's Day - Journal Writing
 * Share writing with the class about personal connections to Veteran's Day & those currently serving ||  ||
 * Th || * Read "Girl. Fighter. Hero." - Drama about Sybil Ludington - a hero of the Revolutionary War ||  ||
 * F || * Read & Discuss "Should Women Do This?" - the story of the first women graduate from Army Ranger School ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * November 2** || * Wordly Wise Lesson 3 - complete sections A&B ||  ||
 * T || * Student Assembly
 * Independent Reading ||  ||
 * W || * Grade & Review WW3 A&B
 * Complete Sections C&D ||  ||
 * Th || * Independent Reading Day
 * Journal Writing ||  ||
 * F || * Study Island - set up & introduction ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * October 26** || * Independent Reading
 * Preposition Practice - finish for homework
 * Preposition Test Thursday ||  ||
 * T || * Grade Homework
 * Preposition Practice - finish for homework ||  ||
 * W || * Preposition Quiz
 * Final Preposition practice for tomorrow's test - finish for homework ||  ||
 * Th || * Preposition Test
 * [[file:PREPOSTION TEST.pdf]] ||  ||
 * F || * Wordly Wise Lesson 3
 * End of the Second Six Weeks ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * October 19** || * Preposition Week
 * Preposition List
 * Foldable ||  ||
 * T || * Schoolhouse Rock Song & Review
 * Prepositional Phrases
 * Object of the Preposition Foldable ||  ||
 * W || * Preposition Practice & Mini Quiz ||  ||
 * Th || * Preposition Practice & Mini Quiz #2, & Review ||  ||
 * F || * Scholastic Book Orders Due
 * STAAR Writing Practice 1 - Sam Rayburn & A Challenging Cycling Trip ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * October 12** || * Student Holiday ||  ||
 * T || * Parts & Use of the Dictionary Review
 * Dictionary Skills Practice ||  ||
 * W || * School Pictures
 * Independent Reading ||  ||
 * Th || * WW Vocabulary Test Lesson 2
 * Practice the Quizlet at [] ||  ||
 * F || * Dictionary Practice continued ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * October 5** || * Finish Parts of Speech Notes ||  ||
 * T || * Wordly Wise Vocabulary Lesson 2 ||  ||
 * W || * WW Lesson 2 - Sections A-C - finish for homework ||  ||
 * Th || * Story Writing Activity
 * Students choose a card for Quotation, Character, & Setting
 * Develop a short story using all three elements ||  ||
 * F || * Independent Reading
 * Share Short Stories ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * September 28** || * First Day of Second Six Weeks
 * Main Idea - Text Marking
 * YouTube Changes the Way We Access Entertainment ||  ||
 * T || * Scholastic Book Orders Due
 * Main Idea - Text Marking
 * Time for Kids - Statue of Liberty ||  ||
 * W || * Grammar Pre-Test
 * Independent Reading ||  ||
 * Th || * Parts of Speech Foldable ||  ||
 * F || * Cut & Glue Foldable
 * Begin Notes ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * September 21** || * Paired Texts Connection - Pop Culture Writing Activity || Study for Vocabulary Test ||
 * T || * ** WW Vocabulary Test **
 * Quizlet - []
 * Independent Reading ||  ||
 * W || * Share Pop Culture Writing Topics
 * Main Idea & Supporting Detail Foldable
 * Color, Cut& Add to Composition Books ||  ||
 * Th || * Core Skills Workout: Central Ideas & Details Activity using "The World's First Superhero" & "Say Good to the Elephants" texts ||  ||
 * F || * Core Skills Workout: Finding Text Evidence Activity using "The World's First Superhero" & "Say Good to the Elephants" texts
 * Final Day of the First Six Weeks ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * September 14** || * Independent Reading
 * WW Vocabulary C&D ||  ||
 * T || * Grade Vocabulary C&D - Be ready for Test next Tuesday
 * Quizlet - [] ||  ||
 * W || * Paired Texts - "The World's First Superhero" - Literary Nonfiction & "Say Goodbye to the Elephants" - Essay
 * Discuss the purpose of each type of text and its features
 * Paired Text Vocabulary
 * Read "The World's First Superhero" ||  ||
 * Th-F || * Continue Reading & Discussion of "The World's First Superhero" & "Say Goodbye to the Elephants" ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * September 7** || * Labor Day ||  ||
 * T || * Continue Poetry Friday
 * Connect to Friday's poem by making a paper airplane with a group.
 * Chromebooks - Choose a design from [] ||  ||
 * W || * Non fiction / Informational Text Genres foldable & Notes
 * Fiction & Nonfiction Genre Test Thursday - Study Using the Notes below or the use the Quizlet!
 * [[file:GenreNotes2015.pdf]]
 * Genre Notes Quizlet - [] || Fiction & Nonfiction Genre Test on Thursday -
 * **Week of**
 * October 5** || * Finish Parts of Speech Notes ||  ||
 * T || * Wordly Wise Vocabulary Lesson 2 ||  ||
 * W || * WW Lesson 2 - Sections A-C - finish for homework ||  ||
 * Th || * Story Writing Activity
 * Students choose a card for Quotation, Character, & Setting
 * Develop a short story using all three elements ||  ||
 * F || * Independent Reading
 * Share Short Stories ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * September 28** || * First Day of Second Six Weeks
 * Main Idea - Text Marking
 * YouTube Changes the Way We Access Entertainment ||  ||
 * T || * Scholastic Book Orders Due
 * Main Idea - Text Marking
 * Time for Kids - Statue of Liberty ||  ||
 * W || * Grammar Pre-Test
 * Independent Reading ||  ||
 * Th || * Parts of Speech Foldable ||  ||
 * F || * Cut & Glue Foldable
 * Begin Notes ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * September 21** || * Paired Texts Connection - Pop Culture Writing Activity || Study for Vocabulary Test ||
 * T || * ** WW Vocabulary Test **
 * Quizlet - []
 * Independent Reading ||  ||
 * W || * Share Pop Culture Writing Topics
 * Main Idea & Supporting Detail Foldable
 * Color, Cut& Add to Composition Books ||  ||
 * Th || * Core Skills Workout: Central Ideas & Details Activity using "The World's First Superhero" & "Say Good to the Elephants" texts ||  ||
 * F || * Core Skills Workout: Finding Text Evidence Activity using "The World's First Superhero" & "Say Good to the Elephants" texts
 * Final Day of the First Six Weeks ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * September 14** || * Independent Reading
 * WW Vocabulary C&D ||  ||
 * T || * Grade Vocabulary C&D - Be ready for Test next Tuesday
 * Quizlet - [] ||  ||
 * W || * Paired Texts - "The World's First Superhero" - Literary Nonfiction & "Say Goodbye to the Elephants" - Essay
 * Discuss the purpose of each type of text and its features
 * Paired Text Vocabulary
 * Read "The World's First Superhero" ||  ||
 * Th-F || * Continue Reading & Discussion of "The World's First Superhero" & "Say Goodbye to the Elephants" ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * September 7** || * Labor Day ||  ||
 * T || * Continue Poetry Friday
 * Connect to Friday's poem by making a paper airplane with a group.
 * Chromebooks - Choose a design from [] ||  ||
 * W || * Non fiction / Informational Text Genres foldable & Notes
 * Fiction & Nonfiction Genre Test Thursday - Study Using the Notes below or the use the Quizlet!
 * [[file:GenreNotes2015.pdf]]
 * Genre Notes Quizlet - [] || Fiction & Nonfiction Genre Test on Thursday -
 * **Week of**
 * September 7** || * Labor Day ||  ||
 * T || * Continue Poetry Friday
 * Connect to Friday's poem by making a paper airplane with a group.
 * Chromebooks - Choose a design from [] ||  ||
 * W || * Non fiction / Informational Text Genres foldable & Notes
 * Fiction & Nonfiction Genre Test Thursday - Study Using the Notes below or the use the Quizlet!
 * [[file:GenreNotes2015.pdf]]
 * Genre Notes Quizlet - [] || Fiction & Nonfiction Genre Test on Thursday -
 * Th || * Fiction & Nonfiction Genre Test
 * Wordly Wise Vocabulary Lesson 1 ||  ||
 * F || * Worldy Wise Vocabulary Sections A&B ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * August 31** || * Independent Reading
 * Fiction Genre Notes - Realistic Fiction with example books ||  ||
 * T || * Independent Reading
 * Fiction Genre Notes - Historical Fiction with example books ||  ||
 * W || * Socratic - Duct Tape Voting for Composition Books
 * Fiction Genre Notes - Science Fiction with example books || Memorize the School Song & the Fight Song for Friday's Pep Rally ||
 * Th || * School Song & Fight Song writing quiz
 * [[file:SCHOOL SONG.pdf]]
 * Fiction Genre Notes - Fantasy, Mystery, Traditional with example books ||  ||
 * F || * Poetry Friday
 * Complete any missing Genre Notes ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * August 24** || * First Day of School
 * Welcome & Supplies Collection
 * Begin Class Procedures Prezi || Rules & Guidelines Signature Page Due Friday ||
 * T || * Happiness Is ... Writing Activity and post on the Wall of Happiness
 * Library Book Check out ||  ||
 * W || * Complete Class Procedures Prezi
 * Begin Composition Notebook Set up ||  ||
 * Th || * Composition Notebook Set up
 * Begin Fiction Genre Notes Foldable ||  ||
 * F || * Fiction Genre Notes Foldable cont.
 * Independent Reading || Rules & Guidelines Signatures Due
 * Th || * Composition Notebook Set up
 * Begin Fiction Genre Notes Foldable ||  ||
 * F || * Fiction Genre Notes Foldable cont.
 * Independent Reading || Rules & Guidelines Signatures Due
 * Th ||  ||   ||
 * F ||  || Personal narrative - due Monday ||
 * **Week of**
 * February 23** ||  ||   ||
 * T-W ||  || Quiz tomorrow over personal narrative structure ||
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 * || **Fall Semester** ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * December 15** || * White Elephant gift exchange ||  ||
 * T || * Figurative Language Test
 * practice vocabulary online at []
 * Anatomy of a Thank You note assignment ||  ||
 * W || * Semester Exams 1,2,3 Periods ||  ||
 * Th || * Early Release
 * Semester Exams 5,6 Periods ||  ||
 * F || * Early Release
 * Semester Exams 7,8 Periods ||  ||
 * **Week of December 8** || * Continue Figurative Language song analysis
 * Figurative Language Test on Tuesday ||  ||
 * T || * Idioms - glue into composition book and discuss ||  ||
 * W || * District UIL
 * Idiom project
 * STAAR writing practice ||  ||
 * Th || * District UIL
 * Idiom project
 * STAAR writing practice ||  ||
 * F || * Introduce White Elephant Christmas party
 * Review for Figurative Language Test
 * Semester Exam information
 * practice vocabulary online at [] ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * December 1** || * Independent Reading - 20 minutes
 * Begin Figurative Language unit
 * Add simile & metaphor information to the composition notebook ||  ||
 * T || * Hyperbole & Personification with song analysis ||  ||
 * W || * Alliteration & Allusion with song analysis ||  ||
 * Th || * Idiom & Onomatopoeia with song analysis ||  ||
 * F || * All Terms Review - sort and fill composition pockets with examples of each terms ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * November 24** || * UIL Practice Meet
 * Students not in UIL - finish essays or read ||  ||
 * T || * UIL Practice Meet
 * morning classes only
 * Last day to turn in Argumentative Essay for full credit ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * November 17** || * Continue working on Argumentative Essay outline ||  ||
 * T || * Argumentative Essay continued ||  ||
 * W || * Independent Reading or work on essay
 * Most students gone for OAP competition ||  ||
 * Th || * Argumentative Essay continued ||  ||
 * F || * Essay due by the end of the class period ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * November 10** || * Tell-Tale Heart Poster due
 * Wordly Wise Vocabulary sections A&B
 * Independent Reading ||  ||
 * T || * Independent Reading
 * Review for vocabulary test ||  ||
 * W || * WW Vocabulary TEST ||  ||
 * Th || * Read "Is Miley Out of Control?"
 * Analyze the argument using a scavenger hunt for evidence ||  ||
 * F || * Work on an outline for an Argumentative Essay
 * Begin writing the essay if time allows ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * November 3** || * Independent Reading
 * Wrap up - "Loch Ness" ||  ||
 * T || * Introduce Movie Poster assignment
 * Independent Reading or begin planning poster ||  ||
 * W || * Wordly Wise Lesson 2 introduction
 * Poster planning ||  ||
 * Th || * "The Tell-Tale Heart" Movie Poster assignment ||  ||
 * F || * "The Tell-Tale Heart" Movie Poster assignment ||  ||
 * **Week of October 27** || * Read "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe ||  ||
 * T || * "The Tell-Tale Heart" - animated 1950's version. Discuss the difference between this version and what a modern version would look like. ||  ||
 * W || * "The Tell-Tale Heart" Point of View activity ||  ||
 * Th || * "The Tell-Tale Heart" comprehension questions with partners ||  ||
 * F || * Read "The Beast of Loch Ness"
 * Monster Word Search ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * October 20** || * Independent Reading - 15 minutes
 * Read "The Trail of Tears" as a class and practice answering questions using appropriate structure
 * Return Vocabulary study sheet - Test is Wednesday ||  ||
 * T || * Finish "The Trail of Tears"
 * Independent reading or study for tomorrow's vocabulary test || Study for Vocabulary Test ||
 * W || * Wordly Wise Vocabulary Test #1 ||  ||
 * Th || * Enthusiasm Map - teacher model and students create their own. ||  ||
 * F || * Writing - Choose one item from your personal Enthusiasm Map and write a story about the event ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * October 13** || * School Holiday ||  ||
 * T || * Wordly Wise Lesson One
 * Learn new vocabulary and ways to practice
 * www.wordlywise3000.com & app || Section A if not finished in class ||
 * W || * Independent Reading - 10 minutes
 * WW sections B & D || Section B & D if not finished in class ||
 * Th || * Independent Reading - 10 minutes
 * Grade sections B & D
 * Finish writing section from last Friday's quiz ||  ||
 * F || * WW Trail of Tears - read and answer question using the appropriate vocabulary
 * WW #1 Test will be on Tuesday || Study for WW Test on Tuesday ||
 * **Week of**
 * October 6** || * Begin **SECOND** six weeks
 * Independent Reading - 10 minutes
 * Introduce the historical drama - "The Rocket's Red Glare"
 * review vocabulary, assign parts, and read the play ||  ||
 * T || * Read the play and related essay
 * Close reading questions with a partner ||  ||
 * W || * Complete close reading questions
 * Poetry Dive - Poetry Analysis and Synthesizing with the poem "The Star-Spangled Banner"
 * Whole class analysis of the poem and complete the activity with a partner ||  ||
 * Th || * Independent Reading - 10 minutes
 * WW Vocabulary introduction and practice with new vocabulary ||  ||
 * F || * Independent Reading - 10 minutes
 * Complete WW sections A&B in class ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * August 25th** || * Classroom Rules & Expectations
 * My Classroom is ... group activity
 * Our classroom should be...
 * My goal for English this year is ...
 * Reading is important because ...
 * What can I do to help you learn? || Have parent/guardian read and sign guidelines
 * **Week of**
 * November 17** || * Continue working on Argumentative Essay outline ||  ||
 * T || * Argumentative Essay continued ||  ||
 * W || * Independent Reading or work on essay
 * Most students gone for OAP competition ||  ||
 * Th || * Argumentative Essay continued ||  ||
 * F || * Essay due by the end of the class period ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * November 10** || * Tell-Tale Heart Poster due
 * Wordly Wise Vocabulary sections A&B
 * Independent Reading ||  ||
 * T || * Independent Reading
 * Review for vocabulary test ||  ||
 * W || * WW Vocabulary TEST ||  ||
 * Th || * Read "Is Miley Out of Control?"
 * Analyze the argument using a scavenger hunt for evidence ||  ||
 * F || * Work on an outline for an Argumentative Essay
 * Begin writing the essay if time allows ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * November 3** || * Independent Reading
 * Wrap up - "Loch Ness" ||  ||
 * T || * Introduce Movie Poster assignment
 * Independent Reading or begin planning poster ||  ||
 * W || * Wordly Wise Lesson 2 introduction
 * Poster planning ||  ||
 * Th || * "The Tell-Tale Heart" Movie Poster assignment ||  ||
 * F || * "The Tell-Tale Heart" Movie Poster assignment ||  ||
 * **Week of October 27** || * Read "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe ||  ||
 * T || * "The Tell-Tale Heart" - animated 1950's version. Discuss the difference between this version and what a modern version would look like. ||  ||
 * W || * "The Tell-Tale Heart" Point of View activity ||  ||
 * Th || * "The Tell-Tale Heart" comprehension questions with partners ||  ||
 * F || * Read "The Beast of Loch Ness"
 * Monster Word Search ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * October 20** || * Independent Reading - 15 minutes
 * Read "The Trail of Tears" as a class and practice answering questions using appropriate structure
 * Return Vocabulary study sheet - Test is Wednesday ||  ||
 * T || * Finish "The Trail of Tears"
 * Independent reading or study for tomorrow's vocabulary test || Study for Vocabulary Test ||
 * W || * Wordly Wise Vocabulary Test #1 ||  ||
 * Th || * Enthusiasm Map - teacher model and students create their own. ||  ||
 * F || * Writing - Choose one item from your personal Enthusiasm Map and write a story about the event ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * October 13** || * School Holiday ||  ||
 * T || * Wordly Wise Lesson One
 * Learn new vocabulary and ways to practice
 * www.wordlywise3000.com & app || Section A if not finished in class ||
 * W || * Independent Reading - 10 minutes
 * WW sections B & D || Section B & D if not finished in class ||
 * Th || * Independent Reading - 10 minutes
 * Grade sections B & D
 * Finish writing section from last Friday's quiz ||  ||
 * F || * WW Trail of Tears - read and answer question using the appropriate vocabulary
 * WW #1 Test will be on Tuesday || Study for WW Test on Tuesday ||
 * **Week of**
 * October 6** || * Begin **SECOND** six weeks
 * Independent Reading - 10 minutes
 * Introduce the historical drama - "The Rocket's Red Glare"
 * review vocabulary, assign parts, and read the play ||  ||
 * T || * Read the play and related essay
 * Close reading questions with a partner ||  ||
 * W || * Complete close reading questions
 * Poetry Dive - Poetry Analysis and Synthesizing with the poem "The Star-Spangled Banner"
 * Whole class analysis of the poem and complete the activity with a partner ||  ||
 * Th || * Independent Reading - 10 minutes
 * WW Vocabulary introduction and practice with new vocabulary ||  ||
 * F || * Independent Reading - 10 minutes
 * Complete WW sections A&B in class ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * August 25th** || * Classroom Rules & Expectations
 * My Classroom is ... group activity
 * Our classroom should be...
 * My goal for English this year is ...
 * Reading is important because ...
 * What can I do to help you learn? || Have parent/guardian read and sign guidelines
 * Whole class analysis of the poem and complete the activity with a partner ||  ||
 * Th || * Independent Reading - 10 minutes
 * WW Vocabulary introduction and practice with new vocabulary ||  ||
 * F || * Independent Reading - 10 minutes
 * Complete WW sections A&B in class ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * August 25th** || * Classroom Rules & Expectations
 * My Classroom is ... group activity
 * Our classroom should be...
 * My goal for English this year is ...
 * Reading is important because ...
 * What can I do to help you learn? || Have parent/guardian read and sign guidelines
 * Reading is important because ...
 * What can I do to help you learn? || Have parent/guardian read and sign guidelines
 * T || * Collect supplies & check out library books
 * Independent reading - 15 minutes
 * Student Information Handout ||  ||
 * W || * Independent Reading - 15 minutes
 * Composition notebook set up - Table of Contents & Status of the Class
 * Remind 101 Sign up ||  ||
 * Th || * Independent Reading - 15 minutes
 * Fiction Genres - notes and foldable ||  ||
 * F || * Independent Reading - 15 minutes
 * Fiction Genre notes and foldable ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * September 1** || * Labor Day Holiday ||  ||
 * T || * Independent Reading - 15minutes
 * Fiction Genre foldable ||  ||
 * W || * Independent Reading - 15 minutes
 * Fiction Genre match up - With a partner, students will use mini summaries of books from all genres and sort & match them with the correct genre. ||  ||
 * Th || * Assign Autobiographical Essay
 * [[file:Autobiographical Sketch 2014.pdf]] || Final handwritten copy due September 11th ||
 * F || * Autobiographical Essay continued ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * September 8** || * Autobiographical Essay
 * intro & first paragraph due today ||  ||
 * T || * Continue Autobiographical Essay ||  ||
 * W || * Continue Autobiographical Essay
 * Peer editing and revision ||  ||
 * Th || * Autobiographical Essay final handwritten copy due today ||  ||
 * F || * Test - Genres of Fiction ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * September 15** || * Independent Reading - 15 minutes
 * Grade and review results of Genres of Fiction test ||  ||
 * T || * Microsoft Word how to
 * font, spacing, & saving documents to H: drive
 * Begin typing
 * Final typed copy due Thursday ||  ||
 * W-Th || * Type Autobiography & Peer Editing ||  ||
 * F || * Complete Autobiography Peer Editing
 * Final Copy Due Today ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * September 22** || * Print Essays - Many students were unable to print on Friday due to technical issues
 * Independent reading while waiting to print ||  ||
 * T || * Commonly Confused Words - Good & Well
 * Scope Narrative Nonfiction - "Unbroken: A Year in the Life of a Girl with Cancer
 * Themed Vocabulary: Medical Words ||  ||
 * W || * Essential Question: How can difficult experiences make us stronger?
 * Journal Writing #1
 * Discussion and critical thinking questions ||  ||
 * Th || * Independent Reading - 1- minutes
 * ACE strategy for short answer response - foldable ||  ||
 * F || * ACE strategy for the short response
 * Independent Reading ||  ||
 * **Week of**
 * September 29** || * ACE strategy continued - practice with "The Emperor's New Clothes" ||  ||
 * T || * "The Emperor's New Clothes" - Guided practice ||  ||
 * W || * "Unbroken" Quiz - multiple choice and short answer utilizing ACE strategy ||  ||
 * Th || * Late start - 10 a.m.
 * No Class - UIL practice day ||  ||
 * F || * Read "Your Favorite Drinks Can Wreck Your Body" ||  ||
 * September 29** || * ACE strategy continued - practice with "The Emperor's New Clothes" ||  ||
 * T || * "The Emperor's New Clothes" - Guided practice ||  ||
 * W || * "Unbroken" Quiz - multiple choice and short answer utilizing ACE strategy ||  ||
 * Th || * Late start - 10 a.m.
 * No Class - UIL practice day ||  ||
 * F || * Read "Your Favorite Drinks Can Wreck Your Body" ||  ||