Welcome to 7th grade ELA! Below you will be able to see what we do in class each day. You should see something similar to this in your child’s planner as well. If you see NH that means no homework. If you see HW that means they have homework if they were not able to finish it in class.
***Use the Power School link, listed under Helpful Links on the right, to check your child’s grades and attendance.***
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Week of January 23-27
Monday
- Complete Lit. Circle Rank Sheet
- Set Up Research Paper for MLA Format NH
Tuesday
- Type Research Paper NH
Wednesday
- Type Research Paper
- Revise and Edit
- Bring money for book fair tomorrow if you plan to purchase anything HW
Thursday
- Type paper including parenthetical citations and works cited page
- Print paper and self and/or peer revise and edit. Also take home and have someone read over it once again if possible
- Book Fair
Friday
- Finish typing paper including parenthetical citations and works cited page
- Make any changes from revising and editing
- Print and turn in final copy and blue rubric to Ms. Nowak
Week of January 16-20
Monday
- No School
Tuesday
- Journal
- Work Cited/MLA
- ALL RESEARCH/NOTES MUST BE COMPLETED BY TOMORROW HW
Wednesday
- Work on Rough Draft (approximately 2- 1/2 paragraphs complete) HW-if not completed in class
Thursday
- Work on Rough Draft (approximately 2- 1/2 paragraphs complete) HW-if not completed in class
Friday
- Revise and Edit
- Have an adult read your research paper and help to revise and edit. Get adult signature at the top of your rough draft. HW
- Library Visit/Book Fair Video
Week of January 9-13
Monday
- Explore Career Pathways NH
Tuesday
- Explore Career Pathways NH
Wednesday
- Journal
- Tutorial on Plagiarism and MLA Format NH
Thursday
- Research and Take Notes on Career-BE SURE TO DOCUMENT ALL SOURCES THAT YOU USE!! HW-students are welcome to research more online at home
Friday
- Research and Take Notes on Career-BE SURE TO DOCUMENT ALL SOURCES THAT YOU USE!! HW-students will need to research more online at home and/or at your local library. ALL NOTES AND RESEARCH MUST BE GATHERED BY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18.
Week of January 2-6
Monday
- No School
Tuesday
- Journal
- Bargain Pg. 231-239 NH
Wednesday
- Grammar-Verbs
- Bargain Chart-Drawing Conclusions HW-if not finished in class
Thursday
- Research Paper-Pre Test
- State of Being & Helping Verbs-Pg. 2 in packet NH
Friday
- Verbs
- Library Visit NH
Week of December 12-16
Monday
- Finish Brian’s Song-Part 2 Pg. 308-319
- Notes on questions 4-6 NH (as long as you finished in class)
Tuesday
- Journal
- Formal Write-Up of Part 2 Questions HW-if not completed in class
Wednesday
- Brian’s Song Movie NH
Thursday
- Brian’s Song Movie NH
Friday
- Grinch Day
Week of December 5-9
Monday
- Brian’s Song-Preview
- Assign Roles NH
Tuesday
- Tips for Reading a Teleplay
- Part 1 of Teleplay pg. 277-283
- Notes for Q’s 1-4 HW-if not completed in class
Wednesday
- Part 1 of Teleplay pg. 283-296
- Notes for Q’s 5-8 HW-if not completed in class
Thursday
- Finish Part 1 of Teleplay pg. 296-298
- Formal Write-up of Part 1 Question HW-if not completed in class
- Library Visit Tomorrow-Bring any books to return or renew and your student ID card
Friday
- Library Visit
- Begin Part 2 of Brian’s Song Teleplay-Pg. 303-308
- Notes for questions 1-3 HW-if not completed in class
Week of November 28-December 2
Monday
- Clean Binders
- New Seats
- Pg. 28 Agree/Disagree
- Brainstorm Personality Traits NH
Tuesday
- Song of the Trees Pg. 29-40
- Record Character Traits NH (unless you did not finish this in class)
Wednesday
- Snow Day
Thursday
- Journal
- Character Sketch Graphic Organizer-Song of the Trees HW-if not complete in class
Friday
- No School
Week of November 21-25
Monday
- Journal
- Mix Well-Anagrams NH
- Library Visit
Tuesday
- The Night Before Thanksgiving
- Rewrite from Turkey’s Point of View NH
Wednesday
- No School
Thursday
- No School-HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Friday
- No School
Due to the passing of my Grandfather, I will not be at school Tuesday, Nov. 15-Friday, Nov. 18. I have posted what is assigned each day in class, but it is subject to change according to the guest teacher. Students will be taking a post assessment on the topic of compare and contrast on Wednesday.
Week of November 14-18
Monday
- G. Punk-Question & Quotation Marks NH
Tuesday
- Story Impression
- Three Skeleton Key-short story in textbook
Wednesday
- Post Assessment-Compare & Contrast
- Scope Magazine NH
Thursday
- The Smallest Dragon Boy-short story in textbook
- Graphic Organizer
Friday
- The Naming of Names-short story in textbook
Week of November 7-11
Monday
- G. Punk
- Peer Edit Compare/Contrast Paper
- Letter for Parents-Please make time to sit down with your son/daughter tonight to fill out the yellow 1/2 sheet of paper that was sent home today. This is not something that is suppose to take a long time. If you could spend 20 minutes or so with them tonight on this it would be very helpful. HW
Tuesday
- Format Paper-MLA Style
- Type Compare/Contrast Paper in Computer Lab-DUE FRIDAY
Wednesday
- Type Compare/Contrast Paper in Computer Lab-DUE FRIDAY
- Continue to Revise/Edit HW
Thursday
- Type and make any changes to Compare/Contrast Paper in Computer Lab-DUE FRIDAY
Friday
- COMPARE/CONTRAST PAPER DUE TODAY
- Journal
- Reflection on Learning Goals
- Library Visit NH
This week students are writing the rough draft for their compare/contrast paper. In addition, they will be revising and editing. Next week, students will go to the computer lab to type and again revise and edit the final copy of their paper. The final copy is due by November 11 and is worth 35% of their ELA grade.
I would like to give a big thank you to Mrs. Hall who is a guest speaker this week. Ask your son or daughter about the importance of revising and editing.
Week of October 31-November 4
Monday
- Happy Halloween!!
- Meaner Than Meanest
- Outline for Compare OR Contrast Paper-HW if not completed in class
Tuesday
- G. Punk-Commas
- Rough Draft of Intro Paragraph Only-Write on every other lines so you have room to revise and edit HW-if not completed in class
Wednesday
- Hours 1 & 2-Guest Speaker-Topic: The Importance of Revising and Editing-NH
- Hours 5 & 6 Work on Rough Draft Body Paragraphs- Don’t forget to include transition words HW-Body paragraphs 1-2 must be completed by tomorrow if you did not finish them in class
Thursday
- Hours 5 & 6-Guest Speaker-Topic: The Importance of Revising and Editing-NH
- Hours 1 & 2 Work on Rough Draft Body Paragraphs- Don’t forget to include transition words
- HW-Body paragraphs 1-2 must be completed by tomorrow if you did not finish them in class
Friday
- Finish body paragraphs if needed. Write conclusion paragraph. Self revise and edit. HW-if you did not complete this in class. Come prepared Monday with your complete rough draft.
Week of October 24-28
Monday
- No Excuse Words Quiz Re-take on FRIDAY-STUDY HW
- Journal
- Amigo Brothers Pg. 245-253
- Venn Diagram HW
Tuesday
- No Excuse Words Quiz Re-take on FRIDAY-STUDY HW
- G. Punk-Commas Pg. 4 # 1 & 2
- Barrio Boy Pg. 125-129
- Ernesto Scale Only HW if not completed in class (most finished)
Wednesday
- No Excuse Words Quiz Re-take on FRIDAY-STUDY HW
- G. Punk-Commas
- Ernesto Handout-Explanations HW if not completed in class (most finished)
Thursday
- No Excuse Words Quiz Re-take on FRIDAY-STUDY HW
- Library Visit tomorrow-Bring books to return or renew
- Journal
- Share Sample Compare/Contrast Essays
- Brainstorm ideas for compare/contrast essay-HW-COMPARE OR CONTRAST TOPIC DUE BY MONDAY -WRITE TOPIC IN PLANNER. IT SHOULD BE A TOPIC THAT YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT.
Friday
- No Excuse Words Quiz Re-take TODAY
- Library Visit NH
- HW-COMPARE OR CONTRAST TOPIC DUE BY MONDAY -WRITE TOPIC IN PLANNER. IT SHOULD BE A TOPIC THAT YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT.
- Enjoy the weekend!!
Week of October 17-21
Monday
- No Excuse Words Quiz Re-take
- Sentence Fluency Packet Pg. 79 & Lesson 18 Pg. 80-82 HW-if not complete in class
Tuesday
- Quiz Re-take on FRIDAY-STUDY HW
- Sentence Fluency Packet-Pg. 82 Rewrite TV Time and Do the Math-numbers should reflect a variety of sentence lengths. HW-if not completed in class
Wednesday
- No Excuse Words re-take on this FRIDAY-HW STUDY
- Igloo/Houseboat activity-identify qualities of compare/contrast NH
Thursday
- No Excuse Words re-take on this FRIDAY-HW STUDY
- Voice Packet-Lesson 9 Pg. 42-45 NH
Friday
- No Excuse Words-Quiz
- Be Careful What You Wish For-Rate Voice NH
Week of October 10-14
Monday
- Study for Re-take quiz on No Excuse Words-Quiz TUE. HW
- Book Fair Visit-TR-Bring money if you want to make any purchases
- Journal
- Word Choice Packet-Pg. 66 & 71-73 NH if finished in class
Tuesday
- Re-take quiz on No Excuse Words
- Book Fair Visit-TR-Bring money if you want to make any purchases
Wednesday
- Quiz re-take on Monday Study HW
- Book Fair Visit-TR-Bring money if you want to make any purchases
- Word Choice Packet – bottom of page 73-74 HW-if not completed in class
Thursday
- G. Punk
- Book Fair Visit NH
Friday
- Quiz Re-take on No Excuse Words-Monday HW-STUDY
- Journal
- Sentence Fluency Pg. 76-78 NH
Week of October 3-7
Monday
- Journal
- Jellyfish Paragraph-Piece by Piece NH
- Study for Re-take quiz on No Excuse Words-Quiz TR HW
Tuesday
- G. Punk
- Compare/Contrast Paragraphs-Apples and Oranges-Underline thesis statements and circle all transition words. HW
- Study for Re-take quiz on No Excuse Words-Quiz TR HW
Wednesday
- Journal
- Word Choice Packet-Lesson 14 Pg. 63-65 NH
- Study for Re-take quiz on No Excuse Words-Quiz TR HW
Thursday
- Library Day tomorrow-be sure to bring your library books HW
- ZYLAR
- Quiz on No Excuse Words
Friday
- Record Scores/G. Punk
- Library Visit/Book Fair Video
- Re-take quiz Tues-Study HW
Week of September 26-30
Monday
- Pre-test on Commonly Misused Words
- Practice with G. Punk
- Study for Quiz on Friday-No Excuse Words HW
Tuesday
- G. Punk-Periods
- Organization Packet-Lesson 5
- Study for Quiz on Friday-No Excuse Words HW
Wednesday
- Journal
- Organization Packet-Lesson 3 Show vs Tell Pg. 12 3 & 3A HW
- Study for Quiz on Friday-No Excuse Words HW
Thursday
- Journal
- Organization Packet-Lesson 4-Transition Words-Activity 4 & 4A HW if not completed in class.
- Study for Quiz on Friday-No Excuse Words HW
Friday
- Quiz-No Excuse Words
- Organization Packet-Lesson 8 Pg 37 – 38. Page 39 The Four Corners & Sides & The Lead: Where the Eye Goes First NH
Week of September 19-23
Monday
- Gates Test-vocabulary
- Fill in growth chart NH
Tuesday
- Gates Test-comprehension NH
Wednesday
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Pg. 3-15 NH
Thursday
- Fall Writing Prompt-Self Evaluation
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Situation Chart NH
Friday
- Finish Situation Chart/Question
- Library Visit NH
Week of September 12-16
Monday
- Rules and procedures NH
Tuesday
- Finish class procedures & rules
- ELA textbook scavenger hunt NH
Wednesday
- Finish, review & turn in textbook scavenger hunt NH (unless you did not finish it in class)
Thursday
- Fall Writing Prompt-Brainstorm, web/outline, and rough draft NH
Friday
- Fall Writing Prompt-Revise, Edit, and complete final copy NH
Week of September 5-9
Monday
- Labor Day-No School
Tuesday
- Name Tent
- Seating Chart
- Me Bag-HW
Wednesday
- Present Me Bag
- Gotcha Activity NH
Thursday
- Finish presenting Me Bags
- Letters from Former 7th Graders NH
Friday
- Index card/Interview partner NH
