Lesson Plans December 12-16, 2011

English - 7th Grade
Monday: Grade/Correct Semester Exam Study Guide - Oral Presentations
Tuesday: Oral Presentations
Wednesday: Review for Semester Exams, Finish Up Any Oral Presentations, Semester Exams Period 5 (English)
Thursday: Semester Exams Periods 2 (English) and 4 (Reading)
Friday: Semester Exams Periods 1 (English) and 3 (Reading)

Reading - 7th Grade
Monday: Grade/Correct Semester Exam Study Guide - Grade Questions Ch 1-3 - Read Chapters 4-7 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Questions Ch 4-7
Tuesday: Grade Questions Ch 4-7
Wednesday: None
Thursday: Semester Exams Periods 2 (English) and 4 (Reading)
Friday: Semester Exams Periods 1 (English) and 3 (Reading)

Reading Lab - 8th Grade
Monday: Study for Test
Tuesday: Test over Soldier's Heart/Gettysburg
Wednesday-Friday - No reading lab

I hope each of you have a wonderful and blessed Christmas and New Year.

Lesson Plans for November 28-December 2, 2011

English - 7th
Monday: Review Verbs Lessons 1-5 - Exercises 1-5 text p. 597-599
Tuesday: Review Verbs Lessons 6-9 - Excercises 6-9 text p. 599-601
Wednesday: Review Study Guide - Chapter 4 Verbs
Thursday: Grade/Correct Study Guide
Friday: Test - Chapter 4 Verbs

Reading - 7th
Monday: Begin reading "A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley" Act 1 text p. 664-691
Tuesday: Continue reading "A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley" Act 1 text p. 664-691
Wednesday: Finish reading "A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley" Act 1 text p. 664-691 - Workbook p. 201, 207, 213
Thursday: Selection Test (worksheet)
Friday: Begin reading "A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley" Act 2 text p. 697-727

Reading Lab - 8th
Monday: Discuss Vocabulary Chapters 5-6 Soldier's Heart
Tuesday: Review Chapters 1-4 - Read Chapter 5 Soldier's Heart
Wednesday: Quiz Chapters 1-5 - Read Chapter 6 Soldier's Heart
Thursday: Discuss Vocabulary Chapters 7-8 Soldier's Heart
Friday: Read Chapter 7 Soldier's Heart

Lesson Plans November 21-22, 2011

English - 7th Grade
Monday: Leson 8 Using Verb Tenses text p. 111-114 - Workbook p. 97-98
Tuesday: Lesson 9 Troublesome Verbs text p. 115-116 - Workbook p. 100-101

Reading - 7th Grade
Monday: Read "from Grandpa and the Statue" text p. 786-790 and "My Head Is Full of Starshine" text p. 791-792 (Examples of dialogue, monologue)
Tuesday: Example of soliliquy - Workbook p. 222

Reading Lab -8th Grade
Monday: Vocabulary Chapters 1-4
Tuesday: Read Chapters 3-4 Soldier's Heart

HOPE EACH OF YOU HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING1

Lesson Plans November 14-19, 2011

English 7th Grade
Monday: Lesson 4 Principal Parts of Verbs text p. 100 - Workbook p. 85-86
Tuesday: Lesson 5 Irregular Verbs text p. 102-104 - Workbook p. 88-89
Wednesday: More Practice with Irregular Verbs - Worksheets 40-41
Thursday: Lesson 6 Simple Tenses text p. 105-107 - Workbook p. 91-92
Friday: Lesson 7 Perfect Tenses text p. 108-109 - Workbook p. 94-95

Reading 7th Grade
Monday: Study Guide Hauntings Unit - only complete the multiple choice; the extended response is just so students will know what to expect on test
Tuesday: Grade/Correct Multiple Choice Section Study Guide - Complete Extended Response Section of Test
Wednesday: Complete Multiple Choice Section of Test
Thursday: Introduction to Drama - PowerPoint - Read textbook p. 646-647 - Workbook p. 199, 202
Friday: PowerPoint/Handout Understanding Stage Directions - Workbook p. 208

Reading Lab 8th Grade
Monday: Unit Test Summer of the Swans (open book)
Tuesday: Accelerated Reading Test Summer of the Swans
Wednesday: Introduction to Soldier's Heart "Scene It" - Read and discuss Foreward and it's vocabulary
Thursday: Discuss vocabulary from Chapters 1-2 Soldier's Heart
Friday: Read Chapters 1-2 Soldier's Heart

Lesson Plans for November 7-11, 2011

English 7th Grade
Monday: Begin Verbs Chapter 4 Lesson 1 What Is a Verb? text p. 92-93 - Workbook p. 76-77
Tuesday: No School
Wednesday: Lesson 2 Action Verbs & Objects text p. 95-96 - Workbook p. 79
Thursday: Lesson 3 Linking Verbs & Predicate Words text p. 98-99 - Workbook p. 82
Friday: Worksheets - Review Lessons 1-3

Reading 7th Grade
Monday: Edgar Allan Poe PowerPoint & Cloze Activity
Tuesday: No School
Wednesday - Friday: Computer Lab - Webquest Hunting for Witches (due Friday at end of class)

Reading Lab - 8th Grade
Monday: Frayer Model Chapters 17-23
Tuesday: No School
Wednesday: Read Chapters 17-23
Thursday: Vocabulary Quiz Chapters 17-23
Friday: Quiz Chapters 17-23

Lesson Plans October 31-November 4, 2011

Happy Halloween - No School on Monday!

English -7th Grade
Tuesday: Writing On Demand Practice Prompt - Prewrite
Wednesday: Writing On Demand - Finish Final Draft
Thursday: Synonyms Worksheet (bring thesauri)
Friday: Worksheet - The 10 Rooms of Dr. Gloom (bring colored pencils if you have them)

Reading - 7th Grade
Tuesday: Work Due - Reader's Guidesheet/Challenging Vocab - Read "The Tell-Tale Heart" - Questions
Wednesday: Challenging Vocab Worksheet for "The Cask of Amontillado" (bring dictionaries)
Thursday: Read "The Cask of Amontillado"
Friday: Questions "The Cask of Amontillado"

Reading Lab - 8th Grade
Tuesday: Read Chapters 12-14 The Summer of the Swans - 3 Thoughts
Wednesday: Quiz Chapters 10-14 and Frayer Model Chapters 15-16
Thursday: Read Chapters 15-16 The Summer of the Swans
Friday: Vocabulary Quiz Chapters 12-16 - Questions Chapters 12-16

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween to all you ghosts, ghouls, and goblins!  Be safe and treat others as you would like to be treated in return as you go out and about trick-or-treating!

Lesson Plans for October 24-28, 2011

English - 7th
Monday: Review Worksheet Chapter 3 Pronouns
Tuesday: Grade/Correct Review - PowerPoint Writing on Demand
Wednesday: Test Chapter 3 Pronouns
Thursday: Health Fair - Worksheets (Trick-or-Treat Trail and Dead Words)
Friday: Urban Legends - Listen to oral tales

Reading - 7th
Monday: Test Section 2  Multiple Choice/Short Answer over Soldier's Heart and Gettysburg
Tuesday: Introduction to Hauntings Unit - Read Origin of Halloween - Worksheet Challenging Vocabulary
Wednesday: Read "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and Questions (due Friday)
Thursday: Writing on Demand Field Test
Friday: Reader's Guidesheet and Challenging Vocabulary Worksheet

Reading Lab - 8th
Monday: Comprehension Quiz Chapters 1-9 - Frayer Model Chapters 10-11
Tuesday: Read Chapters 10-11 Summer of the Swans
Wednesday: Questions Chapters 7-11
Thursday:  Vocabulary Pictionary
Friday: Vocabulary Quiz Chapters 7-11 - Frayer Model Chapters 12-14

Lesson Plans for October 17-21, 2011

English 7th Grade
Monday: Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns - Workbook p. 58
Tuesday: Interrogatives and Demonstratives - Workbook p. 61
Wednesday: Pronoun Agreement - Workbook p. 64-65
Thursday: Indefinite Pronoun Agreement - Workbook p. 67-68
Friday: Pronoun Problems - Workbook p. 70, 73

Reading 7th Grade
Monday: Finish reading Gettysburg aloud and begin working on Study Guide for Test - this part of the test will be on Monday of next week - also give students a copy of the constructed response to use for practice
Tuesday: Watch movie clip from Gettysburg - Comparison discussion
Wednesday: Finish Study Guide - bring an AR book to read when finished
Thursday: Grade/Correct Study Guide - Begin Test Section 1 Constructed Response
Friday: Finsih Test Section 1

Reading Lab 8th Grade
Monday: Read Chapter 4-6 Summer of the Swans - Prediction Chart
Tuesday: Vocabulary Review - I Have...Who Has?
Wednesday: Questions Chapters 1-6 Summer of the Swans
Thursday: Vocabulary Quiz Chapters 1-6 - Frayer Model Chapters 7-9
Friday: Read Chapters 7-9 Summer of the Swans - Visualizing with I Wonder...

Lesson Plans for October 10-14

English - 7th Grade
Monday: Begin Chapter 3 (English text) Lesson 1 - Workbook p, 46
Tuesday: Lesson 2 - Workbook p. 49
Wednesday: Lesson 3 - Workbook p. 52
Thursday: Lesson 4 - Workbookp. 55
Friday: Lesson 5 - Workbook p. 58

Reading - 7th Grade
Monday: Review of Chapters 1-6 Soldier's Heart - Read Chapter 7 Soldier's Heart
Tuesday: Frayer Model Chapter 8
Wednesday: Read Chapter 8 Soldier's Heart
Thursday: Frayer Model Chapters 9-10
Friday: Read Chapters 9-10 Soldier's Heart

7th Graderrs - Be watching for a letter back from the Civil War soldier to whom you wrote a letter!

Reading Lab - 8th Grade
Monday: Go to library and check out Summer of the Swans - Meet the Author (handout) - Intro to Novel (handout) - Journal Activity
Tuesday: Frayer Model Chapters 1-3
Wednesday: Read/discuss Chapters 1-3 Summer of the Swans - 3 Thoughts
Thursday: Frayer Model Chapters 4-6
Friday: Read/discuss Chapters 4-6 Summer of the Swans - Prediction Chart

Lesson Plans for September 26-30, 2011

English 7th Grade
Monday: Computer Lab - researching facts to use in letter and citing sources - students will need to work on letters along the way - rough draft of letter due on Wednesday
Tuesday: Computer Lab - researching facts to use in letter and citing sources - students will need to work on letters along the way - rough draft of letter due on Wednesday
Wednesday: Computer Lab - Begin typing final draft of letter - printed copies are due Friday at end of class
Thursday: Explore Test
Friday: Computer Lab - Finish typing letter - 2 printed copies due

Reading 7th Grade
Monday: Read Chapter 5 Soldier's Heart
Tuesday: Quiz Chapters 1-5 Soldier's Heart - Frayer Model Chapter 6
Wednesday: Read Chapter 6 Soldier's Heart
Thursday: Explore Test
Friday: Frayer Model Chapter 7

Reading Lab 8th Grade
Monday: Read Chapter 7 Soldier's Heart
Tuesday: Read Chapter 8 Soldier's Heart
Wednesday: Read Chapters 9-10 Soldier's Heart
Thursday: Read historical account of Gettysburg and compare to Soldier's Heart version - Open Response
Friday: AR Test

HAVE A GREAT FALL BREAK!

Changes for 8th Grade Reading Lab Lesson Plans for September 19-23

Monday

• Introduction to Soldier's Heart
• Discuss difference between historical fiction and history
• Read/discuss Foreward

Tuesday

• Discuss Vocabulary Chapters 1-2
• Read/discuss Chapters 1-2

Wednesday

• Discuss Vocabulary Chapters 3-4
• Read/discuss Chapters 3-4

Thursday

• Discuss Vocabulary Chapter 5
• Read/discuss Chapter 5

Friday

• Discuss Vocabulary Chapter 6
• Read/discuss Chapter 6

Lesson Plans for September 19-23. 2011

English - 7th grade
Monday: Test - Chapter 2 Nouns
Tuesday: Group Activity - Read letters from reenactment soldiers and complete worksheet
Wednesday: Discussion of daily activities of Civil War time period
Thursday: How to Write a Friendly Letter - Elements of Writing book p.868-869 and Addressing an Envelope
Friday: Example of Historical Fiction Letter - Brainstorm for ideas for writing letter - Citing Sources

Reading - 7th grade
Monday: Read Chapters 1-2 of Soldier's Heart in class
Tuesday: Continue reading about Gettysburg - nonfiction
Wednesday: Frayer Model Chapters 3-4
Thursday: Read Chapters 3-4 of Soldier's Heart in class
Friday: Frayer Model Chapter 5

Reading - 8th grade
Monday: Comprehension Quiz Chapters 1-3 - Revised Frayer Model Chapters 4-5
Tuesday: Read Chapters 4-5 A Wrinkle in Time
Wednesday: Comprehension Quiz Chapters 4-5 - Revised Frayer Model Chapters 6-7
Thursday: Read Chapters 6-7 A Wrinkle in Time
Friday: Comprehension Quiz Chapters 6-7 - Revised Frrayer Model Chapter Chapter 8-9

Lesson Plans for September 12-16, 2011

English - 7th Grade
Monday: Nouns and Their Jobs Lesson 5 text p. 47 - Workbook p. 43
Tuesday: MAP Testing
Wednesday: More Practice with Nouns
Thursday: Study Guide for Chapter 2 Nouns
Friday: Grade/Correct Study Guide and Review in class - Test on Monday September 19

Reading - 7th Grade
Monday: Go over Frayer Model
Tuesday: MAP Testing
Wednesday: Read Foreward p. xii-xv of Soldier's Heart
Thursday: Mrs. Boaz will be working with students to ready them for the Explore test
Friday: Frayer Model Vocabulary Chapters 1-2

Reading Lab - 8th Grade
Monday: Comprehension Bingo, Begin AR Tests
Tuesday: Unit Test over Summer of the Swans, Continue AR Tests
Wednesday: Introduction to A Wrinkle in Time, Handout p. 7, Internet Activity, Prediction
Thursday: Book Check Out - Revised Frayer Model Section 1 Vocabulary
Friday: Continue Frayer Model

Lesson Plans for September 5-9, 2011

English - 7th grade
Monday: Labor Day - no school
Tuesday: Review Lessons 1 & 2 on nouns - worksheet
Wednesday: Possessive Nouns Lesson 3 text p. 42 - Workbook p. 37
Thursday: Compound Nouns Lesson 4 text p. 45 - Workbook p. 40
Friday: Nouns and Their Jobs Lesson 5 text p. 47 - Workbook p. 43

Reading - 7th grade
Monday: Labor Day - no school
Tuesday: KBA Promotion (librarian will visit/present - Genre PowerPoint
Wednesday: Novel Nibbles (we will go to the library)
Thursday: Introduction to Soldier's Heart - define historical fiction - discuss differences between history and historical fiction - begin working on Vocabulary Frayer Model for novel foreward - dictionaries/thesauri needed
Friday: Finish Frayer Model - dictionaries/thesauri needed

Reading Lab - 8th grade
Monday: Labor Day - no school
Tuesday: Create Vocabulary flashcards using Frayer Model Chapters 17-23
Wednesday: Read Chapters 17-23 of Summer of the Swans
Thursday: Vocabulary Quiz Chapters 17-23 - Worksheet Changing Your Point of View
Friday: Questions Chapters 17-23

We will be starting to read a novel entitled Soldier's Heart.  These novels will not be allowed out of my room as we do not have enough for each person to have a copy.  Any work that specifically deals with the novel, such as comprehension questions, will be completed in class.

Lesson Plans for August 29 - September 2, 2011

English
Monday: continue reworking (if needed); Review Study Guide for Chapter 1 (test will be on Wednesday)
Tuesday: grade/correct Study Guide; continue reworking (if needed); study
Wednesday: Test over Chapter 1 - same format as study guide but with different sentences
Thursday: Chapter 2 - Kinds of Nouns - Lesson 1 text p. 36-38 - Workbook p. 31
Friday - Singular and Plural Nouns - Lesson 2 text p. 39-40 - Workbookk p. 34

Reading
Monday: continue More Figurative Language transparencies
Tuesday: continue More Figurative Language transparencies
Wednesday - Study Guide Figurative Language/Literary Devices - do only the matching/fill in the blank sections
Thursday: grade/correct study guide - Complete T-chart and final draft for constructed response part of the test (may finish in class on Friday if needed)
Friday: Test - Figuartive Language/Literary Devices - be sure to finish constructed response question

Lesson Plans for August 22-26, 2011

English:
Monday - Fragments/Run-Ons - Lesson 10 text p. 25 - Workbook p. 28
Tuesday - Re-teaching Concepts Chapter 1
Wednesday - Suicide Prevention (school-wide video)
Thursday - Re-working Chapter 1 assignments on which students had problems
Friday - Continue re-working Chapter 1 assignments

Reading:
Monday - Onomatopoeia - Worksheet
Tuesday - Handout - Worksheet Imagery, Symbols
Wednesday - Irony - worksheet - Read "After Twenty Years" from text
Thursday - Read "Hey, Come On Out" from text - workbook p. 97
Friday - Handout -More Figurative Language

Reading Lab (8th):
Monday - Questions Chapters 7-11
Tuesday - Vocabulary Pictionary
Wednesday - Vocabulary Quiz Chapters 7-11 - Frayer Model Chapters 12-14
Thursday - Read Chapters 12-14 - Sequence Chain worksheet
Friday - Frayer Model Chapters 15-16

Week of August 15-19

7th Grade English Lesson Plans for August 15-19, 2011
Monday: Compound Sentence Parts Lesson 5 text p. 14 - Workbook p. 13-14
Tuesday: Subjects in Unusual Order Lesson 7 text p. 18-19 - Workbook p. 19-20
Wednesday: Complements: Subject Complements Lesson 8 text p. 21 - Workbook p. 22-23
Thursday: Complements: Objects of Verbs Lesson 9 text p. 23 - Workbook p. 25-26
Friday: Fragments and Run-ons Lesson 10 text p. 25-26 - Workbook p. 28-29

7th Grade Reading Lesson Plans for August 15-19, 2011
Monday: Quiz on Assessment Vocabulary and PowerPoint - Introduction to Figurative Language and Literary Devices
Tuesday: Similes/Metaphors - Worksheets
Wednesday: Personification - Worksheets
Thursday: Alliteration - Worksheet
Friday: Hyperbole - Worrksheets

8th Grade Reading Lab Lesson Plans for August 15-19, 2011
Monday: Comprehension Questions Chapters 1-6 of Summer of the Swans
Tuesday: Vocabulary Review Chapters 1-6 Vocab - I Have...Who Has?
Wednesday: Vocabulary Quiz over Chapters 1-6 Vocabulary and Vocabulary Frayer Model Chapters 7-9
Thursday: Read Chapters 7-9 of Summer of the Swans and Practice Visualizing with I Wonder...
Friday: Vocabulary Frayer Model Chapters 10-12

Week of August 8-12

Plans for this week in English:
Monday - Kinds of Sentences - Workbook p. 16-17
Tuesday - Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates - Workbook p. 1-2
Wednesday - Simple Subjects - Workbook p. 4
Thursday - Simple Predicates or Verbs - Workbook p. 7
Friday - Verbal Phrases - Workbook p. 10

Plans for this week in reading:
Monday - How to Answer Constructed Response Questions using a T-chart - Molly Pitcher T-chart rough draft
Tuesday - Other Strategies to use in Answering Constructed Response Questions - Red Fern T-chart plan and rough draft
Wednesday - Avoiding Bias in Answering Constructed Response Questions - Finish School Calendar Debate T-chart
Thursday - PowerPoint on Assessment Vocabulary - Quiz over words/meanings on Monday
Friday - What to Expect on Kentucky Assessment Tests - Seatbelt Safety Practice Passage/Questions

Welcome Back

I am so excited about the new school year and look forward to seeing all of you!  Be sure to check my blog weekly for lesson plans and messages!