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