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...