Lesson Plans May 14-17

English, Reading, and Reading Lab 7th Grade
Monday: Semester Exam Review
Tuesday: Semester Exams Periods 1, 5
Wednesday: Semester Exams Periods 2, 4, 6
Thursday: Semester Exams Periods 1, 3
Enjoy your summer vacation!

Lesson Plans May 7-11, 2012

Reminder: Jr. Beta Club Members - Field Trip on Wednesday (those going will need to get their assignments beforehand)

English 7th Grade
Monday: K-PREP Testing
Tuesday: K-PREP Testing
Wednesday: Subject-Verb Agreement Chapter 9 - Lesson 1 Agreement in Number p. 208-209 and Lesson 2 Compound Subjects p. 211 - Workbook p. 163, 166
Thursday: Lesson 3 Agreement Problems p. 213-214, Lesson 4 Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects p. 216-217, and Lesson 5 Problem Subjects p. 219-220 - Workbook p. 169, 172, 175
Friday: Semester Exam Review/Annual Day

Reading 7th Grade
Monday: K-PREP Testing
Tuesday: K-PREP Testing
Wednesday: Begin DVD The Pagemaster
Thursday: AR Points Due - continue watching The Pagemaster
Friday: Finish watching The Pagemaster/Annual Day

Reading Lab 7th Grade
Monday: K-PREP Testing
Tuesday: K-PREP Testing
Wednesday: Strategies for Unlocking Word Meaning Part A p. 1-6
Thursday: Determining Meaning Through Word Analysis Part B p. 7-13
Friday: Annual Day - no class

Lesson Plans April 30-May 4, 2012

English 7th Grade
Monday: Review of Capitalization worksheet
Tuesday: Review of Capitalization worksheet
Wednesday: K-PREP Testing
Thursday: K-PREP Testing
Friday: K-PREP Testing

Reading 7th Grade
Monday: Review of Short Story Elements - PowerPoint
Tuesday: Worksheet - Questions on Short Story Elements
Wednesday: K-PREP Testing
Thursday: K-PREP Testing
Friday: K-PREP Testing

Reading Lab 7th Grade
Monday: Read "Mongoose on the Loose" text p. 219-220 - Questions text p. 221
Tuesday: Read "How to Recognize Venomous Snakes in North America" text p. 469-470 - Questions text p. 471
Wednesday: K-PREP Testing
Thursday: K-PREP Testing
Friday: K-PREP Testing

Lesson Plans April 23-27, 2012

English 7th Grade
Monday: Study Guide Chapter 11 - complete and correct in class
Tuesday: Test Chapter 11 Punctuation
Wednesday: Chapter 10 Capitalization - Lesson 1 People and Cultures p. 230-232 and Lesson 2 First Words and Titles p. 233-234 - Workbook p. 178, 181
Thursday: Lesson 3 Places and Transportation p. 237-238 and Lesson 4 Organizations and Other Subjects p. 240-241 - Workbook p. 184, 187
Friday: Revising for Capitalization worksheets

Reading 7th Grade
Monday: Setting - Coach Lesson 22 - Read "All Summer in a Day" p. 92-99 - Workbook p. 29 & worksheets
Tuesday: Point of View - Coach Lesson 24 - Read "The Luckiest Time of All" p. 61-63 & "An American Childhood" p. 53-57 - Workbook p. 16, 20
Wednesday: Point of View - Perspective - read the same scene of a novel written from the viewpoint of two different characters and compare and contrast perspectives
Thursday: Theme - Coach Lesson 25 - Read "Ribbons" p. 307-317 - Workbook p. 92
Friday: Coach Lesson 19 - PowerPoint Genre

Reading Lab 7th Grade
Monday: Recognizing Text Structures p. 350-353 worksheets
Tuesday: Recognizing Text Structures p. 354-359 worksheets
Wednesday: Test Prep Strategies
Thursday: Reading Test Model p. 382-386
Friday: Reading Test Model p. 387-392

Lesson Plans April 16-20, 2012

English - 7th Grade
Monday: Lesson 5: Semicolons and Colons text p. 262-263 - Workbook p. 202-203
Tuesday: Comma or Semicolon? Worksheets p. 13-14
Wednesday: Lesson 6: Hyphens, Dashes, & Parentheses text p. 264 - Workbook p. 205-206
Thursday: Lesson 7: Apostrophes text p. 266 - Workbook p. 208-209
Friday: Lesson 8: Punctuating Titles text p. 268 - Workbook p. 211-212

Reading - 7th Grade
Monday: Read "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" text p. 175-184 - Workbook p. 52-53
Tuesday: Focus on Character/Types of Character - Coach Lesson 21 - Read "Two Kinds" text p. 231-243 - Workbook p. 69 and Venn Diagram Worksheet
Wednesday: Focus on Plot - Coach Lesson 23 - Plot Worksheets
Thursday: Read "Rikki-tikki-tavi" text p. 199-213 - Workbook p. 59 & Worksheet
Friday: Read "The Third Wish" text p. 274-279 -Workbook p. 78

Reading Lab - 7th Grade
Monday: Coach Lesson 16 - Science 11B - Summarize passage
Tuesday: From Interactive Reader Plus - read "7th Grade" and complete activities p. 2-15
Wednesday: From Interactive Reader Plus - read "Thank You, Ma'am" and complete activities p. 16-25
Thursday: From Interactive Reader Plus - read "Analyzing Text Features" and complete activities p. 342-345
Friday: From Interactive Reader Plus - read "Understanding Visuals" and complete activities p. 346-349

Bonus, Bonus Bonus & Important Dates

Bonus Work is being made available in both English and reading.
In English:
1.  2 Comma Worksheets (due Friday, April 13)
2.  3 Quotation Worksheets (due Tuesday, April 17)
In reading
1. Workbook p. 189-190 (due Thursday, April 12)
2. Extended Responses for Poetry (due Monday, April 11)

Some important dates:
Jr. Beta only - field trip forms are due in April 20
All 7th graders - AR points, missing work, homework passes as bonuses - all due May 10.

Lesson Plans April 9-13, 2012

English - 7th Grade
Monday: Punctation Chapter 11 Lesson 1 Periods and Other End Marks text p. 250-251 - Workbook p. 190-191
Tuesday: Lesson 2 Commas in Sentences p. 253-255 - Workbook p. 193-194
Wednesday: Lesson 3 Commas in Dates, Addresses, and Letters p. 256 - Workbook p. 196-197
Thursday: Revising for Commas - Worksheets p. 10, 11, 12
Friday: Lesson 4 Punctuating Quotations p. 258-260 - Workbook p. 199-200
Bonus Opportunity: Quotation Worksheet

Reading - 7th Grade
Monday: Review of Poetry covered before Spring Break - PowerPoints
Tuesday: Read "Annabel Lee" p. 598, "MLK" p. 600, "I'm Nobody" p. 601 - Workbook p. 186 and Selection Test Worksheet
Wednesday: Read "Jim" p. 604, "Father William" p. 606, "Stopping By Woods..." p. 608 - Workbook p. 189, 190 and Selection Test Worksheet
Thursday: Poetry Test - Open book - test will come directly from workbook pages and selection test worksheets - students may take test home to finish
Friday: Coach Lesson 18 Comparing Across Texts p. 86-89 and PowerPoint - Elements of Short Stories

Reading Lab - 7th Grade
*Students will need to bring reading books and reading workbooks to class this week
Monday: Types of Nonfiction reading text p. 354-357 - Workbook p. 100-101
Tuesday: Coach Lesson 7 p. 42-45 - Read "Life Without Gravity" text p. 372-375 - Workbook p. 103-104
Wednesday: Read "I Am a Native American" text p. 390-393 - Workbook p. 113-114
Thursday: Coach Lesson 17 - Read "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens" text p. 397-401 - Workbook p. 117-118
Friday: Science Reading - Precipitation 12 A and Classroom Dew Point Experiment 12 B