Lesson Plans September 3-7, 2012

7th Grade Reading
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Intro to Soldier's Heart - Explain difference between historical fiction and history
Wednesday: Vocabulary Wk Forward - Military Rankings
Thursday: Read Forward of Soldier's Heart and Introduction of Gettysburg
Friday: Vocabulary Wk Ch 1-2

7th Grade English:
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Lesson 7 Apostrophes text p. 266 - Worksheets p. 208-209
Wednesday: Worksheets Revising for Apostrophes
Thursday: Lesson 8 Punctuating Titles text p. 268 - Worksheet p. 211-212
Friday: KBA Promotions

8th Grade Reading:
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Read Ch 23-30 Walk Two Moons
Wednesday: Comprehension Questions Ch 23-30
Thursday: Vocabulary Wk Ch 31-39
Friday: Read Ch 31-39 Walk Two Moons

8th Grade Reading Lab
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Worksheet Opposites and Scrambled Words
Wednesday: Read Ch 13-14 Freak the Mighty
Thursday: Comprehension Questions Ch 13-14
Friday: Vocabulary Wk Ch 15-18

Lesson Plans August 27-31, 2012

Reading 7th Grade
Monday: More Figurative Language handout and discussion
Tuesday: More Figurative Language discussion
Wednesday: Study Guide Figurative Language/Literary Devices
Thursday: Grade/Correct Study Guide - Extended Response Section of Test
Friday: Test Figurative Language/Literary Devices

English 7th Grade
Monday: Exercise 4 p. 619 - Concept Check A & B text p. 261
Tuesday: Revising Quotations Worksheet
Wednesday: Lesson 5 Semicolons and Colons text p. 262-263 - Wk p. 202-203
Thursday: Comma or Semicolon? Wk p. 13-14
Friday: Lesson 6 Hyphens, Dashes, Parentheses text p. 264 - Wk p. 205-206

Reading 8th Grade
Monday: Read Ch 11-15 Walk Two Moons (WTM) - Discussion of Comprehension Questions
Tuesday: Vocabulary Wk Ch 16-22
Wednesday: Read Ch 16-22 WTM
Thursday: Comprehension Questions Ch 16-22
Friday: Vocabulary Wk Ch 23-30

Reading Lab 8th Grade
Monday: Read Ch 9-10 Freak the Mighty (FM)
Tuesday: Comprehension Questions Ch 9-10
Wednesday: Vocabulary Wk Ch 11-12 - Read Ch 11-12
Thursday: Comprehension Questions Ch 11-12
Friday: Vocabulary Wk Ch 13-14

Lesson Plans August 20-24, 2012

Reading 7th Grade
Monday: Hyperbole - Worksheets p. 21, 54
Tuesday: Onomatopoeia - Worksheets p. 6, 30
Wednesday: Handout - Foreshadowing, Theme, Irony, Imagery, Symbol, Flashback - Worksheets p. 1, 27
Thursday: Irony - Worksheet p. 22 - Read "After Twenty Years" text p. 324
Friday: Read "Hey, Come On Out" text p. 328 - Workbook p. 97

English 7th Grade
Monday: Punctuation Ch 11 Lesson 3 text p. 256 - Wk p. 196-197
Tuesday: Comma Worksheets p. 92, 93, 94
Wednesday: Comma Worksheets p. 95, 96, 97
Thursday: Revising for Commas - Worksheets p. 10, 11, 12
Friday: Lesson 4 p. 258 - Worksheets p. 199-200

Reading 8th Grade
Monday: Vocabulary Wk Ch 5-10 Walk Two Moons (WTM)
Tuesday: Read Ch 5-10 WTM
Wednesday: Vocabulary Wk and Comprehension Wk WTM
Thursday: Prediction Chart - Begin Vocabulary Wk Ch 11-15 WTM
Friday: Finish Vocabulary Wk

Reading Lab 8th Grade
Monday: Vocabulary Wk Ch 7-8 Freak the Mighty (FM)
Tuesday: Finish Vocabulary Wk - Wk Synonym or Antonym
Wednesday: Read Ch 7-8 FM
Thursday: Comprehension Questions Ch 7-8
Friday: Vocabulary Wk Ch 9-10 FM

Lesson Plans August 13-17, 2012

English - 7th
Monday: Study Guide Ch 10 Capitalization
Tuesday: Review for test - extra credit
Wednesday: Test Ch 10 Capitalization
Thursday: Punctuation Ch 11 - Lesson 1 - Wk p. 190-191
Friday: Lesson 2 - Wk p. 193-194

Reading - 7th
Monday: Quiz Assessment Vocabulary - PowerPoint
Tuesday: Library Accounts
Wednesday: Similes/Metaphors - Wk
Thursday: Personification - Wk
Friday: Alliteration - Wk

Reading - 8th
Monday: Library Accounts
Tuesday: Vocabulary Ch 1-4 Walk Two Moons (WTM)
Wednesday: Main Idea and Details & Inferences, Conclusions, Predictions - in class WB page
Thursday: Read Ch 1-4 WTM
Friday: Vocabulary Wk/Comprehension Wk

Reading Lab - 8th
Monday: Comprehension Questions Ch 1-4 Freak the Mighty (FM)
Tuesday: Character Webs
Wednesday: Vocabulary Ch 5-6 (FM)
Thursday: Read Ch 5-6 (FM)
Friday: Comprehension Questions Ch 5-6 (FM)

Welcome Back - Lesson Plans August 6-10, 2012

Welcome Back to School!  It is going to be a great year, and I excited to get to know my new 7th graders and to once again see the 8th graders! Don't forget to turn in all your forms!

Lesson Plans are listed by class

English 7th Grade
Monday: Go over class expectations, seating chart, pass out textbooks, students will write 20 or more words/phrases that describe theirselves and turn this in
Tuesday: DOL, Diagnostic Tests, Journal Activity
Wednesday: Capitalization Ch 10 - Lessons 1 & 2 - Worksheet p. 178/181
Thursday: Capitalization Ch 10 - Lessons 3 & 4 - Worksheet p. 184/187
Friday: Revising for Capitalization - Worksheet p. 4/5

Reading 7th Grade
Monday: Letter to parents of class expectations (will count as a grade), seating chart, pass out textbooks, icebreaker activities
Tuesday: Bellringer, PowerPoint: Assessment Vocabulary/Power Words - take notes - matching quiz over words/definitions on Monday
Wednesday: Bellringer, How to prewrite for an extended response - GO Chart, model using Molly Pitcher story
Thursday: Bellringer, discuss strategies for anwering extended response, students will use completed GO chart from Wednesday to complete extended response answer
Friday: Bellringer, discuss differences in short answer and extended response questions, discuss strategies for answer short answer, complete an example of a short answer question

Reading 8th Grade
Monday: Letter to parents of class expectations (will count as a grade), seating chart, pass out textbooks, journal activity
Tuesday: Bellringer, handout: Traits of Good Readers/SQ3R - read and discuss, read "Penguins: Birds of the Ice" using SQ3R and answer questions
Wednesday: Bellringer, discuss predicting, inferencing, drawing conclusions, skimming, scanning; handout - KWL Chart; read "The War in Vietnam" text p. 485-486 and complete KWL chart; answer questions 1-3 p. 487 text
Thursday: Bellringer, discuss main idea/central idea, visualization, using prior knowledge; handout THIEVES reading strategy - read and discuss; read seatbelt article and complete THIEVES worksheet using article
Friday: Bellringer, discuss organizational structure, fact/opinion, 5 W's; read "Lots in Space" text p. 545-548; answer questions p. 549

Reading Lab -8th Grade
Monday: Go over class expectations, seating chart, go to library and check out "Freak the Mighty", journal activity
Tuesday: Bellringer, complete Vocabulary Frayer Model Ch 1-2
Wednesday: Bellringer, read and discuss chapters 1-2, worksheet 3 Thoughts
Thursday: Bellringer, complete Vocabulary Frayer Model Ch 3-4
Friday: Bellringer, read and discuss chapters 3-4, comprehension questions