7th Grade Communication Arts
Notebook Layout
Pencil Pouch Syllabus Tab Divider 1: Root Words Tab Divider 2: Book Work Tab Divider 3: Grammar/Voc. Tab Divider 4: Novel Blank paper at the back www.storyboardthat.com/
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Lesson Plans Week 1 (Aug. 22-26)Monday - Getting to know you handout, Getting to know me PPT, start syllabus if time allows
Tuesday - Start/Continue going over syllabus, Importance of legible handwriting handout Wednesday - Greek and Latin Root Words Pre-Test Thursday - Vocabulary for the story "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto pg 290, story "Seventh Grade", critical thinking questions after story Friday - Writing assignment "First Week of Seventh Grade" Lesson Plans Week 2 (Aug. 29 - Sept. 2)Monday - New Greek & Latin root words (Weeks 1 & 2), Continue working on "Seventh Grade" writing assignment.
Tuesday - Story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling, vocab, story page 227 Wednesday - Story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling, vocab, story page 227 Thursday - Story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling, story page 227 Friday - Greek & Latin root words quiz 2 Lesson Plans Week 3 (Sept. 6 - Sept. 09)Monday - No School, Labor Day
Tuesday - New Root Words, Test Corrections, Library Visit, Begin IReady Reading Test Wednesday - IReady Reading assessment day 2 Thursday - IReady Reading assessment day 3 Friday - Greek & Latin root words quiz 3, finish movie "Rikki Tikki Tavi" Lesson Plans Week 4 (Sept. 12 - Sept. 16)Monday - Week 4 New root words (mis - bad, non - not, post - after) Root Words Study Time, silent sustained reading time
Tuesday - Phonics Introduction, Story Elements "Rikki Tikki Tavi" Wednesday - "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Meyers, critical thinking questions PG 205 Thursday - Phonics Instruction, Scholastic Magazine popcorn reading Friday - Greek & Latin root words quiz 4, Week 5 New root words & flash cards (pre-before, semi-half, sub-under), Lesson Plans Week 5 (Sept. 19 - Sept. 23)Monday - New root words, Library Visit, Scholastic Magazine popcorn reading
Tuesday - Phonics Instruction, Introduction to "A Retrieved Reformation" Wednesday - Blooket Root Word Review, Scholastic Magazine popcorn reading Thursday - Story "A Retrieved Reformation" Friday - Greek & Latin root words quiz 5, continue "A Retrieved Reformation" and associated activities. Lesson Plans Week 6 (Sept. 26 - Sept. 30)Monday - New Root Words, Root Words Corrections, begin Edgar Allen Poe Webquest
Tuesday - continue Edgar Allen Poe Webquest Wednesday - Read story - "The Tell Tale Heart" Thursday - Begin "Tell Tale Heart" projects Friday - Greek & Latin root words quiz 6, work on "Tell Tale Heart" projects Lesson Plans Week 7 (Oct. 3 - Oct. 7)Monday - No School, Teachers PD Day
Tuesday - New root words, library visit, phonics Wednesday - Finish "The Tell Tale Heart" movie posters, independent reading/homeowork Thursday - phonics instruction, Blooket Root Word Review Friday - Root Word's Quiz Week 7 Lesson Plans Week 8 (Oct. 10 - Oct. 14)Monday - New Root Words, Introduce the play version of "Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", assign parts, start story (834 - 7th grade book)
Tuesday - Play version of "Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", assign parts, start story (834 - 7th grade book) Wednesday - Play version of "Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", assign parts, start story (834 - 7th grade book) Thursday - Play version of "Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", assign parts, start story (834 - 7th grade book) Friday - Greek & Latin root words quiz 7, Week 8 New root words & flash cards (), Continue story "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" Lesson Plans Week 9 (Oct. 17 - Oct. 21)Monday - Watch: "The Monsters are Due on Maple St." and take comprehension assessment.
Tuesday - New Root Words, Library Visit, Phonics Instruction Wednesday - Inferences/Foreshadowing instruction, practice Thursday - Phonics Instruction, Friday - Greek & Latin root words quiz 8, Week 9 New root words & flash cards (bell - war, cap - take, cise - cut) Questions for "The Monsters are Due On Maple Street" Lesson Plans Week 10 (Oct. 24 - Oct. 28)Monday - Make-Up Date, Finish Story Tests and Fall Haikus
Tuesday - The Monkey's Paw (story and quiz if time allows) (Parent Teacher Conferences) Wednesday - "The Land Lady" by Roald Dahl Thursday - Early Out - "The Landlady" Comprehension Test Friday - No School Lesson Plans Week 11 (Oct. 31 - Nov. 4)Monday - New Root Words (Week 10), Flash Cards, plot chart diagram for "The Landlady"
Tuesday - Literary Devices (Irony, Foreshadowing, Flashback, Theme) Wednesday - Introduce Concrete Poems, brainstorm ideas for a Fall Concrete Poem Thursday - Continue working on Concrete Poems, Final Drafts Friday - Study Root words, Root Word Quiz Week 11 Lesson Plans Week 12 (Nov. 6 - Nov. 10)Monday - No School, Teacher PD Day
Tuesday - New Root Words (Week 11), Corrections, Flash Cards, finish Concrete Poems Wednesday - Context Clues Riddles Packet (student reading assessment) Thursday - Scholastic Magazine popcorn reading Friday - Study Root Words, Root Word Quiz Week 12 Lesson Plans Week 13 (Nov. 13 - Nov. 17)Monday - New Root Words (Week 12), Inferencing and Making Inferences, Riddle Activity
Tuesday - "An American Childhood" story by Annie Dillard (pg. 52) Wednesday - Irony review video, Figurative Language review video, Figurative Language Foldable Thursday - Read "The Gift of the Magi", comprehension assessment Friday - Study root words, Root Word Quiz Week 13 Lesson Plans Week 14 (Nov. 21 - Nov. 25)Monday - Read "The Gift of the Magi" by O'Henry
Tuesday - History of Thanksgiving Wednesday - No School, Thanksgiving Break Thursday - No School, Thanksgiving Day Friday - No School, Thanksgiving Break Lesson Plans Week 15 (Nov. 28 - Dec. 2)Monday - Library, New Root Words (Week 14), Free Write
Tuesday - Introduction of play "It's a Wonderful Life", assign parts, read play Wednesday - "It's a Wonderful Life", assign parts, read play Thursday - "It's a Wonderful Life", assign parts, read play Friday - RW Quiz Week 14 Lesson Plans Week 16 (Dec. 5 - Dec. 9)Monday - New Root Words (Week 15), IReady Benchmark Test
Tuesday - IReady Benchmark Test Wednesday - Continue play "It's a Wonderful Life" Thursday - Continue play "It's a Wonderful Life" Friday - RW Quiz Week 15, continue play "It's a Wonderful Life" Lesson Plans Week 17 (Dec. 12 - Dec. 16)Monday - New Root Words (Week 16), Week 15 Corrections
Tuesday - Continue play "It's a Wonderful Life" Wednesday - Continue play "It's a Wonderful Life" Thursday - Continue play "It's a Wonderful Life" Friday - RW Quiz Weeks 1-16 Semester Final Lesson Plans Week 18 (Dec. 19 - Dec. 20)Monday - View film "It's a Wonderful Life"
Tuesday - Early Dismissal, end of 1st semester, Finish film "It's a Wonderful life" Wednesday - No School, Christmas Break Thursday - No School, Christmas Break Friday - No School, Christmas Break |
Semester 2
Lesson Plans Week 1 (Jan. 03 - Jan. 07)Monday - No School
Tuesday - No School Wednesday - Teacher in Service (no school) Thursday - Reorganize Google Classroom, Library, Friday - Root Word Review from first semester (Blooket) Lesson Plans Week 2 (Jan. 9 - Jan. 13)Monday - New Root Words (Week 17), Parts of speech (Possessive Nouns)
Tuesday - 15 Minute phonics instruction, Parts of speech (Regular and Irregular Verbs) Wednesday - Parts of speech (Adjectives & Adverbs) Thursday - 15 Minute phonics instruction, Parts of speech (Prepositions) Friday - Root Word Quiz Week 17, corrections Lesson Plans Week 3 (Jan. 17 - Jan. 20)Monday - No School, MLK Day
Tuesday - 15 Minute phonics instruction, New Root Words (Week 18), parts of speech packet (Snow Day AMI 1) Wednesday - Finish Parts of Speech packet (Snow Day AMI 2) Thursday - Library, Phonics Instruction (two days worth due to snow day) Friday - Receive Root words for Week 18 and 19, do Blooket Review for 6 new words on next week's test. Lesson Plans Week 4 (Jan. 23 - Jan. 27)Monday - New Root Words (Week 19), Contractions review worksheet
Tuesday - 15 Minute phonics instruction, review subject/predicate sentence structure Wednesday - Finish "Everest", finish Contractions Review, time for missing work/makeup work Thursday - 15 Minute phonics instruction, Read "No Gumption" pg 474, critical thinking questions Friday - Root Word Quiz Week 19, corrections Lesson Plans Week 5 (Jan. 30 - Feb. 3)Monday - Snow Day
Tuesday - New Root Words, 15 Minute phonics instruction, continue "No Gumption" Wednesday - Finish reading "No Gumption", root word study games if time allows Thursday - 15 Minute phonics instruction, introduce author O'Henry and story "The Ransom of Red Chief" Friday - Root Word Quiz Week 20, corrections, homework makeup Lesson Plans Week 6 (Feb. 6 - Feb. 10)Monday - New Root Words (Week 21), Story "The Ransom of Red Chief"
Tuesday - 15 Minute phonics instruction, read story "The Ransom of Red Chief" Wednesday - Finish story "The Ransom of Red Chief" Thursday - Finish plot chart diagram for "The Ransom of Red Chief" Friday - Root Word Quiz Week 21, corrections, homework makeup Lesson Plans Week 7 (Feb. 13 - Feb. 17)Monday - New Root Words (Week 22), RORC story audio and test
Tuesday - 15 Minute phonics instruction, RORC Comic assignment Wednesday - RORC Comic assignment Thursday - 15 Minute phonics instruction, RORC Comic (if more time is needed) Friday - Root Word Quiz week 22 Lesson Plans Week 8 (Feb. 20 - Feb. 24)Monday - No School, Teacher PD day
Tuesday - New Root Words, Last day to finish Comic Assignment Wednesday - Library, phonics instruction, intro to "Flowers for Algernon" Thursday - Story "Flowers for Algernon", Blooket root words study Friday - Root Word Quiz Week 23 Lesson Plans Week 9 (Feb. 26 - Mar 01)Monday - New Root Words, "Flowers for Algernon"
Tuesday - Finish story "Flowers for Algernon" Wednesday - "Flowers for Algernon" movie and assessment Thursday - "Flowers for Algernon" movie and assessment Friday - Study Root Words, Root Word Quiz 24 Lesson Plans Week 10 (Mar. 04 - Mar. 08)Monday - New Root Words, Map Test Practice Test
Tuesday - "Flowers for Algernon" paragraph Wednesday - Introduce and begin reading "One for the Murphys", Vocab and Questions Chapters 1-5 Thursday - 15 Minute phonics instruction, Continue reading "One for the Murphys", vocab and questions 6-10 Friday - Study Root Words, Root Word Quiz 25 Lesson Plans Week 11 (Mar. 11 - Mar. 15)Monday - New Root Words, Study Games, "One for the Murphys" questions, vocab, story Ch. 10-15
Tuesday - 15 Minute phonics instruction, Continue reading "One for the Murphys" Wednesday - Continue working on and reading "One for the Murphys" Thursday - 15 Minute phonics instruction, Continue working on and reading "One for the Murphys" Friday - Study Root Words, Root Word Quiz 26 Lesson Plans Week 12 (Mar. 25 - Mar. 29)Monday - New Root Words, "One for the Murphys" vocab Ch. 16-20, 15 minutes of root word study games
Tuesday - Continue reading "One for the Murphys" Ch. 16-20 Wednesday - Continue reading "One for the Murphys", critical thinking questions if time allows Thursday - Root Word Quiz Week 27 Friday - Good Friday Lesson Plans Week 13 (Apr. 01 - Apr. 05)Monday - New Root Words, Continue reading "One for the Murphys" chapters 21-26
Tuesday - IReady Reading Test Wednesday - IReady Reading Test Thursday - IReady Reading Test Friday - Root Word Quiz? Lesson Plans Week 14 (Apr. 08 - Apr. 12)Monday - New root words, "One for the Murphys"
Tuesday - "One for the Murphys" Wednesday - Read "One for the Murphys", vocab and questions Thursday - Continue reading "One for the Murphys" Friday - Root Word Quiz Week 29 Lesson Plans Week 15 (Apr. 15 - Apr. 19)Monday - New root words, American Library of Poetry contest
Tuesday - Constructed response questions Wednesday - Constructed response questions Thursday - Map test practice Friday - Root Word Quiz Week 29 Lesson Plans Week 16 (Apr. 22 - Apr. 26)Monday - New root words, Persuasive Writing intro and template
Tuesday - Finish Persuasive Writing Template, use template to type 5 paragraph persuasive essay. Wednesday - Finish typing essay, finish reading chapters 31-36 of "One for the Murphys" Thursday - Comma Practice Packet, comprehension questions from novel Friday - Root Word Quiz Week 30, continue reading "One for the Murphys" Lesson Plans Week 17 (Apr. 29 - May 03)Monday - Map Testing (During regular class time)
Tuesday - Read Novel "One for the Murphys" 36-40 Wednesday - Read Novel "One for the Murphys" 36-40, start comprehension questions Thursday - Map Testing (During regular class time) Friday - Read Novel "One for the Murphys" 36-40, comprehension questions Lesson Plans Week 18 (May 06 - May 10)Monday - Map Testing (During regular class time)
Tuesday - Map Testing (During regular class time) Wednesday - Map Testing (if needed), new root words, review Thursday - Read "One for the Murphys" 41-45 Friday - Root Words Quiz Week 31 Lesson Plans Week 19 (May 13 - May 17)Monday - New Root Words, "One for the Murphys"
Tuesday - Read "One for the Murphys" 46-50 Wednesday - Finish "One for the Murphys", comprehension questions Thursday - Plot Chart diagram for "One for the Murphys" Friday - Root Word Quiz Week 32 Lesson Plans Week 20 (May 20 - May 24)Monday -
Tuesday - Wednesday - Novel Test Thursday - Root Word Final Friday - Last Day of School |