Thursday, November 5, 2009

Regular Schedule

Seventh-Grade Language Arts -Periods 1, 5, 7

Warm-up-Check “What Is a Noun?” practice

Lesson:  “The Smallest Dragonboy”

        Literary Lesson-Characterization (motivation)

        Reading Skill-Making Inferences

Continue working on your Double-Entry Diary (D.E.D.)

Seventh-Grade Language Arts-Period 4

Warm-up-Check “What Is a Noun?” practice

Poetry Analysis-”You Can’t Write a Poem about McDonalds”  )continued.

“The Smallest Dragonboy”

     Literary Lesson-Characterization (motivation)

     Reading Lesson-Making Inferences

Create a D.E.D. (double-entry diary) and record responses to inference questions in the story.

Due at the completion of the story.

Eighth-Grade Language Arts-Period 3

Warm-up-Check “What Is a Noun?” practice

Poetry analysis:  “Maybe Dats Youwr Pwoblem Too”  (continued)

“The Tell-Tale Heart”

     Literary Focus-Irony

     Reading  skill focus-Making Inferences

Finish reading the story.  Complete all reading comprehension activities in The Holt Reader .  Due Friday.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Late-Start Wednesday-shortened periods

Seventh-Grade Language Arts-Periods 1, 5, 7

Warm-up-”What Is a Noun” Practice Sheet-Due Thursday

Reading Lesson:  “The Smallest Dragonboy”

• Literary Focus-Characterization
• Reading Skills-Making Inferences

Read story

Seventh-Grade Language Arts-Period 4

Warm-up-”What Is a Noun?” Practice sheet-due Thursday

Poetry  Analysis_ “”You Can’t Write a Poem About McDonalds”

• Theme
• Sensory language
• Figurative language-similes
• Humor

Eighth-Grade Language Arts-Period 3

Warm-ups-”What Is a Noun? Practice-Due Thursday

Poetry Analysis:  “Maybe Dats Youwr Pwoblem Too”

• Persona
• Humor
• Theme
• Repetition

Reading Lesson:  “The Tell-Tale Heart”

Literary Focus-

• Style
• Irony

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Seventh-Grade Language Arts-Periods 1, 4, 5, 7

Quick Write-”Something Too Hard” (Writing Spiral, page 40+)

“The Smallest Dragonboy”

Eighh-Grade Language Arts-Period 3

“The Tell-Tale Heart”

• Vocabulary-Words 1-10 (part of speech, definition, sentence
• Reading comprehension activities in The Holt Reader

              (page 174-181)

Poetry Analysis-”Maybe Dats Youwr Pwoblem Too”

Be prepared to respond to the study questions on Wednesday.

• Vocabulary-Words 1-5-Part of speech, definition, sentence, picture

Monday, November 2, 2009

Earthquake Drill

Library-Book Checkout and Return

Seventh-Grade Language Arts Periods 1, 4, 5, 7

Library

Turn in Reading Log 6

Begin New Reading Log

Discuss and Analyze MAP Reading Scores

Seventh-Grade LanguageArts-Period 4

Same as above

Poetry Analysis-”Maybe Dat’s Youwr Pwoblem Too”

Eighth -Grade Language Arts

Library

Turn in Reading Log 6

Fill out Reading Log 7

Discuss and Analyze MAP Reading Scores

Poetry Assignment-”Maybe Dat’s Youwr Pwoblem Too”

 

Friday, October 30, 2009

Regular Schedule

Seventh-Grade Language Arts-Periods 1, 4, 5, 7

Lesson:  Making Predictions

Read “Three Skeleton Key” in The Holt Reader (page 30).

Make predictions where indicated in the margins of the story.

Eighth-Grade Language Arts-Period 3

Lesson:  Making Predictions

Read “A Tell-Tale Heart” in The Holt Reader (page 172)

Make predictions where indicated in the margins of the story.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Regular Schedule

Seventh-GradeLanguage Arts-Periods 1, 4, 5,

Writing Lesson-Practice-

     Write a descriptive paragraph using only strong verbs.

Prompt:  My room was a mess.  (May be modified)

Prewriting:  Brainstorm,List, Order Ideas

Drafting:  Draft descriptive paragraph

 

Eighth-Grade Langauge Arts-Period 3

Lesson:  Steps of the Writing Process

• Game
• Brainstorming
• Exit Card

Reminder:  Reading Log 6 due Monday

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Wednesday-One-Hour Late Start

All Periods

Writing Lesson:  Burying Dead Verbs

                                        Using Strong Verbs

Practice -”Show Me” paragraph due Thursday.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Extended Homeroom Schedule-Shortened Periods

All Periods

Lesson-Descriptive Paragraph-”The Volleyball Game”

• Prewriting (Brainstorming and informal outlining-Step 1 of the Writing Process)

             List, then order ideas in an informal outline

• Drafting (Step 2 of the Writing Process-Getting your ideas on paper)

             Using your informal outline, draft your descriptive paragraph.

 

 

                  

                 

Monday, October 26, 2009

 Reading Log 5 was due for all classes today.

Read 30 minutes every day.

Seventh-Grade Language Arts-Periods 1, 5, 7

Lesson-Elaboration- Describing Using Specific Word Choice and Sensory Language

In your Writing Spiral-

• Update Table of Contents (Pages 5 and 6)
• Handouts (4)- Highlight  and glue in spiral

Seventh-Grade Language Arts-Period 4

 Poetry Analysis-

• “Maybe Dat’s Youwr Pwoblem Too”
• Be prepared to discuss “Notice” Questions by Wednesday

Lesson:  Elaboration-Describing Using specific Word Choice and Sensory Language

• Definition of Elaboration
• Examples (4) to highlight and glue in Writing Spiral

Eighth-Grade Language Arts-Period 3

Lesson-

• Elaboration-Describing Using Specif Word Choice and Sensory Language
• Definition
• Handouts (5) Highlight and glue in Writing Spiral

Friday, October 23, 2009

All classes-Reading Log 5 due Monday at the beginning of the period.  Tally minute and page totals and record in the righthand margin next to the boxes.

Seventh-Grade Language Arts-Period 1, 5, 7

Reading ComprehensionTest-”Rikki-tiki-tavi”

Seventh-Grade Language Arts-Period 4

Spelling Test 5

Comprehension Test-”Rikki-tiki-tavi”

Quick Summaries 21-25-Freak the Mighty are due.

Eighth-Grade Language Arts-Period 3

Comprehension Test-”The Landlady”