CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
2011-2012
Week of 6/4/12
Language Arts
Monday: Learn to make a Prezi in lab
Tuesday: Work on Prezi in lab
Wednesday: Greek & Roman Day –
no academics – MUST HAVE COSTUME/TOGA
Thursday: Share Prezi
Friday: Awards Assembly – half day
dismissal at 11:50
Week of 5/28/12
Language Arts
Monday: MEMORIAL DAY – please thank
a veteran for your freedom
Tuesday: last minute time
in lab for speech and prepare for making a Prezi
Wednesday: Practice and finalize
your speech
Thursday: Greek God/Goddess Speeches
Friday: Greek God/Goddess
Speeches
Week of 5/21/12
Language Arts
Monday: Catch up
Tuesday: Computer lab to
research God/Goddess for speech
Wednesday: Finish research in
class with ipads and books
Thursday: Write speech and practice
Friday: Professional
Development Day – no students
Week of 5/14/12
Language Arts
Monday: Begin Greek Myth
reading log
Tuesday: read Coming of Evil and take quiz
Wednesday: Greek Word Connection
Thursday: The Nine Muses
Friday: Read Midas, take quiz, continue
to work on myth log
Week of 5/7/12
Language Arts
Monday: quickwrite; read Niobe and Arachne; questions
Tuesday: read 3
myths: Phaethon, Demeter, Icarus; begin
“Three Myth review”
Wednesday: finish review, go over
answers, take test on the three myths from Tuesday
Thursday: A Modern Connection to Greek
& Roman Myths
Friday: Asia Day
Week of 4/30/12
Language Arts
Monday: NWEA - reading
Tuesday: Intro to Greek
Mythology
Wednesday: Greek Mythology
Thursday: The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus and powerpoint; quickwrite
Friday: Read Echo & Narcissus and Orpheus
Week of 4/23/12
Language Arts
Monday: Practice Proposal
presentations
Tuesday: Final day for
work on presentation
Wednesday: PROPOSAL PRESENTATIONS
Thursday: finish presentations
Friday: Literary terms and
elements review
Week of 4/16/12
Language Arts
Monday: Finally . . .
introduction to Proposal Project; write persuasive paragraph due tomorrow
Tuesday: Decision Day – decide
on proposal idea; begin sketch and commercial
Wednesday: Work on outline;
sketch; and commercial
Thursday: Conference Day – meet with
teacher to determine status of proposal
Friday: Work day – complete
checklist and finalize commercial
Week of 4/9/12
Language Arts
Monday: Spring Break
Tuesday: Present Life
Maps; grammar in the book
Wednesday: Finish grammar; Literary elements
Thursday: Story from lit book;
quickwrite; “Mood”
Friday: Abstract reading and
writing: 2 short stories and quickwrite
Week of 3/26/12
Language Arts
Monday: Last section of Bamboo
Grove packet due; begin Life Maps
Tuesday: Life Maps
Wednesday: Life Maps
Thursday: Life Maps
Friday: Spring Break – no
school – see you April 10!!!!
Week of 3/19/12
Language Arts
Monday: Turn in chapters 1-3
from packet; read chapters 4-5 as a class
Tuesday: quiz over ch. 4-5; work on packet
Wednesday: Read chapters 6-7;
finish packet for sections 4-7
Thursday: Read 8-9
Friday: Read 10-11 (finish book
and packet)
Week of 3/12/12
Language Arts
Monday: Final draft of
argumentative paper (due tomorrow)
Tuesday: Introduce novel,
“So Far From the Bamboo Grove”; assign books; quickwrite
Wednesday: Read “Dear Reader”,
“Foreword”, and chapter 1
Thursday: Read chapters 2-3
Friday: Professional
Development Day – no students
Week of 3/5/12
Language Arts
Monday: Finish sharing digital
stories; go over Japan treasure hunt
Tuesday: Pearl Harbor and
Hiroshima background and quickwrite
Wednesday: Watch “Hiroshima”;
take notes
Thursday: Begin argumentative essay on
atomic bombs
Friday: Dennos Museum field
trip
Week of 2/27/12
Language Arts
Monday: Share Digital Stories
Tuesday: Michigan Profile
for Healthy Youth (MiPHY) survey in computer lab
Wednesday: snow day
Thursday: Treasure Hunt on WWII in
computer lab
Friday: Bullying Program
Week of 2/20/12
Language Arts
Monday: Mid-Winter Break!
Tuesday: Last day to work
on Digital Story
Wednesday: African Culture Day
Thursday: Share Digital Stories and
begin Duma
Friday: Finish Duma; quickwrite
Week of 2/13/12
Language Arts
Monday: Continue writing folk
tale
Tuesday: Computer lab to
learn how to make your folk tale into a digital story
Wednesday: Digital Story
Thursday: Digital Story
Friday: No students: Mid-Winter break
Week of 2/6/12
Language Arts
Monday: Family Tales
Tuesday: Introduce Puzzle
Tales, get into groups, practice
Wednesday: Practice Puzzle Tales
Thursday: Present Puzzle Tales
Friday: Introduce writing a
folk tale; work on folk tale log
Week of 1/30/12
Language Arts
Monday: p. 465 quote,
quickwrite, read essay, discuss prejudice
and then impact of small acts of kindness; read 14 Cows for America
Tuesday: Sundiata from SS book: read and do questions
Wednesday: Elements of folktales;
read folktales and answer questions
Thursday: Finish stories from
yesterday; explain Family Tales (introduction to public speaking)
Friday: Brainstorm ideas for
family tale; write out on notecard; practice – FAMILY TALES ON MONDAY
Week of 1/23/12
Language Arts
Monday: snow day
Tuesday: The Long Walk
Home (continued from last week’s snow day)
Wednesday: Drug Education
Thursday: Writing in response to our
reading and movie
Friday: Avalanche Bay – entire
7th grade!!!
Week of 1/16/12
Language Arts
Monday: turn in Rikki-Tikki work; review plot/summary; read “The
Highwayman” narrative poem; helping verbs as homework
Tuesday: quickwrite; Rosa Parks
poem; Rosa Parks, My Story; tying in grammar
with commas and quotation marks
Wednesday: The Long Walk Home
Thursday: The Long Walk Home
Friday: Professional
Development Day – no students
Week of 1/9/12
Language Arts
Monday: go over Wise Old Woman packet; writing assignment;
vocabulary practice (word roots)
Tuesday: Literary
Element: plot and conflict; Read Amigo Brothers; answer questions
Wednesday: Vocab practice: synonyms, antonyms, homonyms
Thursday: Elements of a short story
worksheet; Begin reading Rikki Tikki Tavi
Friday: Finish story; watch RTT
short video
Week of 1/3/12
Language Arts
Monday: last day for Christmas
break
Tuesday: Spelling Bee
Wednesday: Drug Ed
Thursday: Begin Unit 1 in our
literature books: Fish Cheeks – quickwrite, read, questions
Friday: Wise Old Woman – quickwrite, read, questions
Week of 12/19/11
Language Arts
Monday: Finish play
Tuesday: Quickwrite about
Ghost of Present and Future; questions at the end of play
Wednesday: test on A Christmas Carol
Thursday: Religion projects and watch A Christmas
Carol
Friday: Happy Winter
Break!! We will have a SPELLING BEE the
day we return from break!
Week of 12/12/11
Language Arts
Monday: quick review; final
test over The Breadwinner
Tuesday: wrap up quickwrite;
intro to A Christmas Carol
Wednesday: Assign parts; begin
reading Act 1
Thursday: finish Act 1; work on
questions
Friday: work on questions from
Act 1; quickwrite about Ghost of Christmas Past; continue reading
Week of 12/5/11
Language Arts
Monday: “Picture is Worth
1,000 Words” is due today; Reader’s Theatre for Ch. 6-7; Ch. 8-9 in class and
finish as homework
Tuesday: Quiz over Ch.
1-8; quickwrite; Reader’s Theatre Ch. 10
Wednesday: Read Ch. 11-12; assign
literature circle groups and questions
Thursday: Literature circle groups
work on questions; read ch. 13-14
Friday: Read chapter 15 and
work on lit circle questions – TEST ON MONDAY
Week of 11/28/11
Language Arts
Monday: Survival quickwrite;
Scholastic article on Afghanistan girls; YouTube clip on Afghanistan women; Breadwinner scavenger hunt
Tuesday: Computer lab for
Afghanistan webquest
Wednesday: Begin reading The Breadwinner, chapters 1-2
Thursday: Read The Breadwinner; chapters 3-4 and begin “A Picture is Worth a Thousand
Words” assignment
Friday: Read The Breadwinner chapters 5-6 and
continue working on picture
Week of 11/21/11
Language Arts
Monday: Finish persuasive
rough draft, revise, edit
Tuesday: Computer lab to type
final drafts of persuasive paper
Wednesday: No School
Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Friday: No school
Week of 11/14/11
Language Arts
Monday: Prepare for debate
Tuesday: Rocksburg Dam
Debate; Writing reflection on debate
Wednesday: same as above but with
2nd and 6th hours
Thursday: Begin persuasive paper using
web and transition words; persuasive writing techniques
Friday: Continue writing paper
Week of 11/7/11
Language Arts
Monday: Rocksburg Dam: assign roles, write the pros and cons
Tuesday: Research both
sides of argument in lab
Wednesday: Research both sides of
argument in lab
Thursday: Research both sides of
argument in lab
Friday: Prepare for debate; powerpoint on how to be persuasive
Week of 10/31/11
Language Arts
Monday: Motel of the Mysteries
Tuesday: Clue
Wednesday: Professional
Development – no school
Thursday: Begin Dam Unit; quickwrite;
Three Gorges Dam video
Friday: Choosing a side; write
from the opposing viewpoint
Week of 10/24/11
Language Arts
Monday: Jeopardy review game
for final test; Character Analysis due Thursday
Tuesday: 1st
and 2nd hours take the Westing
Game final test; 5th and 6th go to Camp Daggett
Wednesday: 5th and 6th
hours take the Westing Game final
test; 1st and 2nd go to Camp Daggett
Thursday: Westing Game movie
Friday: Quickwrite on making
comparisons
Week of 10/17/11
Language Arts
Monday: Thesis statement;
supporting your opinion with details
Tuesday: MEAP Math and Westing Game for 5th and 6th
hours Chapters 22-26
Wednesday: MEAP Writing Day 2 and Westing Game for 1st and 2nd
hours Chapters 22-26
Thursday: Finish book
Friday: Character quiz; work on
character analysis; quickwrite
Week of 10/10/11
Language Arts
Monday: Vocab review;
Cause/Effect
Tuesday: MEAP Reading Day
1
Wednesday: MEAP Reading Day 2 and
then read chapters 17-18 in The Westing
Game
Thursday: MEAP Writing Day 1
Friday: Read chapter 19; quiz
over chapters 17-19
Week of 10/3/11
Language Arts
MEAP PREP
Monday: Sentence Types explanation,
worksheets, and Westing Game sentence
types; read chapter 14
Tuesday: Go over homework;
MEAP vocab (quiz next week); Main Idea and Literary Elements; read 15-16
Wednesday: Literary Forms, Poetry,
and Text Structure; read 17-19; work on questions
Thursday: Quiz over 17-19; Imply Main
Idea, Characters and Conclusions; read 20
Friday: Professional
Development Day – no students
Week of 9/26/11
Language Arts
Monday: Go over questions for
ch.1-5, read ch. 6-7
Tuesday: Work on questions
for ch. 6-7; Begin Sentence Types
Wednesday: Sentence Types within The Westing Game
Thursday: Update Character Analysis;
read chapters 8-9
Friday: Read chapter 10 and
finish questions
Week of 9/19/11
Language Arts
Monday: NWEA Reading test in
computer lab
Tuesday: Westing Game quickwrite; hand out books;
read chapters 1-2
Wednesday: Continue reading Westing Game, assign Character Analysis,
begin questions
Thursday: Vocab for chapters 1-4; ch. 3 questions
Friday: update Character
Analysis; read chapter 5; work on questions
Week of 9/12/11
Language Arts
Monday: Explain cause/effect
writing; begin paper
Tuesday: finish
cause/effect paper
Wednesday: Begin Mystery Unit;
Mystery Webquest in computer lab
Thursday: Elements of a mystery; quickwrite;
5-minute mystery
Friday: read Monkey’s Paw
Week of 9/8/11
Language Arts
Monday: Labor Day . . . . enjoy
the fun in the sun
Tuesday: No school - Family Open
House 4-6
Wednesday: First day intro, forms,
fill out planner, first day quiz!!
Thursday: Stomp Rockets
Friday: Stomp Rockets
Week of 6/6/11
Language Arts
Monday:
Poetry
Tuesday: Finish poetry and do
Greek Day prep
Wednesday: Greek Day – all day!
Thursday: Greek Feast and movie;
finish sharing Greek Prezis
Friday: Awards Ceremony – LAST
DAY OF SCHOOL – dismissed at 11:50
Week of 5/30/11
Language Arts
Monday:
Memorial Day – make sure you thank a veteran
Tuesday: Research Greek Gods
Wednesday: Greek Prezis in
computer lab
Thursday: Greek Prezis in computer lab
Friday: Present Greek Prezis
and BAFA BAFA (social studies activity!!)
Week of 5/23/11
Language Arts
Monday:
Lightning Thief
Tuesday: King Midas and Coming of Evil;
take quizzes
Wednesday: work on Myth Log
Thursday: District Writing Assessment
Friday: Professional
Development Day – no school
Week of 5/16/11
Language Arts
Monday:
Intro to Greek Mythology
Tuesday: Quickwrite; Greek Word
Connections
Wednesday: “Hubris”,
foreshadowing, context clues to read Niobe
& Arachne and answer questions;
Thursday: read Demeter & Persephone; Phaethon,
Son of Apollo; Icarus; and do
Three Myth Review
Friday: take test over myths
from the week; work on myth log
Week of 5/2/11
Language Arts
Monday:
Life Maps
Tuesday: Life Maps
Wednesday: Renaissance work
Thursday: Renaissance work
Friday: NWEA testing
Week of 4/25/11
Language Arts
Monday:
Finish So Far From the Bamboo
Grove
Tuesday: quiz over chapters 10
and 11; work on packet
Wednesday: Grammar within the
novel; introduce Life Maps
Thursday: Asian Culture Day – no
academics
Friday: Life Maps
Week of 4/18/11
Language Arts
Monday:
Making Prezis in the computer lab!!!
Tuesday: Read chapters 8-9
Wednesday: Review chapters; quiz
over chapters 8-9
Thursday: Read 10; work on packet
Friday: Finish book; begin
grammar
Week of 4/11/11
Language Arts
Monday:
Spring Break
Tuesday: Review Chapters 1-3;
take a quiz; read chapter 4
Wednesday: Quickwrite on Chapters
1-4; Read chapters 5
Thursday: Read chapter 6; work on
packet
Friday: Read chapter 7; quiz
over chapters 6-7
Week of 3/28/11
Language Arts
Monday:
Pearl Harbor/WWII webquest in the computer lab
Tuesday: Quickwrite; Introduce
author of So Far From the Bamboo Grove;
begin reading
Wednesday: Read So Far From the Bamboo Grove
Thursday: Read So Far From the Bamboo Grove and work on packet
Friday: SPRING BREAK!!!!!
Week of 3/21/11
Language Arts
Monday:
Intro to novels on Asia – The Day Pearl Harbor Was Bombed
Tuesday: Connect to Japan’s
current radiation situation – From Horror
to Hope and MSNBC video clip
Wednesday: Sadako
Thursday: Sadako
Friday: Dennos Museum
Week of 3/14/11
Language Arts
Monday: Process and debrief
with debate; introduce persuasive paper with PowerPoint; How to write a thesis
statement with supporting details; begin rough draft
Tuesday: same as above but with
homerooms 7-8 and 7-6
Wednesday: finish rough draft;
revise/edit
Thursday: final draft – type in lab
Friday: Professional
Development – no school
Week of 3/7/11
Language Arts
Monday: Begin Dam Unit: Quickwrite and Three Gorges Dam video
Tuesday: Go over video
worksheet; choose a side and write opposing viewpoint paragraph; To Dam or Not To Dam; assign roles
Wednesday: Research day in lab
Thursday: Debate prep; finish research
Friday: Dam Debate with city
council
Week of 2/28/11
Language Arts
Monday: BLOCK: read Seventh Grade; answer questions;
introduce paper “Whom Can You Count On”; pre-writing and
rough draft
Tuesday: BLOCK: same as yesterday but with 7-8 and 7-6
Wednesday: Africa Day
Thursday: Peer edit
paper; type in lab
Friday: paper due; quickwrite;
independent read while I help with paper
Week of 2/21/11
Language Arts
Monday: Mid-winter break
Tuesday: Book Club group work
Wednesday: Review and take final
test
Thursday: Read Seventh Grade; response
to reading; Long Walk Home
Friday: Same as above but with
homerooms 7-8 and 7-6
Week of 2/14/11
Language Arts
Monday: Read chapter 8; take
quiz over 1-8; read chapter 9
Tuesday: Reader’s Theatre for
Ch. 10; listen to ch. 11-12
Wednesday: Introduce “A Picture
is Worth A Thousand Words”, show examples, begin
working; finish ch. 12
Thursday: work on Picture is Worth A Thousand Words; listen to chapters 13-14
Friday: Professional
Development – no students
Week of 2/7/11
Language Arts
Monday: Afghanistan webquest in
computer lab
Tuesday: Quickwrite on
survival; The Breadwinner novel
scavenger hunt
Wednesday: Watch a clip of Pres.
Obama’s speech about Afghanistan; Listen to author’s note; read chapter 1 &
2
Thursday: Listen to chapters 3-5;
Reader’s Theatre for chapter 6; read chapter 7 on your own
Friday: District Writing
Assessment
Week of 1/31/11
Language Arts
Monday: Perform Puzzle Tales
Tuesday: Finish Puzzle Tales;
read Force of Luck; Character types
Wednesday: Force of Luck grammar and quiz
Thursday: Rosa poem; Rosa Parks: My Story; quickwrite and questions
Friday: Thank you, M’am; interactive reading; independent read
Week of 1/24/11
Language Arts
Monday: NWEA – language usage
Tuesday: Share digital stories
Wednesday: Finish digital stories; introduce Puzzle Tales and begin
practicing
Thursday: Puzzle Tales
Friday: Avalanche Bay
Week of 1/17/11
Language Arts
Monday: Last day to work on
digital stories in class
Tuesday: Read Sundiata; categorizing; questions
Wednesday: Go over homework; Begin “Duma”
Thursday: finish “Duma”
Friday: Professional
Development Day – no students
Week of 1/10/11
Language Arts
Monday: Introduce creative
writing for digital storytelling; explain; brainstorm; begin writing
Tuesday: Writing: creative writing for digital storytelling
Wednesday: Digital Storytelling in the lab
Thursday: Digital Storytelling in the
lab
Friday: Share our stories
Week of 1/3/11
Language Arts
Monday: Wrap up from before break; Clue
Tuesday: Spelling Bee
Wednesday: quickwrite; review
vocabulary; writer’s technique p. 70; begin The
Good Samaritan
Thursday: Finish reading The Good Samaritan and work on
vocab/plot and short quiz; HW: questions
1-6, plot
Friday: Proverbs and read two
fables; questions and short quiz; independent reading
Week of 12/20/10
Language Arts
Monday: Finish A Christmas Carol; work on questions
Tuesday: Test over A Christmas Carol
Wednesday: Religion Project
Thursday: No School – Christmas Break
Friday: No School – Christmas
Break
Week of 12/13/10
Language Arts
Monday: Snow day
Tuesday: Pre-reading activity
for A Christmas Carol; assign parts for reading
Wednesday: Explain Stave 1
questions; begin reading
Thursday: Continue reading Act I; work
on questions
Friday: Act II
Week of 12/6/10
Language Arts
Monday: Sentence types;
sentence fragments; subject/predicate
Tuesday: Compound
subjects/predicates; simple and compound sentences; grammar review quiz
Wednesday: Sequencing; vocab for
the week; Literary elements; Begin reading Rikki Tikki
Thursday: Conflict in story; commas
and semicolons; finish story
Friday: Watch Rikki Tikki;
independent read
Week of 11/29/10
Language Arts
Monday: Introduce Unit 1 in
literature book; quickwrite; read Fish
Cheeks; HW: Fish Cheeks questions
Tuesday: Collect HW; class
discussion on role of older people; elements of a folktale; build background
& vocab
Wednesday: Define “wisdom” using ; read Wise Old
Woman; do “Point of View” on p. 44 as homework
Thursday: Quickwrite from p. 18; read Amigo Brothers using a “think aloud”;
Plot & Literature elements, finish as homework
Friday: Finish Amigo Brothers and answer questions
Week of 11/22/10
Language Arts
Monday: Explain Online Essay
Grader; begin typing final draft of Westing
Game Book Review
Tuesday: Finish typing
Wednesday: Watch “The Westing Game” movie
Thursday: Thanksgiving Day – no school
Friday: Thanksgiving break – no
school
Week of 11/15/10
Language Arts
Monday: Finish The Westing Game
Tuesday: Jeopardy review of The
Westing Game; character analysis due
Wednesday: Final test on The
Westing Game
Thursday: Introduce writing a book
review
Friday: work on book review
Week of 11/8/10
Language Arts
Monday: Elements of
mystery/character quiz; Read ch. 16-17
Tuesday: Review reading from
yesterday; read ch. 18-19; take quiz over ch. 17-19
Wednesday: Update character
analysis; read ch. 20-22
Thursday: Listen to chapters 23-24;
answer questions as a group
Friday: Finish book??????
Week of 11/1/10
Language Arts
Monday: collect Ch 1-5 questions & vocab; Read chapters 6-7; begin
questions
Tuesday: Read chapters 8-10;
Wednesday: Professional
Development Day – no students
Thursday: Assign skill-builder and
focus questions; Update Character Analysis; Read ch. 11-13
Friday: vocab activity; read
ch. 14-15
Week of 10/25/10
Language Arts
Monday: Review Chapters 1-3;
quickwrite and share; begin vocab activity for chapters 1-4
Tuesday: CAMP DAGGETT FOR
homerooms 7-5 and 7-6
Homerooms
7-7 and 7-8: Read chapters 4 and 5;
finish questions from 1-5
Wednesday: CAMP DAGGETT FOR
homerooms 7-7 and 7-8
Homerooms
7-5 and 7-6: Read chapters 4 and 5;
finish questions from 1-5
Thursday: Motel of the Mysteries
(Egypt culminating activity)
Friday: finish vocabulary
activity; begin Character Analysis and keep throughout book
Week of 10/18/10
Language Arts
Monday: Mystery Webquest
Tuesday: MEAP in the a.m.;
Elements of a mystery (with 2 homerooms); assign books; introduce The Westing Game
Wednesday: MEAP in the a.m.;
Elements of a mystery (with other 2 homerooms) assign books; introduce The Westing Game
Thursday: Read The Westing Game (WG) and begin vocabulary activity
Friday: No more MEAP!!!
Week of 10/11/10
Language Arts
Monday: Howard Carter reading
and quiz; summarizing
Tuesday: MEAP in the a.m.;
Egypt maps in the p.m. and 7th grade assembly
Wednesday: MEAP in the a.m.;
Monkey’s Paw – read and answer questions
Thursday: MEAP in the a.m.; Egypt maps
in the p.m.
Friday: Mini mysteries
Week of 10/4/10
Language Arts
Monday: Begin Egypt
mini-unit: Cry of Benu Bird; quickwrite
on daily life
Tuesday: Egyptian Daily Life in
the computer lab
Wednesday: King Tut and questions;
cause/effect quickwrite
Thursday: Read Doomed Prince, pulling important details; finish ending
Friday: finish Doomed Prince; independent read
Week of 9/27/10
Language Arts
Monday: Practice peer editing
“My Moment”
Tuesday: Westing Game excerpt and questions
Wednesday: Introduce “Solving a
Problem” paper and begin writing
Thursday: “Solving a Problem”
Friday: Professional
Development Day – no students
Week of 9/20/10
Language Arts
Monday: NWEA testing for
language arts
Tuesday: Vocab review;
quickwrite
Wednesday: vocab quiz; Writer’s Choice: “Taking Tests”;
Thursday: finish “Taking Tests”
Friday: Through the Tunnel and questions
Week of 9/13/10
Language Arts
Monday: Cause & Effect
paper on Stomp Rockets
Tuesday: Living of
Land/Surviving at Sea – read and answer questions
Wednesday: MEAP prep: reading and cross-text questions
Thursday: MEAP vocabulary online
Friday: MEAP prep; grammar
Week of 9/8/10
Language Arts
Monday: Labor Day . . . . enjoy the fun in the sun
Tuesday: Family Open House
4-6
Wednesday: First day intro, forms,
fill out planner, first day quiz!!
Thursday: Stomp Rockets
Friday: Stomp Rockets
Week of 6/7/10
Language Arts
Monday: Read chapters 20-21
Tuesday: "Challenging"
genre project - in lab
Wednesday: Block: read
chapters 22-23; District Writing Sample
Thursday: homeroom 7-7: finish
book;
homerooms 7-8 and 7-6: read 22-23
Friday: Homerooms 7-8 and
7-6: finish book; District Writing Sample
Week of 6/1/10
Language Arts
Monday: Memorial Day - no
school
Tuesday: Finish medium genre project;
BRH - chapter 15
Wednesday: BRH - ch 16-17
Thursday: Quiz over ch
16-18; Costume Cavalcade
Friday: Read 19-21; composition
journal reflection
Week of 5/24/10
Language Arts
Monday: BRH - chapter 9
Tuesday: BRH - chapter 10, 11,
and 12
Wednesday: BRH - same as above but
with homeroom 7-8 and 7-6
Thursday: BRH - chapter 13 and 14, take
quiz
Friday: Project (medium) day -
work on activity #2
Week of 5/17/10
Language Arts
Monday: BRH - Review chapters 1
& 2; read ch. 3; quiz over 1-3
Tuesday: BRH - Character
Analysis; Read 4-6
Wednesday: BRH - Finish ch. 6 and
ch. 7 on CD
Thursday: BRH - finish ch. 7, take quiz, read ch. 8
Friday: Project (easy) day -
work on activity #1
Week of 5/10/10
Language Arts
Monday: Final draft of persuasive
essay
Tuesday: Life in the Middle Ages - webquest
Wednesday: BLOCK: Crusades
and the Rise of Islam, quickwrite & share, Middle
Ages group activity
Thursday: BLOCK: same as
yesterday
Friday: Begin reading Blood
Red Horse (BRH)
Week of 5/3/10
Language Arts
Monday: Rocksburg Dam Debate
today!!
Tuesday: Process/debrief debate
with quickwrite; Introduce persuasive writing assignment
Wednesday: Work on persuasive
essay
Thursday: Work on persuasive essay
Friday: No school - Professional
Development
Week of 4/26/10
Language Arts
Monday: Assign roles for debate
and do dam research
Tuesday: Dam research - ALSO
REALITY STORE TODAY
Wednesday: NWEA testing for
reading and language usage
Thursday: prep for debate
Friday: prep for debate
Week of 4/19/10
Language Arts
Monday: Chapter 9 together and
work on packet
Tuesday: Finish Bamboo
Grove! Packet due on Thursday
Wednesday: 7-7 & 7-5:
Final quiz over ch. 10/11; finish packet; Three Gorges Dam video
Thursday: finish movie; correct
worksheet; quickwrite on dams
Friday: 7-8 &
7-6: Final quiz over ch. 10/11; finish packet; Three Gorges Dam video
Week of 4/13/10
Language Arts
Monday: No school - Spring
Break
Tuesday: Review chapters 1 &
2; read chapter 3; complete section 1-3 in packet
Wednesday: Read chapters 4-7;
complete section 4-7 in packet
Thursday: same as above but with 7-8
& 7-6
Friday: Read chapter 8 and take
quiz
Week of 3/29/10
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: Quickwrite;
"meet" the author and introduce So Far From the Bamboo Grove
(SFFBG), do pre-reading activity and explain
"active reading"; begin chapter 1
Tuesday: same as above with 7-8
and 7-6
Wednesday: Finish chapter 1, read
chapter 2, quiz over 2
Thursday: game day carried over from
last week: CLUE
Friday: Spring Break begins -
no school!!!
Week of 3/22/10
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: Type final draft of
book review
Tuesday: finish typing book
review
Wednesday: Lab for Japan Treasure
Hunt
Thursday: The Day Pearl Harbor was
Bombed; quickwrite
Friday: Professional
Development - no students
Week of 3/15/10
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: watch "The Westing
Game"; play "Clue"
Tuesday: Same as above but with
homerooms 7-7 and 7-5
Wednesday: Introduce Book Review
paper; show examples; work on pre-writing and intro
Thursday: Same as above but with
homerooms 7-8 and 7-6
Friday: Dennos Museum
Week of 3/8/10
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: Grammar Monday:
subject/predicate slideshow; worksheets
Read
Chapters 19-23 in Westing Game; finish as homework
Tuesday: Same as above but with
homerooms 7-8 and 7-6
Wednesday: Quiz over ch. 22-23;
read and discuss 24-26; prediction paper
Thursday: Finish book; Jeopardy review
game
Friday: final test on Westing
Game
Week of 3/1/10
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: Grammar Monday:
vocabulary building - word roots; "root trees" from Westing Game and
be ready to share; read chapters 11-13 and work on questions
Tuesday: Same as above but with
homerooms 7-8 and 7-6
Wednesday: Update Character
Analysis; read chapters 13-15; HW: read ch. 16 and finish questions
Thursday: Go over questions; draw
characters; read ch. 17-18; quiz over 17-18;
Friday: same as above but with
homerooms 7-8 and 7-6
Week of 2/22/10
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: Journal entry; elements
of mystery quiz; Grammar Monday: 4 types of sentences worksheets
Tuesday: go over ch.1-5 questions
and sentence types; read ch. 6
Wednesday: Composition journal
entry on types of sentences and The Westing Game; Vocab for ch.6-9; read
chapters 7-9; work on questions
Thursday: same as above but with
7-8 and 7-6
Friday: Share Screenblast movies;
read chapter 10; character quiz; update character analysis
Week of 2/15/10
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Begin mystery unit:
Elements of a mystery; Monkey's Paw story and questions
Wednesday: Begin "The Westing
Game", read chapter 1; work on questions; explain Character Analysis
Thursday: Read chapters 2-3; work
on questions and character analysis
Friday: Guest speaker; read
chapter 5 and work on questions
Week of 2/8/10
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: Screenblast Movie
Studio in the video lab - bring our folktales to life!
Tuesday: video lab
Wednesday: video lab
Thursday: video lab
Friday: Professional
Development - no students
Week of 2/1/10
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: Final drafts and begin looking for pix for video
Tuesday: Papers due; Quiz
day: pronouns, quotations, elements of folktales
Wednesday: Duma
Thursday: Duma
Friday: African Culture Day
Week of 1/25/10
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: NWEA testing for
language arts
Tuesday: Writing a
folktale: introduce, using dialogue in writing activity; model examples;
go over rubric; Folktale Outline and write rough draft
Wednesday: same as above but with
7-8 and 7-6
Thursday: Finish rough draft;
revise/edit - paper must be done by Monday
Friday: Avalanche Bay!!!!!
Week of 1/18/10
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: read Sundiata;
response to reading; proper nouns; Introduce Folktale Log and listen to two;
quickwrite
Tuesday: same as above but with
7-8 and 7-6
Wednesday: Work on Folktale Log; 14
Cows with quickwrite
Thursday: Native American
folktales; work on folktale log; any missing work for end of marking
period?????
Friday: Professional Development
Day - no students
Week of 1/11/10
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: Make sure stamp writing
is done; introduce Puzzle Tales and get into groups
Tuesday: Practice Puzzle Tales
Wednesday: Blocking - Puzzle Tales
presentations; Four folktales from lit book with response to reading questions
Thursday: same as yesterday but
with 7-8 and 7-6
Friday: Finish reading
folktales; quickwrite; read aloud
Week of 1/4/10
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: Spelling Bee;
quickwrite
Tuesday: Begin Africa Folktale
Unit; elements; read stories; explain family tale
Wednesday: Blocking - quiz over
initial stories; Family tales
Thursday: same as yesterday but
with 7-8 and 7-6
Friday: Introduce
"stamp" writing and begin writing
Week of 12/14/09
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: continue A Christmas
Carol; work on questions from play
Tuesday: continue A Christmas
Carol; finish questions;
Wednesday: finish A Christmas
Carol; take test over play; begin writing World Religion paragraphs
Thursday: same as above but with
7-8 and 7-6
Friday: World Religions project
in the morning; A Christmas Carol movie in the afternoon
Week of 12/7/09
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: finish test; collect The
Breadwinner books
Tuesday: Pre-writing for A
Christmas Carol; assign parts
Wednesday: snow day
Thursday: snow day
Friday: Begin reading A
Christmas Carol
Week of 11/30/09
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: Read ch. 5 as a class;
"Reader's Theatre" for ch. 6; read ch 7/8;
quiz over 1-8 and then read 9 on their own
Tuesday: 7-8 and 7-6
"Reader's Theatre" for ch. 6; compare/contrast ch. 6; read chapter
7-9; quiz over 1-8
Wednesday: "Reader's
Theatre" for ch. 10; ready 11-12 on their own
Thursday: Read 13-14 and begin
drawing Parvana's house and room
Friday: Finish The Breadwinner and "room" activity
Week of 11/23/09
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: Writing Territories;
Read Ch. 1-4 in The Breadwinner and do response questions
Tuesday: same as above but with
7-8 and 7-6
Wednesday: No School
Thursday: No School - HAPPY
THANKSGIVING
Friday: No School
Week of 11/16/09
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: type final draft of "Whom
You Can Count On" and turn in with pre-writing/rough draft
Tuesday: Introduce new
novel: The Breadwinner
Wednesday: BLOCK - Bellringer: Writing territories
Thursday: same as above but with
7-8 & 7-6
Friday: Bellringer:
Week of 11/9/09
Language Arts - begin
blocking with SS
Monday: Bellringer
on Rosa Parks; group interview activity; write a partner mini biography; due on
Wednesday & be ready to share
Tuesday: same as above but with
7-8 & 7-6
Wednesday: Bellringer:
descriptive words for whom you can count on; complete brainstorming page
listen to good examples of
"biography" introductions; begin rough draft
Thursday: same as above but with
7-8 & 7-6
Friday: sentence
structure lesson; revise/edit with partner; make changes for final draft
Week of 10/26/09
Language Arts
Monday: "Motel of the
Mysteries": Egypt activity involving Howard Carter & King Tut
Tuesday: Bellringer;
what is plot?; read The Good Samaritan;
questions
Wednesday: Bellringer;
review story & plot; take test over Good Samaritan
Thursday: Homerooms 7-6 & 7-7
at Daggett
Homerooms
7-5 & 7-8: Bellringer; read The Force of
Luck; do Plot and Character worksheets
Friday: Homerooms 7-5
& 7-8 at Daggett
Homerooms
7-6 & 7-7: Bellringer; read The Force of
Luck; do Plot and Character worksheets
Week of 10/19/09
Language Arts
Monday: Bellringer
on sequence and begin reading Rikki Tikki Tavi
Tuesday: MEAP in the am; LA in the
pm: finish Rikki Tikki, "Setting" worksheet
Wednesday: Belllringer
on proofreading; Writing "Time Machine"
Thursday: MEAP in the am; LA in
the pm: RTT movie
Friday: "Pharaoh for
the Day" and Prince of Egypt
Week of 10/12/09
Language Arts
Monday: Go over We Are All One;
Bellringer on test taking; MEAP letter; Figurative
language
Tuesday: MEAP in the am; Ancient Egypt
map work time in the pm
Wednesday: Mummies
Thursday: MEAP in the am; Ancient
Egypt map work time in the pm
Friday: Mummies
Week of 10/5/09
Language Arts
Monday: Bellringer;
finish Amigo Brothers and supplemental work
Tuesday: Bellringer;
model "cause & effect", read A Story of an Eyewitness
& finish as homework
Wednesday: A Story of an
Eyewitness: diction, grammar, quickwrite
Thursday: read We Are All One
and do packet - due on Monday
Friday: Professional
Development - no students
Week of 9/28/09
Language Arts
Monday: Bellringer,
go over homework, "Written Instructions"
Tuesday: MEAP vocab prep, reading prep
Wednesday: Egyptian Creation Myth;
The Doomed Prince
Thursday: Doomed Prince
writing
Friday: Read Amigo
Brothers
Week of 9/21/09
Language Arts
Monday: NWEA - for language in
the computer lab
Tuesday: Homerooms 7-5 and 7-6 go to
Crooked Tree; Tourette's presentation
Wednesday: Finish prototype
packet: judging writing, writing a response to peer writing
Thursday: Begin Unit 1 in lit
book: Big Question, The Scholarship Jacket, questions from story
Friday: Read A Wise
Old Woman, vocab, cause and effect, and summarizing
Week of 9/14/09
Language Arts
Monday: Stomp Rocket
cause/effect paper, hand out books, intro to MEAP
Tuesday: MEAP prep - prototype
Wednesday: MEAP prep -
prototype
Thursday: MEAP vocab
prep in lab and finish prototype
Friday: MEAP prep;
independent read
Week of 9/7/09
Language Arts
Monday: Labor Day
Tuesday: No school - Family Open House
Wednesday: Welcome
Back! Class introductions, forms, TEAMWORK
Thursday: Stomp Rockets -
shortened schedule
Friday: Finish Stomp
Rockets