Lesson Plan for: January 16 – 20, 2012
English 7 /Mrs. Scales
7.1 Reading: Word Recognition, Fluency, and Vocabulary Development
Monday— No School / Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tuesday— Acuity Test Day – Acuity Indiana LA Grade 7 Diagnostic Form 2
7.1 Reading: Word Recognition, Fluency, and Vocabulary Development
7.2.3 Analyze text that uses the cause-and-effect organizational pattern.
7.2.4 Identify and trace the development of an author’s argument, point of view, or perspective in text.
7.2.7 Draw conclusions and make reasonable statements about a text, supporting the conclusions and statements with evidence from the text.
7.2.9 Identify problems with an author’s figures of speech and faulty logic or reasoning.
7.3.3 Analyze characterization as shown through character’s thoughts, words, speech patterns, and actions; the narrator’s description; and the thoughts, words, and actions of other characters.
7.3.4 Identify and analyze themes — such as bravery, loyalty, friendship, and loneliness — which appear in many different works.
7.4.8 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning and clarity.
7.4.10 Revise writing to improve organization and word choice after checking the logic of the ideas and the precision of the vocabulary.
7.5.6 Use varied word choices to make writing interesting and more precise.
7.6.1 Properly place modifiers (words or phrases that describe, limit or qualify another word) and use the active voice (sentences in which the subject is doing the action) when wishing to convey a livelier effect.
7.6.10 Use simple, compound, and complex sentences; use effective coordination and subordination of ideas, including both main ideas and supporting ideas in single sentences, to express complete thoughts.
7.6.2 Identify and use infinitives (the word to followed by the base form of a verb, such as to understand or to learn) and participles (made by adding -ing, -d, -ed, -n, -en, or -t to the base form of the verb, such as dreaming, chosen, built and grown).
7.6.5 Demonstrate appropriate English usage (such as pronoun reference).
Review Lesson Plans for the rest of the week.
Homework: Complete Reading for Chapters 28 – 33 (page 132 – 162) and complete page 22 – 25 in Student Journal.
Wednesday— Wednesday Writing Club 3-5
Quick Write – Review the Write Now! Activity on page 26 and begin your pre-writing.
- Vocabulary 7.1.3
- Paraphrase 7.3.3
- Character’s Point of View 7.3.3
Writing Workshop – Persuasive Essay or Letter 7.2.1, 7.2.3, 7.2.7, 7.2.8 & 7.3.4
Homework – 7.4.8, 7.4.10, 7.5.6, 7.6.10 & 7.6.2 Finish pages 26 and 27 in Student Journal and complete first draft of persuasive letter or essay. You need two copies of your rough draft when you come to class tomorrow.
Thursday—
Turn in Rough Draft for points
Peer Review for Revisions
Writing Workshop – Revise Persuasive Letter or Essay
Homework: Read Chapters 34 – 37 (page 163 – 1691) and complete page 28 – 29 in Student Journal.
Friday—
Turn in Revised Copy of Persuasive Letter or Essay for grade.
Quick Write – Which of the characters in the book could you see being good friends with and why?
- Character’s Motives 7.3.3 (Do Page 30 of Student Journal in Class)
Homework – Complete reading for Chapters 38 – 41 (page 192 – 219) and complete pages 31 -32 in Student Journal.
