Lesson Plan for: September 26 – 30, 2011

English 7 / Mrs. Scales

Monday—

• Read Daily Classroom Blog
• Root Word mania – Margaret / Lance / Kiersten / Kassandra
• New Groups / Writing Contest Selections
• Peer Review Process
• Writing Trait Conventions
• Capitalization
• Punctuation (Comma Rules)
• Titles (The Big and Little Rule)
• Spelling and Using the Right Word
• To, Too, Two
• There, Their, They’re
• It’s, its
• Accept, Except
• Then, Than

 

Tuesday— Book Talk Tuesday

• Quick Write: Read Daily Classroom Blog
• Root Word onym – Karyssa / Isiah / Kristen / Josie
• Book Talk Tuesday Presentations:
• Writing Trait Conventions Continued
• More Comma Rules
• Review Title punctuation rules (Big and Little Rule)

 

 

Wednesday—

• Quick Write: Free Write
• Read Daily Classroom Blog
• Root Word cent, centi – Kyler / Payten / Levi / Jacob

• Writing Workshop –  Peer Review / Editing

 

Thursday—

• Quick Write: Who was Edgar Allen Poe?
• Read Daily Classroom Blog
• Root Word ped, pod—Jaide / Elizabeth / Koltan / Corissa

• Introduction to Short Stories – The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe

• Literary Analysis – Short Story – Analyzing Suspense

 

 

Friday—

• Edited Essay’s Due at the Start of Class
• Read Daily Classroom Blog
• Root Word mega –  Alec / Melody / Brian / Maya
• Analyzing Visuals Lesson
• Read – The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe