We have 12 talented seventh graders who have had an essay accepted for publication as a result of Creative Communication’s fall 2011 essay contest.

 

Isiah L. for “Lady Gaga”

Maddy St. J. for “My Mom Left”

Cory H. for “Communication of Yesterday and Today”

Alyssa H. for “Where Did Summer Go?”

Breanna C. for “Caring”

Kaleb C. for “Martin Luther King Jr.”

Bradley C. for “Wonders”

Audrey S. for “Time Travel”

Nathan M. for “Playing with My Friend”

Jaide L. for “Movies with a Friend”

Alec S. for “The New Property”

Corissa S. for “The Big Surprise”

 

Way to go!  To get something published while still in 7^th grade is a huge accomplishment.  Keep up the good work.

Lesson Plan for: November 28 – December 2, 2011

English 7 / Mrs. Scales

Monday – Book Club meets at Lunch

• Turn in Writing Myths Packet and 1^st Draft of Myth
• Review Lesson Plans on Blog or Moodle
• Review ARC’s from NCTE/ALAN
• Acuity Review / After School Tutoring Letters / Lunch Study Tables
• Compare / Contrast Essay Revisions (Mrs. Scales will model)
• Formatting Using Assignment Format Handout
• Essay Introduction Using Essay Notes Handout
• Essay Body Using Essay Notes Handout
• Essay Conclusions Using Essay Notes Handout

Homework: Revisions for Compare / Contrast Essay, Reading for AR points as needed. Make sure all corrections have been made for the piece of writing you wish to upload tomorrow for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

 

Tuesday – After School Tutoring 3-4:30

• Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Upload Day
• Genre Study
• Mythology
• Fable – King Midas
• Fairy Tale
• Folk Tale
• “Rip Van Winkle”

Homework: Complete revisions for Compare / Contrast Essay, Reading for AR points as needed.

 

Wednesday – Wednesday Writing Club 3-5

• Turn in Revised Copy of Compare / Contrast Essay
• “Rip Van Winkle” Unit
• About the Author
• Vocabulary
• Setting / Personification
• Framing a short story
• The passage of time in a short story

 

Homework: Vocabulary Worksheet

 

Thursday – After School Tutoring 3-4:30

• “Rip Van Winkle” Unit
• Review Vocabulary
• Read “Rip Van Winkle”

 

Friday –

• “Rip Van Winkle” Unit
• Finish reading “Rip Van Winkle”
• Review the story looking at descriptive phrases
• Prepositional Phrases
• Adjective Phrases

Lesson Plan for: November 14 – 18, 2011

English 7 / Mrs. Scales

Monday –

• Turn in written portion of independent projects.
• Glosters will be graded today. There will be no class time to work on glosters.
• Mythology Rehearsal / Presentation Day
• Content
• Costumes / Props
• Participation
• Eye Contact
• Clear Voice
• Movement

Homework: Any final rehearsal needed for mythology presentations.

 

Tuesday –

• Mythology Presentation Day

Homework: Any final rehearsal needed for mythology presentations and work on first draft of Compare/Contrast essay.

 

 

Wednesday –

• Mythology Presentation Day

Homework: Any final rehearsal needed for mythology presentations and work on first draft of Compare/Contrast essay.

 

 

Thursday –

• Turn in first draft of Compare/Contrast Essay with Pre-Writing Graphic Organizer attached.
• Mythology Presentation Day
• If we finish presentations early we will review our mythology notes for the mythology test.

 

Friday – Sub Plan – Mrs. Scales at NCTE

• Acuity Study Day (Independent Assignment Completion)

7.4.10 Revise writing to improve organization and word choice after checking the logic of the ideas and the precision of the vocabulary.

7.6.10 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.

 

• Use your Standard Lesson report to log your progress on Acuity today. You only have today and next Tuesday to work on Acuity before letters go out to parents about after school tutoring based on your Acuity progress.

Lesson Plan for: November 7 – 11, 2011

English 7 / Mrs. Scales

Monday –

• Quick Write – How do I compare to my best friend?
• Research Day / Gathering Mythology Information.

Compare and Contrast: How does one version of the myth differ from the other…?  What is the main difference between the versions of the myth?

• Report Writing Lesson

7.4.4 Use strategies of note-taking, outlining, and summarizing to impose structure on composition drafts.

Homework – Report Writing

 

Tuesday –

• Turn in Report Writing HW
• Acuity Study Day (Independent Assignment Completion)

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. “Clear: She left the book, which she bought at the bookstore, on the table. “Unclear: She left the book on the table, which she bought at the bookstore. “Active voice: The man called the dog. “Passive voice: The dog was called by the man. 7.6.5 Demonstrate appropriate English usage (such as pronoun reference).

Homework – Finish up any mythology research needed to complete group or individual projects.

Wednesday –

• Quick Write – Contrast two of your favorite foods.
• Production Day – Using Mythology Information to produce museum exhibit and individual project.  In class work day.

Thursday –

• Mini – Lesson / Review Sentence Types

Adverb and Adjective Clauses

• Writing Workshop

Final writing workshop for current writing assignment.

Homework – Finish writing assignment to be handed in tomorrow at the start of class, Sentence / Clause packet.

Friday –

• Turn in Sentence / Clause HW
• Review next week’s lesson plans.
• Presentation Construction / Practice
• Presentations will begin next Tues. and run through Thursday.
• Rehearse, Practice, Rehearse, Practice

Homework – Finish any preparation needed to present mythology presentations next week.  Monday will be a rehearsal day only.