Week 1

Monday - 11/30
B - C - D -E - F - A

• Grammar Safari - Week 12
• Read Lit Book - p. 169. Do Notebook Entry #45 - Figures of Speech - Write a definition for metaphor and simile.
• Identifying Figures of Speech WS [PDF]
  HW: Prepositions WS - 1: [page 1 PDF] / [page 2 PDF]

Tuesday - 12/1
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari
• Correct Prepositions WS - 1. Turn in.
• Correct Identifying Figures of Speech WS - Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #46 - Read Aloud/Take Notes: Charles Dickens' Life - Childhood
• Complete A Christmas Carol Vocabulit - Stave 1 [ PDF ]. Do Exercise 1 and Exercise 2 - Part A only - due tomorrow.
  HW: On a piece of binder paper, make a story map [PDF] for your own original spooky story.

Wednesday - 12/2
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari
• Continue Notebook Entry #47 - Read Aloud/Take Notes: Charles Dickens' Life - Young Adulthood
• Review definitions for A Christmas Carol Vocabulit Stave 1.
• Students work on A Christmas Carol Vocabulit Stave 1 [ PDF ]. Part 2. Due Friday.
  HW: Finish Vocabulit - Stave 1. Due Friday. Spooky story plan due tomorrow.

Thursday - 12/3
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari - Turn in
• Notebook Entry #48 - Read Aloud/Take Notes: Charles Dickens' Life - Older Adulthood
• Share Spooky Story - Discuss different types of story leads.
  HW: Work on Spooky Story. Vocabulit - Stave 1 due tomorrow.

Friday - 12/4
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Correct Vocabulit - Stave 1. Turn in.
• Work on Spooky Story. Follow the writing guidelines - skip lines, use blue or black ink, write on one side of the paper only, leave 1" margins. Due next Tuesday.

Week 2

Monday - 12/7
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari - Week 13
• Start reading Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol.
  HW: Spooky Story first draft due tomorrow.

Tuesday - 12/8
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari
• Turn in Spooky Story rough drafts and plan.
• Notebook Entry #49 - Test Taking Strategies - Take notes. If you're absent, view the this powerpoint presentation and write down the thirteen strategies.
• Continue reading Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol.
  HW: Prepositional Phrases Worksheet [PDF]. Due Thursday.

Wednesday - 12/9
B - C - D - E - F - A

• 1st Semester 7th Grade Benchmark Test
  HW: Finish Prepositional Phrases WS [PDF]. Notebook Entry #50 - Write about a favorite holiday memory. Be sure to include descriptive details and some dialogue. Minimum 1 page. Notebook Entries #41 - 50 due on Friday.

Thursday - 12/10
A - B - C - D -E -F

• Grammar Safari
• Correct Prepositional Phrases Worksheet. Turn in
• Finish A Christmas Carol - Stave 1
  HW: Do ACC Vocabulit - Stave 2 - Ex. 1 & 2 A only [PDF]. Notebook Entries #41 - 50 are due tomorrow. Tomorrow is the last day that you can turn in late work for 2nd quarter.

Friday - 12/11 - Today is the last day to turn in late work for 2nd quarter.
A - B - C - D -E -F

• Grammar Safari - Turn in. 
• Turn in Notebook Entries #41 - 50.
• Review Stave 2 Vocabulit definitions.
• Work on Stave 2 Vocabulit - Page 2 [PDF]. Due next Wednesday.

Week 3

Monday - 12/14
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Review ACC - Stave 1. NB #51 - Make a two column chart. Label the top "Similarities" and "Differences." As you watch the movie, take notes about the way the movie is the same as or different from the book. Quiz on Stave 1 tomorrow.
• Do Scrooge Character Worksheet [ PDF ].
  HW: Finish Scrooge Character Worksheet [ PDF ] due tomorrow. Stave 1 Quiz tomorrow.

Tuesday - 12/15
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari -Week 14
• Review Scrooge Character Worksheet. Keep.
• ACC - Stave 1 Quiz
• Scrooge Essay - Body Paragraph #1 - On the front of a piece of binder paper, write down a list of character trait words that describe Scrooge's character at the beginning of the story. Circle the trait that you think describes Scrooge the best. Make a list of evidence from Stave 1 to support your views. Use the book and the Scrooge Character Worksheet to help you gather evidence.
  HW: 2nd Quarter Independent Reading Logs and R5 Reading Response Logs due tomorrow. Stave 2 Vocabulit Page 1 [PDF] and Page 2 [PDF] due tomorrow.

Wednesday - 12/16
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari
• Turn in 2nd Quarter Independent Reading Logs and R5 Reading Response Logs.
• Correct Stave 2 Vocabulit. Turn in.
• Start reading ACC, Stave 2.
• Finish writing notes about Scrooge's character in Stave 1. Read ACC online.
  HW: Grammar Book - Read page 232 - 234. Do Exercise 4, p. 234 - ODDS only.

Thursday - 12/17
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Correct grammar. Turn in.
• Continue reading ACC, Stave 2.
• Using your notes about Scrooge in Stave 1, write a paragraph that describes what Scrooge is like at the beginning of the story. Due tomorrow.
  HW: Finish Scrooge paragraph. Due tomorrow.

Friday - 12/18 - LAST DAY OF THE FIRST SEMESTER!
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari - Turn in.
• Turn in Scrooge paragraph and plan.
• Finish reading ACC, Stave 2, if necessary.
  HW: None! Have a pleasant Winter Break!

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