WEEK 1

Monday - 8/31
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari - Week 2
  
• Partner Introductions.
  
• Notebook Entry #7 - Write the first name and last initial of each person being introduced to the class (except you and your partner.) Write down three interesting things you learn about each of your classmates.

  HW: Classifying Sentences WS Side A / Side B (Be sure to do both sides!)

Tuesday - 9/1
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari
  
• Correct homework. Turn in.
  
• Notebook Entry #8 - PowerPoint - Introduction to Cognitive Reading Strategies.
  Directions: Make a three column chart. Label column 1 - KNOW. Write down at least five things you know that good readers do while they're reading. Label column 2 - WANT TO KNOW. Write down at least three things you want to learn about how to be an effective reader. Label column 5 - LEARNED. Take notes on powerpoint presentation on strategies good readers use before, during, and after reading.

  You can view the powerpoint presentation we watched in class below or by clicking on this link.

HW: Notebook Entry #9 - Write about a time when something surprised you. It could be a time when an experience didn't turn out the way you expected. Or you could write about a time when a person didn't turn out to be the way you first thought he or she was going to be. Or maybe you learned how to do something that you didn't think you could learn how to do. Minimun 1/2 page.

Wednesday - 9/2
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari
• Continue NB #8 and learning about Cognitive Reading Strategies.
• Read That Book Woman.
• Notebook Entry #10 - That Book Woman. Part I - Make several predictions during the story. Part 2 - Answer the following question in a short paragraph: What surprised Cal? How did his thinking change during the course of the story?
  HW: Finish NB #10, if necessary. Get notebook entries #1 - 10 ready to turn in tomorrow.

Thursday - 9/3 - BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT @ 6:45 p.m.
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari. Turn in.
• Turn in Notebook Entries #1 - 10.
• Tech Town - Online Scavenger Hunt [PDF] . Due tomorrow.
  HW: Do Capitalization & Sentence Types WS. [PDF]

Friday - 9/4
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Correct homework. Turn in.
• Review Online Scavenger Hunt. Turn in.
• NB # 11 - Active Listening. If you were absent, write a 1/2 page on the topic of your choice.

WEEK 2

Monday - 9/7 - LABOR DAY HOLIDAY - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday - 9/8 - STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY - NO SCHOOL

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

• Grammar Safari - Week 3
• Notebook Entry #12 - Use your independent reading book to find two examples of each of the three types of dialogue listed below. Copy them correctly into your notebook. You should have a total of six examples.
  • 2 quotations with introductory dialogue tags. Example: Then Sally muttered, "Why do I always have to take out the trash?"
  • 2 quotations with interrupting dialogue tags. Example: "We don't ask you to do much," her mother replied. "We just want you to share in the family responsibilities."
  • 2 quotations with concluding dialogue tags. Example: "Fine. I'll do it after I'm done with my homework," said Sally.

  HW: Grammar Book - Read pages 322 - 325. Do Exercise 3, p. 325. Write out the sentences correctly.

Thursday - 9/10
F -A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari. Turn in.
• Correct grammar book assignment. Turn in.
• Learn about the Cognitive Reading Strategy of Making Connections. You can view the powerpoint presentation we saw in class below or by clicking this link.

• Read the story Amelia's Road. Practice making connections to the text.
  HW: Making Connections with Amelia's Road. [PDF] Read the story and underline or highlight parts in the text that you can connect with. In the margin, make notations the way I demonstrated in class. What did the underlined part remind you of? How did you connect to the text? Use your Cognitive Reading Strategies handout to help you with sentence starters.

Friday - 9/11
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Word Study - Unit 1
  • Pretest - Test on 9/18
  • Practice Sheet - [PDF] - due 9/18
  • Practice Your Words with the Unit 1 Quizlet .

WEEK 3

Monday - 9/14
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari - Week 4
• Review Making Connections with Amelia's Road from last Thursday. Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #13 - Choose one topic to write about. Topic 1 - Describe something that's really special to you. OR Topic 2 - If you were to make a box like Amelia's, that held all your special things, what would your box hold? Minimum 1/2 page.
• Learn about the cognitive reading strategy of Making Predictions. You can see the powerpoint presentation given in class below or by clicking this link.
  HW: Quotation Marks Worksheet - 1 [ PDF ]

Tuesday - 9/15
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari
• Correct Quotations Worksheet - 1. Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #14 - Making Predictions with Lio. (If you were absent, write a page about a topic of your choice.)
  HW: Notebook Entry #15 - Lio Speaks. Use one of the comic strips you wrote about in NB #14, and write the conversation Lio might have had with either the monster, the witch, or Lio's dad. There should be at least six lines of dialogue and some narration and description. Try using each type of dialogue tag: introductory, interrupting, or concluding.

Wednesday - 9/16
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari
• Read "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto.
• Notebook Entry #16 - Making Predictions and Connections. Divide your paper in half vertically. Label the left side Predictions. As you read the story, "Seventh Grade," we will stop five time to make prediction statement; for example, you might write: I predict that . . . because . . . . Be sure to explain what you're basing your prediction on. Label the right column Connections. Try to find five connections: T-T (Text to Text), T-S (Text to Self), T-W (Text to World).
  HW: Notebook Entry #17 - What are your hopes and fears for 7th grade? What are you looking forward to? What are you worried about? What goals do you have? What do you hope to accomplish this year academically and/or socially? Minimum 1/2 page.
  

Thursday - 9/17
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari - Turn in.
• Making Predictions - Unlocking the Keys to Your Textbooks
• Notebook Entry #18 - Textbook Features. 1) Make a mental image of your history textbook. Brainstorm a list of all the textbook features that the publisher uses to help you learn and understand the information in the book. 2) View the powerpoint presentation shown below or view it online by clicking this link. Circle all the textbook features that you included on your list. Add features that you didn't have on your list. You should have 12 textbook features all together.
• Complete the Predicting with Textbook Features worksheet [PDF]. Due Monday.
  HW:
  • Finish Word Study Unit 1 Practice Sheet - [PDF] - due tomorrow.
  • Study for tomorrow's test on Unit 1.
  • Practice Your Words with the Unit 1 Quizlet .

Friday - 9/18
B - C - D - E - F - A

•  Word Study - Unit 1
  • Correct & turn in Practice Sheet & Word Study Sheet
  • Take Unit 1 Test

WEEK 4

Monday - 9/21
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari - Week 5
• Review Textbook Structures WS. Turn in.
• Lit Book - Chapter 1 - Read article "Plot," p. 4 - 5
• Notebook Entry #19 - Elements of Plot. Write the terms and a short definition for each one. If you were absent, you can view the powerpoint below or by clicking this link.
  HW: Do Quotations WS - 2 [PDF]

Tuesday - 9/22
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari
• Correct quotations worksheet. KEEP.
• Read aloud - "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf" by Roald Dahl. Create Plot Outline. [PDF].
• Read "Three Little Pigs" by Roald Dahl with partner. Complete Plot Outline. [PDF]
  HW: Get notebook entries #11 - 19 ready to turn in tomorrow. Carefully tear them out of your notebook get them ready to staple together. Put a complete heading on the first entry. They should be ready to turn in when class starts. We will do #20 in class.

Wednesday - 9/23
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari
• Review "Three Little Pigs" plot outline. Turn in.
• Reading Cognitive Strategy #3 - Asking Questions
• Notebook Entry #20 - Pretend you are a detective on the Fairy Tale Police Force. Red Riding Hood is a suspect in a possible triple homicide. She's brought in for questioning. Make a list of the questions that you plan on asking during her interrogation.
• Turn in Notebook Entries #11 - 20.
  HW: Rewrite Quotations WS - 2 [PDF] as a story. Remember to go to a new line and indent everytime someone new starts talking.

Thursday - 9/24 - MAGAZINE ASSEMBLY
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari
• Correct the homework. Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #21 (Periods A, B, D, F only) - Active Listening. If you were absent, write a page on a topic of your choice.
  HW: Grammar Book -
  • Read pages 327 - 328
  • Do Exercise 5, p. 328.  Write out the sentences correctly. One of the sentences is correct.

Friday - 9/25 - PICNIC ON THE GREEN
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Unit 2 - Word Study
  • Pretest - Test date 10/02
  • Do Practice Sheet - [PDF] - due 10/02
  • Use this Quizlet to study the words.

WEEK 5

Monday - 9/28
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari - Week 6
• Correct Thursday's grammar assignment. Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #22 - Questions about Beds for Dreams by Carmen Lomas Garza. Part 1 - Divide your paper into two columns. Label the left column Questions. Label the right column Answers. View this painting by Lomas Garza. Write several questions that you have about the painting (at least five.) What are some questions you could ask, that if answered, could help you understand the painting better? Part 2 -Read this article about the artist. As you read the article, see how many of your questions are answered and write your responses in the Answers column.
  HW: Notebook Entry #23 -Write a list of at least 20 synonyms for "said." Use a thesaurus or these websites to help you:
  http://www.cyberspaces.net/6traits/wsaid.html
  http://www.thecaveonline.com/APEH/said.html

Tuesday - 9/29
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari
• Cognitive Reading Strategy #4 - Visualizing
• Continue working on NB #22 - Beds for Dreams. Part III - Using the ideas for Fat Questions on your blue sheet, write three thoughtful discussion questions about the painting or this article.
  HW: Do Quotations WS - 3 [PDF]

Wednesday - 9/30
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari
• Correct Quotations WS - 3. Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #24 - Beds for Dreams Description -Part I - Brainstorm a list of sensory images that come to mind when you view the painting Beds for Dreams. Part 2 -Use the sensory images to write a vivid description of the painting. Be sure to include details from the the article about the artist and the situation surrounding the image.
  HW: Notebook Entry #25 - Write the conversation that Carmen and her sister might be having on top of the roof of their house. Remember that in the article, Carmen Lomas Garza said that she and her sister would often talk about their future dreams of becoming an artist. Write at least three lines of dialogue for each sister, including descriptive dialogue tags.

Thursday -10/1
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari - Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #26 - My Bedroom - (Please don't do this assignment in your bedroom.) PART I: Close your eyes and imagine yourself walking into your bedroom. Look around from left to right, top to bottom. What do you see in your mind? Can you picture your room and what's in there? Try to remember. Now open your eyes and make a list of everything you saw in your bedroom. PART II: Draw a floorplan of your bedroom. Try to include everything in your drawing. Label your things. Do as much as possible before you go back into your room. You're trying to visualize your room and draw from memory.
  HW:
  
  • Go into your bedroom and compare what you see with your drawing. Use a different color pen or pencil and make corrections to your drawing. Don't erase. You want to be able to see the difference between what you pictured and what was real.
  • Unit 2 Word Study and Practice Sheet [PDF] due tomorrow.
  • Study for tomorrow's test.
  • Use this Quizlet to study the words.

Friday - 10/2
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Correct Unit 2 Practice Sheet and turn in with your Word Study Sheet.
• Take Unit 2 Test.

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