Archive | December 2013

Mrs. Terry’s 7th Grade Language Arts Lesson Plans Week of December 16, 2013

LESSON PLANS DECEMBER 16 – 20

MONDAY, DECEMBER 16

Organize biography notes for bio cube

Add notes to “Fact, Jack” composition book

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17

Semester Review

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18

Grade Semester Review

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19

SEMESTER EXAMS – EARLY RELEASE

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20

SEMESTER EXAMS – EARLY RELEASE

Mrs. Terry’s 7th Grade Language Arts Lesson Plans Week of December 9-13

LESSON PLANS FOR DECEMBER 9 – 13

***WOMS in collecting canned foods for the community food bank.  Please help.

***Progress reports were given to students last Wednesday, Dec. 4.

Please check with your child if you have not seen his/her progress report.

TEKS/STAAR READINESS AND SUPPORTING STANDARDS:

7.01, 7.02, 7.07, 7.14, 7.16, 7.19, 7.21

MONDAY, DEC. 9

Homework – Comma Review – Comma Packet F, G (review of six rules/patterns)

Read biography library book and begin Part V notes (due Thurs.)

Grade Commas A – E (practice on six comma rules/patterns)

Personal narrative ­ revising/editing – Does writing have WOW?

Work on word choice, adding figurative language, etc.

TUESDAY, DEC. 10

Homework – Comma Packet H, J
Finish reading biography library book; Part V notes (due Thurs.)

Grade Commas F, G

Guided practice – conventional uses for commas

Final revising/editing – personal narrative

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11

Homework – Be sure all notes are completed for biography project

Classwork – Comma Review

Write final copy of personal narrative

THURSDAY, DEC. 12

Finish final copy

Comma Test

Begin work on biography project

FRIDAY, DEC. 13

Work on biography project

***Students will be able to complete biography projects at a faster pace/earlier date if they have read and worked ahead.

Mrs. Terry’s Seventh Grade Language Arts Lesson Plans Week of December 2, 2013

LESSON PLANS DEC. 2 – 6

***Important homework Monday through Friday – Comma practice

Work on biography notes

Read biography

***PART III of biography book must be read by Wednesday.  Students will

work on notes for project in class.

***PART IV of biography book must be read by Friday.  Students will

work on notes for project in class.

***PART V of biography book must be read by Wednesday, Dec. 11.  Students

will work on notes for project in class.

TEKS/STAAR Readiness and Supporting Standards:

7.01, 7.02, 7.07, 7.14, 7.16, 7.19, 7.21

MONDAY, DEC. 2

Homework – Comma Practice

Class starter – Comma Pattern 1

Acronym for revising/editing

Guided practice – sentence beginnings, lengths of sentences

Students check sentence structure in personal narratives

TUESDAY, DEC. 3

Homework – Comma Practice

Class starter – Comma Pattern 2

Acronym for revising/editing

Guided practice – capitalization and punctuation

Students check capitalization and punctuation in personal narratives

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4

Homework – Comma Practice

Homework – finish Part III biography notes

Class starter – Comma Pattern 3

Acronym for revising/editing

Guided practice – pronoun/antecedent

Students check pronoun usage in personal narratives

THURSDAY, DEC. 5

Homework – Comma Practice; biography notes

Class starter – Review Comma Patterns 1, 2, 3

Acronym for revising/editing

Guided practice – verb tense; strong verbs

Students check verb usage in personal narratives

FRIDAY, DEC. 6

Homework – finish biography notes for Part VI

Class starter – compound subjects, compound verbs, compound sentences

Acronym for revising/editing

Guided practice – no excuse for spelling errors

Students check spelling in personal narratives