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Mrs. Terry’s Seventh Grade Language Arts Lesson Plans for Week of April 28, 2014

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Lesson Plans for Week of April 28, 2014

Students will be reading the novel, A Wrinkle in Time and participating in related activities this six weeks.

Monday: Background information to A Wrinkle in Time

Pre-reading activities

Homework =– prepositions (due Thursday)

Tuesday:–Preview vocabulary–A Wrinkle in Time— Read Chapter 1; vocabulary & review questions

Wednesday: PreviewVocabulary; Read Chapter 2; vocabulary & comprehension questions; Preposition Quiz

Thursday: Grade and remediate preposition homework; Friday, May 2; Vocabulary Quiz Friday, May 2;

Friday: Seventh Grade band will be out; Novel activities

Mrs. Terry’s 7th Grade Language Arts Lesson Plans for Week of April 21, 2014

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TEKS:  7.3 A, B; 7.6

Monday:  Review STAAR Vocabulary and Format

Tuesday:  STAAR TESTING

 

Wednesday:  STAAR TESTING

 

Thursday:  Read and discuss “The Labors of Hercules.”

Show Hercules film.   Compare and Contrast classical

literature to modern film.  Culmination of literature

mythology unit.

Friday:  Continue and finish film and

comparison/contrast work.

Mrs. Terry’s 7th Grade Language Arts Lesson Plans

Apr14

LESSON PLANS APRIL 14 – 17 AND APRIL 21

HAVE A BLESSED HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SUNDAY.

TEKS/STATE READINESS/SUPPORTING STANDARDS:

MONDAY, APRIL 14

Continue to practice comprehension of poetry elements

TUESDAY, APRIL 15

Quiz – reading comprehension – drama and poetry

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16

Review – comprehension skill – organizational patterns

Quiz ­ non­fiction

THURSDAY, APRIL 17

Review – comprehension skill – author’s scope/treatment of topic/perspective

Practice – comprehension skill – compare/contrast across texts

FRIDAY, APRIL 18

NO SCHOOL

MONDAY, APRIL 21

Go over quizzes/practice from previous week

Set goals for STAAR Reading Test on Wednesday

Mrs. Terry’s 7th Grade Language Arts Lesson Plans for Week of April 7, 2014

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LESSON PLANS APRIL 7 – 11

***ASK YOUR CHILD ABOUT NEW TUTORING LISTS FOR THE NEXT

TWO WEEKS (1ST PERIOD, DEAR TIME, 4TH PERIOD).

TEKS/STATE READINESS AND SUPPORTING STANDARDS:

7.01,7.02, 7.03, 7.05, 7.07, 7.09, 7.10

MONDAY, APRIL 7

Homework – reading practice – due Thursday

Class starter – fears of the 1950’s; Rod Serling ­ author

Read/discuss – drama ­ “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”

Answer vocabulary/comprehension questions

TUESDAY, APRIL 8

Homework – reading practice – due Thursday

Class starter – activity – literary elements – drama

Apply Drama TEKS to “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9

Class starter – review literary elements – focus on drama elements

Review types of STAAR questions on drama from Reading Benchmark

Independent practice – comprehending drama

THURSDAY, APIL 10

Class starter – highlight important words in “Non­fiction Literary Elements”

Review pre­reading strategies for non­fiction

Read/discuss – non­fiction passage

Students answer vocabulary/comprehension questions

FRIDAY, APRIL 11

Class starter – review literary elements – focus on non­fiction

Practice – non­fiction reading skills