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

LESSON PLANS MARCH 3 – 8

TEKS/STATE READINESS AND SUPPORTING STANDARDS:

7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.07, 7.08, 7.09, 7.14, 7.19, 7.20, 7.21

MONDAY, MARCH 3

Reading Benchmark

TUESDAY, MARCH 4

Homework – subject/verb agreement

Verb Review

Pre-writing – expository prompt – timed

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5

Homework – pronoun/antecedent agreement

Verb Test

Pre-writing – expository prompt – timed

Begin writing introductions for all three expository prompts

THURSDAY, MARCH 6

Pre-writing – expository prompt – timed

Independent practice – agreement

Finish writing introductions for all three expository prompts

and begin working on topic sentences for body paragraphs

FRIDAY, MARCH 7

Clean out folders and organize “STAAR Writing” specific materials

LESSON PLANS FEBRUARY 10 – 14

***Last Week of 4

***Please be sure your child returned his/her progress report.

***We are really needing pencils and grading pens.

TEKS/STAAR READINESS/SUPPORTING STANDARDS

7.01, 7.02, 7.05, 7.14, 7.17, 7.19, 7.20, 7.21

MONDAY, FEB. 10

Homework – Study for test ­ comparisons

Class starter – Return comparisons quiz; discuss problem areas

Test ­ comparisons

Finish work/go over work/get students caught up on work from last week

TUESDAY, FEB. 11

Homework – Writing simple sentences with compound parts correctly

Class starter – Sentence fluency practice

***A new look at expository writing:

Step 1:  How to Read a Prompt

Practice reading expository prompts, including the ones for last week’s benchmark

Students will begin an evaluation of their own writing

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12

Homework – Writing compound sentences and punctuating correctly

Class starter – Sentence fluency practice

***A new look at expository writing:

Step 2:  Comparing/contrasting student benchmark expository writing with an exemplary piece of STAAR expository writing

Step 3:  Organizing ideas for expository writing

Students will continue an evaluation of their own writing and rewrite as warranted

THURSDAY, FEB. 13

Homework – Write complex sentences and punctuating correctly

Class starter – Sentence fluency practice

***A new look at expository writing:

Step 3:  Writing an introduction (hook and controlling idea)

Students will continue an evaluation of their own writing and rewrite as warranted

FRIDAY, FEB. 14

Class starter – Voc. ­ Elements of Drama

Reading comprehension ­ Drama

LESSON PLANS JANUARY 13 – 17

TEKS/STATE READINESS AND SUPPORTING STANDARDS

7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.08, 7.09, 7.14, 7.16, 7.20, 7.21

MONDAY, JAN. 13

HOMEWORK – hyphens

Class starter – Review – possessive nouns and pronouns

Quiz – possessive nouns and pronouns

Mini­lesson ­  hyphens

TUESDAY, JAN. 14

HOMEWORK – colons

Class starter – mini­lesson ­ colons

Writing – revising/editing practice

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15

HOMEWORK – semi­colons

Class starter – mini­lesson – colons

Reading – comprehension practice

THURSDAY, JAN. 16

Homework – punctuating titles

Class starter – mini­lesson – punctuating titles

Review of narrative writing

FRIDAY, JAN. 17

Class starter – grammar review

Quiz – hyphens, colons, semi­colons, punctuating titles

Review of narrative writing

MONDAY, JAN. 20

Homework – practice writing dialogue

Class starter – dialogue Pattern l

Review of narrative writing

TUESDAY, JAN. 21

Homework – practice writing dialogue

Class starter – dialogue Pattern 2

Week of September 2-6, 2013

TEKS/STAAR READINESS/SUPPORTING STANDARDS:
7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 7.18

MONDAY – LABOR DAY HOLIDAY – ENJOY!

***PARENTS, PLEASE BE SURE YOU HAVE SIGNED YOUR CHILD’S READING LOG, DUE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Computer Lab
Students will create and post their “This is Me” Wordles – follow up to “Seventh Grade” fiction piece (character traits of seventh grade story characters)
Independent Reading-Backpack Reader

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Class starter: Journaling
Homework – study for vocabulary quiz; extra credit offered for parent-signed voc. study sheet
Vocabulary list given for “Mystery of the Suffocated Seventh Grader”
(quiz Friday)
Read drama (fiction)
Teacher will model and students will create, share, and connect real-life scenarios

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Class starter: Vocabulary review
Study for vocabulary quiz
Writing assignment – proving wrong conclusions: “Can You Prove Anything?”
Independent Reading

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Class starter: Study vocabulary
Vocabulary quiz
Complete writing assignment from Thursday
Students will share writing as time allows