LESSON PLANS SEPTEMBER 10 – 14, 2013

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LESSON PLANS SEPTEMBER 9 - 14

 READING HOMEWORK – Read 15 – 20 minutes in a fiction book

ENGLISH HOMEWORK – Noun(s) assignment – due Thursday

 TEKS/STAAR Readiness and Supporting Standards:

                                               

 Monday, September 10

Class starter: Journaling

Identify/practice the more difficult capitalization rules

Grammar review – nouns

 

 Tuesday, September 11

Class starter:  Journaling

Capitalization test

Use a composition book to review ELA words/rules

                   (“Fact, Jack”)

Grammar review – nouns

 

Wednesday, September 12

Class starter: Journaling

Recall/review the elements of “plot”

Pre-read “The Wise Old Woman; identify as folktale

Read/discuss “The Wise Old Woman”

Comprehension questions (various degrees of thinking)

Grammar review – nouns

 

Thursday, September 13

Class starter: Journaling

Collaborate in groups and whole class to create to

          plot line for “The Wise Old Woman”

 

Friday, September 14

Class starter: Journaling

Fable Friday

Compare the literary characteristics

          of selected fables

         

 

 

Mrs. Terry’s 7th Grade Language Arts Lesson Plans; Week of September 2-6, 2013

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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

Mrs. Terry’s 7th Grade Lesson Plans; Week of August 26-30, 2013

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LESSON PLANS – WEEK OF AUG. 26 – 30

WELCOME BACK! IT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR. THE MOTTO
IN MRS. TERRY’S CLASS THIS YEAR IS
“TEACH BIG, LEARN BIG.”

TEKS/STAAR READINESS/SUPPORTING STANDARDS:
7.2, 7.4, 7.6, 7.9, 7.19

MONDAY, AUG. 26
Class starter: Check the list of supplies on the board. Be sure you have what
you need for Language Arts.
Turn in supplies.
Ice Breaker activities

TUESDAY, AUG. 27
Class starter: Journaling from topics on board
Pre-read – “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto
Read “Seventh Grade” orally – whole class
Answer vocabulary/comprehension questions independently

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28
Class starter: Journaling from topics on board
Finish “Seventh Grade” as necessary
Begin brainstorming for Wordle technology assignment

THURSDAY, AUG. 29
Class starter: Journaling from topics on board
Read/discuss selected poems
Add to brainstorming for Wordle technology assignment

FRIDAY, AUG. 30
Class starter: Evaluating ideas for Wordle
Computer Lab – Create Wordle