2016-2017: March 2017

Friday, March 24, 2017

Week #29

Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Quote of the Day:	Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his needs, is good for him. —Maya Angelou
Bell Ringer:	10 Minutes of independent reading (historical fiction novel)	.RL.7.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Warm-Up Lesson:	Read the article What are the skills every 18-year-olds need?	SL.7.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Focus Lesson:	Text-Based Discussion
Class Work:	* Friday Fun (No missing assignments) -OR- * Study hall
Homework:	Read, read, read over the break! Find something fun to read. Go to the library. Buy yourself a new book from B&N. Do what it takes to be a real reader!!!
OMG Fact:	A lightning strikes so quickly it could circle the globe eight times in just one second.

Week #29

Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Bell Ringer:	10 Minute Quick Write: Write about what's happening in your historical fiction novel so far.	W.7.10: Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Warm-Up Lesson:	* Re-read the text Santorio Santorio and the Thermometer. * Answer the TBQs using “Stand Up-Hand Up-Pair Up”.	RL7.2- Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.
Focus Lesson:	Reading like a writer: How does a writer of historical fiction develop the setting of their story in order to convey the historical time period?	.RL.7.3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Class Work:	Read historical fiction novel.
Homework:	30 minutes of independent reading.
OMG Fact:	In Italy it is illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood.

Week #29

Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Bell Ringer:	None
Warm-Up Lesson:	None
Focus Lesson:	None
Class Work:	Read historical fiction novel.
Homework:	30 minutes of independent reading.
OMG Fact:	The longest human beard ever recorded is over seventeen feet long.

Week #29

Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Bell Ringer:	Choose historical fiction novel
Warm-Up Lesson:	* Read the text: Santorio Santorio and the Thermometer * Take notes in your LA notebook
Focus Lesson:
Class Work:	Begin reading historical fiction novel.
Homework:	30 minutes of independent reading.
OMG Fact:	A tiger’s tongue is so rough it can lick the paint off a building.

Week #30

Unit 5: Comparing Authors’ Choices

Bell Ringer:	10 minutes of independent reading	Make sure that you have a historical fiction novel for next week.
Warm-Up Lesson:	None
Focus Lesson:		Standard W.7.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Class Work:	Today is another workday to write the final draft of your editorial essay.
Homework:	Finish your final copy of the editorial essay. Be sure to include you Works Cited (using EasyBib) at the end of the editorial.
OMG Fact:	There are more plastic flamingos in the United States than real ones.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Week #28

Unit 5: Comparing Authors’ Choices

Bell Ringer:	10 minutes of independent reading	Make sure that you have a historical fiction novel for next week.
Warm-Up Lesson:	None	What is historical fiction?
Focus Lesson:	None	Standard W.7.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Class Work:	Today is a workday to write the final draft of your editorial essay.
Homework:	None.
OMG Fact:	People who fidget burn an extra 350 calories a day. This could work off 10 to 30 pounds a year.

Week #28

Unit 5: Comparing Authors’ Choices

Bell Ringer:	* Whole-class library visit * 10 Minutes of independent reading
Warm-Up Lesson:	Revision warm up for editorial essay
Focus Lesson:	Editorial Essay: Revision stations step-by-step directions.	Standard W.7.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Class Work:	Editorial Essay: * Rotate through peer revision stations * Make revisions to rough draft
Homework:	30 Minutes of independent reading
OMG Fact:	The spots of light you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.

Week #28

Unit 5: Comparing Authors’ Choices

Bell Ringer:	10 minutes of independent reading	We’re going to the library tomorrow!
Warm-Up Lesson:	Allied with Green * Finish notes and the TBQs
Focus Lesson:	Editorial Essay: Peer Revision Guide	Standard W.7.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Class Work:	Editorial Essay: * Rotate through peer revision stations * Make revisions to rough draft
Homework:	30 Minutes of independent reading
OMG Fact:	Anatidaephobia is the fear that somewhere in the world there is a duck watching you.