Grade 7
This week students will be using persuasive strategies. Students will practice anticipating possible objections to their goals, cite precedents and predict benefits of taking the action they suggestion, and evaluate reasons with audience and purpose in mind. Students will continue to work on their editing skills. Students will use commas to separate items in a series to separate the parts of a compound sentence. Students will also proofread persuasive writing and insert commas as needed.
Grade 9
Students will begin reading Night by Elie Wiesel. Students will participate in active reading through various strategies such as graphic organizers, short response, and a RACERS prompt. Students will also define vocabulary based on the context in which it is used.
Monday, December 14, 2015
Monday, December 7, 2015
December 7 - December 11
Grade 7
On Monday, students will write round robin stories. Students should pay particular attention to indentation, vivid detail, capitalization, punctuation, and complete sentences. Students will participate in a speed edit on Tuesday. Students will rotate throughout the room editing various stories for the focus correction areas given on Monday. For the rest of the week, students will identify characteristics of well-written opinion essays, analyze the writers use of quotations, analyze the relationship of visuals and text, and write personal and critical responses.
Students will not have any work to complete outside of class.
*Please note that students may retake any test and/or redo any assignment if they are unsatisfied with their score. All submissions are due 3 days prior to the end of the marking period.
Grade 9
*Report to room 830 on Monday and Tuesday.
On Monday and Tuesday students will continue to compare and contrast the play to the film version. Venn diagrams are due on Wednesday. Students will take an open-book assessment on Romeo and Juliet on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Questions will require students to apply what they've learned and cite evidence from the text to support responses. Teacher will introduce Night on Friday.
On Monday, students will write round robin stories. Students should pay particular attention to indentation, vivid detail, capitalization, punctuation, and complete sentences. Students will participate in a speed edit on Tuesday. Students will rotate throughout the room editing various stories for the focus correction areas given on Monday. For the rest of the week, students will identify characteristics of well-written opinion essays, analyze the writers use of quotations, analyze the relationship of visuals and text, and write personal and critical responses.
Students will not have any work to complete outside of class.
*Please note that students may retake any test and/or redo any assignment if they are unsatisfied with their score. All submissions are due 3 days prior to the end of the marking period.
Grade 9
*Report to room 830 on Monday and Tuesday.
On Monday and Tuesday students will continue to compare and contrast the play to the film version. Venn diagrams are due on Wednesday. Students will take an open-book assessment on Romeo and Juliet on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Questions will require students to apply what they've learned and cite evidence from the text to support responses. Teacher will introduce Night on Friday.
December 1 - December 7
Grade 7
This week students will work elaborating on details and word choice. Students will complete various writing assignments throughout the week that require them to be very descriptive. Students will participate in a lot of peer editing. The focus correction areas will be indentation, capitalization, punctuation, vivid detail, word choice, fragments, and run-ons. Students will review skills on Friday and take a short assessment.
Grade 9
On Tuesday, students will complete a RACERS writing assignment. Students will view a film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Students will fill out a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the play and the movie. Students will write an essay about the similarities and differences on their test on Wednesday of next week. Students will be allowed to use the Venn diagram to help them construct their response.
This week students will work elaborating on details and word choice. Students will complete various writing assignments throughout the week that require them to be very descriptive. Students will participate in a lot of peer editing. The focus correction areas will be indentation, capitalization, punctuation, vivid detail, word choice, fragments, and run-ons. Students will review skills on Friday and take a short assessment.
Grade 9
On Tuesday, students will complete a RACERS writing assignment. Students will view a film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Students will fill out a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the play and the movie. Students will write an essay about the similarities and differences on their test on Wednesday of next week. Students will be allowed to use the Venn diagram to help them construct their response.
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