January 29 - January 31

ELA 7

On Monday/Tuesday, students will prepare for the Act II selection test.  The test is on Wednesday.

*Phrases and Clauses is due on Friday
*Figurative Meanings in Informational Text is due on Friday

On Thursday, students will begin "Thank You, M'am."  Students will focus on comprehension, analysis, vocabulary, craft and structure, and conventions.  Click on the links for a copy of the study guide and some additional practice.

Thank You, M'am Study Guide

Plot Additional Practice

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Additional Practice

Vocabulary Additional Practice

Additional Practice Answer Key

Have a great week!

Mrs. Fowler

January 21 - January 24

ELA 7

All classes finished Act II today.  This was the longest selection that we've done this year.  Tomorrow we will begin working through sentence structure.  Students will learn about phrases, clauses, simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.  Additionally, students will work through vocabulary, stage directions, and a deeper analysis of the text.

The Act II test will be on January 28th.  Students received a hard copy of the study guide.  The study guide, additional practice, and answer key are available in last week's homework blog post.

Please note that the children's book project was due today.  Some students opted to present their story to the class.  I'm impressed with what I've seen thus far!

Have a great week!

Mrs. Fowler

January 13 - January 17

ELA 7

Students have begun Act II of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley.  We will focus on comprehension, vocabulary, analysis, craft and structure, and conventions.  The selection test will be sometime next week.  Below you will find the study guide, additional practice, and an answer key.  It is never too early to prepare!

Act II Study Guide
Conventions Additional Practice
Craft and Structure Additional Practice
Word Study Additional Practice
Answer Key
Enrichment

Students are also spending time this week creating children's books.  The focus of the project is point of view and figurative language.  We kicked things off by reading a children's book so that students would have an example to work from.  Students indicated that they enjoyed being read to and that it reminded them of their early elementary days : )

Children's Book Project

Have a great week!
Mrs. Fowler

January 6 - January 10

ELA 7

Students will begin the week by working on their benchmark testing.  This is not a timed test.  Students will work on it until it is finished.  Because of Study Island's settings, the benchmark can only be taken during school hours, meaning it only works Monday-Friday 7:30-3:00.

Toward the middle or end of the week students will begin Act II of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley.  We will focus on comprehension, vocabulary, analysis, craft and structure, and conventions.  The selection test will be sometime toward the end of next week.  Below you will find the study guide, additional practice, and an answer key.  It is never too early to prepare!

Act II Study Guide
Conventions Additional Practice
Craft and Structure Additional Practice
Word Study Additional Practice
Answer Key
Enrichment

Have a great week!
Mrs. Fowler

January 2 - January 3

ELA 7

Students often ask me how ELA relates to real life. I'm going to spend part of the next two days showing students real-life applications for ELA. We are going to apply the skills encountered in our error-embedded passages to seeking (pretend) employment.  We are going to explore the Bureau of Labor and Statistics website and do some research on potential careers.  After students find out more about a potential career, they are going to fill out job applications.  Students will be required to use close reading skills,  proper capitalization, punctuation, word choice, etc. 

Students will also begin the next round of benchmark testing this week.  We will begin Thursday and continue into next week.

Please make sure your student has completed all active Study Island assignments.  Remember, students may keep working at a topic until they are satisfied with their grades.  This means a student may work at something until he/she earns a 100%.

Thank you!

Mrs. Fowler