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.
Monday, November 23, 2015
November 23 - November 25
Grade 7
On Monday, students will participate in a game of Survivor. This game will serve as review for the test on Tuesday. The test on Tuesday will consist of kinds of sentences, complete subject and complete predicate, simple subject and simple predicate, finding the subject (inverted sentences, sentences beginning with here or there, and imperative sentences), conjunctions, fragments, and run-ons. We will not have class on Wednesday due to the scheduled activities.
Grade 9
Students will finish Act V of Romeo and Juliet. We will watch a movie version when we come back from break. Students will compare and contrast the text to the film. We will not have class on Wednesday due to the scheduled activities.
On Monday, students will participate in a game of Survivor. This game will serve as review for the test on Tuesday. The test on Tuesday will consist of kinds of sentences, complete subject and complete predicate, simple subject and simple predicate, finding the subject (inverted sentences, sentences beginning with here or there, and imperative sentences), conjunctions, fragments, and run-ons. We will not have class on Wednesday due to the scheduled activities.
Grade 9
Students will finish Act V of Romeo and Juliet. We will watch a movie version when we come back from break. Students will compare and contrast the text to the film. We will not have class on Wednesday due to the scheduled activities.
Monday, November 16, 2015
November 16 - November 20
Grade 7
The vocabulary words for this week are assumption, consume, presumptuous, sumptuous, rapture, and rapidity. The vocabulary test will be on Friday.
This week students will finish working on run-on sentences. On Wednesday, we will begin combining sentences into complex sentences by using subordinating conjunctions. This is the last topic in the current unit so students will participate in review for a test early next week. As of now, I plan on having the test on Tuesday. The test will cover kinds of sentences, complete subjects and complete predicates, simple subjects and simple predicates, finding the subject, conjunctions, fragments, and run-ons. Students will be allowed to take graphic organizers and notes out of their classroom folders to take home to study.
Grade 9
Students will read/discuss Act IV of Romeo and Juliet. We will focus on dramatic irony and suspense. RACERS are due at the end of the period on Tuesday and Act III posters are due on Wednesday. Students will have a vocabulary test this week on the following words: harangue, imprecation, malediction, repudiate, and taunt.
The vocabulary words for this week are assumption, consume, presumptuous, sumptuous, rapture, and rapidity. The vocabulary test will be on Friday.
This week students will finish working on run-on sentences. On Wednesday, we will begin combining sentences into complex sentences by using subordinating conjunctions. This is the last topic in the current unit so students will participate in review for a test early next week. As of now, I plan on having the test on Tuesday. The test will cover kinds of sentences, complete subjects and complete predicates, simple subjects and simple predicates, finding the subject, conjunctions, fragments, and run-ons. Students will be allowed to take graphic organizers and notes out of their classroom folders to take home to study.
Grade 9
Students will read/discuss Act IV of Romeo and Juliet. We will focus on dramatic irony and suspense. RACERS are due at the end of the period on Tuesday and Act III posters are due on Wednesday. Students will have a vocabulary test this week on the following words: harangue, imprecation, malediction, repudiate, and taunt.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
November 10 - November 13
Grade 7
*We will not have vocabulary this week
To begin the week, students will focus on correcting sentence fragments by expanding them into sentences. Students will also correct run-on sentences by changing them into separate sentences or compound sentences. We will take this concept a step further on Thursday and Friday when students combine simple sentences into compound sentences and combine sentences into complex sentences by using subordinating conjunctions. Throughout the week students will participate in writing assignments that require them to apply what they are learning.
Academic English 9
*We will not have vocabulary this week
Students will continue to read/discuss Romeo and Juliet. We will reach the end of Act III this week. Extension activities are due at the end of the period on Thursday. Students are welcome to take home books in order to finish assignments.
*We will not have vocabulary this week
To begin the week, students will focus on correcting sentence fragments by expanding them into sentences. Students will also correct run-on sentences by changing them into separate sentences or compound sentences. We will take this concept a step further on Thursday and Friday when students combine simple sentences into compound sentences and combine sentences into complex sentences by using subordinating conjunctions. Throughout the week students will participate in writing assignments that require them to apply what they are learning.
Academic English 9
*We will not have vocabulary this week
Students will continue to read/discuss Romeo and Juliet. We will reach the end of Act III this week. Extension activities are due at the end of the period on Thursday. Students are welcome to take home books in order to finish assignments.
Monday, November 2, 2015
November 2 - November 6
Grade 7
This week students will list details to support a topic sentence, write supporting sentences, identify sentences that do not support the main idea, and identify the order of reasons that support the topic sentence. These goals will take on the form of outlines, paragraphs, and various extension activities. Students will also begin to participate in peer editing.
The vocabulary test this week will take place on Friday. The words are: status, circumstance, constant, stationary, apprehend, and comprehend.
Students will not have any work to complete outside of class.
*Please note that Monday and Tuesday will be the last days for retests for marking period 1
Academic English 9
We will start the week with the rest of the Act II remix performances. Students will receive a grade for both their performance and the script. As we move through the week, students will learn about sonnets, specifically Shakespearean Sonnets. Students will be asked explain the characteristics of the Shakespearean Sonnet, determine the rhyme scheme, and to find sonnets within the text. Students will also learn about oxymoron and find/explain examples within the text.
The RACER this week will be: Reread page 798. How does Juliet feel about Romeo's name? Explain why she feels that way. Include details from the text to support your answer.
The vocabulary test this week will take place on Friday. The words are: chasten, cull, deride, derogatory, dissent, harangue, imprecation, malediction, repudiate, and taunt. Vocab sentences are due Friday.
*Please note that Monday and Tuesday will be the last days for retests and revisions for marking period 1
This week students will list details to support a topic sentence, write supporting sentences, identify sentences that do not support the main idea, and identify the order of reasons that support the topic sentence. These goals will take on the form of outlines, paragraphs, and various extension activities. Students will also begin to participate in peer editing.
The vocabulary test this week will take place on Friday. The words are: status, circumstance, constant, stationary, apprehend, and comprehend.
Students will not have any work to complete outside of class.
*Please note that Monday and Tuesday will be the last days for retests for marking period 1
Academic English 9
We will start the week with the rest of the Act II remix performances. Students will receive a grade for both their performance and the script. As we move through the week, students will learn about sonnets, specifically Shakespearean Sonnets. Students will be asked explain the characteristics of the Shakespearean Sonnet, determine the rhyme scheme, and to find sonnets within the text. Students will also learn about oxymoron and find/explain examples within the text.
The RACER this week will be: Reread page 798. How does Juliet feel about Romeo's name? Explain why she feels that way. Include details from the text to support your answer.
The vocabulary test this week will take place on Friday. The words are: chasten, cull, deride, derogatory, dissent, harangue, imprecation, malediction, repudiate, and taunt. Vocab sentences are due Friday.
*Please note that Monday and Tuesday will be the last days for retests and revisions for marking period 1
Monday, October 26, 2015
October 26 - October 30
Grade 7
This week students will be working on finding the simple subject in inverted declarative sentences and declarative sentences that begin with here and there. Please note that here and there are never simple subjects. Students will also identify the understood you as the simple subject in imperative sentences and identify the simple subject in interrogative sentences. Students will choose differentiated activities to complete such as the direction challenge or a brochure. These activities are geared toward individual levels of performance and meant to scaffold students to a higher level. Students will also begin working on conjunctions and thesis statements.
The vocabulary test this week will be on Tuesday. The words are: impermanent, remnant, opponent, proposition, composition, and deposit.
Students will not have any assignments to complete outside of class besides studying for the vocabulary test.
Grade 9
Students are wrapping up Act II of Romeo and Juliet. This week students will complete a RACERS comparing Romeo and Juliet determining whether or not Juliet is more mature than Romeo and if she teaches him the meaning of true love. Students will cite evidence from the text to support their viewpoint. Students will also participate in an Act II remix project, adapting and performing one of the scenes in another place and time. Students will change the language and the setting, but retain the underlying meaning of the original dialogue. Grading will be based on both the performance and script.
The vocabulary test this week will be on Wednesday.
This week students will be working on finding the simple subject in inverted declarative sentences and declarative sentences that begin with here and there. Please note that here and there are never simple subjects. Students will also identify the understood you as the simple subject in imperative sentences and identify the simple subject in interrogative sentences. Students will choose differentiated activities to complete such as the direction challenge or a brochure. These activities are geared toward individual levels of performance and meant to scaffold students to a higher level. Students will also begin working on conjunctions and thesis statements.
The vocabulary test this week will be on Tuesday. The words are: impermanent, remnant, opponent, proposition, composition, and deposit.
Students will not have any assignments to complete outside of class besides studying for the vocabulary test.
Grade 9
Students are wrapping up Act II of Romeo and Juliet. This week students will complete a RACERS comparing Romeo and Juliet determining whether or not Juliet is more mature than Romeo and if she teaches him the meaning of true love. Students will cite evidence from the text to support their viewpoint. Students will also participate in an Act II remix project, adapting and performing one of the scenes in another place and time. Students will change the language and the setting, but retain the underlying meaning of the original dialogue. Grading will be based on both the performance and script.
The vocabulary test this week will be on Wednesday.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
October 12-October 16
October 12- October 16
Grade 7
Students will be participating in classroom diagnostic writing testing this week in the computer lab. Testing will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. All students grades 7-11 are required to take the assessment. Due to the shortened week and the testing, we will not have a new vocabulary unit this week. On Thursday and Friday we will pick up where we left off with main idea and supporting details. We will also continue to work on our student generated assessments, which are due at the end of the period on Friday.
Please note: Students may retake any assessment in English class during the marking period. Our focus is on learning. If a student doesn't succeed the first time, I want him to keep trying until he does! Students may also revise writing assignments to improve upon the grade. If a student would like to retake a test the student should see me to make arrangements. Students are aware of this policy.
Grade 9
Students will be participating in classroom diagnostic writing testing this week in the computer lab. Testing will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. All students grades 7-11 are required to take the assessment. Due to the shortened week and the testing, we will not have a new vocabulary unit this week. Students will work on their Shakespeare scene remixes on Thursday and Friday. Additionally, we will read/discuss Act II scene ii.
Please note: Students may retake any assessment in English class during the marking period. Our focus is on learning. If a student doesn't succeed the first time, I want him to keep trying until he does! Students may also revise writing assignments to improve upon the grade. If a student would like to retake a test the student should see me to make arrangements. Your student is aware of this policy.
Grade 7
Students will be participating in classroom diagnostic writing testing this week in the computer lab. Testing will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. All students grades 7-11 are required to take the assessment. Due to the shortened week and the testing, we will not have a new vocabulary unit this week. On Thursday and Friday we will pick up where we left off with main idea and supporting details. We will also continue to work on our student generated assessments, which are due at the end of the period on Friday.
Please note: Students may retake any assessment in English class during the marking period. Our focus is on learning. If a student doesn't succeed the first time, I want him to keep trying until he does! Students may also revise writing assignments to improve upon the grade. If a student would like to retake a test the student should see me to make arrangements. Students are aware of this policy.
Grade 9
Students will be participating in classroom diagnostic writing testing this week in the computer lab. Testing will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. All students grades 7-11 are required to take the assessment. Due to the shortened week and the testing, we will not have a new vocabulary unit this week. Students will work on their Shakespeare scene remixes on Thursday and Friday. Additionally, we will read/discuss Act II scene ii.
Please note: Students may retake any assessment in English class during the marking period. Our focus is on learning. If a student doesn't succeed the first time, I want him to keep trying until he does! Students may also revise writing assignments to improve upon the grade. If a student would like to retake a test the student should see me to make arrangements. Your student is aware of this policy.
Monday, October 5, 2015
October 5 - October 9
Grade 7
On Monday students will be introduced to Unit 2A Vocabulary. This week's words are: defunct, malfunction, capacity, captivate, and recipient. There will be a test on Friday.
Comics are due Tuesday.
This week students will learn how to combine sentences by using compound subjects and compound predicates. Additionally, students will learn to elaborate sentences by using compound subjects or compound predicates.
Students will complete a student-generated assessment this week. Students were given writing, grammar, and vocabulary goals and were tasked with creating their own assessment. This assignment is due Friday.
Students will continue working on identifying main idea and supporting details. They will begin to write paragraphs on topics they established last week.
Academic English 9
Students will take the Unit 3A vocabulary test on Friday.
Students completed a RACERS assignment on Monday:
A dramatic foil is a character who highlights the traits of another character through contrast. For example, in Act I, Benvolio, who tries to quiet a group of brawling servants is a foil to Tybalt, who has a fiery hot temper. Foils possess contrasting personality traits. Choose either Benvolio or Mercutio and explain how he is a dramatic foil for Romeo.
Students will work on their Shakespeare Remix for the rest of the week. Student groups were tasked with choosing a scene from Act I to remix. Students are to imagine the events taking place in a different time and place. Then students will rewrite the scene in the new setting and give their interpretation of the scene. The original intent should be present. Students then choose to act out their scene live in front of our class or submit a video. The project is graded on both the script and the performance.
On Monday students will be introduced to Unit 2A Vocabulary. This week's words are: defunct, malfunction, capacity, captivate, and recipient. There will be a test on Friday.
Comics are due Tuesday.
This week students will learn how to combine sentences by using compound subjects and compound predicates. Additionally, students will learn to elaborate sentences by using compound subjects or compound predicates.
Students will complete a student-generated assessment this week. Students were given writing, grammar, and vocabulary goals and were tasked with creating their own assessment. This assignment is due Friday.
Students will continue working on identifying main idea and supporting details. They will begin to write paragraphs on topics they established last week.
Academic English 9
Students will take the Unit 3A vocabulary test on Friday.
Students completed a RACERS assignment on Monday:
A dramatic foil is a character who highlights the traits of another character through contrast. For example, in Act I, Benvolio, who tries to quiet a group of brawling servants is a foil to Tybalt, who has a fiery hot temper. Foils possess contrasting personality traits. Choose either Benvolio or Mercutio and explain how he is a dramatic foil for Romeo.
Students will work on their Shakespeare Remix for the rest of the week. Student groups were tasked with choosing a scene from Act I to remix. Students are to imagine the events taking place in a different time and place. Then students will rewrite the scene in the new setting and give their interpretation of the scene. The original intent should be present. Students then choose to act out their scene live in front of our class or submit a video. The project is graded on both the script and the performance.
Monday, September 28, 2015
Week of September 28 to October 2
Week of September 28 to October 2
English 7/Academic English 7
On Monday students will be introduced to the Latin roots ACT or AG, meaning "to do, drive" and OPER, meaning "to work." The unit 1B vocabulary words are transact, agenda, coagulate, inoperable, cooperate, and operational. Students will be tested on these words on Friday.
This week students will begin learning about main idea and supporting details. Students will examine pieces of writing and identify both the main idea and supporting details. Once students are proficient identifying these items, they will begin writing short paragraphs with main ideas and supporting details. Students will continue practicing types of sentences by including the 4 types of sentences in their paragraphs and using correct punctuation.
Academic English 9
Students will begin working on vocabulary unit 2B this week. The words are melee, mischance, misgiving, morose, privation, recoil, tribulation, and rue. The vocabulary test will be on Friday. Please note that vocabulary sentences are due on Friday.
Students will continue reading Romeo and Juliet. We will continue to focus on character this week. Discussion focus:
English 7/Academic English 7
On Monday students will be introduced to the Latin roots ACT or AG, meaning "to do, drive" and OPER, meaning "to work." The unit 1B vocabulary words are transact, agenda, coagulate, inoperable, cooperate, and operational. Students will be tested on these words on Friday.
This week students will begin learning about main idea and supporting details. Students will examine pieces of writing and identify both the main idea and supporting details. Once students are proficient identifying these items, they will begin writing short paragraphs with main ideas and supporting details. Students will continue practicing types of sentences by including the 4 types of sentences in their paragraphs and using correct punctuation.
Academic English 9
Students will begin working on vocabulary unit 2B this week. The words are melee, mischance, misgiving, morose, privation, recoil, tribulation, and rue. The vocabulary test will be on Friday. Please note that vocabulary sentences are due on Friday.
Students will continue reading Romeo and Juliet. We will continue to focus on character this week. Discussion focus:
- Capulet's objections to the marriage of Juliet and Paris
- What can you tell about Lord Capulet's character traits based on his talk with Paris?
- Compare Capulet's advice to Paris with Benvolio's advice to Romeo
- The repetition of the word What in the Nurse's speech
- Compare and contrast the relationship between Juliet and the Nurse and Juliet and Lady Capulet
Week of September 21 to September 25
Week of September 21 to September 25
English 7/Academic English 7
Students will begin working on vocabulary unit 1A. The words this week are facsimile, suffice, deficient, petrify, and affection. The focus is on the Latin root facere, meaning "to make, do." Students will take a quiz on complete subject and complete predicate on Thursday. The unit 1A vocabulary test will be on Friday. On Thursday students will tie together what they learned about grammar and vocabulary by completing the following assignment:
Academic English 9
Students will read/discuss Act I scene i of Romeo and Juliet. We will focus on character this week. Students will create character profiles for Benvolio and the prince. There will be a test on the unit 2B vocabulary on Friday.
English 7/Academic English 7
Students will begin working on vocabulary unit 1A. The words this week are facsimile, suffice, deficient, petrify, and affection. The focus is on the Latin root facere, meaning "to make, do." Students will take a quiz on complete subject and complete predicate on Thursday. The unit 1A vocabulary test will be on Friday. On Thursday students will tie together what they learned about grammar and vocabulary by completing the following assignment:
Vocabulary
Skit for Unit 1A
In groups of three, create a skit using the vocabulary from
unit 1A. You must:
- Use all five vocabulary words correctly (facsimile, deficient, petrify, affection, and suffice)- 10 points
- Use the four types of sentences- (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative) 8 points
- Use correct punctuation at the end of each sentence- 8 points
- Perform your skit for the class- 4 points
- Hand in a clean copy of your skit to Ms. Fowler
Academic English 9
Students will read/discuss Act I scene i of Romeo and Juliet. We will focus on character this week. Students will create character profiles for Benvolio and the prince. There will be a test on the unit 2B vocabulary on Friday.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Week of September 8 to September 11
Week of September 14 to September 18
English 7/Academic English 7
Students will work on identifying the two basic parts of a sentence- the complete subject and the complete predicate. Students will also distinguish between simple and complete subjects and between simple and complete predicates. There will be a quiz on Wednesday. Students will be assessed on the 4 types of sentences, the correct punctuation for each, correcting stringy sentences by separating them into shorter sentences, identifying complete and simple subjects, and identifying complete and simple predicates. On Thursday and Friday students will begin combining and/or elaborating sentences by using compound subjects or compound predicates. Students will not have any work to complete outside of class this week.
Academic English 9
Students will continue with parts of speech this week. Nouns will be reviewed briefly. The main focus will be on pronouns. We will begin reading the prologue/scene I of Romeo and Juliet. Students will focus on characters, differentiating between flat and round characters. Vocabulary sentences are due Friday. Students will take a test on vocabulary unit 1B on Friday.
Week of September 8 to September 11
English 7/Academic English 7
Students will work on identifying declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences. There will be an emphasis on correctly punctuating each type of sentence, and using all four types of sentences when they write. Students will not have any work to complete outside of class this week.
Academic English 9
Students will begin reviewing the parts of speech. Nouns will be highlighted this week. We are getting ready to begin reading Romeo and Juliet. Students are working on some background information this week in order to better understand the time period and the author. Vocabulary sentences are due Friday. Students will take a test on vocabulary unit 1A on Friday.
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