First Semester
First Quarter
Aug 21-22. Assign seats. Supplies list. Web sites. PowerPoint: procedures, grades. Intro page of notes, true and false, facts and opinion. Announce reading check at next class. Library cards & Library.
Unit 1: Plot and characters
Aug 25-26.
Journal
Notes 100 facts, #1-5
Notes Fact & opinion
Reading Start “Mrs Flowers”
Homework
1. Out of class reading, Choice #1, A-Reading Check
2. Read “The Elevator,” p 27-31. Answer the questions in the margins.
Aug 27-28.
Journal
Notes 100 facts, 6-9
PowerPoint Fact vs Opinion
Reading Finish “Mrs Flowers”
Activities Level writing 1, 2 questions from “The Elevator”
Homework Chart: divide paper into four boxes. 1- draw fat lady (5 details);
2-copy plot graph on p 26; 3-write three level-one questions; 4-write one L-2.
- Friday: Aug 29, Sep 19. Rule of Three
Notes communications #27-32
Activities unfamiliar pairs, students introduce and tell new things about classmates
You Enter a Poem
Counting and intro to poetry, reading aloud
- Journal
Explain posted grades
Quiz Fact vs Opinion
Notes 100 facts, #34-38
Complete “Mrs Flowers” and pages 22-25
Write Level-1 and Level-2 questions for “Mrs Flowers”
Start “Broken Chain”
Homework:1. For first summer novel: write two level-1 questions and two level-2 questions.
2. Complete pages 60-61 in textbook.
Sep 4-5 Benchmarks
Comtinue reading “Broken Chain”
Sep 8-9 Journal
Quiz
Notes 100 Facts, #10-16
Writing Introduction worksheet
Library Check out Where Red Fern Grows
Check out Where the Red Fern Grows
Activity Prefix Worksheet
Homework Write an introduction for an essay on books. At least 5 sentences; start WRFG
Announce notebook check schedule
Sep 10-12.
Journal
PowerPoint Essays
Notes 100 Facts, #17-26
Activity Suffix worksheet
Homework Read page 144-150
write a five-paragraph essay answering prompt #1 on p 144; due 2 weeks
- Journal
WRFG Quiz
Notes setting; 100 facts: #43-45
Vocabulary WRFG worksheets
Homework WRFG worksheets
Sep 17-18.
Journal
Notes WRFG vocab recap sheet
100 facts: 46-57
Activity Thesis statement worksheet
PowerPoint Figurative Language
Reading Begin “The Wise Old Woman”
Homework Finish reading pp 466-472. On page 473, answer #2, 3, 5, 6; & all of 474
Notebook checks start today
- Sep 22, 23. Journal
WRFG Quiz
Notes 100 Facts: 51-52
PowerPoint Setting
Activities WRFG, problem and outcome worksheet, plus drawings of setting
Homework Knoxville TN
- Journal
Notes 100 Facts: 53-57
PowerPoint Figurative Language
Activities WRFG, three worksheets with small groups, figures of speech, imagery and characters
Homework Read R52-R53; noun worksheet
Friday: Sep 26 & Oct 3.
Notes 100 Facts: #33; eye contact, voice, posture
Quiz used as study guide
A Time to Talk, If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
Begin worksheet on Social Ritual speeches
- Journal
Quiz WRFG #3
Review thesis statements
- Oct 1 & 2. Journal
Quiz WRFG #3
Activity Assign essay “Pets and Children”
Grammar/Classwork Nouns: Drowning of Icarus/art (6 concrete singular, 6 concrete plural, 2 noncount, 1 collective, 1 proper, 1 abstract)
Homework Read 1022; essay due Oct 13, 15
- Journal
Quiz WRFG #4
Activities In groups, complete Motivations chart for WRFG
Notes Review
PowerPoint Characters
Writing discussion of characters and characterization
Homework Create a drawing, based on your assigned chapter of WRFG, with at least 10 labeled adjectives found in that chapter. (This counts as a Literacy grade. No lined paper.)
- Journal
Quiz: Where the Red Fern Grows #4
Writing 1. Parts of an essay review
2. Thesis practice
3. Bubble web practice
4. review WRFG essay
Second out of class reading due Oct 22 & 23
End of Quarter: Oct 15, 16 Midterm exam
Friday: Oct 10, 15 Benchmarks
Second Quarter
Unit 2: Language
- Journal
Out of class reading Choice #2: A-Comic strip with summaries
100 Facts
Reading Read “The Landlady”
PowerPoint
Activities
- Journal
Notes 100 facts
Reading Finish “The Landlady”
Activities Create Character Analysis charts,
then outlines, then thesis statement for Billy
Writing Outlining
Homework commas worksheet (5-2) and pages 181, 1813
Friday: Oct 26, Nov 2.
Finish Social Ritual Speeches handout
Present Social Ritual Speeches
Assign speeches, “My Favorite _________.”
- Journal
Notes 100 facts relating to plot
Reading “There Shall Come Soft Rains”
Homework pages 209-211
- Journal
Quiz
Reading “Pandora’s Box”
Check out A Midsummer Night’s Dream: reading schedule, 1 Act each Mon/Tues.
Homework 460, #1-5, 461
- Journal
Notes 100 Facts (#58-62)
Activities&Grammar Hope is a Thing with a Feathers, The Grasshopper and Cricket
Analyze for meaning, rhyme scheme, alliteration, meter, etc.
Grammar find verbs for a to z
Homework 620, a & b, 623, 1 & 2
- Give speeches, “My Favorite _________.” Assign speeches on topic “How to…”
- Make-up Speeches
Journal
Quiz
Notes 100 facts, #72-76
Reading “The Lady or the Tiger?”
Character Chart
Activities Verb worksheet
Homework Read 598-601. Answer p 602, #1-8, 603.
- Journal
Notes 100 facts, #76-82
PowerPoint Characters; literacy assignment 2
Writing Characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, make a page
Unit 3: Meaning
- Nov 17-18. Journal
Notes 100 facts, #83-84
Read Act One explain meaning and themes
PowerPoint Characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Activities start video of Act I
Homework Read pages 598-601, on 602, #1-8, 603, all
- Journal
Quiz Act 1
100 Facts, #91, 92, 96, 99
Reading Finish “The Lady, or the Tiger?”
Activities last names worksheet
Homework Pages 684-691, answer all questions in margins; 692, #1-5; 693, all.
- Journal
Quiz Act 2
PowerPoint The Moon as Image and Symbol in MND
Activities video for acts 1 & 2
Vocabulary prefix handout
Homework keep reading; literacy assignment due
Friday: Nov 14 & 21 How-to speeches. Assign survey speeches
- Journal
Quiz Act 3
Notes How to deveolop a paragraph with topic sentence, concrete details and 2 or more commentaries for each detail
Writing write a five-paragraph essay in which you analyze or compare love and magic, with at least one reference and quotation from MND
Grammar workbook, 271 and 169
Homework handout on suffixes
- Dec 5 & 6. Journal
Reading Act II, read passages from scene 1, to understand metaphors and Helena’s relationship with Demetrius
Notes Parallelism in MND, humor in Act 2
Reading Midsummer Night’s Dream
PowerPoint humor among the actors
Activities see video Acts II and III
- Quiz MND #4
Benchmark
- Journal
Activities see the new video, discuss differences
Writing essays due
Homework review
- Pyramus and Thisbe with comic Botton
Review for semester final
Impromptu speeches
End of Quarter:Benchmarks and semester finals Dec 15-19.
Third Quarter
Unit 5: Painting with Words
Jan 6-7. Journal and awards for first semester
Review and complete 100 Facts
Create Vocabulary title pages; discuss and draw concrete and abstract nouns (true & false, fiction & nonfiction, literal & figurative, concrete & abstract, reason vs emotion, specific & general)
Reading “Real Indians Eat Jell-o…” and discuss three levels of questions. Complete and turn in the worksheet
Homework Third speech, due Jan 30; Feb 13
- Decide on a survey question? Best choice would be one of three options.
- Ask at least 30 people your question, and keep track of the answers.
- Develop a thesis statement.
- Write a speech with introduction, body (3 points) and conclusion.
- Make a chart or graph illustrating the results of your survey.
- Journal
100 Facts, #93, 94, 95
Assign Character Chart and essay for out-of-class reading book #3
Building Academic Vocabulary specific/general/stereotype/universal
Reading Black on White, with writing activities
Homework Textbook, 118-124, “Great Rat Hunt,” questions in margins
- Poetry activities Textbook, 582-601
Jan 12-13: Journal
Certificates for Perfect Attendance
Quiz 100 Facts
Building Academic Vocabulary real/ideal
Literature metaphors and truth
Reading 4 poems by Langston Hughes: 616 new book, 2 dreams poems, 677 in old
Homework textbk, 125-128, all questions on 129, 130, 131
Jan 14-15: Journal
Oxymorons
Building Academic Vocabulary reasons/emotions
Literature sounds in poetry
Reading Serenity in Stone, Tell the Truth, Maybe Dat’s Your Pwoblem too
Homework textbook, 605 (chart)-610 (all)
Jan 20-21 Journal
Quiz
Essays and character charts based on fiction due
Academic Vocabulary Building reason/emotions
Read “The Treasure of Lemon Brown,” pages 166-174
Homework answer questions in margins.
Jan 22-23 Journal
Essays and character charts based on fiction due
Reading “Charles” in orange textbook
Jan 26 (snow), Feb 3 Journal
Quiz
Check out To Kill a Mockingbird, reading schedule
Building Academic Vocabulary reason/emotions #2
Reading Start “Rules of the Game”
Homework page 236; handout prefixes and suffixes
Feb 2, 3 Journal
Building Academic Vocabulary true/false
Reading “Rules of the Game”
Analogies
Homework answer questions, page 235, #1-9, 236, all, 237, Grammar & Writing
Friday: Jan 30, Feb 13. Survey speeches
- Journal
Grammar In groups, identify all adverbs in “Charles”
Reading “Rules of the Game”
Homework answer questions, page 235, #1-9, 236, all, 237, Grammar & Writing
Feb 9-10 Journal
Quiz To Kill a Mockingbird #1
Setting: story, author, reader
Internet play Mockingbird songs, discuss the use of the title phrase, literally, figuartively
Demonstrate TKM websites
- Journal
To Kill a Mockingbird vocabulary charts in groups, one hour
Unit 6: Judgment
Feb 17, 18 Journal
TKM quiz #2
Activities Discuss the quotation, “Fiction gives the turht scope.”
Academic vocabulary, truth vs. exaggeration, mistake, lie, propaganda, prejudice, joke, slant/spin, half truth, politeness
Reading Start character worksheets
Homework Euphemisms
Feb 19 school play, makeup work
Feb 20, 23 Journal
TKM Video
Complete TKM Character worksheet in class, assign character booklets, due Mar 9, 10.
List characters and read
Discuss truth in the book.
- Journal
Quiz
Notes Social levels in TKM
Activities answer 4 level-2 questions with at least six sentences each
If necessary, groups finish level-2 answers.
- Feb 27, Mar 6. WebQuest #1, TKM
Feb 26, Mar 13 Read and complete pages 342-345. Exchange papers and discuss answers.
- Benchmarks
- Journal
Quiz TKM#4
Activities In groups, using 100 facts, students locate 3 examples each of simile, metaphor, hyperbole, allusion, imagery, symbolism and dialect in TKM
Homework Essay review; assign new essay, handout , due after Spring break
Mar 9-10: Journal, quiz TKM #5, review and makeup work
- Nine weeks test
Friday: Mar 27, Apr 3. Web quest TKM
Fourth Quarter
Unit 7: Heroes and humor
- Journal
Reteach characterization from nine weeks’ test
Make literacy assignment: a project, and show previous projects
Humor Day one puns
Essays due
Start “The Ransom of Red Chief”
Homework Prefixes and suffixes worksheet.
- Journal
Humor Day Two One-liners and puns
Reading “The Ransom of Red Chief”
Groups make drawings, find lit devices and check vocabulary
Homework page 59, 60, bottom half 61
Friday, Mar 27, April 3 WebQuest 2 (authors)
- Journal
Quiz “Ransom of Red Chief”
Humor Day 3: Paradoxes
Discuss irony, assumptions and allusions in RRC
Reading Check out The Diary of Anne Frank, reading schedule
Homework prefixes and suffixes
- Journal
“Too Soon a Woman”
Apr 6, 7 Journal
Humor Day 4: Riddles
Poetry recitation assignment
Read and analyze “Barbara Frietchie” and as many other poems as time allows
- Apr 8, 9. Journal
Quiz Literary devices, 100 Facts
Humor: Day 6: Bad similes and metaphors
Activities Sneetches
Activities Discuss heroes, find a definition, make a chart with Atticus Finch, a character from one of your free choice books, a charcter from a modern movie or TV show, and someone you know
PowerPoint background for the Holocaust
Unit 8: “I Still Believe”
- Journal
Quiz (A-Day) Anne Frank #1
Humor Put downs; Can you read these right?
Poetry reading (A-Day)
Finish PowerPoint background for the Holocaust
April 14, 15 Journal
Quiz (B-Day) Anne Frank #1
Poetry reading (B-Day)
Humor: Up, the word with the most definitions
April 16 CRT Testing
Apr 17 Sub:
Apr 20-21 Journal
Quiz Anne Frank #2
Poetry reading
Humor: parents’ notes
Homework: character pages for Anne Frank
Apr 22, 23 Journal
Humor: puns
Anne Frank vocabulary
- “Pecos Bill”
Homework Read 288-290, answer #2, 4, 10.
Apr 27, 28 Journal
Quiz AF #3
Poetry reading
Humor
Video The Attic
Reading “We Are All One” & “The Cormorant…” pp 264-271
Activities Discussion of reactions to themes when reading
Homework Page 264 & 272, #1-8
Apr 29, 30 Journal
Humor
Activities The Attic
May 4, 5 Journal
Quiz AF4
Humor: Proverbs
Poetry reading
The Attic
May 6, 7 Journal
Humor
Proverbs by Anne Frank; group activities with work sheet followed by assignment of essay
May 8 finish The Attic
May 11, 14 Computer Lab Web Quest
May 12, 13 Journal
Quiz AF5
Humor
Poetry reading
In groups, analyze text looking for literary devices
May 15, 22 Naomi Shibab Nye, pages 380-392, #1-7 on 393, all 394 and bottom half 395
May 18, 19 Journal
Quiz AF4
Humor
Poetry reading
May 20-21 Journal
Humor
Essay due, I Love Lucy Grammar activity
May 26 Library
May 27-28 Journal
Quiz AF4
Humor: Proverbs
Poetry reading
Review
End of Semester: Exams: May 28, June 1, 2
7th Grade English Language Arts Lesson Plans 