Mrs. Abrams

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Standard

ELA7RC1 The student reads a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) per year from a variety of subject disciplines. The student reads both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse, including technical texts related to various subject areas.

ELA7R1.1b Interpret character traits, emotions, motivations, and supporting evidence

 

Homework

• Read a challenging book for 30 minutes. 
• Students should complete the cover for their Scrapbook pdf.

Activities

1. Students will review the criteria for the Scrapbook pdf. project for the biography book. This project will be due 2/14 at the book chat. Students will gather the assignments completed as they were reading this book and fine tune them for the completion of the scrapbook project in the computer lab.
2. Students will reread parts of their biography looking for information to use in their Scrapbook pdf. project. 

3. Students should complete the cover for their Scrapbook pdf.

 

 

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Standard

ELA7RC1 The student reads a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) per year from a variety of subject disciplines. The student reads both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse, including technical texts related to various subject areas.

ELA7R1.1b Interpret character traits, emotions, motivations, and supporting evidence

Warm Up

Students will review author’s purpose and complete the handout 1041526.

Homework

• Read a challenging book for 30 minutes. 

Students should have completed the following assignments (in preparation for the book chat project) by now:

Business Card for Biography:Autoiography

 Conflict 

Education or Training of Protagonist

Theme: state the theme and give 3 pieces of evidence to sustantiate it

Accomplishments and Struggles handout

Setting handout

 

Activities

1. Students will receive the criteria for the   Scrapbook pdf  project for the biography book. This project will be due 2/14 at the book chat. Students will gather the assignments completed as they were reading this book and fine tune them for the completion of the scrapbook project.
2. Students will reread parts of their biography looking for information to use in their  Scrapbook pdf project.

 

Monday, January 30, 2012

Save the Date: Book Chat 2/14

Standard ELA7RC1

The student reads a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) per year from a variety of subject disciplines. The student reads both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse, including technical texts related to various subject areas. ELA7R1.1b Interpret character traits, emotions, motivations, and supporting evidence

Homework

Read a challenging  book for 30 minutes.

Students should have completed the following assignments (in preparation for the book chat project) by now:

Business Card for Biography:Autoiography

 Conflict 

Education or Training of Protagonist

Theme: state the theme and give 3 pieces of evidence to sustantiate it

Accomplishments and Struggles handout

Setting handout

Activities

 Students will go to the media center, renew their biography book, review:

protagonist

antagonist

dynamic character

static character

flat character

round character

Friday, January 27, 2012

Save the Date: Feb. 14 for the book chat during your student's reading class

 

Standard

ELA7RC1 The student reads a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) per year from a variety of subject disciplines. The student reads both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse, including technical texts related to various subject areas.

ELA7R1.1b Interpret character traits, emotions, motivations, and supporting evidence

 

Homework

Read a challenging biography/autobiography book for 30 minutes. The biography/autobiography book must be read by 1/30.

Students should have completed the following assignments (in preparation for the book chat project) by now:

Business Card for Biography:Autoiography

 Conflict 

Education or Training of Protagonist

Theme: state the theme and give 3 pieces of evidence to sustantiate it

Accomplishments and Struggles handout

Setting handout

Warm Up
Students will review point of view on pg. 62 in Reader’s Journey and complete the handout 0903192. This will be collected for a quiz grade.

Activities
As students read their biography/autobiography today, students will identify the living conditions of the protagonist by drawing a picture that describes in detail the living conditions of the protagonist..

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Save the Date: Feb. 14 for the book chat during your student's reading class

 

Standard

ELA7RC1 The student reads a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) per year from a variety of subject disciplines. The student reads both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse, including technical texts related to various subject areas.

ELA7R1.1b Interpret character traits, emotions, motivations, and supporting evidence

Warm Up

Students will review point of view on pg. 62 in Reader’s Journey and complete the handout 0678311.

Homework

Read a challenging biography/autobiography book for 30 minutes. The biography/autobiography book must be read by 1/30.

Students should have completed the following assignments (in preparation for the book chat project) by now:

Business Card for Biography:Autoiography

 Conflict 

Education or Training of Protagonist

Theme: state the theme and give 3 pieces of evidence to sustantiate it

Accomplishments and Struggles handout

Setting handout

 

Students may practice the skill of point of view on Point of View Practice Exercise. Print your results for extra credit.

 

Activities

As students read their biography/autobiography today, students will identify the education and/or training of the protagonist.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Standard

ELA7RC1 The student reads a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) per year from a variety of subject disciplines. The student reads both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse, including technical texts related to various subject areas.

ELA7R1.1a Distinguish the theme in a literary work

ELA7R1.1b Interpret character traits, emotions, motivations, and supporting evidence

Warm Up

Students will review point of view  and complete a handout .

Students may practice the skill of point of view on Point of View Practice Exercise. Print your results for extra credit.

Homework

• Read a challenging biography/autobiography book for 30 minutes. The biography/autobiography book must be read by 1/30.

Activities

As students read their biography/autobiography today, students will identify the theme of the novel.

 

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Standard

ELA7RC1 The student reads a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) per year from a variety of subject disciplines. The student reads both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse, including technical texts related to various subject areas.

ELA7R1.2e Identify evidence to support argument in informational text

Mark reading passages to identify information useful for making inferences

Combine text information and background knowledge to make inferences

Use inferences from the reading passage to support predictions

ELA7R1.1b Interpret character traits, emotions, motivations, and supporting evidence

 

Warm Up

Students will review point of view on pg. 62 in Reader’s Journey and complete the handout 1012031.

Homework

• Read a challenging biography/autobiography book for 30 minutes. The biography/autobiography book must be read by 1/30.
• Complete the  Conflict handout , if you did not finish it in class

Activities

As students read their biography/autobiography today, students will complete the  Conflict handout 

 

 

 

Monday, January 23, 2012

Homework

• Read a challenging biography/autobiography book for 30 minutes. The biography/autobiography book must be read by 1/30.

Activities

As students will complete an online health survey.

 

 

Friday, January 20, 2012

 

Save the Date: 2/14 for our book chat

 

Standard

ELA7RC1 The student reads a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) per year from a variety of subject disciplines. The student reads both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse, including technical texts related to various subject areas.

ELA7R1.2e Identify evidence to support argument in informational text

Mark reading passages to identify information useful for making inferences

Combine text information and background knowledge to make inferences

Use inferences from the reading passage to support predictions

Warm Up

Students will review point of view on pg. 62 in Reader’s Journey and complete the handout 0632588.

Homework

• Read a challenging biography/autobiography book for 30 minutes. The biography/autobiography book must be read by 1/30.
• Complete the  Business Card for Biography:Autoiography  for your protagonist. This will be collected for a project grade.

Activities

As students read their biography/autobiography today, students will collect information and begin work on generating a Business Card for Biography:Autoiography for their protagonist based on the criteria on the handout given in class. This will be collected on Monday for a project grade.

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday January 19, 2012

Save the Date: Book Chat 2/14/12

Standard
ELA7RC1 The student reads a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) per year from a variety of subject disciplines. The student reads both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse, including technical texts related to various subject areas.
ELA7R1.1e Identify events that advance the plot

Warm Up

Using Ladders to Success students will complete pg. 89-90. This will be collected for a quiz grade.

Homework
1.Read a challenging biography/autobiography book for 30 minutes. The biography/autobiography book must be read by 1/30.
2.Bring in a business card on Friday, January 20.

3.Complete the graphic organizer identifying challenges and accomplishments of their protagonist, if you did not finish in class

Activities

Student will review “Plot” and review the answers with their 12:00 clock buddy.

As students read their biography/autobiography today and tomorrow, they are to complete the graphic organizer identifying challenges and accomplishments of their protagonist.