7th Grade ELA Week at a Glance

 Narrative Writing  Students will write their narratives this week. They will go through the entire process of writing including planning, drafting, revising, peer editing, and individual editing of their final draft. A mini-lesson on transitions will be given to assist students in writing their stories. Assessment 1.1 will be reviewed as well. 

We are at the halfway mark for the 1st 9 weeks. Students have learned skills associated with characterization, plot development, inferencing, central idea, and summarizing, Therefore to assess these skills, students will take their first cold assessment, Assessment 1.1, on Tuesday.   Diction, connotation, and plot structure will be the focus of this week's mini-lessons. Using excerpts and The Call of the Wild, students will practice skills associated with these topics.  Starting Thursday, students will select a narrative prompt and begin to draft a narrative. They will continue this on Friday after the skills check on diction and connotation. 

 We hope you enjoyed Labor Day! Narrative development will be Week Four's focus. Imagery, characterization, and dialogue are concepts that students will learn about and practice recognizing, understanding, and using. They should understand how these elements develop a narrative by Friday.  Students will read the final chapter, 7, of The Call of the Wild . On Friday, students will take a skills assessment.