7th Grade ELA Week at a Glance

Week 7 will be a week of daily challenges. There will be no formal work this week. May 11 - Spend some time outdoors today. Write a description of something you saw or did. May 12 - Look through old photos from your childhood and/or ask someone to share stories about your childhood. Share your favorite picture and/or story.  May 13 - Solve the following riddle from The Hobbit: Q:  What is being spoken of in the following verse? Thirty white horses on a red hill, First, they champ, Then they stamp, Then they stand still. May 14 -  Show your appreciation of someone you love by doing something for them, giving them a homemade present, complimenting them or spending some time with them. Share what you did in the comments.  May 15 - Try to find the funniest (clean) video on YouTube.  Post it on Padlet. The video with the most hearts wins.  A note about grades...Per Mr. Hogan: "We will have to add the 1st 3 nine weeks grades and d...

PLEASE CLICK TURN IN WHEN YOU COMPLETE BOTH ASSIGNMENTS. Monday: Begin the chart on Suspense in “The Most Dangerous Game.” Tuesday: Finish Suspense in “The Most Dangerous Game” chart. Wednesday: Review formatting for writing dialogue. Thursday:  Rewrite the ending scene from “The Most Dangerous Game.” Pay attention to formatting and creating suspense. Friday: Continue working on Narrative Writing “The Most Dangerous Game,” rewriting a second scene of your choice from the short story.

Monday Begin working on the Characterization Tracker for "The Most Dangerous Game." Tuesday Continue working on the tracker. Wednesday Finish the tracker. Thursday Read the article “Is Hunting Moral? A Philosopher Unpacks the Question” by Joshua Duclos. Friday Share your opinion on the topic based on personal experience, beliefs, and the information from the article on Google Classroom. 

You will read a story all week and answer the questions embedded in the story. This story will be used in assignments for the next few weeks. Monday: Read pages 1-4 of  “The Most Dangerous Game”. Answer any questions in the boxes using complete sentences. Tuesday: Read pages 5-8 of  “The Most Dangerous Game”. Answer any questions in the boxes using complete sentences. Wednesday: Read pages 9-12 of  “The Most Dangerous Game”. Answer any questions in the boxes using complete sentences. Thursday Read pages 13-17 of  “The Most Dangerous Game”. Answer any questions in the boxes using complete sentences. Friday Read pages 18-20 of  “The Most Dangerous Game”. Answer any questions in the boxes using complete sentences.

Assignments for all week. 1. Continue to write in your journal (separate post). 2. Write "The Interlopers" from a viewpoint of one of the characters, Ulrich or Georg. Writing Prompt: You have just read a short story, “The Interlopers”. Saki writes this short story from an omniscient point of view.  Rewrite the short story from the perspective of one of the characters while using first-person point of view. Be sure to use details from the original text.  Try to write for 15-20 minutes each day. Score your writing 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.  CLICK TURN IN WHEN YOU FINISH WRITING THE STORY

Monday Reread “The Interlopers.” Watch a video on suspense and notice HOW authors create suspense. Make notes on how Saki creates suspense within the text.  Tuesday  Prepare to write an ending to the short story . Their ending must include... The same omniscient point of view setting/imagery An appropriate pace Dramatic Irony A Denouement to the plot.  Writing Prompt- You have just read a short story, “The Interlopers” by Saki. This text ends with a cliffhanger. Continue the short story by writing a denouement in an omniscient point of view. Outline/plan your writing.  Wednesday and Thursday. Write to the prompt 30 min. each day.  Revise and edit your narrative writing.   Score your narratives using the following scoring system: 4, 3, 2,1, 0

The assignments  for this week are listed below.  This is a suggestion of one way for students to do the work this week. However, they are free to complete the work any way they feel works for them. PLEASE CLICK TURN IN WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED ALL ASSIGNMENTS. Monday: Read “The Interlopers” short story. Write a summary of the events that occurred. Tuesday: Watch the video on how setting can impact a text. (You will need to login to Actively Learn using Google) Answer the following questions in Google Classroom How does the setting impact the conflict? Hows does the setting impact the plot? How does the setting impact the context of the short story? How does the setting impact the mood of the short story? How does the setting impact the theme of the short story? Wednesday: Watch a video on characterization. (You will need to login to Actively Learn using Google) S: Says T: thoughts E: effects on others A: Actions L: Looks (character’s appearance) Comp...