7th Grade ELA Week at a Glance

 Welcome back!! We have a 3-week sprint before Christmas break.  Poetry week has arrived! Students will learn about poetry form and structure, review figurative language, and have an introduction to sonnets.  Students will have a chance to review and practice narrative skills for RWITD. Informational skills will be practiced during flex time. 

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. 

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. 

February is here already. Can you believe it? This week students will demonstrate their knowledge of skills that we have been practicing the past few weeks. Cold Assessment 3.1 will be taken on Monday .  On Tuesday and Wednesday , students will take the Argument Analysis On-Demand Parts A and B . Part A will focus on analyzing an argument, and Part B will require students to use that analysis to write about it. The last two days will be lighter. They will read and watch a version of The Hitchhiker.   After reading and watching, the students will analyze each one and compare/contrast the two in stations.

Week 5  Structure, Sonnets, and Point of View The structure of a text is one focus this week. Students will learn about the text features and structures that authors use to convey their ideas. One structure that they will focus on is the sonnet. In addition to structures and sonnets, point of view will be taught.  Using texts by Edgar Allan Poe, students will grapple with an author and narrator's point of view. A practice cold quiz will be taken on Tuesday.   

We hoped you enjoyed Labor Day! Students will continue their journey with Buck in the Klondike by reding Call of the Wild . Using Chapters 5-7, they will learn and or review  foreshadowing, plot, conflict, anthropomorphism, central idea, theme, and summary. Cycle 2 Vocabulary words will be given this week, so please have your student study them. 

On Monday, students will practice recognizing theme, vocabulary skills, and argument in stations. Tuesday will be spent reviewing poetry and compare/contrast with two texts. Also, they will start stations that they will complete on Wednesday after the last cold quiz of the year,  Cold Quiz 4.4 . To end the week, students will write the last  on-demand for the year on Thursday. Enjoy your holiday on Friday!

“He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.”  ―  Jack London,  The Call of the Wild We will read The Call of the Wild this week. Students will read the chapters and learn/practice skills associated with each chapter. They will learn about anthropomorphism and practice recognizing the impact of conflict and point of view. In addition to this book, they will learn about sonnets. There will be a cold quiz  on Wednesday , and they will take Cycle 9 Vocab Quiz on Friday .

Multiple perspectives and cause and effect will be our focus this week. Students will analyze multiple texts about World War II and other wars. They will determine the motivations of people and examine the cause and effect relationship of actions and events. Students will discuss and write about these topics to condense their ideas and conclusions. Students will take the Cycle 6 vocab. quiz on Friday .

Enjoy your holiday on Monday!  After the long weekend we'll find out what happens to Tom Canty and Edward Tudor in the exciting conclusion of The Prince and the Pauper this week! As we learn the fate of these boys, we'll sharpen our skills in writing with several mini lessons on prompt dissection, evidence, introductions and conclusions. At the end of the week, we'll have a quiz on the cycle 2 words. If you haven't checked out the cycle words quizlet , then please use the following link to join:  Quizlet