7th Grade ELA Week at a Glance

 Literary Analysis writing is the focus of this week. Students will learn about the purpose and structure of this type of writing in addition to how to write introductions and conclusions.  Theme will be reviewed from last year and new concepts related to this topic will be introduced including its development over the course of a text.  They will use "The Golden Windows," "The Scholarship Jacket," and "Sleepy Hollow" to practice these skills.  Students will take a cold quiz on a poem on Monday. 

Week 3's mini-lessons will focus on skills associated with RL7.3, Analyze how particular elements of a literary text interact. RWITD will focus on Greek and Latin roots.  Using Chapters 5-6 of The Call of the Wild , students will independently practice analyzing character traits, actions, and interactions so that they understand how these develop plot.  On Friday, students will take a skills check quiz on character traits/plot development in literature and interactions in informational text. 

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

We hope you enjoyed your MLK Jr. holiday! Last week was spent practicing skills that they must use to complete this week's assignments. Students will evalute an argument and write about it this week.  In addition to argument, they will take Mini Cold Assessment 3.1 on Wednesday and Cycle 7 vocab. quiz on Thursday . Chapters 13-16 of Hidden Figures will be read as well. Using these chapters, students will practice summary and multiple choice.

Poetry Week is here! OCTOBER Red and gold leaves fall, Crunchy as cornflakes beneath Feet on a crisp morn. NOVEMBER Frosty webs sparkle In the early morning sun Brightly bejeweled. Source:  https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/haiku-year Students will learn about poetry structures and forms this week. Using these lessons, students will analyze how these impact a poem's meaning.  In addition to poetry, they will practice writing engaging introductions and conclusions for essays. On Friday, students will discuss thesis statements and plan out an essay that they will finish writing.  Students will take Cold Quiz 2.1 on Tuesday and Cycle 4 Vocab. Quiz on Thursday .

We enjoyed our Klondike adventure last week! Before we can return to the world of Jack London, students must take the ELA NWEA on Monday and Tuesday. Then, the rest of the week will be spent working on the Jack London Author Study and reading Call of the Wild . Students will review central idea and theme with this text. There will be a cold quiz on Wednesday.

Students will spend this week reviewing literature and informational standards using short stories, poems, and articles. They will practice recognizing and understanding the function of figurative language, dialect, character interactions, and argument. On Friday , students will take Cold Assessment 4.1 .

Students will write two essays this week: a literary analysis on point of view and an argument analysis. Also, they will learn about motif in The Pear l and complete a tracker. Cycle 8 vocab quiz is on Friday .

 The beginning of the week (Monday and Tuesday) will be spent assessing our skills on the NWEA test. We will use this data to set goals and improve our skills. Later in the week, we will practice taking cold quizzes, and we will take our real first cold quiz on Friday . The rest of the week will be spent reading chapters 10-13 of The Prince and the Pauper . To close the week we will complete a mini project on Elizabeth I and Mary Tudor in Google Classroom.