7th Grade ELA Week at a Glance

We are still in the middle of Revolutionary era informational text reading. The Duel will be finished this week, and a lesson about author's point of view will conclude our study of the book. In addition to this book, students will read excerpts from A Young Patriot , The Red Badge of Courage , and "The Gettysburg Address." We will use these texts to practice analyzing interactions among literary elements and structure  On Thursday, we will complete stations on the classic science fiction story, "There Will Come Soft Rains." To close the week, students will take their first cold assessment of the 9 weeks on Friday .

"Give me liberty or give me death!" We are going to be reading about the Revolutionary War and our founding fathers over the next few weeks. Our anchor text will be The Duel . It is an account of  the parallel lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Using this text and more we will practice recognizing text structures, analysing differing perspectives and comparing/contrasting different accounts of the same event. On Thursday, we will take a cold quiz , and on Friday we will take our Cycle 5 vocabulary quiz. 

The week of the field trip to Saenger Theatre has arrived! We will finish up The Legend of Sleepy Hollow before Wednesday. The week will be filled with direct lessons on literary analysis writing. Prompt analysis, thesis statement writing, introduction writing, planning body paragraphs, writing body paragraphs, writing conclusions and conducting revisions will be reviewed. On Friday students will take a teacher directed cold quiz and practice revisions on an essay.

We hope you enjoyed your Fall break!! In preparation for our field trip to the Saenger Theatre next week, we will read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow .  Reading this story will allow us to grapple with characterization, setting, and plot in a deeper level text. Legends from around the world will be compared and contrasted this week as well.

Wow! It is hard to believe that we are at the end of the 1st 9 weeks. We will wrap up this 9 weeks by completing a group project on a short story or poem. In preparation for our field trip to the Saenger Theatre on October 17th , we will discuss proper theatre etiquette and read "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Monkey's Paw." We will review author's tone using these stories as well. On Wednesday , we will take our last assessment on the computer. It will be an assessment on Cycle 1-4 vocabulary words . On Friday , students will present their projects for an assessment grade .

Golden autumn ways Falling leaves and sunny rays Perfect writing days – Sharon Jones Authors can express a variety of topics using poetry: love, hate, friendship, war...the list goes on and on. We will learn about the different forms and structures of poetry in addition to other poetry terms this week. We will be reading "The Raven," "Annabel Lee," and "Oranges." To end the week, we will have an on-demand writing test grade on Thursday and our last cold assessment of the 9 weeks on Friday .

"Oh Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" In week 7 we will be analyzing drama. We will learn about monologues, soliloquies, and the differences/similarities between the written word and drama. We will use Disney songs and Shakespearean classics to accomplish this. In addition to drama, we will finish Helen Keller's autobiography, The Story of my Life and the play version, The Miracle Worker . Writing and vocabulary will be a focus as well. On Thursday, we will take our Cycle 3 vocabulary quiz . Then, on Friday, we will take a cold quiz and write an on-demand essay.