Seventh Grade Language Arts

February 6-10
"How to Mend a Broken Heart" is due on Friday.
Vocabulary HW is due on Thursday.
Monday:
Teacher Workday

Tuesday:
Success for Teens
Vocabulary #21
No G/L Roots
Give back STAAR practice results
Final Edits on Persusive Paper
The Hunger Games Test over Part 2

Wednesday:
Quick Write
Review Voc. and G/L
Computer Lab: Type persuasive papers
The Hunger Games

Thursday:
Review voc. and G/L
Editing Practice
Hunger Games
Final Draft: How to Mend a Broken Heart

Friday:
Quick Write
Voc. #21 Test
DITB
Analogies
Quiz over propaganda
January 30 - February 3
*Voc. HW is due on Wednesday.*
*Progress reports will be sent out on Wednesday. Please sign and return.*
Monday:
Practice STAAR Testing

Tuesday:
Success for Teens
Vocabulary #20
G/L Roots 4/5
Create T-Chart for Persuasive Paper
The Hunger Games

Wednesday:
Review Vocabulary and G/L Roots
Decide on a thesis statement for persuasive paper.
"Catchy" Introduction pp
Write introduction to persuasive paper.
The Hunger Games

Thursday:
Review Voc. and G/L Roots
Finish persuasive paper
The Hunger Games

Friday:
Vocabulary Test #20
G/L roots 4/5 Test
DITB
Analogies
The Hunger Games

January 23-27
**Voc. HW Due on Wednesday**
*Progress Reports go home on Wednesday. Please sign and return.*
Monday
Success for Teens
Vocabulary #19
G/L Roots 4/4
The Hunger Games Quiz
Propaganda pp

Tuesday:
Review Voc. and G/L
Quick Write
STAAR WS
Review types of propaganda
Devise and illustrate an advertisment using propaganda.
The Hunger Games

Wednesday:
Review Voc. and G/L Roots
persuasive pp
Read "Field of Dreams" speech and pick out persuasive text.

Thursday:
Quick Write
STAAR WS
Review Voc. and G/L Roots
Evaluate persuasive texts
The Hunger Games

Friday:
Vocabulary #19 Test
G/L Roots 4/4 Test
DITB
Analogies
Complete sentences from The Hunger Games


January 16-20
Monday:
MLK Day
No School

Tuesday:
Success for Teens
Vocabulary #18
G/L Roots 4/3
The Hunger Games
Review Complex Sentences

Wednesday:
Review Voc. and G/L Roots
The Hunger Games
Media pp
Questions to evaluate media

Thursday:
Review Voc. and G/L Roots
The Hunger Games
Evaluate media examples

Friday:
Vocabulary #18 Test
G/L Roots 4/3 Test
DITB
Analogies
Review Visual and Sound effects
Discuss implicit and explicit messages

January 9-13
*HW due on Wednesday!*
Monday:
Success for Teens
Vocabulary #17
G/L Roots 4/2
The Hunger Games Ch. 3
Review for Unit Three Test

Tuesday:
Unit Three Test
The Hunger Games Ch. 4

Wednesday:
Review Voc. and G/L
The Hunger Games Chap. 5

Thursday:
Plot Unit Tests
The Hunger Games Chapter 6

Friday:
Vocabulary #17 Tests
G/L Roots 4/1
DITB
Analogies
The Hunger Games Chapter 7

Happy New Year!
January 2-6
Monday:
Teacher Work Day

Tuesday:
*Vocabulary HW due on Thursday!*
Success for Teen
Vocabulary #16
G/L Roots 4/1
Hunger Games
Discuss Expository Texts
Read "Make a Wish"

Wednesday:
Read "Rhymes of Rap" Page 687 and "Austin, Texas: the Nonstop Sound of music" page 689. Write a paragraph comparing the articles.
Hunger Games

Thursday:
Read "ASPCA"
Hunger Games

Friday:
Vocabulary #16 Test
G/L Roots 4/1 Test
DITB
Analogies
Hunger Games
STAAR WS

December 12-16
Monday:
Review for Midterm
Write midterm essay

Tuesday:
Review for Midterm
Write final copy of essay

Wednesday:
Review for Midterm
7th and 8th Period Midterms

Thursday:
Early Release at 1:00!
1st, 3rd, and 5th Period Midterms

Friday:
Early Release at 1:00
2nd, 4th, and 6th Period Midterms

December 5-9
Monday:
Success for Teens
Vocabulary #15
Greek and Latin 3/4
Test over Crash
Crash Timeline
Read "An American Childhood" in literature book.

Tuesday:
Review Voc. and G/L Roots
Read "The Gift of the Magi" and discuss literary elements in story.

Wednesday:
Review Voc. and G/L Roots
Read two texts and write an expository essay as a class.
Fill in Midterm Review

Thursday:
Voabulary #15 Test
G/L Roots 3/4 Test
Analogies
Finish Midterm Review

Friday:
Holiday Party

Discuss literary elements in story.


November 28-December 2 *Vocabulary HW Due on Wednesday!*
*Progress Reports go home on Wednesday!*
Monday:
1.Success for Teens
2.Vocabulary #14
3.G/L Roots 3/3
4.Procedural Texts
5.Discuss importance of clear instructions
5.Crash

Tuesday:
1.Review Voc. and G/L
2.Rotate through stations following directions
3.Before moving to the next stations, describe the task completed and how the instructions could have been more or less useful.
4.Crash

Wednesday:
1.Review Voc. and G/L
2.Finish rotation following directions
3.Questions over Crash

Thursday:
1.Analogies
2.DITB
3.Review Voc. and G/L
4.Crash

Friday:
1.Vocabulary Test #14
2.G/L Roots 3/3 Test
3.Crash

November 14-18
*Bring in canned goods for the Spirit of Christmas!*
*Voc. HW due Wednesday*
*Friendly Letter due Tuesday*
*Business Letter due Thursday*
Monday:
Success for Teens
Vocabulary #13
G/L Roots 3/2
Crash
Business and Friendly Letters

Tuesday:
Self-Edit Friendly Letter Address envelope
Crash
Review Voc. and G/L Roots
Plot benchmark results

Wednesday:
Introduce types of Business Letters: Complaint, Request Information and Opinion
Introduce Formats:Block,Modified-block and Semi-block
Crash

Thursday:
Computer Lab: Type Letter
Review Voc. and G/L
Crash

Friday:
Voc. #13 Test
G/L Roots 2/2 Test
Analogies
DITB
Crash





November 7-11
**Please send in canned goods for the Spirit of Christmas!"
*Voc. HW Due Wednesday!*
*Oral Literary Critique Must be presented this week!*
Monday:
Success for Teens
Vocabulary #11
G/L Roots 3/1
Critique of Literary Work
Crash
Complex Sentences

Tuesday:
Benchmark Review
Review Voc. and G/L Roots
Crash
Presentations
Complex Sentences

Wednesday:
*Report Cards*
*Vocabulary HW Due!*
Analogies
Presentations
Review for Benchmark
Crash

Thursday:
Benchmark
Presentations
Crash

Friday:
Vocabulary Test #12
G/L Roots 3/1 Test
Analogies
DITB
Crash
Complex Sentences
Presentations


October 31-November 4
Monday:
Success for Teens
Vocabulary #11
G/L Roots 2/5
Relative Pronouns pp
Read "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" pages

Tuesday:
Review Voc. and G/L Roots
Finish "The Monsters on Maple Street"
WS pages
Discuss the influence of setting on the plot developement.
Discuss how visual and sound technique influence the message.

Wednesday:
Review Vocabulary and G/L Roots
Complex Sentences using main and subordinate clauses
Review combining sentences using subordinate conjunctions

Thursday:
Analogies
DITB
Subject Verb agreement with prepositions
"The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" video

Friday:
Vocabulary #11 Test
G/L 2/5 Roots Test
Analyze a play in groups using a TT-Chart


October 24-28
*Vocabulary HW Due on Wednesday!*
Spooky Stories due on Wednesday!
Monday:
Vocabulary #10
G/L Roots 2/4
Dialogue pp
Dialogue ws
Spooky Stories

Tuesday:
Review Voc. and G/L roots
Plot Diagram Quiz
Fill out plot diagram over Little Red Riding Hood
The Breadwinner

Wednesday:
Review Voc. and G/L roots
Elements of Drama pp
Read excerpt from Novio Boy
Discuss effective literary techniques used by playwright.

Thursday:
Analogies
Drop in the Bucket
Read Dragonwings
workbook pages
Discuss influence of setting on plot development

Friday:
Vocabulary Test #10
G/L Roots 2/4
Drama Terms Quiz
The Breadwinner

October 17-21
**Cookie Dough Money due today!**
*Vocabulary HW and prepositional phrase picture due on Wednesday!*
*PROGRESS REPORTS GO HOME ON WEDNESDAY!"
Monday:
Success for Teens
Vocabulary #8
G/L Roots 2/3
Mythology pp
Read "Demeter and Persephone" Pages 924-930 in litature book
WB Pages 283, 284

Tuesday:
Review Voc. and G/L
Sentence/paragraph transitions
Review multiple themes in "Demeter and Persephone"
Choose universal theme and describe how the author develops it in "Demeter and Persephone"
The Breadwinner

Wednesday:
Review Vocabulary and G/L
Myths Quiz
Appositive Phrases lesson
The Breadwinner

Thursday:
Analogies
DITB
Review vocabulary and G/L
Introduce Fiction (Elements of Fiction pp)
Apply story map to "Demeter and Persephone" as a class
The Breadwinner

Friday:
Vocabulary #8 Test
G/L Roots 2/3
Apply story map to "Icarus and Daedalus" pgs. 916-920 in literature book.
The Breadwinner

October 10-14
**Remember to bring report cards back signed to your fifth period teacher!**
*Voc. HW due Thursday this week!*

Monday:
Holiday

Tuesday:
Success for Teens: What Does Success Mean to You?
Color Coded Grammar: prepositions
Vocabulary #8
G/L Roots 2/2
The Breadwinner
Review for Benchmark

Wednesday:
Benchmark #1
Review Voc. and G/L Roots
Propaganda pp

Thursday:
Review Unit One Test and plot on data cards
Analogies
DITB
Review Voc. and G/L
The Breadwinner

Friday:
Vocabulary Test #8
G/L Roots 2/2
The Breadwinner
Propaganda

October 3-7
Monday:
(Fundraiser Promo: Second Period)
(Voc.#7 Homework due Wednesday)
Teens for Success
Vocabulary #7
G/L Roots 2/1
Color Coded Grammar: Adjectives
Novel: The Breadwinner
Review rules of capitalization
Subordinate Conjunctions

Tuesday:
Review Voc. and G/L
The Breadwinner
Color Coded Grammar: Prepositions
Compound Sentences
Quick Write

Wednesday:
(early dismissal)
(Report Cards)
Analogies
Review Voc. and G/L
Quick Write
The Breadwinner
Adjective Menus

Thursday:
DITB
Review
Adjective Menus
The Breadwinner

Friday:
Voc. Test #7
G/L 2/1 Test
The Breadwinner
Review Prepositions
Advertising; Propaganda

September 26-30
**Voc. HW: due on Wednesday!**
**Picture Day: Wednesday!**
**Band Students: If you will not be in class on Friday, please take your weekly tests earlier in the week!**

Monday:
. Teens for Success
. Vocabulary #6
. No G/L Roots this week!
. Subordinate Conjunctions
. Rules of Capitalization
. Jeopardy Review!

Tuesday:
**Pep Rally Schedule**
. Color Coded Grammar
. Cirque Du Freak Test
. Personal Narrative
. Review Vocabulary
. Silent Reading

Wednesday:
. Color Coded Grammar
. Analogies
. Personal Narrative
. Review Vocabulary

Thursday:
Movie: Cirque Du Freak

Friday:
. Color Coded Grammar
. Vocabulary #6 Test
. DITB
. Analogies
. Silent Reading

September 19-23
*Voc. HW Due Wednesday!*
*Comma Booklet due on Friday!*
Monday:
• Success for Teens
• Color Coded Grammar
• Vocabulary #5
• G/L Roots 1/5
• Separate root word from prefix and suffix to decipher meaning of words
. Using a Venn Diagram, compare and contrast Daren and Steve

Tuesday:
• Color Coded Grammar
• Review Voc. and G/L Roots
• Subordinating Conjunctions
• Cirque Du Freak
. Read The Cremation of Sam McGee and identify the literary elements used

Wednesday:
*Progress Reports go home!*
• Analogies
• Color Coded Grammar
• Answer and identify Literal, Interpretive, Evaluative and Universal Questions from Cirque Du Freak
• Cirque Du Freak
• Prefix Game
. TP-CASTT: The Cremation of Sam McGee

Thursday:
• Color Coded Grammar
• Review Vocabulary and G/L Roots
. Test over Literary Terms
. Cirque Du Freak

Friday:
• Daily Edit
• Color Coded Grammar
• Vocabulary #5 Test
• G/L Roots 1/5 Test
• Cirque Du Freak
• Analogies
• Drop in the Bucket


September 12-16
Homecoming Week!
Monday:
• Color Coded Grammar
• Vocabulary #4
• Greek and Latin Roots 1/4
• Success for Teens
• Cirque Du Freak
• comma rules
. "catchy" beginnings pp

Tuesday:
• Color Coded Grammar
• Review Vocabulary and G/L
• Cirque Du Freak
• Subordinating Conjunctions
. media clip of a fictional adaptation of an autobiography
. Revise Personal Narratives

Wednesday:
• Analogies
• Color Coded Grammar
• Review Vocabulary and G/L
• Cirque Du Freak
. Computer Lab: Type Personal Narratives


Thursday:
• Color Coded Grammar
• Review Vocabulary and G/L
• Cirque Du Freak
. Conjunctive Adverbs
. Fill out anchor chart using information from "Eat Dirt"

Friday:
• Daily Edit
• Color Coded Grammar
• Review Vocabulary and G/L
• Cirque Du Freak
• Vocabulary Test #4
• G/L Roots Test 1/4
. DITB
. Cirque Du Freak
. Make a booklet over Comma Rules



September 5-9
(**Due to the holiday weekend, Vocabulary Homework is due on Thursday this week. Personal Narratives are due on Friday.)

Monday:

• Labor Day

Tuesday:

• Color Coded Grammar: Verbs
• Vocabulary #3
• G/L Roots 1/3
• Cirque Du Freak
• Discuss the differences between an autobiography, diary and memoir (autobiography: "Eat Dirt" pg. 470 in Literature book, Autobiography: "No Gumption" page 474 in Literature book)
• Power Point over Literal, Interpretive, Evaluative and Universal questions.
. Success for Teens

Wednesday:
**Vocabulary Homework Due!**

• Analogies
• Color Coded Grammar
• Review Vocabulary and G/L
• Cirque Du Freak
. Place questions in the correct categories: Literal, Interpretive, Evaluative and Universal.
• Write a personal narrative on one of the following prompts:
a time when you did something that took a lot of courage
a time when you didn't follow the crowd
a time when you stood up for your beliefs
• Use graphic organizers.

Thursday:

• Color Coded Grammar:
• Review Vocabulary and G/L Roots
• Cirque Du Freak
• Context Clues worksheet
. Work on Personal Narratives

Friday:
**Personal Narratives due!**

• Daily Edit
• Review Vocabulary and G/L
• Cirque Du Freak
. Vocabulary #3 Test
• G/L Roots 1/3 Test
• Analogy WS
• Drop in the Bucket WS



August 29-September 2
(**Vocabulary Homework is due on Wednesday. Copy vocabulary words and definitions. Use each vocabulary word in a sentence containing at least ten words.)
Monday:
Book Fair! Don't forget to bring your money if you want to make a purchase!
• Journal: Write a sentence using alliteration.
• Color Coded Grammar: Pronouns
• Silent Reading
• Cirque Du Freak
• Vocabulary #2
• Greek and Latin Roots 1/2
• Discuss Graphic Elements in Poetry. (Newspaper Blackout Poem and Concrete Poems)
• Read Annabel Lee By: Edgar Allan Poe
. Write a Concrete Poem

Tuesday:
• Journal: Fill in the blanks in the new Yankee Doodle Poem with words that rhyme.
• Color Coded Grammar: Verbs-action and helping (slide 6)
• Silent Reading
• Cirque Du Freak
• Review Voc. and G/L Roots
. Read limericks in class; discuss rhyme scheme. Write a limerick together as a class.

Wednesday:
• Analogy WS: lesson 2: whole: part and general: specific)
• Color Coded Grammar: Review(slides 7-9) Introduce Linking Verbs (handout)
• Silent Reading
• Review Voc. and G/L Roots
• Read Cirque Du Freak
• Write an Acrostic Poem using your first name.

Thursday:
. Journal: Complete similes.
. Grammar: Verb Tense Tutorial (Computer Lab 720)
• Review Voc. and G/L roots
• Cirque Du Freak
• WS over prefixes, suffixes and root words

Friday:
• Daily Edit
• Silent Reading
• Review Voc. and G/L Roots
• Cirque Du Freak
• Voc. Test
• G/L Roots Test
• Analogies
• Drop in the Bucket WS


August 22-26
**Vocabulary Homework is due every Wednesday!**
Monday:
• Welcome
• Go over rules and procedures
• Distribute Vocabulary List; discuss word meanings.
• Give out Greek/Latin Roots for first grading period; brainstorm sample words.
• Introduce novel
• Discuss establishing a purpose for reading
• Grammar: Study Card Rings- Students cut apart, punch circles, and put in rings/tie together.
• Discuss: Why do authors write?
• Read first page in Crash. (Reading Appetizer.) Write about your name in your Writer's Notebook.

Tuesday:
• Journal: List five things you are good at doing.
• Grammar: Nouns-person, place, thing, idea. Slide 1-2
abstract, concrete, common, and proper.
• Review Vocabulary Words and Greek and Latin Roots.
• Power Point over Root Words, Prefixes, Suffixes and Affixes. Copy definitions in folder.
• Prefix Game: Match Definition Card with the correct Prefix and Root Word Card. Dictionaries may be used. (Kamico pages 104-114)
• Choose book to read in class for Silent Reading.
• Reading Appetizer: The Rainy Day By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Introduce TP-CASTT read.
• Give out a copy of TP-CASST and of There Will Come Soft Rains By: Sara Teasdale.
• As a class, complete the TP-CASTT of the poem.

Wednesday:
**Homework due!**
• Warm Up: Analogy Worksheet. (Lesson 1: synonyms, antonyms)
• Grammar: Practice---Sentences (Slide 3)
Give definitions and examples of denotative and connotative.Practice-Review previous essay for noun usage.
• Review Vocabulary and G/L Roots.
• Suffix Game (Kamico pages 119-138)
• Novel: Cirque Du Freak
• Silent Reading
• Read Alexander and the No Good Horrible Day (Reading Appetizer)
• T-chart: brainstorm five of the best events in your life on the right and brainstorm five of the worst events in your life and record them on the left.

Thursday:
• Journal: Using the T-chart, students will choose a worst or best experience in their lives they would like to write about in class.
• Grammar -Nouns : Find nouns of each type in a picture (Slide 4)
• Review Vocabulary and Greek and Latin Roots
• Silent Reading
• Novel: Cirque Du Freak
• Power Point over Literary Elements. Take notes.
• Using the Shel Silverstein poem, SARAH CYNTHIA SYLVIA STOUT, find the Literary Elements discussed in the power point.

Friday:
• Daily Edit
• Grammar: Pronouns that act as nouns (slide 5)
• Silent Reading
• Novel: Cirque Du Freak
• Review Vocabulary and Greek and Latin Roots
• Vocabulary Test
• G/L Roots Test