Thursday, May 24
The writing continues:
Item 3. Title: Who do you want to be going forward?
Who do you want to be going forward (realistically, not like a superhero...) What steps do you need to take to enact that change? Maybe you are too serious and you want to be more relaxed, or you are a procrastinator and you want to get your work done early. How will achieve this? Be specific.
4. 8th grade expectation and aspirations
What do you think 8th grade will be like? What do you hope to achieve?
On notebook paper that was to be turned in to me, but some of you did not finish:
Think about what books you have read this year - both in and outside of class. What were your favorites? What do you wish you could have read? What would you recommend to another 7th grader? Why?
Your reading assignment for Lit class is below. We will be working on this in class next week, but if you are slower reader or need to re-read your material, then please read your section this weekend. Remember, you must read, at minimum, one fiction, one nonfiction, one poem for your category. If you have drama, then you must read that too. You are encouraged to read more than that, but the three-to-four is the minimum.
We will be using these reading pieces to work in groups to look at the variety of ways theme is explored in each of the writing pieces.
1.1 Opening Doors
a. Tyler LeBoa b. Tam c. Amara d. Molena
1.2 Letting Others In
a. Sam R b. Kyle K c. Isabella
2.1Learning the Hard Way
a. Juliana Diaz b. Yoni c. Chris L d. Kristina
2.2 Making Choices
a. Tri-An b. Lizzie c. Regina d. Anthony
3.1 Showing Courage
a. Zoe R b. Angelo c. Nicole
3.2 A Change of Heart
a. Katrina b. Samantha S c. Tyler Engleman
4.1 The Will to Win
a. Alexa b. Malia c. Ethan
4.2 High Stakes
a. Katherine C b. Gregory c. Winston d.Carmen
5.1 Appearances to the Contrary
a. Samantha H b. Aly c. Jon d. Luke
Wednesday, May 23
We did a lot of writing in class today.
If you were absent, you must complete this:
In Comp. book:
1. Title: Who have you been? Several good paragraphs journaling about what kind of student, friend, classmate, athlete, etc. you have been the past year or two. Are you a goofball? Too Serious? Slacking on homework? What kind of person have you been? Are you a leader?
2. Title: Why Have I Been This Way? Thinking about who you have been.... WHY have you behaved this way and to what benefit? Did you benefit from it? What did you get out of being too serious or being a goofball or talking during class? Is it working for you?
We will add more to this tomorrow....
Also, think about what books you have read this year - both in and outside of class. What were your favorites? What do you wish you could have read? What would you recommend to another 7th grader?
Monday
Test tomorrow..Bring free reading book to class
Thursday, May 17
We reviewed the answers to the handouts. We completed ex. A page 359-60 in class. If you did not finish it, you msut complete it for homework. The diagramming sentences in the next section on pages 361-362 may be completed for practice - do not diagram them, but by all means - ID the Prep. Phrases, the word it modifies, etc.
Your test is Tuesday.
Wednesday, May 16
We completed the 3rd worksheet "prepositions as adverb phrases" in class. Finish it for homework if you did not finish in class. You must also complete the last page of the worksheet - remember to do the Write-Its! Lastly, complete Exercise 7 on page 359.
Tuesday, May 15
Finish those write-its! Take notes on pages 357-359 and complete ex. 5 and 6.
Monday, May 14
We completed Exercise 4 p.356-7 in class. For homework, complete the worksheets"Writing with Prepositions" and "Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives." You must do the "write-Its" for the 2nd worksheet. We meet again on Wednesday; it must be done by then.
Friday, May 11
We completed Diagnostic Test Section B, exercise 2 and exercise 3 in class p. 353. If you did not complete in class, you must do at home.
We will have a test probably Wednesday May 23....
Thursday, May 10
Poetry packet due tomorrow.
We will go over all the homework tomorrow for Ex 15.
Wednesday, May 9
Complete exercise 15 on page 327
Poetry packet due Friday
Tuesday, May 8
We started unit on prepositional phrases. Take notes on pages 323-325 and complete exercise 14. If you were not in class, you should complete Ex. 13 as well - we did it as a group.
Lit - poetry packet due Friday
Monday, May 7
Keep working on your poetry packet. It is due Friday. Remember, allusion and implied metaphor are bonus items, not required.
You need to have a table for contents for the packet.
Thursday, May 3
Good job on your test today!
Keep working on your poetry packet. Tomorrow I will do sample poem with you to eliminate confusion we are having.
Monday, April 30
English - test Thursday for adverbs. Complete the 3 worksheets for tomorrow.
Two websites to use for review:
Ignore the section on adverbs as phrases....
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/adverb.htm
And for comparative and superlative:
http://www.eflnet.com/tutorials/advcompsup.php
http://flightline.highline.edu/writingcenter/handouts/comparative-superlative.pdf
Lit - start poetry project. Details given in class. Due a week from Friday.
Using the powerpoint I showed in class that you took notes on, you will ID those poetic devices and types of poetry in published poems. They should be poems by a reputable author, not just one you found randomly on the web. (Not saying you can't use the web, but do so with caution. We want good examples of well-written poetry, not examples of poorly written poetry!)
Your Poetry packet/book must be in a folder, binder, notebook ,etc. Staples or paperclipped binder paper will not be accepted.
Your packet will have:
a copy of the published poem (with author),
next page - analysis of poem based on powerpoint. (For example, "this poem shows personification in lines x,y,z when the author gives life to a chair by saying it crawled across the floor.")
third page - you write a poem in the same style as the mentor poem, using the same devices. It can be a similar topic or one that simply reminds you of the published work.
Then repeat until you have done all devices, types of poems. You can have MORE than one device/element from a mentor poem. So one mentor poem could have rhyme, alliteration, and personification. YOu must use all three in your poem that you write.
Thursday, April 26
English - we reviewed the answers to adverb packets and wrote sentence using comparative and superlative adverbs. We will have a test on Thursday on adverbs. Please review the unit.
Lit - We completed a 4 square chart for poetry and tried to find examples in our poems. Tonight, you wil use the poem I gave you to complete a similar chart.
Wednesday - we did not meet today for very long.
The worksheets will be due tomorrow. Be sure you have reviewed and taken notes on the powerpoint for poetry.
Tuesday, April 24
English: complete the 3 worksheets I gave you in class. We will have a test on adverbs early next week.
Lit: Go to the 7th grade documents. Pull up the power point that has the first slide as "This is not pretty, but here it is" Take notes (or print out and read) the remaining slides (numbers 11-34). This is material I will test ypu on in a couple weeks, so be sure you understand it!
Monday, April 23
English - Exercise A and B page 464 is due TUESDAY, April 24.
3 pages of worksheets are due on Wednesday. We will have a little time to work on them in class tomorrow.
Friday, April 20
English - we reviewed ex. 2 and completed ex 1 as a class. You should look over exercises 3 and 4 to see how the words change depending on whether they are adjectives or adverbs (this should be easy if you kept you homework from the adj. unit)
Exercise A and B page 464 is due TUESDAY, April 24
Thursday, April 19
English: take notes and complete exercise 2 in chapter on comparing adjectives and adverbs
Wednesday, April 18
English: complete exercises 8 and 9 on pages 319-320.
Lit:
you must have a book of poetry by Monday. Not Silverstein, Prelutsky, or other similar children's poets.
Tuesday, April 17
English:
Take notes on pages 316-319, including the section on "position of adverbs"
Complete exercise 7 on page 317-18
Literature:
We took on the poetry terms. They will be posted on the website for reference. You will need to find a book of poetry (NOT Shel Silverstein or Jack Prelutsky) for class in the next week.
There will be a test on types of poetry and poetic terms in a few weeks.
Monday, April 16
We only had one class today. Finish writing all the types of poetry and poetry terms that you know.