Week of March 12-16
Spelling Unit 26...Workbook due Thursday
Root word Cede, Ceed, Cess. RW Homework due Thursday
Poetry Unit 4
Eleven Characteristics of Poetry
Definitions on page 574 ( figurative language and sound devices).
Students need to define, illustrate and give an example of all eleven characteristics. Students may use
the internet as a resource for examples and illustrations. All illustrations are in color.This
assignment is due on Friday.
Social Studies
We've completd the first four sections of Early Middle Ages.
Each of the sections should have Cornell Notes as well as the answers to the assessment following
each section. Last one was Feudal Societies. Your map should be in your Middle Age section.
You should have submitted your Project Proposal. If your working with a partner you need to
delegate what each of your responsibilites are for completion of Project. Please review the research
paper components so you know what has to be done. Please ask me if you're not clear on what is
expected.
Your Fictional Writing Assessment for Castro Valley Unified is Thursday, April 6th. As we move
through Poetry Unit we'll be preparing our Fictional Narrative Essay.
Good Luck.
Homework for February 27-March 2
Spelling Unit 23
No Root Word this week
Unit 3 Benchmark test was postponed to Friday of this week during 3rd and 5th period.
China will conclude this week. Reminder China Feast on Friday! Please contribute to our Asian Feast!
Let us know by Wednesday what you are contributing. Our feast will be held during 4th and 6th
Period.
We'll focus on Persuasive Writing this week. Continue to complete the daily actiivities regarding this
writing genre.
Tuesday
Persuasive Essay HW
Complete your Persuasive Outline handout.
After completing the outline please write your first paragraph while using your outline. Your
completed outline will be due on Wednesday along with your typed first paragraph.
Persuasive Essay
To produce an effective piece of persuasive writing, students must know how to take a stand or side
and explain their decision for choosing on "side" over another. In order to develop any sort of
persuasive argument you need a topic that is arguable and defendable. Students need to identify
specific claims, or reasons. that justify their stand on a topic, and be able to provide sound evidence
for these claims. Using their claims and corresponding evidence, students should be able to create a
structured outline that organizes their information into an orderly paragraph and /or essay format.
Good luck. Looking forward to hearing your persuasive statements tomorrow. Please remember to
type your first paragraph and bring your completed outline.
Wednesday
Today we began your Persuasive essay or letter to your parents. You worked on your outline and your
beginning paragraph. The most difficult challenge was your topic. Now just follow the first two
columns on your graphic organizer sheet. Write, edit and type your first two paragraphs using what
we talked about today. Have it ready to publish tomorrow. Good Luck!
Wednesday
Edit second paragraph, complete third paragraph. Please type and save
Spelling workbooks due tomorrow. All graphic organizers and writing activity sheets are due Thurs.
Thursday
Study for spelling test
Prepare for Benchmark 3 test
Chinese Feast food item
During 3rd and 5th period we'll be taking the Spelling and Benchmark test
Feast will be 4th and 6th.
This week we'll be moving fast. Please bring pencils, pens, History Notebook, binder reminder,
Spelling Workbook and a good attitude. Thank you!
HOMEWORK
Welcome Back!
Hope your 3-day weekend was amazing!
Language Arts
Spelling Unit # 22 Easily Confused Words
Root Word Vocabulary Junct, Join, Jug= to join, meet, or link
Monday through Thursday sheets, Week 4: figurative language, objective pronouns, tenses,
vocabulary words and Summary Review, Main Idea and conjunctions
Due: Thursday
Focus on Appositives
An appositive is a noun or a noun phrase placed next to or very near another noun or noun phrase to
identify, explain,or supplement its meaning.
Example: Mr. Lange, our professor, is very intelligent.
All Homework due on Thursday.
Tests on Friday.
We just completed Non-Fiction, Unit 3 in our Literature Books.
Benchmark Test # 3 will be administered this week.
BENCHMARK STUDY GUIDE DISTRIBUTED THIS WEEK!
Then on to our Unit 4 POETRY!
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Week of February 13-17
Language Arts
Unit Three ...Non-Fiction text continues
Spelling unit #21
Workbooks due on Thursday
RW study guide due on Thursday
Mon-Friday daily warmups will be collected Friday
Grammar review assignments are due Thursday
Friday Assessments: Spelling 21
Root Word
Literature text/Comprehension test
Social Studies
China continues
Chinese Writing (Calligraphy ) this week
Class Art Project involving Calligraphy
Homework
Week of January 30-February 3 This is a 4-day week. Creekside students have a Staff Development
Day on Friday, February 3. No School!
RW Viv, Vit
Ten words need to be defined Due: Thursday
Spelling Unit 19 (Due Thursday)
Literature story, "The Legacy of "Snowflake" Bentley
Literature story, No Gumption
Please study for the two Literature Tests on Thursday.
Spelling 19 Test on Thursday
RW Test on Thursday.
Homework
Week of January 17- 20 th
Welcome back after your 3-day weekend!
This Week...
Spelling workbook # 16
Spelling 16 Test on Friday
Lit Book
Beginning Unit 3 Non-fiction
Reading Selections from our Non-fiction unit
Responding to the literature
Theme: What Should We Learn?
Finish our conclusion paragraph and include Personal Significance.
PURCHASE A NEW NOTEBOOK
China Unit Begins
China Cover Page
KWL
China Map
China Inventions
Terra Cotta Army
Section 1... Responses
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Cornell Notes
Week of January 9 -13
Spelling Unit Workbook # 15, Due Thursday
Test on Friday
ELA Benchmark Test # 2 is Thursday, 30 questions based on Unit 2 Short Stories
African Final on Monday
This final is an open-book test covering our African Unit
Masks have all arrived with one coat of paint. Yeah!
Now we can paint their faces and complete our unit. The completed mask is worth 50 Points.
The District Social Studies Writing test on Islam Achievements has been graded and our students did
very well! Yippeeee! It was a 4-point rubic.
Our Benchmark Test based on our Short Stories/Lit Book resulted in a 81% average for 66 students
Narrative Essays
Our essays are coming along. By tomorrow your students will have written the introduction, and the
first, second and third body paragraphs. Tomorrow we'll add the conclusion.
Tuesday students will be dismissed at 12:35 so teachers will be able to work on essential standards.
On Friday, during 2nd period your 7th graders will be watching the production of Nightmare on
Puberty Street in the gym.
(We'll take our tests during the other part of Block Two)
HAVE A GREAT WEEK! PLEASE REMEMBER TO COMPLETE YOUR HOMEWORK!
Week of Jan 3-Jan 6
Welcome Back! Happy New Year!
This week we will writing a 5-paragraph Narrative essay.
Tuesday Homework
4 completed T-Charts that allow us brainstorm and assist us in choosing a personal story of YOU!
Also Tuesday Homework is your first introductory paragraph for this essay
Wednesday is the First Body Paragraph
In Social Studies we'll be taking our West Africa Final (Open Book test format)
No Spelling or Root Word work this week due to the essay and the 2 assessments. It's only a
4-day week and we've got lots to accomplish.
That's it for now. Please stay on top of your classwork and homework. Grades for second quarter will
be due at the end of the month. We have about 3 weeks to earn points !
Let's remember our goals set in November!
Good Writing!
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Homework
Week of November 28-December 2
Grammar sheet #22 Adjectives and Modified words
Root Word "Cred" due Thursday
Study Guide "Cred" needs to be glued in Notebook (LA)
Spelling # 13 Workbook due on Thursday
Three (3) tests on Friday: Spelling 13, RW "Cred" and Adjective quiz
Western Africa
Cover Page
KWL
Cornell Notes
Section 1 Assessment on Page 115 #1 - #4 All Due Friday.
We're beginning our African Mask Projects next week.
Please bring one balloon, a sandwich-size baggie filled with 6 inch newspaper strips
Glue if you have some at home. (liquid white glue)
A big shirt to protect clothing during Art project.
We'll begin at school and finish it at home in a few days. We need one day per layer for the paper-
mache'. It takes at least 3 coats.
Christmas will be here before we know it. Adopt-A-Family is coming soon!
Thanks!
Mrs. LLoyd
Homework for Week of October 24-28
Spelling Unit # 9
RW Mis/Mit
Islamic Cultural Achievements
Groups of four will be researching one cultural achievement.
Each student will research one section of their chosen achievement and present to class.
For example, Floral and Geometric Design will highlight four different uses. Rugs, Mosaics. Domes,
mosques interior design etc. THe research will begin in class but continue on the internet at home.
First research results are due on Friday. We have 36 books at school but more details will be
available on your computer. You may need to continue your research this weekend so you have more
information for your group on Monday. Photos and facts of your chosen achievement will be useful.
Your group work is due on Wednesday, Nov. 2.
Spelling TEst 9 on Friday
Rw Test on Friday
Halloween costumes for Monday. No Masks please and all costumes need to be dress code
appropriate. THanks.
Final grades for first quarer is this Friday, October 28. New quarter begins Monday, October 31.
Week of October 17 - 21
Field Trip this Friday, Oct. 21
We have a short week with 1/2 day on Tuesday and Field Trip on Friday. We need to double up on the
Homework and classwork to get everything done!
Spelling Unit # 8
RW "Port"
Benchmark Study Guide
Prepare for Benchmark Test # 1 (Fiction-Nonfiction unit)
Theme: What is the Best Way to Find the Truth?"
Benchmark Test on Thursday, 25 questions
Homework due on Thursday because Field Trip is Friday.
Spelling and RW tests on Thursday.
Rome Review continues
Cornell Notes on all sections in Rise of Rome, Due Tuesday. Use the format I showed you in class
today (Monday) and continue through all the sections.
Early Rome
Roman Republic
Roman Warriors
The Provinces
Julius Caesar
Death to Caesar
The Emperor Augustus
The Empire Under Augustus
Life in Rome
The Gladiators
Roman Builders
Roman Language and Law
The End of the Empire
Remember...."No Rest for the Diligent!"
Week of October 10 - 14
Spelling Unit # 7
Root Word "Sect"
Unit One
Fiction and Nonfiction
Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza and A Day's Wait by Ernest Hemingway
Barrio Boy Vocabulary Builder
Literary Analysis: Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction
Support for Writing to Compare Literary Works
Glue Study Guide in LA Notebook ( You should have 6 Study Guides in Your LA Notebook)
RW and Spelling Wkbk due on Thursday
Study RW and Spelling
Tests on Friday
Social Studies
Complete Rome section of Social Studies Notebook
(Review your Table of Contents)
Reminder
Field Trip to Exploratoreum on Friday, October 21st.
We still need two chaperones for Room # 17. Thanks.
Week of September 26-September 30
Spelling Unit #4
Sp Wkbk due on Thursday
RW "dict" HW due on Thursday
"dict" Study Guide glued in LA NB due on Thursday
RW and Spelling tests on Friday.
Continue reading Unit one in Lit Books
We're currently reading
An American Childhood and THe Luckiest Time of All
Reader's Notebook assignment, Page 38-39 ...Cause and Effect
Theme: What is the Best Way to find the Truth?
Reading Histories should be submitted
Begin I Am Poems
Students need a recent photo for project.
Other icons, graphics, or photos of personal interests are also needed
Social Studies
SS Notebooks should have Geography assignments included
Rome Cover Page
Roman Map
Roman Republic
Study Guide
Island Projects should be posted
Mid-quarter Progress Reports will be sent out this week.
Let me know if you have any questions. I'm available after school as well as during our workday
together. Homework Club will be on Mondays and Thursdays from 3-4 PM and will be held
in room 33 on Mondays and room 17 on Thursdays.
See on Monday morning!
Welcome to 7th Grade!
The first week of school we'll be responsible for menial but necessary tasks to begin our year
together.
Cover Literature and SS textbooks
Bring in a SSR book
(should be with you the first week and something you'll enjoy reading)
Bring in all the necessary materials listed (pens, pencils etc)
Complete your This is Your Life form. (I will distribute first day)
Remember your notebooks and binder
Write down your schedule in your binder reminder
Pack a lunch and a nutritious snack
That's enough for now, but check this website weekly for updates.
Welcome Back!
Mrs. Lloyd
Week of May 2-6
Sp# 34
RW RUPT
SAT WORDS: consortium, deduction, discrimination, entitlement, equity
Biographies should be completed (reading) by Friday, April 29th.
Cover Page, typed report and puppets are due Thursday, May 12th!
STAR TESTING BEGINS TUESDAY, MAY 10TH FOR 7TH GRADERS!
Our final field trip of the year will be to Marine World (Six Flags).
It will be on Tuesday, June 14th. We'll be needing 2 chaperones per Advisory Class. If your parents
are interested in attending this field trip, please contact me through email at :
KLloyd@cv.k12.ca.us or call the voice mail at 247-0665. Thanks for your interest.
This week will be reviewing standards for STAR TEST. We'll be examining format and strategies as
well.
Note:
All Behavior Contracts were due by Friday, April 29th. If you didn't submit your contract please return
it immediately. Thanks!
Welcome Back!
The Castles, Shields, Manors, Cathedrals and helmets all arrived! Everybody did a great job! Thanks
for creating a Medieval atmosphere in room 17! Those of you who took the time and effort can earn
up to 50 points on your Social Studies Grade!
Week of April 25-29
Spelling 33
RW JUNCT
Workbook due Thursday.
RW HW due Thursday
Spelling and RW tests on Friday
Block One: NO SAT WORDS THIS WEEK
Continue reading Biographies
All Biography Projects are due on Thursday, May 12. (Book, Typed Report and Puppet)
STAR TESTING BEGINS TUESDAY, MAY 10th!
Please remember your parent signed Behavior Contract. All should be in by Friday, April 29th!
Monday April 11 - April 15
Congratulations to Taylor Demasi and Laura Budvytis for making it to the
finals in our Poetry Contest. Taylor and Laura received certificates after
reading their selections at the Castro Valley Library on Sunday.Taylor
submitted her poem, Queen Bees and Laura, The Heart. Thanks girls for
representing Creekside's 7th grade.
Homework
Biographies begin today. Please show me your Biography subject today.
Social Studies projects are due either this Friday, April 15 or Monday, April
25, after Spring Break. Depending on your schedule please choose which date
works best for you.
PS Due to multiple student requests, the maximum size is now 15 X 15! Hope
this helps.
Root Words distributed today. FLECT, FLEX = Bend
RW HW due Thursday.
RW test on Friday.
SAT words #6 today.
#6 is made up of 20 Business Terms:
arbitrage
arbitration
beneficiary
capital
collusion
We'll do SKITS on Wednesday and Thursday to prepare for Friday test.
Spelling Unit #32 Related Words 3pg. 148-151
Workbook due Thursday, Test 32 on Friday.
We're continuing Oral Traditions in our Lit Books. Assignments to follow.
Oral Tradition OPen Book Test on Tuesday. Results Thursday.
Continue reading your Biographies.
Social Studies
Middle Ages Unit
In Notebooks we should have:
Cover Page
KWL page with K and W completed
Sec 1 through 4 Assignment sheet on left and written response on left in
notebooks.
Armor sheets (2)
Weaponry Sheets (2) Both should be in SS Notebook
I posted grades on Friday and submitted the final 3rd quarter grades to the
new ABI system on Friday afternoon. They should be sent out by April 15.
Please remember to return your Program Planning Sheet by Friday. You should include your number
one and number 2 choices.
Continue to view this website and check for updates. Thanks for checking.
Have a good week.
HURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011
Great Field Trip Today!
All of you were well-behaved! Thanks for all the cooperative spirit!
A special SHOUT OUT to Cathy Altoff and Laniah' s mom for chaperoning,riding
the bus, and
keeping an eye on all our 7th graders. Thanks everyone. It was educational,
fun and memorable!
Friday, April 8, Spelling Test 31.
No Root Word or SAT words
Biographies need to be chosen by Monday. All students will be reading a
biography by Monday.
Instructional sheets will be distributed after the Social Studies Project is
completed. Your projects are
due Friday, April 15th or you can complete over Spring Break. So plan on April
15 or Monday, April
25. No Social Studies Projects accepted after Monday, April 25. They are worth
50 points,
You'll have 2 weeks to read your biographies beginning Monday, April 11.
Usually Biographies are
short so two weeks is ample time. Friday and this weekend will be a great time
to choose your
biography.
SAT words will returning on Monday. Yippeee!!
Grammar is having a comeback as well! WOW! So exciting!!!
We'll continue reading our Oral Traditions unit and slowly preparing for our
next Benchmark Test.
On Sunday at the Castro Valley Library, our classmates, Laura and Taylor
DeMasi will be showcasing
their Poems. Both Laura and Taylor were finalists in our Poetry Contest.
Congratulation girls!
One more week and it's Spring Break! Yippeeee! Hang in there everyone. Grades
are almost done. It's
almost 4th quarter and we're down to the final stretch.
Please bring your Social Studies Notebooks to class everyday. We'll continue
The Middle Ages unit.
Have a great weekend.
March 21 - 25
Chinese message flags
Spelling # 28
RW Vit, Viv
SAT Words due Thursday, March24
gauche, imbroglio, ingenue, laissez-faire, and malaise
Appositives and appositive phrases
Great Wall of China Cartoon
Oral Traditions Begin Unit 6
Block 2 HW for Tuesday, due Wednesday is Grammar Book Assignment, 3 exercises
March 14 - March 19
Asian Art Festival begins Tuesday, March 15th! On Tuesday we'll begin our
Origami, Chinese Writing,
Chinese Inventions, Geography and historical events. The festival will last
until Friday. We'll be
working at stations Tues. through Thursday and on Friday we will culminate the
week with The Asian
Feast. All students will voluntarily bring their favorite Asian dish. We
welcome Indian, Chinese,
Korean, Japanese etc. dishes. Both Block One and Block Two will be
participating in this event. This
will be the culminating activity of our unit on China. Thanks for your
participation.
Spelling 27
Spelling workbook due on Thursday, March 17
Root Word "Vit" is due on Thursday, March 17
Spelling and Root Word tests on Friday, March 18
SAT words are due on Thursday, Test on Friday
SAT words: debut, elan, entrepreneur, epitome and fait-accompli
Grammar Book Assignment
Page 302 Read Recognizing Verbal Phrases
Page 303 Exercise #4, 1-5
PAGE 304, Read Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases
Page 305
Exercise #5 and Exercise #6.
Grammar assignment is due on Thursday, March 17
China Unit is ongoing. We'll revisit our China Notebooks on Monday, March14.
Please bring your notebooks everyday.
Field Trip Reminder...due by April 1
Poetry Contests deadline has been extended to March 24. Please get your
entries to us. Thanks!
Friday Poetry Response assignment needs to have all 3 names on it for credit
and placed in the Block
2 in-box. Thanks
March 7-11
Spelling Workbooks # 26
Study Spelling words
Grammar Books
Clauses; independent and subordinate
Page 310-313
Exercises #19, #20, #21, and 22 .Write sentences in # 19 and # 20. Underline
appropriate clauses.
Write partially original sentences using the clauses in Ex. # 21 and # 22.
These are due Friday, March
11th
We postponed the Benchmark Test on Friday to Tuesday, March 8
SAT Test will also be on Tuesday, March 8 ...
Monday Homework is completing your Critical Thinking Questions on Pages 590,
596, 608, and 616.
Please complete all and The Big Question as well. Point value: 20 points
DueTuesday.
Spelling Unit 26 -complete 4 workbook pages and study for Friday test.
Poetry contest deadline is March 10. If you would like to submit one of your
amazing poems, please
see me. You will need to send them in online. It is a district contest.
Sp 26 HW due on Thursday
For Block one SAT words:
debut, elan, entrepreneur, epitome, and fait-accompli Due on Thursday, March 17
We'll continue our China Unit
Upcoming China events:
The Asian Art Festival will be instruction of Calligraphy, origami,
inventions and major
achievements of Medieval China
Chinese Feast ( Timeline to be discussed in class)
Students
Please continue to view this webpage for sometimes daily updates. Thanks Mrs.
Lloyd
February 18 Spelling 22 Test
Ongoing
Poetry Unit
2 copies of Alliteration Poems with Graphics ( Original poem only)
Reminder : No later than Monday, February 14
Poetry Characteristics
Examples and graphics of the following: Week of Feb. 14
Metaphors
Similes
Personification
Symbol
Alliteration
Repetition
Assonance
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Meter
(We'll continue glueing and putting in Poetry Anthology)
Over the 4 day weekend continue writing poetry.
Please continue working on the following forms of poetry:
Narrative
Haiku
Free Verse
Lyric
Ballads
Concrete
Limericks
Rhyming Couplets
All of your original poems need to be on their own sheet of paper, illustrated
and two copies made.
They may be computer-generated with graphics from your favorite search engine
images. One copy
will be displayed and one added to your Poetry portfolio.
Because of our in-depth Poetry unit we won't have Root Words or SAT words this
week or next.
However, Spelling continues...
Spelling 23 is due next Thursday, February 24 and the test is on Friday the 25th
China Begins this week
China Cover Page
China Map
China's three philosophers
The Mongols
The Great Wall of China
We"ll be spending 3 weeks on China. Please bring your notebooks everyday.
February 28th through March 4
Eight forms of Poetry are due this Wednesday.
Spelling 25 Workbook due on Thursday
Spelling test and Poetry Benchmark test on Friday.
On Monday. February 28 we"ll review the Persuasive Essay. We"ll
review the 4-point rubric, discuss format and reminders of what needs to be
included in the Persuasive Essay. The CST 7th grade writing assessment will be
this Tuesday, March 1. At at this time we only know that the genre will any
one of five taught in the 7th grade. Fictional Narrative, Persuasive, Lit
Response, Summary or Personal narrative. We won't know until March 1 so we
need to be prepared in all genres.
This will be a busy week students. Please eat well, get plenty of rest and try
and stay well.
Monday, February 28 Homework
Study Guide for Poetry Benchmark Test
This Study Guide will be introduced during class on Monday.
Three tests taken on Friday: Spelling 25 , SAT 5
and Poetry Benchmard
Block One Only
SAT Words are: aficionado, avant-garde
blase, bourgeois and cliche