Project Day

February 25-March 1

Week of February 25-March 1, 2013

Monday, February 25, 2013SOLs:  English-7.1, 7.4, 7.8, 7.9

1. Do Now-Study time for Vocabulary Quiz
2. Vocabulary Quiz
3. What If writing activity (writing grade)

Tuesday, February 26, 2013SOLs: English-7.1, 7.8, 7.9

1. Do Now-Reading Comprehension (pages 81-82)
2. Grammar lesson
3. Review contractions
4. Brainpop video on singular/plural nouns
5. Notes on Singular Nouns
6. Activities for review (white boards)
7. Notes on Plural Nouns
8. Activities for review (white boards)

Wednesday, February 27, 2013SOLs:  English-7.1, 7.4, 7.5

1. Do Now-Build a Poem (on PowerPoint)
2. Review similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration
3. PowerPoint activity on metaphors (for review)
4. Onomatopoeia
5. Review meaning and activities
6. Review Hyperbole and meaning
7. Hyperbole Activity on PowerPoint (page 21 of figurative language notes)

 Thursday, February 28, 2013SOLs:  English-7.1, 7.4, 7.5, 7.8, 7.9

1.       Do Now-Prepare for project presentations

2.       Project Presentations (Fiction)

Friday, March 1, 2013SOLs:  English-7.1, 7.4, 7.8, 7.9

1.  Do Now-Free Write
2. Sample poem
1. Students must find examples of figurative language studied
3. Overview of a Poet’s technique on PowerPoint
4. Forms of Poetry notes on PowerPoint
5. Do Limerick activity

Week of February 18-22

Week of February 18-22, 2013

Monday, February 18, 2013

School Closed for Holiday

Tuesday, February 19, 2013
SOLs: English-7.1, 7.4, 7.5

1. Do Now-If you could sing and/or dance with any celebrity, who would it be and why?
2. 2^nd and 3^rd- Introduce Figurative Language PowerPoint and have students fill in the flip book.  Go over various links to outside sources on the internet.
3. Finish alliteration activity.
4. 4^th and 5^th-Introduce alliteration activity.  Complete illustrations with sentences and review.
5. Finish for homework.
6. *Vocabulary Quiz on Friday

Wednesday, February 20, 2013
SOLs:  English-7.1, 7.8, 7.9

1. Do Now-Reading Comprehension (pages 76-77)
2. Read aloud and answer
3. Review quotation marks, prefixes, suffixes,  and homophones
4. Introduce contractions
5. Contractions activities with white boards

6.  Work on vocabulary

 Thursday, February 14, 2013
SOLs:  English-7.1, 7.4, 7.5

1.       Do Now-Write about a toy you’ve held onto since you were a little kid.

2.       Review personification (powerpoint)

3.      Have students complete personification activity

4.      Review Onomatopoeia

5.      Do activity

6.      Finish Vocabulary

Friday, February 15, 2013
SOLs:  English-7.1, 7.4, 7.8, 7.9

1. Do Now-Study time for Vocabulary Quiz
2. Vocabulary Quiz
3. What If writing activity

Week of February 11-15

Monday, February 11, 2013
1.  Test-Literary Elements
2.  Handout book report ideas, DUE FEBRUARY 28.
3.  Work on Vocabulary

Tuesday, February 12, 2013
1.  Do Now-I got caught...
2.  Review quotation marks.
3.  Using prefixes and suffixes to build new words (semi-vocab review) PowerPoint
4.  Go over
6.  Vocabulary-work on next 5 activities for a word

Wednesday, February 13, 2013
1.  Do Now-Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
2.  Introduce Poetry
3.  Brainpop video
4.  Review...
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
5.  Extensive definitions on Simile/Metaphor
6.  Use Whiteboards to do activity on poetry

Thursday, February 14, 2013
Writing Day-Biopoem

Friday, February 15, 2013
1.  Do Now-"Good Smells"
2.  Answer Questions
3.  Introduce Personification and Alliteration
4.  Show sample poems
5.  Have students complete alliteration activity on PowerPoint

Instead of a Book Report-DUE February 28

Instead of a Book Report

Please choose ONE of the following to complete for your book chat.  This will be due on Thursday, February 28^th.  I will not be taking late work.

1.  Heroes and superheroes.  Select two or three people your character would think of as a hero or superhero. Describe the characteristics of the hero and why those characteristics would be important to your character. Also describe which characteristics your character would most want for himself/herself that

the hero or superhero possesses. (This should be written in a two to three paragraph thought-out paper.  TYPED!)

2. Talk show invitation. Select a character, think about his or her involvements and experiences, then figure out which talk show would most want your character on as a guest. What would they want the character to talk about? Who else would they invite on the show to address the issues the character is involved in? Write up the correspondence between the talk show host and the character in which the host explains what the character should focus on while on the show. After the show, have them exchange one more letter mentioning how they felt about what happened. (This should be a well though-out process, and should be TYPED!)

3. Movie recommendations. From all the movies you’ve seen in the last couple of years, pick five you would recommend that your character see. Give a brief summary of each movie and explain why you think the character should see it. (TYPED!)

4.  Scrap book. Think about all the kinds of mementos you would put in a scrap book if you had one. Then create a scrap book for your character, cutting out pictures from magazines or drawing the mementos he or she would have in a scrap book. Think about Willie in The Crazy Horse Electric Game by Chris Crutcher. He would probably have something in his scrapbook to represent his baby sister, his love of baseball, his accident, his experiences in L.A., and so on.

Week of February 4-February 8

Monday, February 4, 2013

SOLs:  English-7.1, 7.5

1. Do Now-If I could be someone else, I would be……
2. Review “The Bully”
3. Review parts of the plot
4.  Present PowerPoint with notes on Conflict
5. Read “”Beyond the Ordinary”, introducing Science Fiction
6. Answer questions
7. Read “Just Before Recess” (classwork grade)
1. List the main characters-give an adjective to describe each
2. Setting-When? Where? Duration?
3. What is the biggest conflict in the story?
4. What kind of conflict is this?
5. Is this an internal or external conflict?
6. What is the theme in the story?
7. What is the climax in the story?

Tuesday, February 5, 2013SOLs: English-7.9

1. Do Now-“Race Against Death”
2. Answer questions
3. Review semi-colons
4. Give notes on PowerPoint on Quotation Marks
5. Do two activities on Quotation Marks
6. Review
7. Go over and read all vocabulary words
8. Have students work on ONE word with activities (classwork grade)

Wednesday, February 6, 2013SOLs:  English-7.1, 7.5

1. Do Now-This really bugs me….
2. Review Conflict
3. Give notes on “theme” from Elements PowerPoint
4. Read “It’s a Crime”, and “Whodunit”
5. Mystery theme, answer questions
6. Have students write their own mystery, share

 Thursday, February 7, 2013
SOLs:  English-7.1, 7.5      1.       Do Now-Read “Wilma Could Run” (page 41)

2. Review elements of short stories, have students define setting, indirect/direct characterization, how do we analyze a character, elements of plot, etc
3. Define Adventure
4. Read about Adventure and Abdi’s Adventure
5. Students are to be adventure authors
6. If time, work on vocabulary

Friday, February 8, 2013SOLs:  English-7.1, 7.4, 7.5

       1.       Do Now-Crossword Puzzle on Vocabulary

2. Read “Odd Occurrence” and answer questions
3. Have students work on Elements of Fiction study guide
4. Go over
5. Test on Monday on Literary Elements

                       

Week of January 28-February 1

Week of January 28-February 1

Sorry I am running late, I have had a VERY sick little boy at home!

Monday, January 28, 2013

SOLs:  English-7.1, 7.5

1. Do Now-One time when I got lost….
2.  Present PowerPoint with notes on Plot
3. Take notes on parts of a plot, diagram of a plot, and techniques of a plot
4. Read “The Bully”
5. Text Codes
6. Describe physical appearance of one of the characters.
7. Describe relationship with other characters.
8. Describe Personality.
9. Exit-What is the setting of the story?

Tuesday, January 29, 2013
SOLs: English-All

IA-Pretest

Wednesday, January 30, 2013
SOLs:  English-All

IA-Pretest

Thursday, January 31, 2013
SOLs:  English-7.4

1.       Do Now-Read “Race Against Death”

2.       Answer Questions

3.      Introduce new vocabulary unit

4.      Have students create three words with roots, guess meanings

5.      Pick two words to begin doing five activities on.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Writing Day

                        Jack and Jill went up the hill
                        To fetch a pail of water
                        Jack fell down and broke his crown
                        And Jill came tumbling after  
There is too much left out of the story.  Who were Jack and Jill?  How did they go up that hill?  Did they walk?  Ride a horse?  Drive in a car?  Why did they need a pail of water?  Why didn’t they just turn on a faucet?  What make Jack fall down?  How far did he fall?  How serious was his “crown” injury?  What made Jill tumble?  Was she hurt?