- Austin Middle
- Miss Duncan & Mrs.Weaver's 7th ELA
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Weekly Overview April 25-29, 2016
Summative assessment this Friday on The HobbitPlease review under Tools for Study Guide on The Hobbit or click on the link aboveMonday April 25Opening: Alliteration example from Hobbit textWork period: Read Chapter 5 and part of 6Closing: HATSTuesday April 26Opening: Sentence structure and parts of speech example within context of textWork Period: partners divided up Character sketches for project, begin character sketches for DwarvesRead Chapter 6 (audio to accompany text in class)Wednesday April 27Opening: Poetry examples within contextWork Period: Chapter 6, 7, work on character sketches as we read of DwarvesClosing: HATSThursday April 28Opening: Character traits within contextWork Period: Finish Chapter 8Review for testFriday April 29Summative on The Hobbit (Chapters 1-8)Weekly Overview Week of March 28-April 1, 2016Formative Assessment-Friday April 1-Grammar/VocabularyNBI -View Pixar Shorts/review /create Plot diagramsMonday March 28- Read Paired text 1/Analyze (prepare for Milestone constructed responses)Tuesday March 29- Paired text 2
Wednesday March 30- Paired text 3
Thursday March 31 / Friday April 1-Written constructed responses that ties together all of the articles.
Weekly Overview March 21-25, 2016Formative Assessment –Friday March 25
Weekly Grammar and Vocabulary from this week and last week
Differentiated Writing Assessment this Thursday (in –class)/various point of views from “All Summaer in a Day”
Monday March 21
Opening: Grammar- Identify parts of speech
This week’s sentence: “Rowland and I play rugby together, however, he is the better player.”
Work Period: Point of View Activity (1st, 2nd, and 3rd person)
Media Center
Closing: HATS
Tuesday March 22
Opening: Grammar-Identify sentence parts
Work period: Review Simile/Metaphor
Read/analyze “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury
Summary and identify similes/metaphors within text
Closing: TOTD- Simile/Metaphor/Summary
Wednesday March 23
Opening: Grammar-Identify clauses, structure, purpose
Work Period: Review Author’s purpose
Organizer-Point of View of Margot, William, Students, Teacher
Closing: write a prediction on what happened after Margot got out of the closet
Thursday March 24
Opening: Grammar-Diagram sentence
Work Period: Differentiated writing prompts(various perspectives /point of views )-“All Summer in a Day”
Closing: HATS
Friday March 26
Opening: Review Grammar
Work Period: Quiz , finish writing from Thursday
Closing: HATS
Weekly Lesson OverviewMiss Duncan & Mrs.Weaver
Week of February 22-26, 2016
We will have a quiz on this week's grammar sentence on Friday February 26. Students should be reviewing their daily grammar notes each night to prepare for quiz.We are beginning a Figurative Language Project this week. It is a tiered assignments and students are given one of the three based on the results of their figurative language pre-test.This project is due Friday and we are giving students some time to work on in class but will be expected to do some of it at home as well.Week of February 1-5, 2016***Nightly homework –study grammar opening sheet and notes daily to prepare for quiz for Friday
***We are beginning to write our next summative writing task based on a significant figure in history as part of our informational text unit. Students will be working on this in class beginning Tuesday , but will most likely need to work at home on part of it if they do not get finished with daily writing in class later in the week and next week. Please continue to check the website and check their own writing they may take home to write .Monday February 1
Opening: Grammar –Identify parts of speech
Work Period: Introduced Informational Essay
Students chose topic out of two – Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King, Jr.
Teachers provided books as sources ; students were expected to write 10 facts about the person he or she read to prepare for informational essay ( we will work on in class over the next week).
Closing: Share facts aloud /HATS in written format on back of warm-up
Tuesday February 2
Opening: Grammar –Identify parts of a sentence-SS, CS, SP, CP, direct objects, transitive/intransitive verbs, indirect object
Work Period: Review Works Cited and MLA format
Teacher examples and student practices citing source for paper
Closing: Students turn in work cited for paper
Wednesday February 3 EARLY RELEASE DAY – Students dismissed at 1:30
Opening: Grammar-identify sentence clauses (number and type), sentence structure and purpose
Work Period: Mini-lesson –writing an introduction to an informational essay and review hooks
Students will use a guided note sheet /graphic organizer to create their introduction and conclusion for Informational essay
Closing: HATS/completed intro & conclusion organizer
Thursday
Opening: Grammar-diagram sentence
Work Period: Mini-lesson
Writing Body Paragraphs of an Informational essay
Closing: HATS
Friday
Opening: Question and Answers prior to quiz
Work Period:
Grammar Quiz
Continue writing body paragraphs
Closing: HATS
Week of January 25, 2016Summative Grammar Assessment this Friday January 29, 2016 (Students should be studying Grammar Weeks 18, 19, and 20 to prepare for tests). Their grammar notes from the past three weeks serve as their study guide.Monday January 25, 2016
Opening: Grammar Week 20 –Identify parts of speech
Vocabulary-Informational Text- a text that informs or explains about a topic or topics
Work Period: Tiered reading activity- Students were grouped and some read an autobiography about Rosa Parks and others read a biography about Nelson Mandela.
Each student was responsible for completing K (Know), W (want to know) and
L (Learned) . This is a two-three day activity.
Last 25 minutes of class, class visited media center.
HW: students should be studying their grammar nightly as well as previous two weeks grammar to prepare for tests.
Tuesday January 26:
Opening: Grammar week 20- Identify parts of a sentence
Work Period: Reading Tiered Activity (cont).
Closing: HATS (written format on back of grammar warm-up sheet)
Wednesday January 27
Opening: Grammar – sentence clauses, structure, and purpose
Work Period: Finish reading activities
Finish presentations of museum informational text projects
Closing: HATS (written format on back of grammar warm-up sheet)
Thursday January 28
Opening: Grammar- diagram sentence
Work Period: Grammar review game to prepare for test
Closing: HATS
Friday January 29
Opening: Last minute questions, review
Work Period: Summative Assessment (Weeks 18, 19, and 20 of grammar)
Closing: HATS
Week of January 19-22, 2016Formative Grammar Assessment this Friday January 22, 2016(This quiz will be in the old format. Students will not be expected to write out the answers why an answer is the way it is this week)Tuesday January 19, 2016Opening: Grammar -parts of speechWork Period: Differentiated groups (Duncan taught students completing choice board)(Weaver worked with Shark Informational Essay group)Mrs.Weaver's group read articles together and completed a Shark Circle map with guided outline to begin draft of essay)Closing: Hats written format and student status check of work cited and draft (Weaver's group)HW: work cited final copy, at least Introduction , two body paragraphs of essay (Final due Thursday)Wednesday January 20, 2016Opening: Grammar- sentence partsWork Period: continue with choice board informational texts projects/ Shark drafts/ begin editing & revisingClosing: HATS/ status check on projectThursday January 21, 2016Opening: Grammar -sentence clauses, structure, purposeWork Period: Final edits, revisions of projects or essays /final copyClosing : HATSFriday January 22, 2016QuizPresentation of ProjectsUpcoming Formative Assessment: Grammar & Academic Vocabulary Quiz 10Friday Nov. 13
Students are expected to study their daily vocabulary and grammar every night.
Students will also be given a typed copy of the vocabulary from the entire unit on Wednesday. The highlighted words are the ones they are expected to know for this week’s quiz.
Tutoring for English Language Arts are on the following days: Tuesdays (Mrs.Shelnutt), Wednesdays (Miss Duncan), and Fridays (Mr.Niklasson). Students need to be at the front door at 7:45 AM and the teacher who is tutoring that day meets them at the door.
Monday November 9
Opening: Identify Parts of speech
This week’s sentence: I like the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry.
Work Period: Read Chapter 2 While the World Watched (WWW)
Reader’s response journal with comprehension questions (ch.2)
Media Center visit
Closing: HATS (written format of reviewing vocabulary, daily “I can statement..” and if student met the standard and how
Tuesday November 10
Opening: Identify Parts of the sentence
Work Period: Differentiated lesson & Organizer –compare and contrast excerpt from Ann Frank and chapter 1 of WWW. Complete t-chart or Venn diagram comparing two reading selections and write a constructed response.
Closing: HATS
Wednesday November 11
Opening: Identify sentence clauses, type and purpose
Work Period: Read Chapter 2 While the World Watched (WWW)
Reader’s response journal with comprehension questions (ch.2)
Closing:HATS
Thursday November 12
Read Chapter 3- WWW
Reader’s response journal-Chapter 3 comprehension questions
Closing: HATS
Friday November 13
Opening: Preview next week’s grammar
Work Period: Grammar & Vocab Quiz
Chapter 4 –WWW/response journal with comprehension questions
Closing- HATS
Upcoming Formative Assessment: Grammar & Academic Vocabulary Quiz 9 Friday Nov. 6Students are expected to study their daily vocabulary and grammar every night.
Students will also be given a typed copy of the vocabulary from the entire unit on Wednesday. The highlighted words are the ones they are expected to know for this week’s quiz.
Tutoring for English Language Arts are on the following days: Tuesdays (Mrs.Shelnutt), Wednesdays (Miss Duncan), and Fridays (Mr.Niklasson). Students need to be at the front door at 7:45 AM and the teacher who is tutoring that day meets them at the door.
Monday Nov. 2
Opening: Grammar Warm-up –Monday’s work (Identify parts of speech)–This week’s sentence:
It’s very warm in our classroom today.
Work Period: Introduction to Double-Entry Journals
Begin Chapter 1 While the World Watched
Closing: HATS
Tuesday Nov.3
No School
Wednesday Nov. 4
Opening: Grammar Warm-up (Tues.& Wed.work- sentence parts , clauses, sentence structure, and purpose
Work Period: Finish Chapter 1, comprehension questions
Introduce Writing Prompt
Thursday Nov. 5
Opening: Grammar Warm-up –Thursday’s work-Diagram sentence
Work Period: Argumentative Essay with textual evidence
Closing: HATS
Friday Nov. 6
Opening: Review weekly grammar for quiz
Work Period: Quiz 9 (Grammar & Vocabulary)
Finish Argumentative writing essay (in-class assignment)
Students are just now finishing assessments from the past few weeks. There should be new grades in the gradebook for the following: grammar quiz 7 . The Giver Essays (in-class/Milestones format-students worked for entire week on this assignment during class time only), and Grammar & Vocabulary Summative 2.Monday October 19Opening: Grammar warm-up .Identify parts of speech. This week’s sentence is:
Always write your name on your paper.
Work Period: Author’s purpose (vocab)notes/discuss vocabulary
Author’s purpose activities- teacher read scenarios/non-fiction literature and students answered to what purpose the author was writing (to Persuade, Inform, Entertain-students taught the PIE strategy)
Closing: HATS (in written form- students are expected to complete a TOTD for each day and will be collected on Fridays including the I can statement for the day, Have they met the standard, academic vocabulary discussed/learned, show evidence of the activity/task they did to meet the standard)
Tuesday October 20
Opening: Grammar-identify parts of sentence(simple subject, simple predicate, complete subject, complete predicate, direct object, prepositional phrase, object of preposition , transitive verb)
Work Period: Notes and examples of Compare/Contrast(vocab)-class t-chart guided by teachers
Differentiated readings/graphic organizers- students read non-fiction articles and complete various compare/contrast organizers based on readings
Closing: HATS
Wednesday October 21
Opening: grammar warm-up – sentence clauses (1 independent clause), structure- simple, purpose /type- asks question/interrogative
Work Period: Problem/Solution (vocab) notes/organizers.
Closing: HATS
Thursday October 22
Opening: Grammar warm-up-diagram sentence
Work Period: Cause and Effect (vocab)notes , readings , organizers-students highlight causes in one color/effects to those causes in a different color.
Closing: HATS
Friday October 23
Opening- preview week 10 sentence
Work period: In class spelling bee
Closing: HATS
Miss Duncan & Mrs.Weaver
Week of October 19-23, 2015Monday October 19Opening: Grammar warm-up (parts of speech)This week's sentence: Always write your name on your paper.Week of October 12-16, 2015
***Early dismissal this week –Students released at 2:30 due to Parent/Teacher conferences.
Be sure to ask your child for a conference letter to contact the teacher holding your child’s conference and communicate if you will be able to attend at your scheduled time, have a phone conference, decline the invitation to meet, or want to adjust your time.
Upcoming Summative Assessment: Friday October 16, 2015 on grammar and academic vocabulary (your child should be reviewing daily grammar sheets week 6-8 to prepare for the summative)
Monday October 12
Opening: Grammar day 1 (parts of speech)/vocabulary-Non-Fiction
Work period: Non-fiction Unit pre-test
Non-fiction reading activity-use Scholastic magazines and Bring your own Technology (BYOT) to read non-fiction text
Closing-HATS (written ticket-to be turned in at the end of the week)
Tuesday October 13
Opening: Grammar day 2 (parts of the sentence-simple subject, simple predicate…)/
vocabulary-Text structures
Work period: Non-fiction Unit pre-test
Non-fiction reading activity-Fortune-Teller activity using fortune-tellers relating to articles students found on 10/11/2015
Closing-HATS (written ticket-to be turned in at the end of the week)
Wednesday October 14
Opening: Grammar day 3 (sentence type, structure, )/vocabulary-Author’s purpose
Work period: read non-fiction articles and students will complete author’s purpose
Closing-HATS (written ticket-to be turned in at the end of the week)
Thursday : Opening: Diagram sentence
Work period: Review previous 3 weeks grammar and vocabulary; review game
Closing: HATS (written ticket-to be turned in at the end of the week)
Friday :Opening: pre-view next week’s sentence
Opening: Diagram sentence
Work period: Review previous 3 weeks grammar and vocabulary; review game
Closing: HATS (written ticket-to be turned in at the end of the week)
Closing-HATS (written ticket-to be turned in at the end of the week)
HATS (written ticket-to be turned in)
Week of October 5-9, 2015Miss Duncan & Mrs.WeaverSummative Reading Assessment -The Giver Monday October 5-6Summative Written /Extended Response Portion of The Giver -Tuesday-FridayStudents should be familiar with p.172-173 of The Giver and familiar with the feelings/emotions Jonas was having with leaving "the community". In the writing portion students will be expected to write an argumentative response relating to the positive and negatives of leaving the community.Monday October 5Opening: Grammar day 1Work Period: Reading summativeClosing: HATS/media centerTuesday October 6Opening: grammar day 2Work Period: Writing summative ( pre-writing/drafting)Closing: HATSWednesday October 7Opening: grammar day 3Work period: Writing Summative/drafting/editing/revising)Closing: HATSThursday October 8Opening: grammar day 4Work period: Writing Summative/final draftClosing: HATSHW: study- quiz 7 grammar tomorrow(Friday October 9)Friday October 9Opening: review grammar sentence from this weekWork period -Quiz 7Finish final touches on final draftClosing- Author's chairWeek of September 28-October 2, 2015
Miss Duncan & Mrs. Weaver
Summative Assessment /The Giver Project due this Wednesday Sept.30 (Summative grade)
Upcoming Assessments: There will be no quiz this week on Friday as usual with the grammar openings. However, students need to continue to study the weekly grammar sheet nightly to prepare for an upcoming summative assessment. The date will be announced soon-continue checking website and your child’s agenda .
Monday September 28
Opening: Grammar warm-up (identify parts of speech)/ Discuss “I can ” statement and vocab of the day ( plagiarism)
Work Period: work on projects/ students who were absent Friday before break or need extra time finishing Grammar & Vocab Quiz #5 will take during class
Closing : HATS (have student read standard, ask about daily vocabulary, talk about how we met standard, show how we met standard)
Tuesday September 29
Opening: Grammar warm-up (sentence parts- simple subject, simple predicate, complete subject, complete predicate) /Discuss “I can ”statement and vocab of the day (textual evidence)
Work Period: The Giver Project Presentations (for students who have turned in projects early, projects aren’t officially due until tomorrow); student rubrics/vocab tally sheet
Closing: TOTD- 3 examples of textual evidence from student presentations
Wednesday September 30
Opening: Grammar warm-up (clauses, sentence structure and type)/Discuss “I can “ statement and vocab of the day (textual evidence)
Work Period: The Giver Project Presentations ; student rubrics/vocab tally sheet
Closing: TOTD- 3 examples of textual evidence from student presentations
Thursday October 1
Opening: Grammar warm-up (diagram sentence) /Discuss “I can ” statement and vocab of the day (analyze)
Work Period: Paired Reading comprehension assessment –The Giver
(same format as Milestones, constructed response portion Friday )
Closing- HATS (written format)
Friday October 2
Opening: Discuss “I can ”statement and preview week 7 sentence/grammar
Work Period: Milestone essay prompt
Closing-HATS (written format)
Audio of The Giver by Chapters http://nh.tasd7.net/ourpages/auto/2012/8/28/39999903/The%20Giver%20by%20Lois%20Lowry.htmWeek of September 14-18, 2015
Mrs.Duncan & Mrs. Weaver
Upcoming Formative Assessment: Grammar & Vocabulary Quiz #5 Friday Sept. 18
Summative Giver Project Check Thursday September 17 ( Bloom ball group- cover page, 2 vocabulary sides, 3 character sides, 3 main event sides)
(pamphlet- outside flap and inside flap –setting, rules, jobs of community)
(scrapbook /blue group- draft packet-draft of scrapbook)
Final Project due September 30
Monday Sept.14
Opening: Grammar week 5 (Sally sells seashells by the seashore). Parts of speech.
Work Period- Giver chapters 16-18
Closing: Journal response- Describe a good memory you would give to someone else . Describe the memory using sensory words . Who would you give it to and why?
Tuesday Sept 15
Opening: Grammar day 2 –parts of sentence
Work Period: Giver –chapters 19, 20
Closing-Kahoot-Giver comprehension questions
Wednesday Sept. 16
Opening: Grammar Day 3-sentence type/purpose, clauses, structure
Work Period: The Giver –chapters 21, 22
Closing-Hats
Thursday
Opening: Grammar day 4- Diagram sentence
Work Period: The Giver Chapter 23
Closing: Summarize Resolution of The Giver/HATS strategy
Friday: Grammar & Vocabulary Quiz #5
Project check
Students will also have time to work on project after quiz
Giver Reading Comprehension Packet
Miss Duncan & Mrs.Weaver’s 7th ELA Class Lesson Plan OverviewWeek of September 8-11
Upcoming Summative Assessments:
Grammar Test 1 Re-take Friday September 11
The Giver Projects (white group – Bloom Ball – 3 character sides check Friday Sept. 11
Yellow Group –Pamphlet- Checkpoint September 17 (front of brochure and inside)
Blue Group-Scrapbook draft check September 17
All final projects due September 30
Tuesday September 8, 2015
Opening: Review Week one Grammar (The dog chased the cat.)
Work Period: Read Chapter 10, 11 of The Giver
Discuss vocab of the day-Symbolism /complete symbolism section of The Giver reading packet with examples from text
Closing: Reviewed vocab and summarized chapters
Wednesday September 9
Opening: Review Week two grammar
Work Period: Read chapter 12-13 The Giver
Closing: Kahoot - The Giver chapters 1-12
Thursday September 10
Opening: Review grammar week 3
Work Period: Read Chapter 13-14
Closing: Grammar and Academic Vocab Review Game
Friday September 11
Re-take Grammar Summative
Miss Duncan & Mrs.Weaver's Lesson Overview Week of August 31-Sepetmber 4, 2015Monday Night's Homework:Nightly Homework- Study Grammar sheet and vocabulary each night. We will be giving class time to work on projects , but students are expected to work on it independently as well.
Upcoming Formative (Quiz) Assessment- Friday September 4-Grammar & Vocab (Exposition, foreshadowing, inference)
Upcoming Summative Grade: The Giver Project (due at end of September , when we are finished with the text)
Monday August 31, 2015
Opening: Grammar Day 1-Parts of Speech
Review Vocabulary-Exposition
Work Period-
Media Center VisitRead Chapter 5 –The GiverIntroduce Tiered Project
Closing- Question & Answer (Q & A) for project
HW : Read Chapter 5 The Giver ( some students finished in class) or listen to audio Chapter 5Tuesday September 1
Opening: Grammar Day 2-Parts of a sentence (subject, predicate, simple subject, simple predicate)
Review Vocabulary-Exposition
Work Period-Read Chapter 6–The Giver
Chapter 5 Formative
Closing- Question & Answer (Q & A) for project discussion
Wednesday September 2
Opening: Grammar Day 3-Senetence structure, type, purpose
Review Vocabulary-Foreshadowing
Work Period-Read Chapter 7–The Giver
Flow map of chapters
Closing- Kahoot over chapter 7 details
Thursday September 3
Opening: Grammar Day 4-Diagram Sentence
Review Vocabulary-Inference
Work Period-Read Chapter 8–The Giver
Making Inferences Activity
Closing- Share Inferences in groups/as a class
Friday September 4
Opening: Grammar Review/ introduce and preview next week’s sentence
Work Period-Grammar & Vocab Quiz
Chapter 9 The Giver
Closing- Review Quiz Responses
Lesson Plan Overview Miss Duncan/Mrs.WeaverWk of August 24-28, 2015
Upcoming Summative Assessment- Friday August 28- Daily Grammar and academic Vocab for the week
( Inference, Implicitly, Explicitly)
Daily Homework should be studying vocabulary list of The Giver words as well as daily grammar and new vocabulary words introduced this week.
Monday August 24
Opening- grammar (parts of speech)
WorkPeriod: Chapter 1 –The Giver
***Students will have access to a copy for the class period of The Giver. If they need their own copy at home they are welcome to check one out at the media center or they can bring in their own copy if they choose to purchase it.
Closing: Journal entry – What inferences can we make about “the community” based on Jonas’s feelings about the Ceremony of Twelve.
Tuesday August 25
Opening: Grammar ( parts of a sentence-simple and complete subject, simple and complete predicate, prepositional phrases)
Work Period: Chapter 2- The Giver; graphic organizers- Create a character map of the major characters introduced in the first two chapters
Closing: review character maps as a whole class
Wednesday August 26
Opening: Grammar (clauses, structure)
Work Period: Chapter 3 The Giver; flow map of chapters 1-3
Closing: Student led closing- students will complete flow map as a class
Thursday August 27
Opening: Grammar- Diagram sentence
Work Period: Chapter 4 –The Giver
Closing: Write a summary of the text thus far ( Formative grade)
Friday August 28
Opening: introduce next week’s grammar sentence
Grammar and Vocab Summative Assessment
Closing: Review summative assessment
Miss Duncan/ Mrs.Weaver (1st/2nd period)Formative Assessments- Friday August 14th, we took our 1st Formative Grammar & Academic Vocabulary Assessment.
Students were also working hard all week on prewriting/drafting/revising activities in which they received a formative grade.
Final Drafts of small moment narratives are due Monday. We worked in class on these for several days.
The Final draft will be our first Summative Assessment grade.
Week of August 17-21, 2015
We are beginning our unit on Dystopian /Utopian Literature. Our class extended text will be The Giver, which we will begin reading in a few weeks. Students are encouraged to get their own copy , but the school provides a class set copy.
HW nightly should include reading over daily grammar we completed that day as well as vocabulary list. Quiz on Fridays.
Monday August 17
Opening: Grammar warm-up (parts of speech), Utopian introduction & PowerPoint
Work: students write a descriptive journal entry of their Utopia/perfect classroom
Extention activity- illustration of perfect classroom
Closing: Students think pair share /compare perfect classrooms
Tuesday August 18
Opening: Grammar warm-up (parts of a sentence)
Work Period: Jigsaw activity – students analyze song lyrics and compare /contrast ideas of Utopias
Closing-TOTD- 3 common elements of lyrics
Wednesday August 19
Opening: Grammar warm-up (parts of sentence, cont.), Read the play ,“The Red Barchetta” , review Dystopia and Utopia Vocabulary
Work Period: Commentary on “The Red Barchetta” based on short story, read Foster’s “A Nice Morning Drive”/highlight elements of song found in short story
Closing: TOTD- 3 elements in both story and song
Thursday August 20
Opening: Grammar Warm-up-Diagram sentence
Work Period: Reading- “Monsters are Due on Maple Street” –whole class reading
Closing: Plot diagram of “Monsters are Due….”
Friday August 21, 2015
Opening: Introduce week 2 grammar
Work Period: Week 2 Grammar / Academic Vocab Quiz , finish reading “Monsters are Due on Maple Street”; perspective activity
Closing: Review Quiz; HATS
Weekly Overview August 3-7, 2015MondayGetting to Know You /Review Class Syllabus and Rules & ProceduresHW: bring in picture of yourselfTuesdayGetting to Know youReview Rules/ProceduresBaseball Cards ActivityHW: get class contract signed by student & parentWednesdayAcademic Vocab Pre-testFinish Baseball Card Activity ( students' interests)