- Austin Middle
- Mr.NIklasson and Mrs.Weaver's 7th ELA
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Weekly Lesson Overview
NBI -View Pixar Shorts/review /create Plot diagramsFormative Assessment-Friday April 1(Grammar/vocab)Monday 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
Formative Assessment –Friday March 25Weekly 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 21Opening: 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)
Read/analyze "All Summer in a Day"
Closing: HATS
Tuesday March 22
Opening: Grammar-Identify sentence parts
Work period: Review Simile/Metaphor/PowerPoint notes on "All Summer in a Day"
Identify similes within text
Reviewed 5 elements of a plot/students took notes to study for vocabulary for quiz for FridayClosing: TOTD- write the 5 elements of plot and explain in detail one of the elements
HW: research what Venus is like and write a descriptive paragraph about what it is likeWednesday March 23
Opening: Grammar-Identify clauses, structure, purpose
Work Period: Read "All Summer in a Day"
Review Author’s purposeOrganizer-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
Mr.Niklasson & Mrs.Weaver
Week of February 1-5, 2016
***Nightly homework –study grammar opening sheet and notes daily to prepare for quiz for Friday
Monday February 1
Opening: Grammar –Identify parts of speech
Work Period: Introduced Informational Essay
Closing: Share facts aloud students found about their significant figure in history (out of teacher provided list)
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, website that helps with citation
Teacher examples and student practices citing source for paper/student use technology provided in class (tablets) or their own technology to begin completing graphic organizers of chosen topic
Closing: Students decide which significant person in history he or she will research and write an informational essay on (out of 16 choices)
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:
Continue to research/read information pertaining to topicMini-lesson –writing an introduction to an informational essay and review hooksStudents 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
Monday January 25, 2016***Museum projects were due last Friday and are now considered late.Opening: Grammar Week 20 –Identify parts of speech
Vocabulary-Informational Text- a text that informs or explains about a topic or topics
Work Period: Hook activity –Allligator story –ranking characters based on traits to prepare for class activity
-students worked in groups to determine which person in history should win an award for his or her accomplishments
- Students were given two cards with significant people in history and asked to research at least two –three facts for each .Then determine which person was more worthy of an award and more significant and why.
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: Continue with research activity from Monday
Closing: HATS (written format on back of grammar warm-up sheet)
Wednesday January 27
Opening: Grammar – sentence clauses, structure, and purpose
Work Period: Tiered reading activities
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, 2016Tuesday January 19Opening: Grammar -parts of speechWork Period: Computer Lab - continue completing graphic organizers for research on informational Museum Project (Due Friday January 22)Closing: Status check- teachers check students progress with their groups on completion of organizersHW: both sides of graphic organizers (at least four facts and three sources with accurate text citation) per group memberWednesday January 20Opening: Parts of a sentenceWork Period: Computer Lab- Work on choice board activities (3 activities out of 8 choices ) (with accurate text citation)Closing: HATSThursday January 21Opening: Sentence clauses, structure, purposeWork Period: Continue activities on choice board for Museum ProjectClosing: HATS/check students progress on projectsFriday January 22Opening: Diagram SentenceWork Period: QuizPresentations***Students who have not met appropriate deadlines/checklists to turn in project proposals, work cited, and research organizers, will be given an alternate Informational Text Assignment. It involves reading an informational extended text on Nelson Mandela's life and complete a reading and writing packet.Upcoming 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)
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)
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/media center
Closing: HATS
Lesson Plan OverviewMr.Niklasson & Mrs.Weaver
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/media center visit
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)
Monday October 5
Opening: grammar day 1Work Period: Additional debate practice to prepare for Giver summative reading and writing assessment Tuesday-FridayClosing: HATSTuesday October 6Opening: grammar day 2Work period: Reading summative (The Giver) (students should know pages 172-173 of The Giver/ be prepared to answer questions related to when Jonas was contemplating if he made the right choice in leaving the community and the feelings he was feeling/describing)Closing: HATSWednesday October 7Opening: grammar day 3Work period: Writing/extended response portion (pre-writing/drafting) of The Giver summative- students should be prepared to write an argumentative response to whether it was positive or negative for Jonas to leave 'the community"Closing; HATSThursday October 8Opening: grammar day 4Work period: writing portion of summative- drafting/editing/revising/begin final draftClosing: HATSFriday October 9Opening: quiz 7Work period: final draft of writing portion of summativeClosing; author's chairWeek of September 28-October 2, 2015Mr.Niklasson & 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/media center
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.htm Lesson Plan OverviewWeek of September 14-18, 2015Mr. Niklasson & Mrs. Weaver
Upcoming Formative Assessment: Grammar & Vocabulary Quiz #5 Friday Sept. 18
Summative Giver Project Check Friday September 18( 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 13-14
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 15-17
Closing-Kahoot-Giver comprehension questions
Wednesday Sept. 16
Opening: Grammar Day 3-sentence type/purpose, clauses, structure
Work Period: The Giver –chapters 18-20
Closing-Hats
HW: read/listen to chapters 21, 22
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
Audio of The Giver by Chapters http://nh.tasd7.net/ourpages/auto/2012/8/28/39999903/The%20Giver%20by%20Lois%20Lowry.htmMr.Niklasson & 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
Media Center Visit (bring books to renew or return/if not checking a book out bring one from home to read after test)Mr.Niklasson & Mrs.Weaver's Lesson Plan OverviewWeek of August 31-September 4, 2015Monday Night's HW- (some students read in class; if absent please read or listen to audio of The Giver Chapter 5
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-Read Chapter 5 –The Giver
Introduce Tiered Project
Closing- Question & Answer (Q & A) for project
Tuesday 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 Mr.Niklasson/ Mrs.Weaver (5th/6th period)Wk 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
Mr.Niklasson/Mrs.Weaver (5th/6th 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 Wednesday. Many students have already turned these in, however. We worked in class on these for several days.
The Final draft will be our first Summative Assessment grade.
We also have started going to the media center . Students were expected to check out 1-2 books. One should be a chapter book (not a graphic novel or informational text with pics). Students are expected to have a book with them . Students were not expected to check out a book if they already has an approved book of their own that they were currently reading.
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 “Momsters are Due on Maple Street”; perspective activity
Closing: Review Quiz; HATS
Monday August 3Opening: Substance Activity ( understanding class cohesion)Work Period: Class rules/procedures , SyllabusClosing : 3, 2, 1 ( things about your teachers, the class, and yourself)HW: students bring in picture doing something they like doing ( playing baseball, gymnastics, camping with their family)Tuesday August 4Academic Vocab Pre-testHW: students bring in picture doing something they like doing ( playing baseball, gymnastics, camping with their family)
