7th Honors (Apex) ELA (Period 4) Assignments

Honors (APEX) English/Language Arts
Week of April 2-6, 2018

Monday:
Bellwork – None
Students will begin the TCAP Practice test on Questar (located on student iPads). Session 1
HW: Study for A&E Biography of William Shakespeare quiz on Wednesday

Tuesday:
Bellwork – None
Continue Session 1 of the TCAP Practice test on Questar.
Begin Session 2 of the TCAP Practice test.
HW: Study for the A&E Biography of William Shakespeare tomorrow. Be prepared to turn in the study guide questions - #1-50.

Wednesday:
Bellwork – Complete TCAP TnReady ELA 7^thgrade Sample questions #1-4
Turn in the Study Guide from the A&E Biography Video on William Shakespeare. Complete a quiz over the A&E Biography on William Shakespeare. Review Cast of Characters from the play, “Romeo and Juliet” for a test on Friday.
HW:Study the cast of characters from the play, “Romeo and Juliet” for a test on Friday.

 

Thursday:
Bellwork - None
Students will use their papers from yesterday to complete the quiz on Schoology. Finish the TCAP – TN Ready Practice Test for Session 2. Study the Cast of Characters on Schoology for a test tomorrow.
HW–Study for the cast of characters test

Friday:
Bellwork – None
Student will be assessed (test grade) over the Cast of Characters from “Romeo and Juliet” to prepare for the reading of the play next week. Finish any parts of the TCAP – TN Ready Practice Test.
HW: Have a great weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

             ***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (APEX) English/Language Arts
Week of March 26-30, 2018

Monday:
Bellwork – IXL Skill Q.3 – Match problems with their solutions (90%)
View The Life of William Shakespeare A&E Biography on Schoology. Begin the study guide questions #1-25 with answers only.
HW: Finish A&E Biography worksheet from questions #1-25. Also, source cards for the William Shakespeare Honors (APEX) Research project.

Tuesday:
Bellwork – IXL Skills Q.1-Q.3 (95%). Make sure these have been completed.
Turn in Source cards for research project. Continue with the A&E Biography from William Shakespeare on Schoology. Begin questions #26-50.  
HW: Finish A&E Biography video questions on William Shakespeare through question #50 to prepare for review in class tomorrow. Quiz tomorrow over List 19 from The Word Within the Word. A&E Biography quiz over William Shakespeare on Thursday. 

Wednesday:
Bellwork – IXL Learning Skill: Q.4 – Identify text structures (90%)
Students will complete an etymology quiz over List 19 – The Word Within the Word. Review questions from the A&E William Shakespeare Biography in groups and in a whole class setting to prepare for quiz tomorrow.
HW: Study guided notes for a quiz over William Shakespeare A&E Biography video tomorrow. Bring index cards tomorrow to begin note cards for your research project.

Thursday:
Bellwork – Make sure all IXL skills Q.1 – Q.4 are completed.
Students will be assessed over the William Shakespeare A&E Biography video on Schoology. Begin working on note cards (20 cards) for your research project.
HW: No School tomorrow!! Enjoy your three-day weekend!! Complete note cards – due on Monday, April 2^nd.

Friday:
Bellwork – None
No School for students or teachers!! Holiday – Good Friday!!
HW: Continue enjoying your weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

                     ***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (APEX) English/Language Arts
Week of February 19-23, 2018

Monday:
No School!! President’s Day – Teachers and Students are OUT of school!!

Tuesday:
Bellwork – None
Check for Reading Comprehension questions and Think questions from Long Walk to Freedom on StudySync.
Students will complete an assessment using the CASE 21 Benchmark for Language Arts. (30 min.)
HW: None

Wednesday:
Bellwork – None
Continue the assessment using the CASE 21 Benchmark for Language Arts (30 min.)
HW: None

Thursday:
Bellwork – None
Finish and Collect scores for IXL Learning Skills – C.1, C.2, and C.3.
Finish assessment – (final 15 min.) Complete Classic Words for List 18 from The WWW. Begin Quizlet Live! for List 18 to prepare for quiz next Wednesday.
HW: None

Friday:
Review the story, Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela. Listen to Introduction, from part eleven of the novel, and the StudySync TV. Work in pairs to redo Reading Comprehension questions and the Think Questions
HW: Finish and submit the Think questions from the story, Long Walk to Freedom.
Have an wonderful weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

                   ***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (APEX) English/Language Arts
Week of February 12-16, 2018

Monday:
Bellwork this week: C.1 (100%), C.2 (100%), and C.3 (95%)

Bellwork – C.1 – Identify pronouns and their antecedents (100%)
Continue the Close Read from Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad. “Eulogy for Mahatma Gandhi” – answer “Think” questions #1-5 in pairs. Answer questions in complete sentences.
HW: Complete and submit “Think” questions from the story, “Eulogy for Mahatma Gandhi.”

Tuesday:
Bellwork – C.2 – Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent (100%)
Continue the story, “Eulogy of Mahatma Gandhi.” Watch the video that defines central and main idea. Read over the Model and complete the Central or Main Idea independently. Work in groups to begin to write an Objective Summary from the “Eulogy of Mahatma Gandhi.”
HW: None

Wednesday:
Bellwork – C.3 – Choose between subject and object pronouns (95%)
Complete the Objective Summary from the “Eulogy of Mahatma Gandhi” and submit through Schoology.
Introduce the stems from List 18 – The Word Within the Word. Complete Analogies.
Close read of “Eulogy of Mahatma Gandhi.” Complete Skills Focus questions in groups (one paragraph response per group on butcher paper). Present to the class.
HW: None

Thursday:
Bellwork – None
Introduce the First Read of excerpt A Long Walk to Freedom. Answer the reading comprehension questions independently. Begin “Think” questions and answer in complete sentences. Packet distributed.
HW: Finish “Think” questions and return them on Monday.

Friday:
Bellwork – None
No School! District Learning Day for Teachers!!
HW: Finish “Think” questions from the story, A Long Walk to Freedom and finish IXL C.1-C.3. Have an wonderful weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

                    ***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (APEX) English/Language Arts
Week of February 5-9, 2018

Monday:
Bellwork this week: We will be reading the final chapters of the novel study – Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad.

Bellwork – None
Students will complete editing sheets for their upcoming writing assignment.
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad. Final test over the novel on Thursday.

Tuesday:
Students will complete a Common Formative Assessment test – CMS Q3 ELA7 Midterm CFA on PowerSchool Assessment.
Quizlet Live! on List 17 from WWW.
Bellwork – Read the final chapters of the novel to prepare for final test.
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Final novel test will be Thursday.

Wednesday:
Bellwork – Read the final chapters of the novel to prepare for final test.
Introduce the story, “Eulogy of Mahatma Gandhi” from StudySync. To help students understand the impact Mahatma Gandhi had on India and the world, a video was shown about his life and death. Begin the Gandhi webquest on Schoology.
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad. Final test over the novel will be tomorrow.

Thursday:
Bellwork – None
Complete a novel test over Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad on Schoology. Complete WWW – List 17 quiz on Schoology. Continue the Gandhi webquest and submit through Schoology when completed.
HW: Finish the Gandhi webquest and submit through Schoology.

Friday:
Bellwork – Finish IXL Learning Skills for the week – M.1-M.4
Read the story, “Eulogy for Mahatma Gandhi” on StudySync. Work in pairs to answer the Reading Comprehension questions from the story.
HW: Have an awesome weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

                     ***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (APEX) English/Language Arts
Week of January 29 – February 2, 2018

Monday:
Bellwork this week: IXL Learning Skills – M.1, M.2 (continued), M.3, M.4

Bellwork - Complete M.1 (85%) Used the correct frequently confused word
Check Summary questions and Objective Summaries from the article, “Escape from Slavery.”
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad. Quiz #3 over Chapters 12-17 will be tomorrow.
Complete packet on “Escape from Slavery” is due on Friday.

Tuesday:
Bellwork – M.2 (85%) Correct errors with frequently confused words
Complete Quiz#3 over Harriet Tubman: COTUR – Chapters 12-17. Continue working on packet from “Escape from Slavery.”
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Final test will be next Thursday.

Wednesday:
Bellwork – M.3 (85%) Correct errors with signs
Students will begin easyCBM testing. Continue working on packet from “Escape from Slavery.”
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad. Final test over the novel will be next Thursday.

Thursday:
Bellwork – M.4 (85%) Correct errors in everyday use
7^th grade Awards Ceremony for 1^st period. All other classes – finish easyCBM. Introduce the stems from List 17 from the WWW. Work in groups to complete the analogies in the workbook.
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad
Re-take Quiz #3 tomorrow over Chapters 12-17. Packets due from the article, “Escape from Slavery.”

Friday:
Bellwork – Finish IXL Learning Skills for the week – M.1-M.4
Collect packets from the article, “Escape from Slavery” in the Scope Scholastic magazine. Student will re-take Quiz #3 over Harriet Tubman: COTUR using the novel on the Discover app. Quizlet Live! for stems from List 17 – WWW.
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad. Final test next Thursday over the novel.
Have an awesome weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

                    ***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (APEX) English/Language Arts
Week of January 22-26, 2017

Monday:
Bellwork this week: IXL Learning Skills - A.9-A.12, M.1-M.2

Bellwork - Complete A.9 (85%)
Collect Summaries from Harriet Tubman: COTUR from Chapters 1-5.
StudySync – Mother Jones: FFFWR – Complete Constructed Response from the First Read.
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad. Next quiz for Chapters 6-11 will be Friday.

Tuesday:
Bellwork – A.10 (85%)
Students will take Quiz 1 from the novel, Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Quizlet Live! – Review of List 16 stems from The WWW.
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad. Quiz 2 – on Friday from Chapters 6-11      

Wednesday:
Bellwork – A.12 (100%)
Students will participate in a classroom Spelling Bee
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad
Quiz 2 – on Friday from Chapters 6-11. The WWW – List 16 stem quiz is tomorrow!

Thursday:
Bellwork – M.1 – Frequently Confused Word (95%)
Students will complete a quiz over The WWW – List 16.
Read the passage, “Escape from Slavery” in the Scope Scholastic Magazine. Students will complete the Close-Reading questions in complete sentences from the article.
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad
Quiz 2 – from Chapters 6-11 will be tomorrow.

Friday:
Bellwork – M.2 – Correct Errors with Frequently Confused Words (95%)
Complete a quiz over Chapters 6-11 from the novel, Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Continue with the passage, “Escape from Slavery” in the Scope Scholastic Magazine. Complete the Critical Thinking Questions in the packet.
HW: Complete the Summary questions and write an Objective Summary from the passage, “Escape from Slavery.”
Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad. Chapters 12-17 quiz on Tuesday. Have a wonderful weekend! 

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

                    ***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (APEX) English/Language Arts
Week of January 15-19, 2017

Monday:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday – NO SCHOOL!
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad

Tuesday:
NO SCHOOL – due to inclement weather!
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad

Wednesday:
NO SCHOOL – due to inclement weather!
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad

Thursday:
NO SCHOOL – due to inclement weather!
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad

Friday:
Bellwork – Complete a summary of Chapters 1-5 from Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Read the play in class, “The Fight for What’s Right” in the Scope Scholastic Magazine. Complete the Close Read in complete sentences.
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad. Be prepared for Quiz #1 – Chapters 1-5 on Tuesday. Have an awesome weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day.

                     ***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of January 8-12, 2017

Monday:
Bellwork this week: IXL Learning A.3-A.8

Bellwork - Complete A.3
Students should submit the Harriet Tubman Webquest through Schoology.
Complete the First Read of except from Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers’ Rights. Discuss excerpt
HW: Complete the Think questions from the StudySync story. Begin reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad

Tuesday:
Bellwork – A.5
Introduce/reconstruct writing prompt:
Finish “Think” questions and submit
SS Skill: Informational Text Elements
Complete Access 4 Worksheet
HW: Complete Access 4 worksheet
Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad

Wednesday:
Bellwork – A.6
Review stems from List 16 – The Word Within the Word.
Complete Analogies in groups.
Close read of excerpt from Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers’ Rights
Answer Skills Focus question (one per group). Discuss in whole class setting.
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad

Thursday:
Bellwork – A.7
Quickwrite – Quiz grade
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad

Friday:
Bellwork – A.8
Reading Day
HW: Continue reading Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad
Have an awesome weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

                     ***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of January 1-5, 2017

Monday:
No School

Tuesday:
No School   

Wednesday:
No School

Thursday:
Bellwork this week: IXL - is a comprehensive learning program offering unlimited language arts practice across thousands of skills—all of which are aligned to Tennessee Standards. Complete A.1

Introduce students to Q3 novel – Harriet Tubman-Conductor of the Underground Railroad and how to access it on their iPads with the Discovery App and online. Also – Reading Schedule is listed on Schoology. Begin Webquest for the novel.
HW: None

Friday:
Bellwork: Complete A.3
Continue working on webquest and submit through Schoology if completed.
HW: Finish Webquest and submit through Schoology.
Have an awesome weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

                     ***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of December 4-8, 2017

 

Monday:
Bellwork this week: StudySync Assessment Reviews

Introduce Q2 Extended Writing to students. Explain what should be included in the argumentative writing assignment (on Schoology). Go over graphic organizer to be used for this extended writing. Students will begin completing the graphic organizer.
HW: None – graphic organizer will be completed in class.

 

Tuesday:
Find evidence from three texts in this unit (you MUST use The Giver).Continue to complete the graphic organizer for the argumentative essay required for Q2 Extended Writing assignment.
Review stems from List 1-15 test tomorrow using Quizlet.live.
HW: Finish gathering evidence independently.
        

Wednesday:
Complete an assessment over the stems from List 1-15 – The Word Within the Word.
Analyze evidence: How does the evidence support your thesis? Show examples and model for students - analysis of textual evidence.
HW: Finish analyses of evidence.

Thursday:
Introduce formulaic paragraph construction. What is a topic sentence? Work in small groups to write body paragraph.
HW: Finish body paragraph 1.

Friday:
Exemplar body paragraph – Glows and grows. Make revisions to body paragraph 1. Begin to write body paragraph 2.
HW: Finish introduction, body paragraph 1 and 2 of the Q2 Extended Writing assignment.

Have an awesome weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

             ***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of November 27 – December 1, 2017

Monday:
Bellwork this week: None

Finish PowerSchool Assessment – Q1 Revised Post-test
Introduce the Jim Crow PowerPoint to prepare students for our next reading. Students will begin a Jim Crow Webquest.
HW: None - we will finish the webquest in class tomorrow.

Tuesday:
Students will continue with the Jim Crow Webquest.
HW: Finish the webquest and turn in tomorrow
        

Wednesday:
First read “I, Too, Sing America” by Langston Hughes
Key terms: figurative language (similies, metaphors, and allusions). From StudySync - read the introduction to the poem, introduce the video, and complete the reading comprehension questions individually.
Review stems from List 15 – WWW using Quizlet.live
HW: Finish the Reading Comprehension questions from the poem, “I, Too, Sing America” by Langston Hughes

Thursday:
Complete a quiz over The Word Within the Word – List 15 only.
Students will complete a graphic organizer (Reading 1, 2, and 3) from the poem, “I, Too, Sing America,” to prepare for a writing assignment on theme.
HW: Finish graphic organizer.

Friday:
Begin the Quickwrite using the graphic organizer from the poem, “I, Too Sing America.” Follow the example and model given. 
HW: Finish the Quickwrite on theme.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

                     ***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of November 20-24, 2017

Monday:
Bellwork this week: None

Students will begin PowerSchool Assessment – Q1 Revised Post-test (1-12)
HW: None

Tuesday:
Students will complete PowerSchool Assessment – Q1 Revised Post-test
HW: Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday Break!!

Wednesday - Friday:

Students will be out for Thanksgiving Holiday Break!!
HW: Have a fun, safe, and enjoyable Thanksgiving Holiday Break with friends and family!!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of November 13-17, 2017

 

Monday:
Bellwork this week: PowerSchool Assessment 

Review Chapters 17-19 using Kahoot.it!
**Quiz 4 over Chapters 17-19
Begin study guide for Chapters 20-23 with a partner.
HW: Continue reading The Giver
Chapters 20-23 quiz on Wednesday

 

Tuesday:
Close read of Chapter 20, paragraphs 33-36

StudySync TV in groups:
Discuss the importance of sharing memories in a culture. What has been lost in Jonas’s community by having only two individuals – the Giver and Receiver-share the wealth of sensations and experiences, both pleasurable and painful? Why do you think the Elders chose to keep the community unaware of those things? Compare the sharing of lore and ideas in different global societies with the system in Jonas’s community.
HW: Continue reading The Giver; Chapters 20-23 quiz tomorrow.

Wednesday:
Introduce stems from List 15 – The Word Within the Word (quiz will be Wednesday, Nov. 29^th)
**Final Quiz 5 over Chapters 20-23
Revisit and revise themes. Find evidence from Chapters 10-20 using the graphic organizer given.  
HW: None

Thursday:
Close read of Chapter 23, paragraphs 34-35

Group discussion: Why do you think author Lois Lowry chose not to resolve the book clearly? Would the novel be better if it had a definitely ending? Why or why not? Finally, describe in your own words how you think The Giver ends, as indicated by these last two paragraphs.
HW: None

Friday:
Final revision of themes
Identifying relevant evidence
Write analysis for each piece of textual evidence
How does the evidence prove the theme?
What is Lowry’s purpose?
HW: None
Have a wonderful weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

                      ***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of November 6-10, 2017

Monday:
Bellwork this week: PowerSchool Assessment

**Quiz 2 over Chapters 6-10

Close read of Chapter 10, paragraphs 53-54

Review Extended Writing prompt
Is the community a “just” society?  Why or why not? Find textual evidence to support your argument.
HW: Continue reading The Giver
Chapters 11-13 due tomorrow

Tuesday:
Close read of Chapter 14, paragraphs 46-48
Review study guide from Chapters 11-16 in groups – present findings to the class.
HW: Continue reading The Giver; Chapters 14-16 due tomorrow

Wednesday:
**Quiz 3 over Chapters 11-16

Is it the responsibility of a society to protect its citizens from pain? What if that protection comes at the expense of individual choice? Is it fair for a society to deny its citizens the right to feel, and to share, even if those feelings are painful? Should a society have the power to make that decision?
Classroom debate
Key terms:  claim and counterclaim
HW: Continue reading The Giver; Chapters 17 due tomorrow.

Thursday:
Complete a Quiz over List 14 – The Word Within the Word

Close read of Chapter 17, paragraph 6

Key term: symbols

StudySyncTV: Why does Jonas see “all the light and color and history” in the river? What might the river represent? Why is the fact that it starts and ends in Elsewhere significant? How does his understanding of the river now differ from other characters’ attitudes towards it?
HW: Continue reading The Giver
Chapters 18-19 due tomorrow.

Friday:
Close read of Chapter 19, paragraphs 48-49
Key terms:  plot diagram; climax and major turning point
What is the significance of this passage?
HW: Continue reading The Giver
**Quiz 4 over Chapters 17-19 Monday!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of October 30-November 3, 2017

 

Monday:
Bellwork this week: 5-A-Day Language Review-Week 10 L.7.1-L.7.6

Students will begin presentations for quotes, passages, or poems. SL.7.6
Introduce/deconstruct Extended Writing Prompt: 
People have been talking and debating about what makes a “just” society since ancient times. Scholars in nonfiction texts discuss whether democracy is the best form of government, or if an “enlightened” philosopher/king is the best way to guarantee that society is “just.” Authors of science fiction warn of future dystopian societies ruled by tyrants.

Using the texts in this unit, write an argumentative essay in which you argue what makes a just society. W.7.1

Close read over Chapter 4, paragraph 22
Key focus: character and theme RL.7.2
Subjects:  Individuality vs conformity/community
HW: Continue reading The Giver – Chapter 1-5 quiz on Wednesday.

Tuesday:
Q1 Revised Essays due today
What is a theme? RL.7.2
Identify subjects of text
Write themes in small groups
HW: Continue reading The Giver – Chapters 1-5 quiz is tomorrow.

Wednesday:
**Quiz 1 over Chapters 1-5
Introduce the stems from List 14 – The Word Within the Word. Complete analogies in small groups from the WWW. L.7.4.B
Finding evidence of theme in Chapters 1-5 RL.7.2
HW: Continue reading The Giver – Chapters 6-9 due Thursday

Thursday:
Close read of Chapter 9, paragraphs 1-2
StudySyncTV: What can you infer about Jonas and the job of Receiver from his qualifications—Intelligence, Wisdom, Integrity, Courage, and especially the
Capacity to See Beyond? What can you infer about the nature of the community from the way people react to Jonas after his selection?
Revise themes and find evidence from Chapters 1-9 RL.7.2
HW: Continue reading The Giver – Chapters 6-9 due tomorrow

Friday:
**Quiz 2 over Chapters 6-9
Time to read
HW: Continue reading The Giver – Chapters 10-13 due next Tuesday
Have a wonderful weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day

***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of October 23-27, 2017

 

Monday:
Bellwork this week: 5-A-Day Language Review-Week 9

Students will finish Power Test from Friday. Introduce writing prompt: What point (claim) is the author making about technology? Is he for it, against it, or somewhere in between? First read of excerpt from “Moonwalking with Einstein” (search in library in StudySync to find text). Complete “Think” questions individually.
HW: Finish “Think” questions from “Moonwalking with Einstein”. Review stems from List 13 for a quiz on Wednesday. Continue reading The Giver

Tuesday:
Administer the Technology Survey.
Review stems from List 13 – The Word Within the Word.
Work in groups to establish Foer’s position on technology (wait for teacher’s approval). Find evidence to support your claim (at least 3 pieces of evidence).
Review expository writing (formulaic paragraph construction).
HW: Continue reading The Giver

Wednesday:
Complete a quiz over stems from List 13 – The Word Within the Word.
Share claims about Foer’s position. Evaluate evidence
Review writing prompt: What point (claim) is the author making about technology? Is he for it, against it, or somewhere in between? Write a 300-word response, using details from the text.
Begin working as group to write paragraph
HW: Continue reading The Giver

Thursday:
Quickwrite:  What point (claim) is the author making about technology? Is he for it, against it, or somewhere in between? Write a 300-word response, using details from the text.
HW: Continue reading The Giver

Friday:
Introduce The Giver. Watch “trailer” video. Read the first paragraph aloud.Key focus:  character, tone, and theme
StudySyncTV:  In the first paragraph, the reader is introduced to Jonas as he corrects himself in describing his own emotions and recalls a terrifying day one year earlier. Why do you think Lois Lowry opens the novel with Jonas’s memory of a mysterious flying aircraft? Why does she choose to present Jonas in this way?
HW: Continue reading The Giver
Have a wonderful weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day

***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of October 16-20, 2017

 

Monday:
Bellwork this week: 5-A-Day Language Review-Week 8

Review Expository Writing. Introduce/deconstruct writing prompt: Why does the author use sequence in Gladiator to organize his ideas?  How does telling the events in the order that they happened help you understand what brought about the beginning and end of the gladiator tradition? Have students complete the Blast: “The Powers that Be.” First read:  Read aloud the excerpt from Gladiator.
HW: Answer “Think” questions from Gladiator
Start reading The Giver

Tuesday:
Review writing prompt. SS Skill:  Informational Text Structure. List out the list of events from Gladiator (graphic organizer in Close Read).  Small group discussion: How does the sequential structure help you understand what brought about the beginning and end of the gladiator tradition?
HW: Continue reading The Giver

Wednesday:
Introduce stems from The Word Within the Word – List 13. Complete Analogies for List 13 in groups.
Close read of excerpt from Gladiator
Answer skills focus questions in small groups
HW: Continue reading The Giver

Thursday:
Complete a one-paragraph quickwrite using the excerpt, Gladiator.
HW: Continue reading The Giver

Friday:
Complete a Bell work quiz – 5-A-Day Language Assessment - Week 8.
Student will do a mobile peer review from the one-paragraph quickwrite from Gladiator. Review stems from List 13 from The Word Within the Word for a quiz on Wednesday.
HW: Continue reading The Giver
Have a wonderful weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day

***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of September 25-29, 2017

 

Monday:                                      
Bellwork this week: 5-A-Day Language Review-Week 6; No quiz on 5-A-Day Assessment-6 this week

Introduce The Giver Vocabulary terms, Part 2 (Quiz on Thursday)
Students will work in groups to answer questions from the novel, The Giver.
HW: Study vocabulary terms for a vocabulary quiz on Thursday. Students should be working on The Giver Journal Project – due on Friday during HR-a.m.

Tuesday:
Review stems from List 12 – Word Within a Word for quiz tomorrow.
Students will begin a Close Read from The Giver on StudySync. Begin the Skills Focus activity in groups. Using a jigsaw strategy, students will answer questions from the Close Read and present their findings to the class.
HW: Continue The Giver Journal Project – due on Friday

Wednesday:
Complete a quiz over the Words Within a Word – List 12.
Review vocabulary terms – part 2 from The Giver.
Students will work in groups to answer questions from the novel, The Giver.
HW: Study for Vocabulary Part 2 quiz tomorrow. Continue The Giver Journal Project – due on Friday

Thursday:
Students will complete The Giver Vocabulary Part 2 quiz. Students will complete a story quiz over the final chapters of the novel.
HW: Complete The Giver Journal Project – due tomorrow during morning Homeroom.

Friday:
CLASH OF THE DRAGONS – PTA fund raiser today!!
HW: Have a wonderful weekend!!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of September 18-22, 2017

Monday:
Bellwork this week: 5-A-Day Language Review-Week 5

Review all terms from The Giver Vocabulary, Part 1. Begin Quizlet Live! to prepare for vocabulary quiz tomorrow.
HW: Study vocabulary terms for a vocabulary quiz tomorrow.
Read The Giver using the Reading Schedule

Tuesday:
Students will complete a vocabulary quiz from the novel, The Giver. Introduce the story, “Apollo 13” from StudySync. Show the video and begin to read the story. Students will answer reading comprehension questions from the story on StudySync.
HW: Complete Reading Comprehension questions from the story, “Apollo 13.” Read The Giver

Wednesday:
Introduce terms on List 12 from The Word Within a Word. Complete the analogies on pg. 107 in groups. Discuss in a whole class setting.
Continue with “Apollo 13” from StudySync. Discuss reading comprehension questions in groups.
HW: Read The Giver

Thursday:
Students will play Quizlet Live! to prepare for their Word Within a Word stem test next Tuesday. Also, review Chapters 1-11 from The Giver in a Kahoot.It! game.
HW: Read The Giver

Friday:
Complete a quiz over the 5-A-Day Assessment, Week 5. Review chapters in The Giver and began to prepare for the final writing assignment for Quarter 1.
HW: Read The Giver

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of September 11-15, 2017

 

Monday:
Bellwork this week: 5-A-Day Language Review-Week 4

Share with students the 2017-18 CMS PTA Cultural Arts “Reflections Program” this year the theme is “Within Reach”. Encourage students to participate in this wonderful program. Extra Credit opportunities.
Introduce the PowerPoint on Lois Lowry and The Giver. This will be the next novel study for Quarter 1.
HW: Study for the WWW List #11 quiz on Wednesday

Tuesday:
Begin the novel, The Giver. Distribute the Reading Schedule and introduce the  Vocabulary terms, Part 1. First vocabulary quiz on the novel will be next Tuesday, Sept. 19^th.
HW: Study for the Word Within a Word - List #11 quiz tomorrow

Wednesday:
Complete a quiz over List #11 from the Word Within a Word book. Begin Chapter 1 of The Giver.
HW: Read The Giver

Thursday:
Introduce the poem, “The Song of Wandering Aengus.” Watch the video, listen to the audio, and complete the comprehensive reading quiz over the poem from ReadWorks. Also on StudySync, complete the Theme and the Figures of Speech for the poem.
HW: Read The Giver

Friday:
DISTRICT LEARNING DAY FOR TEACHERS

NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS!!

HW: ENJOY YOUR THREE-DAY WEEKEND!!!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of September 4-8, 2017

Monday:
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY – NO SCHOOL!!

Tuesday:
Begin Bellwork this week: 5-A-Day Language Review Week 3.
Complete Bellwork for Monday and Tuesday
Complete a WWW quiz on List 1 and 2
Introduce the story, “Barrio Boys” on StudySync. Present the Intro video and begin the audio for the story.
HW: Finish reading the story, “Barrio Boys” and complete #1-8 Think questions.

Wednesday:
Review the story, “Barrio Boys,” make sure to submit the Think questions, and answer the three questions to prepare to write an Objective Summary on the story. Introduce PowerPoint notes on how to write an Objective Summary.
HW: Re-read the story, “Barrio Boys”

Thursday:
Students will review the three questions in their groups. Using the notes given in class yesterday, students will begin to write their Objective Summaries for the story, “Barrio Boys”.
HW: Read novels!

Friday:
Bellwork Quiz – 5-A-Day Language Assessment: Week 3
Make sure students have submitted their Objective Summaries for the story, “Barrio Boys”.  Complete the Blast! for the story, “Barrio Boys” by writing a paragraph on the sheet provided. Complete the Central or Main Idea for the story.
HW: Finish any assignments that were not completed in class.
Have a wonderful weekend.  

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of August 28-Sept. 1, 2017

Monday:
Begin Bellwork this week – 5-A-Day Language Review Week 2.
Review questions from “RTT” in StudySync in groups to prepare for an assessment tomorrow.
HW: Study for “RTT” assessment tomorrow.

Tuesday:
Complete an assessment over the story, “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” in Schoology
HW: Study stems for List 1 and 2 for a review quiz on Friday

Wednesday:
Go over test in class. Read the article, “Scrambled Eggs: A Story from Denmark. Review the model prompt given: Explain what the innkeeper probably learns from his experience. In your response, use details and examples from the story that support your explanation. Begin review of Constructed Response.   
HW: Study stems from List 1 and 2 for a quiz on Friday

Thursday:
Begin a Constructed Response on “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi in StudySync.
HW: Quiz over List 1 and 2 from Word Within a Word tomorrow!

Friday:
Bellwork Quiz – 5-A-Day Language Assessment: Week 2
Finish the Constructed Response from “Rikki-Tikki Tavi” and submit on StudySync. Because Schoology connection was down, WWW List 1 and 2 will be postponed until Tuesday.
HW: Have a great three-day weekend!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day! 

***Plans are subject to change to meet the needs of students***

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts

Week of August 21-25, 2017

Monday:
Begin Bellwork – Introduce 5-A-Day Language Review Handbook procedures. Begin Week 1 - Monday. Students will begin a writing assignment to introduce the story, “Rikki Tikki Tavi”.

Tuesday:
Bellwork – Wk 1
Introduce the Blast: Blast Away! to students. They must respond to five of their peers’ responses. Begin to review Annotation skills in the SyncStart Unit.
HW: Bring Word Within a Word book and earbuds to class tomorrow. Read novels for the 30-book challenge

Wednesday:
Introduce Chapter 11 from Word Within a Word. Go over first half of stems and review. Begin the Intro video to the First Read of “Rikki Tikki Tavi”. Begin reading the text independently.
HW: Study stems from Chapter 11.

Thursday:
Continue First Read of “RTT”. Watch the SyncTV video and complete the Think exercise. Choose 4 of the 8 text dependent questions to complete.
HW: Read for the 30-book challenge!

Friday:
Bellwork Quiz – 5-A-Day Language Assessment: Week 1
Review stems from Chapter 11 – Word Within a Word. Review the text dependent questions from “RTT” and have collaborative conversations in groups.
HW: Read for the 30-book challenge!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!

Honors (Apex) English/Language Arts
Week of August 14-18, 2017

Monday:
Begin Bellwork – Introduce Daily Paragraph Editing procedures. Distribute Proofreading Marks worksheet. Students will work with a partner to complete the Interview Questions on Schoology.

Tuesday:
Library Classes with Mrs. Seeley. Introduce rules and procedures in the library. Students will check out books.

Wednesday:
Continue working with a partner to complete the Interview Questions on Schoology. Make sure all criteria have been met.
HW: Read for the 30-book challenge!
 

Thursday:
Introduce the online English curriculum – StudySync.
Distribute passwords. Begin to create an 8-10 sentence paragraph using the data received from the Interview Questions on Schoology. Use the same document to write the paragraph. Follow all directions given, carefully.
HW: Read for the 30-book challenge!

Friday:
Bellwork Quiz – Daily Paragraph Editing
Students will continue writing the 8-10 sentence paragraph from the Interview Questions they completed on Schoology. Assignments should be submitted by Monday.  
HW: Read for the 30-book challenge!

Make sure to bring your library book to class every day!