7th Grade Language Arts

Agenda: We will finish the poetry activity, then complete a roots review as a class. Then we will complete the front side of a metaphor practice worksheet.

Homework: Finish the front side of your metaphors sheet. If you have not completed your IXL skills record sheet or journal entries, I will still accept it but it will be late. 

Due Dates: None

Calendar Dates: 

4/2-4/6: NO SCHOOL- Spring Break

6/14: Last Day of School

Agenda: We will begin our new unit on poetry by watching a short video on flocabulary while taking notes, then will complete an activity in our reading groups to familiarize ourselves with the different types of poems.

Homework: If you have not complete your IXL skills record sheet or journal entries, I will still accept it but it will be late. 

Due Dates: None

Calendar Dates: 

4/2-4/6: NO SCHOOL- Spring Break

6/14: Last Day of School

Agenda: Homework check- pages 208-231 as well as Journal 4. We will review unfamiliar words and briefly discuss last night’s reading. The remainder of class time will be spent playing a review Jeopardy game for Monday’s test on “Out of the Dust”.

Homework: Study for the test on “Out of the Dust” Monday. Finish IXL skills and fill out your record sheet- DUE Monday, March 26th. If you did not finish the 4th journal in class, that is homework as well.

Due Dates: Out of the Dust Test is postponed until Monday, March 26th!

Calendar Dates: 

4/2-4/6: NO SCHOOL- Spring Break

6/14: Last Day of School

Agenda: Homework check- pages 192-208 as well as Journal 4. We will review unfamiliar words and briefly discuss last night’s reading. The remainder of class time will be spent on either IXL or the assigned reading for homework, pages 208-231.

Homework: Read “Out of the Dust” 208-231, take notes and answer questions on reading schedule packet. Finish IXL skills and fill out your record sheet- DUE Monday, March 26th. If you did not finish the 4th journal in class, that is homework as well.

Due Dates: Out of the Dust Test is postponed until Monday, March 26th!

Calendar Dates: 

4/2-4/6: NO SCHOOL- Spring Break

6/14: Last Day of School

Agenda: Homework check- pages 173-192. We will review unfamiliar words and briefly discuss last night’s reading. We will complete our 4th and final journal entry: “Something that gives you Hope”. The remainder of class time will be spent on either IXL or the assigned reading for homework, pages 192-208.

Homework: Read “Out of the Dust” 192-208, take notes and answer questions on reading schedule packet. Finish IXL skills and fill out your record sheet- DUE Monday, March 26th. If you did not finish the 4th journal in class, that is homework as well.

Due Dates: Out of the Dust Test: Friday, March 23rd

Calendar Dates: 

4/2-4/6: NO SCHOOL- Spring Break

6/14: Last Day of School

Many students still have not enrolled in my Ilearn classroom. This is where you will find all of the assignment rubrics, resources, etc.

Here is the code:

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Here are the assigned IXL skills for this card marking. Students received a physical copy of the record sheet used to track their progress which is due Monday the 26th.

• Sensory Detail (7. R.1, 8.R.1)
• Narrative Point of View (7. R.2, 8. R.2, 9, Q.2, 10. Q.1, 11. O.1, 12. O.1)
• Personification (7. R.3, 8. R.3, 9. Q.2, 10. Q.2)
• Allusions (7. R.4, 8. R.4, 9. Q.3, 10. Q.3, 11. O.2, 12. O.2)
• Figures of Speech (7. R.6, 8. R.6, 9. Q.5, 10. Q.5, 11. O.5-6, 12. O.4)

Agenda: Homework check- pages 152-172. We will review unfamiliar words and the last IXL skill- figurative language. The remainder of classtime will be spent on either IXL or the assigned reading for homework, pages 173-192.

Homework: Read “Out of the Dust” 173-192, take notes and answer questions on reading schedule packet. Finish IXL skills and fill out your record sheet- DUE Monday, March 26th.

Due Dates: Out of the Dust Test: Friday, March 23rd

Calendar Dates: 

4/2-4/6: NO SCHOOL- Spring Break

6/14: Last Day of School

Agenda: Homework check- pages 114-151. We will review root words 41-45. We will review the reading from the weekend, then have individual reading time.

Homework: Read “Out of the Dust” 151-172, take notes and answer questions on reading schedule packet. Study root words 31-45 for the quiz Wednesday.

Due Dates: Out of the Dust Test: Friday, March 23rd

Calendar Dates: 

4/2-4/6: NO SCHOOL- Spring Break

6/14: Last Day of School

Agenda: I will check for yesterday’s assigned homework- finishing Journal 3 and notes on the reading pages 61-85. Students who were absent yesterday will take a quiz on “Out of the Dust” pages 1-59. We will spend 15 minutes on IXL skills. With the remaining time, students will start reading for their homework assignment- pages 86-113.

Homework: Read “Out of the Dust” 86-113, take notes and answer questions on reading schedule packet. Finish Journal 3 entry if you were absent or it has not yet been completed.

Due Dates: None

Calendar Dates: 

3/14:  Late Start Day

4/2-4/6: NO SCHOOL- Spring Break