7th Grade ELA

We are NWEA testing and will continue through tomorrow and possibly Monday if needed.

Just get a good night rest and have a healthy breakfast in the morning.

No Homework:  we will work through our packets when we finish NWEA testing

We will start NWEA testing tomorrow.  Get a good night rest and eat a solid and healthy breakfast!  I am looking forward to seeing the growth.  Bring your station work and an SSR book.  

In class we continued to work through the “Zebra” stations but have yet to finish the last station.  You should have collected all the necessary paperwork and compiled the 9 activities with your cover page.  We will continue to work through them after we finish the NWEA (Reading).  As soon as you finish your NWEA Reading section,  you should focus on completing the stations.  Based on how we do with completing NWEA, the station work may be due Friday or Monday.   You will be graded on quality responses and thorough explanations.  Make sure you follow the writing conventions when finalizing your papers.  Your writing must be legible; otherwise, you will earn a ZERO.  I must be able to read it to grade.

Per the request of some, I am attaching the following information:

Story link:  https://teacherspondering.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/zebra-short-story-r4vock.pdf

Theme station #8 (Choose 1 and build on):   

1.  Coping with trauma while trying to live a normal life isn’t easy, but it’s possible.
2. Learn to overcome an injury, or you might be consumed by it.
3. Be kind to others and they will be kind to you.
4. Look for hidden potential within yourself and what you find will amaze you.

Inference Station #5- Making an inference:

• figuring out something that wasn’t explained in the story
• use good clues to make a good guess about what the author means
• think about what you already know about the topic
• connect the story to your own experiences

Character on a plate Station #2:

• Triangle 1 – character’s name
• Triangle 2 – character’s physical description
• Triangle 3 – character’s inner qualities
• Triangle 4 – character’s action – List and important action performed by the character
• Triangle 5 – character talk-copy dialogue directly fro the text between the character and another character in the story
• Triangle 6 – character’s impact – explain what impact the character had on himself/herself or on another character in the story
• Triangle 7 – figurative language – Use a simile or metaphor to describe your character
• Triangle 8 – personal opinion – Tell what you think about your character.  Do you admire or dislike your character? Why?

NWEA Station:

The URL is: https://quizlet.com/3254696/nwea-vocabulary-words-flash-cards/

Note that there are 2 reflection questions on the cover page that you need to respond to.

 

We are still working through the stations. Depending on how behind you are, you may want to finish some of the incompleted work at home.  We will finish up the last few stations and I will give you some time to finish up in class; however, if you are really behind, this time given may not suffice.

Below is Station 9 resource:

The URL is: https://quizlet.com/3254696/nwea-vocabulary-words-flash-cards/

We finished the reading of “Zebra” in class.  Make sure to visit the January 11 posting for links to the reading and the audio.  The QUIZ over the reading and the vocabulary is tomorrow, Wednesday, January 16.  Be prepared for questions over symbols, characters and their role in the story, dynamic/static, etc.,

We have started working in our stations.  Most hours have been able to complete 1-2 stations.  We will continue through those for this week and part of next week.

Note that NWEA testing over Reading will take place on January 24 and 25.

Important:  I have spoken to you about your grades -those of you finishing up any final things need to do so by no later than tomorrow.

We are continuing to read through   “Zebra” in class.

You should be working through the Metacognitive table and the vocabulary worksheet. If you were absent or completing your Science NWEA, please make sure you visit the following URL to read what you missed from the reading:

https://teacherspondering.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/zebra-short-story-r4vock.pdf

You may also search up Zebra Mcdougal Audiobook and choose

McDougal Littell Grade 7 – TeacherLINK

from the list of search results and listen to the story.  You will see a list of all the readings from the textbooks so make sure to choose Zebra.

Make sure you look through your grade and the individual assignments.  Anything you can still make up or redo must be completed and submitted by Monday.

 

 

 

 

Wishing you all a wonderful break, full of restful moments and memorable times spent with family and friends.  Enjoy!

Time was given today to finish up the station worksheets- 8 total.  Students who completed the work submitted it.  For those who have yet to finish, they will have to submit the packet by the end of the class period tomorrow.

 

We are continuing with our centers for “A Christmas Carol”.  I am so proud of the work and effort you are all putting in.  Make sure that what you don’t finish in class is completed at home.  I will collect all 9 sheets when we get through all of the centers -the cover page and the 8 worksheets.  The URL for station 8/NWEA Terminology is below:

https://quizlet.com/3254696/nwea-vocabulary-words-flash-cards/

The text version of the play can be found at the below link:

https://d3jc3ahdjad7x7.cloudfront.net/5I4kg9tOpnbGTBMCYNa097DrhPqnSmH2heBy94ZPswrem12N.pdf

If you have makeups or anything late to turn in, such as notebooks, scene questions, metacognitive table, do so as soon as possible.

Makeup quiz for the subject specific terms for those who missed it is during lunch.  Again, come in as soon as possible.

 

Notebooks checks were conducted today.  If you did not turn in your notebook today for any reason, please do so by no later than Monday.

You should have  gotten a novel from the library.  If you come to class without a novel on Monday, you will have to call home.  I need you coming to class prepared with a novel to read during SSR.

For the centers next week, make sure you are keeping your papers in the binder so as not to lose them.

No Homework this weekend unless you are upgrading/updating your notebook and finishing any late work.

Have a wonderful weekend.

 

Classes had an opportunity to take a practice quiz over the concepts for tomorrow.  They have the quiz as a study guide to look over to prepare for tomorrow’s quiz.

We started our stations for “A Christmas Carol” and will continue through next week.  A job well done today with starting the first station.

H.W.

Study for quiz using your guide from today

bring your novel in so that you can return it tomorrow

have your notebook as I will be looking through your SSR reflections and the assignments in the front part of the notebook