AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Split It: define “parallel” and “structure”, (3) BRAIN BREAK: Snowball Toss!, (4) Defined the concept of “parallel structure” as it relates to ELA, (5) Logged in to IXL to practice the new concept, (6) Added the first body paragraph to the Literary Analysis using the information from last week’s double entry journals, (7) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: Finish typing first body paragraph

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

1/23-27 ~ NWEA testing in ELA

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/17 ~ Chess Club: 3-5 pm / Activity bus is available.

1/17 ~ “Save It or Shave It” fundraiser for Relay for Life begins

1/18 ~ LATE START: School begins 1 hour later.

1/27 ~ Early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / End of 3rd card marking & end of 1st semester

1/30 ~ Secondary ONLY early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / Start of 2nd semester

2/1 ~ 7th grade girls’ volleyball try outs /3-5pm / Activity bus is available

We are fortunate to have Ms. Ahlam Hussein, a student teacher from Eastern Michigan University, with us for the next 15 weeks. She wanted to introduce herself to all of you…

Hello 7 th graders! Now that I have met all of you, I wanted to tell you about

myself in a couple paragraphs. I go to school at Eastern Michigan University and

study two subjects: general language arts and special education. For those of

you that are wondering, special education is for students who have different or

extra needs in school. You have at least one special education teacher here at

Stout! “Student Teaching” is the final phase of my college teaching program-you

can think of it as my final test.

Like many of you, I was born and raised in Dearborn. I have lived in Ann

Arbor for a bit to be closer to school, but have moved back home in August of

last year.

During the upcoming weeks, I will be helping Mrs. Wiacek more by

teaching full lessons some days; you will here more of my voice! I hope to make

the most of this experience with Mrs. Wiacek and all of you and I am so happy to

be apart of her class. I am always available and eager to answer your questions

during class time so please do not hesitate to ask me.

My Favorite Texts:

Persepolis

The Outsiders

I am Malala

The Round House

Twilight Series

autobiographies

short stories

AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Quick Write: elements of an introductory paragraph, (3) BRAIN BREAK: Snowball Toss!, (4) Checked each other’s answers from quick write, (5) Reviewed the 3 elements the introduction of this essay must contain {lead, summary, thesis}, (6) Created new Google Doc called LITERARY ANALYSIS and typed introduction, (7) Worked towards mastery on IXL skill, (8) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: none

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

1/23-27 ~ NWEA testing in ELA

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/16 ~ NO SCHOOL: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

1/17 ~ Chess Club: 3-5 pm / Activity bus is available.

1/17 ~ “Save It or Shave It” fundraiser for Relay for Life begins

1/18 ~ LATE START: School begins 1 hour later.

1/27 ~ Early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / End of 3rd card marking & end of 1st semester

1/30 ~ Secondary ONLY early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / Start of 2nd semester

2/1 ~ 7th grade girls’ volleyball try outs /3-5pm / Activity bus is available

AGENDA: (1)  Took 5 question quiz analyzing commentary, (2) BRAIN BREAK: Rock, paper, scissors, add [negative numbers]!, (3) Created a second DEJ (double entry journal), (4) With a partner, orally explained the connection between the theme and the evidence; the partner was the scribe and recorded everything that was said, (5) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: none

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

1/23-27 ~ NWEA testing in ELA

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/16 ~ NO SCHOOL: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

1/17 ~ Chess Club: 3-5 pm / Activity bus is available.

1/17 ~ “Save It or Shave It” fundraiser for Relay for Life begins

1/18 ~ LATE START: School begins 1 hour later.

1/27 ~ Early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / End of 3rd card marking & end of 1st semester

1/30 ~ Secondary ONLY early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / Start of 2nd semester

AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Took 3 question quiz about the different types of evidence, (3) BRAIN BREAK: Rock, paper, scissors, add [negative numbers]!, (4) Reviewed previous notes about argumentative elements, (5) Practiced identifying well written commentary, (6) Continued with double-entry journal (DEJ) and added commentary, (7) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: Complete commentary

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

1/23-27 ~ NWEA testing in ELA

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/16 ~ NO SCHOOL: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

1/17 ~ Chess Club: 3-5 pm / Activity bus is available.

1/17 ~ “Save It or Shave It” fundraiser for Relay for Life begins

1/18 ~ LATE START: School begins 1 hour later.

1/27 ~ Early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / End of 3rd card marking & end of 1st semester

1/30 ~ Secondary ONLY early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / Start of 2nd semester

AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Wrote questions to review material on yesterday’s notes about types of sentences (declarative, imperative, exclamatory, interrogative), (3) BRAIN BREAK: Right on left balance!, (4) Wrote note to another student encouraging him/her to achieve a goal, (5) Created a double-entry journal (DEJ) and recorded two pieces of evidence to support theme, (6) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: none

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

1/23-27 ~ NWEA testing in ELA

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/16 ~ NO SCHOOL: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

1/17 ~ Chess Club: 3-5 pm / Activity bus is available.

1/17 ~ “Save It or Shave It” fundraiser for Relay for Life begins

1/18 ~ LATE START: School begins 1 hour later.

1/27 ~ Early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / End of 3rd card marking & end of 1st semester

1/30 ~ Secondary ONLY early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / Start of 2nd semester

AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Cornell Notes on types of sentences (declarative, imperative, exclamatory, interrogative), (3) BRAIN BREAK: Happy New Year!, (4) IXL: Sentence Types [7.M.1, 8.M.1, 9.I.1, 10.H.1], (5) Passed back “Theme Analysis” paper for students to record overall lesson, (6) Passed back the comparisons for scenes 4-6 so students could revise to improve score, (7) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: Make revisions on comparisons for scenes 4-6 **Students who are absent or simply need to watch the movie version can log into iLearn to access it. You’ll find the information under the CHRISTMAS CAROL heading.**

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

1/10 ~ Revisions on comparisons for scenes 4-6

1/23-27 ~ NWEA testing in ELA

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/16 ~ NO SCHOOL: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

1/18 ~ LATE START: School begins 1 hour later.

1/27 ~ Early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / End of 3rd card marking & end of 1st semester

1/30 ~ Secondary ONLY early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / Start of 2nd semester