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Week of August 29-Sept. 2
***Lesson
are subject to change; be sure to verify with Mrs. Motsinger
(Scroll
down to see last week's assignments)
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Monday,
Aug. 29 |
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Daily Oral Language
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Wordly Wise #2 (packet due
Thursday...TEST FRIDAY)
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Pre-reading activity to "Charles" by
Shirley Jackson, clip from Dennis the
Menace, read about tricksters, journal
about a real-life trickster you know OR
write about a time you have had a
conflict with a teacher, meet the
author, and discuss dynamic characters,
setting, and theme.
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Read the story aloud...predict after
each page and share predictions.
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Complete study guide questions for
homework
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Tuesday,
Aug. 30 |
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Daily Oral Language
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Wordly Wise Pictures
(all 15 of them)
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Grammar: Complete the Diagnostic
Preview in grammar books pg. 2-3
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Discuss questions from "Charles"
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Explain the Comic Strip Activity and
show the website students will be using
tomorrow to generate their own comic
strip
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Pre-write the comic story and plan the
plot events for each frame.
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Wednesday,
Aug. 31 |
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Daily Oral Language
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Grammar: The Sentence (pg. 4-5)
guided practice and assign pgs. 2-4 in
grammar workbook
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Computer Lab: generating comic
strip and printing results.
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Thursday,
Sept. 1 |
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Daily Oral Language
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Grade Wordly Wise #1 & review for TEST
(test tomorrow)
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(Submit grammar homework pgs. 2-4 in
workbook)
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Pre-reading activity to "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"
by Rudyard Kipling: show movie clip from
Jungle Book, journal, background
info on mongooses and cobras, meet the
author, literary element...plot,
vocabulary.
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Begin listening to the story
aloud...(1/2 of the story)
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Friday,
Sept. 2
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Wordly Wise #2 Test
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Daily Oral Language In-house Quiz
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Finish listening to the story..."Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"
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Last Week:
August 22-26
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Monday,
Aug. 22 |
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Finish Life Preservers (Due Tomorrow)
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Daily Oral Language...explain routine
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Wordly Wise #1 (packet due
Thursday...TEST FRIDAY)
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Short Story Terms (take notes)
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Tuesday,
Aug. 23 |
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Daily Oral Language
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Collect Life Preservers (present 5)
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Wordly Wise Pictures
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finish lit. terms (if needed)
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Intro to the short story, "Seventh
Grade"...Express Yourself PowerPoint
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---explain the short story survival
guide...
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---complete journal
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---meet the author
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---lit. terms & vocab.
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---make predictions about the story
based on title and pictures (picture
walk)
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Wednesday,
Aug. 24 |
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Daily Oral Language
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Life Preservers (present 5)
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Wordly Wise Pics...(packet due tomorrow
for grade!)
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Read the short story, "Seventh Grade" by
Gary Soto on page 250 in literature book
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---complete the questions #1-5 for
homework
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Thursday,
Aug. 25 |
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Daily Oral Language
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Life Preservers (present 5)
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Grade Wordly Wise #1 & review for TEST
(test tomorrow)
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"Seventh Grade" Extension Activity:
Writing Situation
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---write letter for tomorrow
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Friday,
Aug. 26
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Wordly Wise #1 Test
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Daily Oral Language In-house Quiz
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Read the nonfiction article "The
Popularity Gap" (connection to "Seventh
Grade")...discuss the strategies for
reading nonfiction vs. fiction
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