Unit 6: Exploring Myths to Overcome Struggles
Essential Questions:
1. How do I use lines of dialogue and plot to propel action in a story? 2. How do I design a conflict and then write a story to overcome that conflict? 3. How do I use supplementary resources to further aid to a presentation? |
Essential Skills:
1. I can use dialogue and plot to make the story move forward and to maintain interest in my story. 2. I can come up with solution to a major conflict. 3. I can use props and costumes to help my presentation make more sense. |
Essential Texts/Resources:
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May 21-25
This Week:May 22: Myth presentations
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May 21: Writing story
May 22: Presentations May 23: Presentations May 24: Bell Ringer Exam May 25: Last day of school!!! |
May 14-18
This Week:Important Due Dates:
May 22: Myth story due |
May 14: Finish Jigsaw Activity
May 15: Discuss what a myth is May 16: Tinga Tinga Tales; Introduce myth story assignment May 17: Pick partners and topic for myth story; Writing story May 18: Writing story |
Unit 5: Researching Real People Overcoming Obstacles
Essential Questions:
1. How do I locate information to use in a research project? 2. How do I sort through facts and decide which ones are most important? 3. How do I compile facts from various sources and complete a well-researched biography project? 4. How do I give credit to the original author of the many facts I locate? |
Essential Skills:
1. I can use various sources and websites to locate information. 2. Using an outline, I can determine which facts are most essential to my research project. 3. I can use facts from various sources to complete my research biography project. 4. I can give credit to the original authors, thus avoiding plagiarism, accidental or on purpose. |
Essential Texts/Resources:
1. How to use Google Keep 2. Research Assignment Sheet 3. How to Cite Sources |
May 7-11
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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May 7: Presentations
May 8: Presentations May 9: Presentations; Tinga Tinga Tales May 10: Presentations; Tinga Tinga Tales May 11: Myth/Folk Tale Jigsaw Activity |
April 30-May 4
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Apr 30: Presentations
May 1: Presentations May 2: Presentations May 3: Presentations May 4: Presentations |
April 23-27
Important Due Dates:Important Due Dates:
April 24: Projects Due April 27: Final Project Due April 30: Project Presentations May 7: Book Project Presentations |
Apr 23: MCA
Apr 24: Finish typing project Apr 25: Discucss Presentations; Peer/Self Editing Apr 26: Sign up for presentation times; Project finishing touches Apr 27: Project finishing touches (FINAL PROJECT DUE TODAY!) |
April 16-20
This Week:Important Due Dates:
April 24: Projects Due April 27: Final Project Due April 30: Project Presentations May 7: Book Project Presentations |
Apr 16: Typing/Conference Day
Apr 17: Typing/Conference Day Apr 18: Works Cited Page Apr 19: Typing/Conference Day Apr 20: HALF DAY |
April 9-13
This Week:Important Due Dates:
April 9: Outline Due May 7: Book Project Presentations |
April 9: OUTLINE DUE
April 10: Parenthetical vs In-Text citations; Typing Day April 11: Typing Day April 12: Typing Day April 13: Typing Day |
April 3-6
This Week:Important Due Dates:
April 9: Outline Due May 7: Book Project Presentations |
April 3: Go over project expectations; Reading and Research Day (40 notecards each due April 5)
April 4: Outline Day! (Outline due by April 10) April 5: Work on Outline (Meet with Gondy); Read novels April 6: Work on Outline (Meet with Gondy); Read novels |
March 26-28
This Week:Important Due Dates:
May 7: Book Project Presentations |
Mar 26: Research Day
Mar 27: Book Project Intro Mar 28: Research Day |
March 19-23
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Mar 19: Google Keep crash course: 5 notecards per person due
Mar 20: Total notecards due: 15 per person (total) Mar 21: Total notecards due: 25 per person (total) Mar 22: Bell Ringer Test Mar 23: Half Day: Finish Test; Discuss Teen Lit Con |
March 12-16
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Mar 12: Work on filming/read novels
Mar 13: Work on filming/read novels Mar 14: Discuss Research Project Mar 15: Preliminary research Mar 16: Good Sources with Mrs. Newhouse |
Unit 4: Real People Overcoming Obstacles
Essential Questions:
1. How do I determine central ideas and watch their development in information texts? 2. How do I cite evidence to support what the informational text is saying? 3. How do I determine the author's point of view and purpose in an informational text? 4. How do I compare/contrast an informational text with a video depiction of the same text? |
Essential Skills:
1. I can determine central ideas and analyze their development throughout the text. 2. I can cite evidence to support claims made in the text. 3. I can determine the author's reasoning for writing an informational text. 4. I can compare/contract a written text with a filmed production. |
Essential Texts:
1. Soul Surfer - Bethany Hamilton |
March 5-9
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Mar 5: SNOW DAY; NO SCHOOL
Mar 6: Finish "Soul Surfer" movie; discuss expectations for filming Mar 7: Work on filming/read novels Mar 8: iMovie crash course Mar 9: Work on filming/read novels |
February 26-March 2
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Feb 26: Book Project Due |
Feb 26: Plickers Ch 14; Ch 15, Blog #15
Feb 27: "Soul Surfer" final project introduction; "Soul Surfer" movie Feb 28: "Soul Surfer" movie Mar 1: "Soul Surfer" movie Mar 2: "Soul Surfer" movie |
February 19-23
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Feb 26: Book Project Due |
Feb 19: NO SCHOOL
Feb 20: Plickers Ch 10; Ch 11, Blog #11 Feb 21: Plickers Ch 11; Ch 12, Blog #12 Feb 22: Plickers Ch 12; Ch 13, Blog #13 Feb 23: Plickers Ch 13; Ch 14, Blog #14 |
February 12-16
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Feb. 26- Book Project Due |
Feb 12: Watch video; Blog #8
Feb 13: Chapter 9; Blog #9; Videos about surfing Feb 14: Plickers Ch 9; Read Ch 10, Blog #10; Videos about sharks Feb 15: One-Armed Life Lab Feb 16: No School |
February 5-9
This Week:Important Due Dates
Feb 26: Book Project Due |
Feb 5: GONDRINGER GONE (Read Chapter 5 "The Attack"; Comic Strip Activity)
Feb 6: GONDRINGER GONE (Read Chapter 5 "The Attack"; Comic Strip Activity; Finish any outstanding blog posts; Silently Read book Project novels.) Feb 7: Plickers 4 and 5; Read Ch 6; Blog #8 Feb 8: Plickers 6; Read Ch 7; Blog #9 Feb 9: Plickers 7; Read Ch 8; Blog #10 |
January 29-February 2
This Week:Important Due Dates
Feb 26: Book Project Due |
Jan 29: Finish Soul Surfer Blog #1; Read Ch. 1; Blog #2
Jan 30: Plickers Ch 1; Read Ch 2; Blog #3 Jan 31: Plickers Ch 2; Blog #4 Feb 1: Chapter 3; Plickers Ch 3; Blog #5 Feb 2: In the Library, reading, checking out new books. |
January 22-26
This Week:Important Due Dates
Jan 25: Overcoming struggles poster presentations Feb 26: Book Project Due |
Jan 22: No School
Jan 23: Overcoming struggles poster presentation assignment Jan 24: Introduce Book Project; Work on Poster Assignment Jan 25: Poster Work; Present after lunch Jan 26: Finish Presenting; Start Soul Surfer (Blog #1) |
Unit 3: Overcoming Obstacles through Poetry
Essential Questions:
1. How do authors use figurative language to help paint a picture in their writing? 2. How is poetry constructed? 3. What is poetry analysis? |
Essential Skills:
1. I can understand and write using figurative language. 2. I can write and understand the construction of poetry. 3. I can read, understand, and analyze poetry. |
January 16-19
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Jan 15: Bell Ringer Exam
Jan 16: In Lab Typing Portfolio Jan 17: In Lab Typing Portfolio Jan 18: In Lab Typing Portfolio Jan 19: In Lab Typing Portfolio; Portfolio Due |
January 8-12
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Jan 15: Bell Ringer Exam Jan 12: Book Proj Due |
Jan 8: Imagery poems:
Poem Requirements:
Jan 10: Finish Tongue Twister poetry Jan 11: Narrative Poem Jan 12: Finish Narrative Poem |
January 2-5
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Jan 5: Book Proj Early Turn in Jan 12: Book Proj Due |
Jan 2: Jr. High Speech Intro; Blitz Poetry (50 Line Poem)
Jan 3: Finish 50 Line Poem; Silent Reading Jan 4: Epitaphs; share best at end of class Jan 5: 6 Word Memoirs |
December 18-22
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Jan 5: Book Proj Early Turn in Jan 12: Book Proj Due |
Dec 18: Onomatopoeia
Dec 19: Oxymoron Dec 20: Breakout EDU Dec 21: Goosechase: Download the app here Dec 22: Eval on Breakout EDU and Goosechase; Holiday fun day |
December 11-15
This Week: |
Dec 11: Personification
Dec 12: Haiku Dec 13: Review Monday and Tuesday Dec 14: Idioms Dec 15: Hyperbole |
December 4-8
This Week: |
Dec 4: Rhyme Scheme
Dec 5: Tone Poems Dec 6: In FACS room working on Ceramics Dec 7: Syllables Dec 8: Limericks |
November 27-December 1
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Nov 27: Introduce book project, Poetry pre-test
Nov 28: I am From Poem Nov 29: In library checking out novels Nov 30: What is Poetry? activities Dec 1: Metaphor/Simile poems |
Unit 2: Exploring Obstacles through The Haymeadow
Essential Questions:
1. How are themes established in texts and how do they carry throughout the text? 2. How do elements of a story (characters, setting, plot, etc) interact with one another? 3. How do authors use inferences to help the reader better understand the text? |
Essential Skills:
1. I can identify and analyze themes within texts and analyze their development throughout the course of the text. 2. I can analyze how story elements interact with each other. 3. I can identify and analyze inferences used in texts. |
Essential Texts:
1. The Haymeadow - Gary Paulsen |
November 20-22
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Nov 24: Book Project |
Nov 20: Finish Blog post; work on book project
Nov 21: Bell Ringer Test Nov 22: Work on book projects |
November 13-17
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Nov 13: Wagon Due Nov 17: EARLY TURN IN Nov 17: Wagon Description due Nov 21: Bell Ringer Exam Nov 24: Book Proj Due
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Nov 13: Read Ch 19-20; Description of Covered Wagon
Nov 14: Read Ch 21-22; Establish Groups and Sign up for Ceramics Nov 15: Ceramics with Mrs. Poissant Nov 16: Read Ch 23-24 Nov 17: Read Ch 25; Haymeadow blog post #1 |
November 6-10
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Nov 6: No School!
Nov 7: Introduce Ceramic Project; Qtr 2 Syllabus; Passes; SMART Goals Nov 8: Work on Wagon; Read Ch 14, 15 Nov 9: Looking at Themes; Ch 16 Nov 10: Ch 17-18; Start Coloring Wagon (Due by Monday); |
October 30-November 3
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Oct 30: Ch6&7 Oct 31: Ch 7 Quiz Nov 1
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Oct 30: Ch 6 and 7; Ch 7 reflection questions (on Google Classroom)
Oct 31: Ch 7 Quiz; Halloween parade in Gym Nov 1: Ch 8, 9 Nov 2: Design your wagon; Ch 10-11 Nov 3: Design your wagon; Ch 12-13 |
October 23-27
This Week:Oct 24: Read Ch 1
Oct 25: Read Ch 2 Nov 24: Book Proj 2 Due
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Oct 23: Bell Ringer Exam
Oct 24: Introduce Book Project #2; Start reading The Haymeadow Oct 25: Discuss Characters, Make Character charts; Read Ch 2 Oct 26: Discuss Ch 2; Make predictions for Ch. 3; Read Ch 3 Oct 27: What would you bring?; Ch 4-5 |
October 16-18
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Oct 16: Short Story Due |
Oct 16: Haymeadow Prereading
Oct 17: In Library Oct 18: Haymeadow Prereading |
Unit 1: Exploring Obstacles through Short Stories
Essential Questions:
1. How do different elements of English work together to create a good short story? 2. How does the skill of compare and contrast help readers relate themselves to the story? 3. How can textual evidence be used to further explain a point? 4. How do the 6+1 Traits of Writing work to improve writing? |
Essential Skills:
1. I can read and understand short stories by applying short story terms to reading the stories. 2. I can use the skills of compare and contrast to relate myself to a main character from a story. 3. I can use textual evidence from the story to further explain my point. 4. I fully understand and know how to use the 6+1 Traits of Writing. |
Essential Texts:
1. To Build a Fire: Jack London 2. Rip Van Winkle: Washington Irving 3. Rikki Tikki Tavi: Rudyard Kipling |
October 9-13
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Oct 9: SS Plot Diagram questions Oct 9: CONFERENCES |
Oct 9: Drafting Day
Oct 10: Writing Tips Oct 11: Individual Conferences with Ms. Gondringer Oct 12: Drafting Day Oct 13: Rough Draft Due, peer editing, self-editing |
October 2-6
This Week:Oct 5: SS Topic
Oct 9: SS Plot Diagram questions |
Oct 2: Rip Van Winkle
Oct 3: Rip Van Winkle Oct 4: Introduce Short Story assignment Oct 5: Short Story assignment topic and rough sketch of story due Oct 6: Answers to questions about story/plot diagram (due date pushed to Monday) |
September 25-29
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Sept 29: EARLY RELEASE!!! |
Sept 25: In Library-Banned Books Week
Sept 26: "Rikki Tikki Tavi" Sept 27: "Rikki Tikki Tavi" Sept 28: "Rikki Tikki Tavi" Sept 29: EARLY RELEASE!!! |
September 18-22
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Sept 21: To Build a Fire Plot Diagram and questions |
Sept 18: Present Short Story Posters; Plot Diagram, Silent Reading
Sept 19: Plot Diagrams; Gondringer's Christmas story Sept 20: Read "To Build A Fire" and fill out plot diagram Sept 21: Finish "To Build a Fire"; Plot diagram; newspaper writing assignment: Using details found in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” pretend you are a reporter for an Alaskan newspaper. Write an expository article that describes the discovery of a dead hiker in the Yukon wilderness. You will probably need to fill in necessary details not mentioned in the story (e.g. name of victim, names of friends who reported the disappearance, etc.) Write on the back of your plot diagram. Must be 1-3 paragraphs, typed. Think of what should be included in a newspaper article: title of article, name of protagonist, written from third person point of view, must include at least THREE details from the story. Sept 22: Finish "To Build a Fire" |
September 11-15
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Sept 12: Animal Paragraph presentations |
Sept 11: In Library checking out books; Finish any assignments up until this point; Silently READ!
Sept 12: Animal Paragraph presentations Sept 13: Finish Animal Paragraph presentations; silent reading Sept 14: Introduction to Short Stories; Terms poster Sept 15: Terms poster presentation; take notes on terms |
September 5-8
This Week:Important Due Dates
Sept 12: Animal Paragraph due Sept 12: Animal Paragraph Presentations
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Sept 5: Introduction to English 7; Classroom expectations; Puzzle Piece
Sept 6: SMART Goals, Google Classroom, Google Blogger, etc Sept 7: Animal Paragraph introduction. What animal are you most like and why? Thesis Statements; Write Animal Paragraph Sept 8: Introduce Book Project; Animal Paragraph Editing and Revising |