This Week: May 10-14

Monday, May 10:
2nd Half of Team Four Social Studies Field Trip!
Pre-AP: Imagery Activity and Word Wall Squares for Tom Sawyer Vocabulary
Punctuation Practice: Page 600 Ex. 8 (1-10) Ex. 9 (1-12)

Tuesday, May 11:
Pre-AP: Read Chapter 33; Hand out Poetry Research Project
English 7: Subject Verb Agreement

Wednesday, May 12:
Pre-AP: Finish Tom Sawyer! Homework: Last Journal Assignment
English 7: Subject Verb Agreement

Thursday, May 13:
Pre-AP: Last Reading Quiz (Ch. 23-35) Word Art; Homework: Study Vocabulary!
English 7: Subject Verb Agreement; Homework: Study for Subject Verb Agreement Test!

Friday: May 14:
Pre-AP: Tom Sawyer 2nd half Vocabulary Test (Chapters 16-35)
English 7: Subject Verb Agreement Test

This Week: May 3-7

Monday, May 3:
English 7: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Pre-AP: Reading Quiz; Read in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Tuesday, May 4:
English 7: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Pre-AP: Add to Literature Vocabulary. Read in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Wednesday, May 5:
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs

Thursday, May 6:
English 7: Review for Grammar Test
Pre-AP: Tom Sawyer

Friday, May 7:
English 7: Comparative and Superlative Grammar Test!
Pre-AP: Complete Chapter 31 in Tom Sawyer

Social Studies Field Trip on Monday!

This Week: April 26-30

Monday, April 26:
English 7: Poem in Your Pocket Project Research—students have chosen a poem for this project. Students will research their poets in class. Anyone who is absent for research will need to make this up at home or in the library during Directed Studies!
Pre-AP: Tom Sawyer—hand out test grades and Tom Sawyer Notebooks. Begin new vocabulary.

Tuesday, April 27:
English 7: Work on Poem in your Pocket Paper
Pre-AP: Read Tom Sawyer, Chapters 17-19 in class (No Homework)

Wednesday, April 28:
English 7: Complete Poem in Your Pocket Project
Pre-AP: Tom Sawyer—add vocabulary; read Chapters 20-21

Thursday, April 29:
English 7: Poem in Your Pocket Day! Projects DUE!
(Pre-AP will celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day when we are finished with Tom Sawyer.)
Pre-AP: Tom Sawyer Reading Quiz

Friday, April 30:
Social Studies Field Trip for part of Team 4.
Poetry Vocabulary Game
Pre-AP: Tom Sawyer Art Activity

This Week: April 19-22

Monday, April 19:
Pre-AP: Tom Sawyer- add to vocabulary and literary terms, read Chapters 12-13; Homework- Read Chapter 14
English 7: TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis of “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

Tuesday, April 20:
Pre-AP: Tom Sawyer Reading Quiz (Chapters 7-13); Vocabulary Word ART
English 7: TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis of “Ozymandias” in Groups

Wednesday, April 21:
Pre-AP: Share word ART; Add to Lit Terms and Vocabulary—Read Chapter 15 in Class; Homework—Review Vocabulary and Literary Terms
English 7: Finish Group TPCASTT; read poems and find examples of poetry vocabulary in poems (alliteration; assonance, consonance)

Thursday, April 22:
Pre-AP: Review for Tom Sawyer Literary Terms and Vocabulary Test
English 7: Examples of Poetry types and Poetry vocabulary

Friday, April 22:
Pre-AP: Tom Sawyer Literary Terms and Vocabulary Test; Notebooks will be taken up
English 7: Begin Poem in your Pocket Project; choose poems

This Week: March 29-April 1

Monday, March 29:
Open Notes Test on Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
Get plenty of rest and eat a healthy breakfast!

Tuesday and Wednesday, March 30-31:
SAT Testing

Thursday, April 1:
Descriptive Writing
No Homework

Friday, April 2:
Descriptive Writing Practice
Pre-AP will begin reading Tom Sawyer next week! I will provide the books.

This Week: March 22-March 26

Monday, March 22:
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Sentence strips Activity
Workbook pages 153-156

Tuesday and Wednesday, March 23-24:
ARMT Reading and ARMT Math

Thursday, March 25:
Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
Notes/Class activity

Friday, March 26:
Simple, Compund, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
Check workbook pages and practice
Create visual representations of types of sentences

This Week: March 8-12

Monday, March 8:
Greek Mythology- read greek myths and take notes on major figures

Tuesday, March 9:
Greek Mythology Continued

Wednesday, March 10:
Add "Genres of Poetry" Notes
Read from selected poems
Hand out Exam Study Guides

Thursday, March 11:
Review Activity: Learning Stations
Students will move from station to station, completing activities such as the following:
write an index card-haiku, read a greek myth, create a wanted poster for a character from greek mythology, transform a fable into a modern-day version of the fable, create a comic strip for a fable, complete a Greek gods crossword...etc. These activities will help students review for the final exam.

Students also have notes and a study-guide for tomorrow's exam.

Friday, March 12:
3rd Nine-Weeks Exam

Have a Great Spring Break!!!

This Week: March 1-5

Monday, March 1:
Grammar Kick-Off: Infinitives
Literature- Genres: Folktale
Read “The Lion, The Hair, and the Hyena”

Tuesday, March 2:
Kick-Off: Infinitives
Persuasive Writing Presentations

Wednesday, March 3:
Kick-Off: Infinitives
Persuasive Writing Presentations

Thursday, March 4:
Kick-Off: Infinitives
Literature—Genre Study
Read from Aesop’s Fables and Watch fable video stories online

Friday, March 5:
Kick-Off: Infinitives
Literature- Genre Study
Read Greek Myths (continued next week)

This Week: February 22-26

Monday, February 22:
Work on Persuasive Writing Presentation in the library

Tuesday, February 23:
Work on Persuasive Writing Presentation in the library

(Parents, we will present these presentation on next Tuesday and Wednesday. The students have done a wonderful job of putting together some unique, interesting, and well-organized presentations. If the students would like to bring a flash drive and save the powerpoint presentation, they could practice their speeches at home. I'm sure they would love for their parents to see their work!)

Wednesday, February 24:
Grammar- Kick-Off Review (Adjectives and Adverbs)
Homework- unfinished workbook pages: pp. 127-128; pg. 137 (1-18)

Thursday, February 25:
Grammar – Kick-Off Review (Participles and Gerunds)

Friday, February 26:
Grammar Test- adjectives, adverbs, participles, and gerunds
ARMT Reading Practice

This Week: February 15-19

Monday, February 15:
No School!

Tuesday, February 16:
Work on Hamburger Outlines for Persuasive Essays

Wednesday, February 17:
Persuasive Essays: work on outlines and begin essay

Thursday, February 18:
Go to the library to begin Persuasive Speech Powerpoint Presentation

Friday, February 19:
Finish Written Essays in Class; work on Writing Portfolios

This Week: January 25-29

Monday, January 25:
Kick-Off: Using Quotation Marks for Dialogue
Practicing Adjectives/Adverbs
Complete Writing Notes on Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, and Descriptive Writing
Prompt Practice: Determining Mode, Topic, and Audience
Notes on Organizing an Essay: Hamburger Diagram
Homework: Vocabulary Ex 1

Tuesday, January 26:
Kick-Off: Using Quotation Marks for Dialogue
Practicing Adjectives/Adverbs
Review Vocabulary Ex 1. Answers
Unfinished Notes
Transition Words
Essay Organizing Practice as a class

Wednesday, January 27:
Review Essay Organizational Plan
Give In-Class Essay Topic
Review Essay Rubric
Plan Hamburger for In-Class Expository essay (finish at home to use during in-class timed writing)

Thursday, January 28:
Timed In-Class Expository Essay
Homework: study writing notes-- Be able to name four modes and two aspects of each (Narrative, expository, persuasive and descriptive). Be able to name two things that apply to all four modes of writing.

Friday, January 29:
Quiz on Writing Notes:
Using Quotation Marks for Dialogue
Using Commas to set off introductory phrases and appositives
Simple and Compound Sentences

This Week: January 11-15

Monday, January 11:
Kick-Off: Adverbs
Life Map Project and Personal Narrative
Homework: None

Tuesday, January 12:
Kick-Off: Adverbs
Life Map Project and Personal Narrative
Homework: None

Wednesday, January 13:
Kick-Off: Adverbs
Life Map Project and Personal Narrative
Homework: None

Thursday, January 14:
Kick-Off: adverbs Notes: 4 modes of writing
Writing an organized essay
Essay outline visuals
Homework: Adverb Worksheet

Friday, January 15:
Adverb Quiz
Notes: 4 modes of writing
Writing an organized essay

Welcome Back!

Mrs. Skelton
3rd Nine Weeks Skills Agenda

Parents and Students,

Welcome back to school! My plan is for us to survive the cold by working hard to become better writers! We will begin the third nine-week grading period with a writing unit. During this unit, students will complete smaller writing assignments meant to hone their writing skills in specific areas and allow opportunities for creativity. Students will also complete more involved essay assignments. We will focus on organization, grammar, and sentence structure, as well as on sentence variety and creativity. Students will read examples of excellent writing and then have the opportunity to create their own examples of excellent writing. The unit will culminate in a Writer’s Portfolio that will display student progress and talent.

After our writing unit, we will complete a study of the genres of literature and their defining characteristics.

Throughout the nine weeks, we will work to expand vocabulary and improve grammar, writing, and reading comprehension.

We will work to master the following Alabama Course of Study Standards:

3. Distinguish among the major genres, including poetry, short stories, novels, plays, biographies, and
autobiographies, and subgenres, such as folktales, myths, parables, fables, and science fiction, based
on their characteristics.
4. Apply strategies that include setting purposes for reading, distinguishing fact from opinion, making generalizations, and reviewing to comprehend informational and functional reading materials.
• Determining sequence of events to enhance text
understanding
• Using specific context clues to determine
meaning of unfamiliar words
• Applying self-monitoring strategies for text
understanding
• Drawing conclusions to determine unstated intent

5. Recognize the use of textual elements, including main idea and supporting details, to gain information from various text formats, including graphs.

9. Compose in descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive modes with a thesis sentence and
introductory, supporting, and concluding paragraphs when appropriate.
• Using transitional words and phrases for coherence
• Using figurative language when writing in various genres

10. Apply mechanics in writing, including commas to set off nouns of address and following introductory
phrases and clauses.

• Using semicolons, conjunctive adverbs, and commas to join two independent clauses or to correct run-on sentences
• Demonstrating correct sentence structure by avoiding comma splices
• Using commas to set off nonessential clauses and appositives

11. Apply grammar conventions in writing to pronoun-antecedent agreement and to subject-verb
agreement with inverted word order and with indefinite pronouns as subjects.
• Identifying gerunds, infinitives, and participles in writing
• Identifying sentence patterns in writing
• Using compound and complex sentences in writing

15. Demonstrate listening skills, including identifying the main idea, detail, purpose, and bias in group discussions, public speeches, and media messages.