7th Grade Writing

Sixth Six Weeks

Week 5
May 14-18, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, May 14
* STAAR Math

Tuesday May 15

* STAAR Reading

Wednesday, May 16

* Movie

Thursday, May 17

* Movie

Friday, May 18
* Binder organization

7th Grade Writing

Sixth Six Weeks

Week 4
May 7-11, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, May 7
* Research arguments for and against issues assigned: death penalty /wall
* Use proof and evidence.

Tuesday May 8

* Research arguments for and against issues assigned: death penalty /wall
* Use proof and evidence.

Wednesday, May 9

* Presentation of arguments

Thursday, May 10

* Presentation of arguments

Friday, May 11
* Presentation of arguments

7th Grade Writing

Sixth Six Weeks

Week 3
April 30-May 4, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, April 30
* Practice debate


Tuesday May 1

* Formal debate

Wednesday, May 2

* Formal debate

Thursday, May 3

* Formal debate

Friday, May 4
* Formal debate

7th Grade Writing

Sixth Six Weeks

Week 2
April 23-27, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, April 23
* Movie report
* Students are assigned debating teams
* Teacher explains the rules, topics, and debate protocols
* Students begin to research

Tuesday April 24

* Students research their assigned topics

Wednesday, April 25

* Students continue their research

Thursday, April 26

* Students finish their research.

Friday, April 27

* Students and teacher practice the debate protocols

7th Grade Writing

Sixth Six Weeks

Week 1
April 16-20, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, April 16
* DISTRICT BENCHMARK FOR MATH

Tuesday April 17

* Movies at Mrs. Salinas's classroom

Wednesday, April 18

* Expectations , rules, and topics for debate
* Assignment of teams

Thursday, April 19

* Students start research.

Friday, April 20

* Students continue research.

7th Grade Writing

Fifth Six Weeks

Week 6
April 2-6, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, April 9
*Journal entry: Attention grabber: Funnel-Turnabout
* GRAMMAR
* LAST MINUTE TIPS

*COMPOSITION
LAST MINUTE TIPS on expository essay

Tuesday April 10

STAAR WRITING TEST

    

Wednesday, April 11

DISTRICT BENCHMARK FOR 7TH GRADE READING

    
Thursday, April 12

*Movie: The Great Debaters

Friday, April 13

*Movie: The Great Debaters

7th Grade Writing

Fifth Six Weeks

Week 5
April 2-6, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, April 2
*Journal entry: Attention grabber: Funnel-Turnabout
* GRAMMAR
* DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items.

*COMPOSITION
- Students go over their essays and teacher models how a piece of writing is edited with the use of CUPS (capitalization, usage, punctuation, spelling).
* Apostrophes

Tuesday April 3

* Journal entry: Attention Grabbers: Question
* GRAMMAR

* * DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items (5).

     - Go over benchmark test through student presentations.
 * COMPOSITION

   - Students continue to work on their editing with member feedback and tutoring.
   - Past participles of irregular verbs

    

Wednesday, April 4

*Journal entry: Attention Grabber: Quotation

* GRAMMAR

     - * DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items (5).
    - Dialogue
     * COMPOSITION

    - Students finalize their edited drafts.
    
Thursday, April 5

* Journal entry: Attention Grabber: Surprising Statement

* GRAMMAR

    -  DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items (5).
   - STAAR passage
    
* COMPOSITION

    - Students start brainstorming another prompt.

Friday, April 6

* Journal entry: Attention Grabber: Imagery

* GRAMMAR

    - * DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items (5).
    
* COMPOSITION

    - Students make outline and rough draft of their essay.

Saturday, April 7
 *SATURDAY TUTORIALS!!!!