7th Grade Writing

Fourth Six Weeks

Week 2
January 15-19, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, January 15

* Great Lives, Great Deeds: Revisit The Gifted Hands

* GRAMMAR
* Great Lives, Great Deeds: Martin Luther King, Jr.
     - Go over benchmark test through student presentations
* COMPOSITION
     - Review the basic expository strategies
     - Work towards revising the benchmark essay

Tuesday, January 16

* Great Lives, Great Deeds: Revisit The Gifted Hands

* GRAMMAR

* Great Lives, Great Deeds: Martin Luther King, Jr.

     - Go over benchmark test through student presentations

* COMPOSITION

     - Review the basic expository strategies

     - Work towards revising the benchmark essay

Wednesday, January 17

*Great Lives, Great Deeds: Martin Luther King, Jr.

* GRAMMAR

     - Student presentations of STAAR questions and answers

* COMPOSITION

    - Model how to insert meaningful details into body paragraphs

Thursday, January 18

* Great Lives, Great Deeds: Martin Luther King, Jr.

* GRAMMAR

    - Student presentations

* COMPOSITION

    - Students add details to their essay

Friday, January 19

* Great Lives, Great Deeds: Martin Luther King, Jr.
* GRAMMAR
    - Student presentations
* COMPOSITION
    - Students add details to their essay