7th Grade Writing

Fourth Six Weeks

Week 5
February 5-9, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, February 5

NO CLASSES

Tuesday, February 6

* Video clip from "The Gifted Hands" about interns
* Students are grammar "interns", diagnosing sentence errors and fixing them.

* GRAMMAR

* Students are given "patients" with a chart history relating their "disease" (sentence mistakes).
* They analyze the sentence mistakes and fix them.
* They present their "findings" and "prescriptions" .

     - Go over benchmark test through student presentations
     -Sentence combination/revision
* COMPOSITION

     -Students turn in their revised essays.

    

Wednesday, February 7

*Quotable Quotes

* GRAMMAR

     - Students continue grammar presentation
     - Sentence combining/revising

* COMPOSITION

    - Students copy a list of redundant expressions that can be simplified to avoid clutter.

Thursday, February 8

* Quotable Quotes

* GRAMMAR

    - Student presentations
    - Sentence combination/revision

* COMPOSITION

    - Students add details to their essay

Friday, February 9

* Quotable Quotes
* GRAMMAR
    - Student presentations
    - Sentence combination/revision* COMPOSITION
    - Students add details to their essay