7th Grade Writing

First Six Weeks

Week 5
September 24-29, 2017
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, September 25

* Journal entry, Great Lives, Great Deeds (Lincoln): Student response
* Grade quizzes
* Engage students with a wrong sentence where subject and verb do not agree.
* Build the foundation with questions like: What's wrong with this sentence? If so, how do you fix it? Why did you fix it that way? etc.
* Have now students define this rule. Have them lay down the elements about this rule: subject-verb agreement.Elements: Singular/plural nouns/pronouns; singular/plural verbs; present tense verbs; first, second, third persons
* Use Legend for this purpose as well as student journal. 

Tuesday, September 26

* Great Lives, Great Deeds: student response
* Practice fixing  subject-verb agreement problem  in increasingly more complicated sentences
* Practice sentence analysis


Wednesday, September 27


* Great Lives, Great Deeds:student response
* Practice sentence analysis: subject-verb agreement
* What is the simple subject/s? What is the simple predicate/s? Do they agree?
* Practice recognizing verbs..


Thursday, September 28
* Election of student council officers* Great Lives, Great Deeds: student response
* Practice sentence analysis: subject-verb agreement* Practice recognizing verbs..

*Introduce natural and inverted sentences and their relevance to writing.



Friday, September 29
* Professional Learning Day