7th Grade Writing

Fourth Six Weeks

Week 4
January 29-February 2, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, January 29

* Quotable Quotes

* GRAMMAR
* Go over benchmark test through student presentations
* Sentence combination /revision
* COMPOSITION
     - Students finish copying essays to their revising page
     - They look for clutter in their essays and delete it
     - Students share their writing with a peer.

Tuesday, January 30

* Quotable Quotes

* GRAMMAR

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

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

     - Choosing the right detail 

     - Continue with Prove Its!

Wednesday, January 31

*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 1

* Quotable Quotes

* GRAMMAR

    - Student presentations
    - Sentence combination/revision

* COMPOSITION

    - Students add details to their essay

Friday, February 2

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

7th Grade Writing

Fourth Six Weeks

Week 3
January 22-26, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, January 22

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

* GRAMMAR
* Great Lives, Great Deeds: Martin Luther King, Jr.
     - Go over benchmark test through student presentations
* COMPOSITION
     - Practice Prove It! strategy.
     - Students share their writing with a peer.

Tuesday, January 23

* Great Lives, Great Deeds: Selma

* GRAMMAR

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

     - Go over benchmark test through student presentations

* COMPOSITION

     - Review the basic expository strategies.

     - Continue with Prove Its!

Wednesday, January 24

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

* GRAMMAR

     - Students take a quiz on the expository strategies.

* COMPOSITION

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

Thursday, January 25

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

* GRAMMAR

    - Student presentations

* COMPOSITION

    - Students add details to their essay

Friday, January 26

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

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

7th Grade Writing

Fourth Six Weeks

Week 1
January 8-12, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, January 8

* Teacher workday

Tuesday, January 9
* 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 10
*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 11
* Great Lives, Great Deeds: Martin Luther King, Jr.
* GRAMMAR
    - Student presentations
* COMPOSITION
    - Students add details to their essay

Friday, January 12
* Great Lives, Great Deeds: Martin Luther King, Jr.
* GRAMMAR
    - Student presentations
* COMPOSITION
    - Students add details to their essay