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