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