7th Grade Writing

Fourth Six Weeks

Week 7
February 19-23, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, February 19
*Qoutable Quotes: The Peacock and the Crane
* GRAMMAR
* DISTRICT BENCHMARK 2 WRITING
*COMPOSITION
- Students compare their paragraphs with that of a published author to see how close their version was to the published text.
- Models of how a paragraph can be de-cluttered and sentences combined.

Tuesday, February 20

* Quotable Quotes: Aesop's Fables
* GRAMMAR

* SIX WEEKS TEST:  Social Studies, Reading, Math, TELPAS

     - Go over benchmark test through student presentations.
 * COMPOSITION

     -Students revisit their compositions to check on Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation,and Spelling (CUPS) .

    

Wednesday, February 21

*Quotable Quotes: Aesop's Fables

* GRAMMAR

     - TELPAS
     - Sentence continue editing their essay.

* COMPOSITION

    - Students begin reviewing expository strategies again.
    - Students practice making introductions using attention grabbers.

Thursday, February 22

* Quotable Quotes: Aesop's Fables

* GRAMMAR

    - Go over DBM 2 Multiple Choice test
    - Sentence combination/revision/editing
    -Mini-lesson on apostrophes in contractions and possessives

* COMPOSITION

    - Students practice making body paragraphs.

Friday, February 23

* Go over multiple choice test
* GRAMMAR
    - Student presentations
    - Students are exposed to dialogue rules and practice same
COMPOSITION
    - Students practice conclusions.