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.

7th Grade Writing

Fourth Six Weeks

Week 6
February 12-16, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, February 12
*Qoutable Quotes: The Peacock and the Crane
* GRAMMAR
* Presentation & explanation  from a question in DBM 2
*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 13

* Quotable Quotes: Aesop's Fables
* GRAMMAR

* DBM 1 Item Presentation

     - Go over benchmark test through student presentations.
 * COMPOSITION

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

    

Wednesday, February 14

*Quotable Quotes: Aesop's Fables

* GRAMMAR

     - Students continue grammar presentation
     - Sentence continue editing their essay.

* COMPOSITION

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

Thursday, February 15

* Quotable Quotes: Aesop's Fables

* GRAMMAR

    - Student presentations
    - Sentence combination/revision/editing
    -Mini-lesson on apostrophes in contractions and possessives

* COMPOSITION

    - Students practice making body paragraphs.

Friday, February 16

* Quotable Quotes: Aesop's Fables
* GRAMMAR
    - Student presentations
    - Students are exposed to dialogue rules and practice same
COMPOSITION
    - Students practice conclusions.

7th Grade Writing

Fourth Six Weeks

Week 5
February 5-9, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, February 5

NO CLASSES

Tuesday, February 6

* Video clip from "The Gifted Hands" about interns
* Students are grammar "interns", diagnosing sentence errors and fixing them.

* GRAMMAR

* Students are given "patients" with a chart history relating their "disease" (sentence mistakes).
* They analyze the sentence mistakes and fix them.
* They present their "findings" and "prescriptions" .

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

     -Students turn in their revised essays.

    

Wednesday, February 7

*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 8

* Quotable Quotes

* GRAMMAR

    - Student presentations
    - Sentence combination/revision

* COMPOSITION

    - Students add details to their essay

Friday, February 9

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

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