7th Grade Writing

Fifth Six Weeks

Week 4
March 26-30, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, March 26
*Journal entry: Short paragraph on one memorable moment during your spring break
* GRAMMAR
* DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items (5).
*COMPOSITION
- Students go over their essays and teacher models how a piece of writing is edited with the use of CUPS (capitalization, usage, punctuation, spelling).

Tuesday, March 27

* Journal entry: How do you feel about the upcoming STARR test in writing? Ready or need more preparation? If not ready, on what?
* GRAMMAR

* * DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items (5).

     - Go over benchmark test through student presentations.
 * COMPOSITION

   - Students continue to work on their editing with member feedback and tutoring.

    

Wednesday, March 28

*Journal entry: Something significant from what your book report or from what you are reading now

* GRAMMAR

     - * DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items (5).
     * COMPOSITION

    - Students finalize their edited drafts.
    
Thursday, March 29

* Journal entry: Describe a scene from a movie or game that moved, touched , or got you excited.

* GRAMMAR

    -  DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items (5).
    
* COMPOSITION

    - Students start brainstorming another prompt.

Friday, March 30

NO SCHOOL

7th Grade Writing

Fifth Six Weeks

Week 3
March 19-23, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, March 19
*Journal entry: Short paragraph on one memorable moment during your spring break
* GRAMMAR
* DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items (5).
*COMPOSITION
- Students go over their essays and teacher models how a piece of writing is edited with the use of CUPS (capitalization, usage, punctuation, spelling).

Tuesday, March 20

* Journal entry: How do you feel about the upcoming STARR test in writing? Ready or need more preparation? If not ready, on what?
* GRAMMAR

* * DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items (5).

     - Go over benchmark test through student presentations.
 * COMPOSITION

   - Students continue to work on their editing with member feedback and tutoring.

    

Wednesday, March 21

*Journal entry: Something significant from what your book report or from what you are reading now

* GRAMMAR

     - * DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items (5).
     * COMPOSITION

    - Students finalize their edited drafts.
    
Thursday, March 22

* Journal entry: Describe a scene from a movie or game that moved, touched , or got you excited.

* GRAMMAR

    -  DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items (5).
    
* COMPOSITION

    - Students start brainstorming another prompt.

Friday, March 23

* Journal entry: Make a prediction of what you ideally want as outcome of your STARR test.

* GRAMMAR

    - * DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question items (5).
    
* COMPOSITION

    - Students make outline and rough draft of their essay.

7th Grade Writing

Fifth Six Weeks

Week 2
March 5-9, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, March 5
*Elegant sentences from literature with sentence imitation
* GRAMMAR
* DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Student presentation of assigned question item.
*COMPOSITION
- Deconstruct the passages from the DBM 2 and reverse the writing process back to the outline.
- Review for students  how the author might have designed his outline before he/she wrote the piece.
- Talk through the modeling.
-  Students construct the outline.

Tuesday, March 6

* Elegant Sentences: From Bomb
* GRAMMAR

* Students are given question items to analyze and present to the class.

     - Go over benchmark test through student presentations.
 * COMPOSITION

     -Students are assigned passages to deconstruct and reconstruct.
    - They work in groups..

    

Wednesday, March 7

*Elegant Sentences: From A Wrinkle in Time

* GRAMMAR

     - Students start presenting.
     * COMPOSITION

    - Students write their outlines of a pre-assigned essay.
    
Thursday, March 8

* Elegant Sentences: From Prodigy

* GRAMMAR

    - Students present explanations of assigned questions.
    
* COMPOSITION

    - Students write the rough draft.

Friday, March 9

* Elegant Sentences: From Prodigy

* GRAMMAR

    - Students present explanations of assigned questions.
    
* COMPOSITION

    - Students write the final draft.

7th Grade Writing

Fifth Six Weeks

Week 1
February 26-March 2, 2018
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Brick upon brick is the structure built."

Monday, February 26
*Elegant Sentences: From The Old Man and the Sea
* GRAMMAR
* DISTRICT BENCHMARK : Go over the test
*COMPOSITION
- Deconstruct the passages from the DBM 2 and reverse the writing process back to the outline.
- Model for students  how the author might have designed his outline before he/she wrote the piece.
- Talk through the modeling.
- Construct the outline.

Tuesday, February 27

* Elegant Sentences: From Bomb
* GRAMMAR

* Students are given question items to analyze and present to the class.

     - Go over benchmark test through student presentations.
 * COMPOSITION

     -Students are assigned passages to deconstruct and reconstruct.
    - They work in groups..

    

Wednesday, February 28

*Elegant Sentences: From A Wrinkle in Time

* GRAMMAR

     - Students start presenting.
     * COMPOSITION

    - Students write their outlines in butcher papers and present.
    
Thursday, March 2

* Elegant Sentences: From Prodigy

* GRAMMAR

    - Present the items assigned. 
    
* COMPOSITION

    - Students continue presenting the reconstructed outline.

Friday, March 2

YOUTH FAIR

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.