This week, we will start a new text, "The Scholarship Jacket."
Similar to the skills we practiced with "Seventh Grade," our previous text, students will continue to cite text evidence, determine theme and analyze how parts of a story interact and influence each other: these are our priority standards this semester quarter. For homework, students were given an article of the week, vocabulary terms and a reading log to supplement their daily, independent reading. The A.O.W and the vocabulary sheet will be due Friday. The independent reading log, due to the length and complexity of the tasks, will be turned in every two weeks. They will have a vocabulary quiz on Thursday and a comprehension quiz on Friday as well. Students were also given an updated syllabus to reflect the new policy on late work. Have a great week! vocabulary_chart-ac.docx commonlit_the-scholarship-jacket.1-5__1_.pdf
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This week's focus standards are: ELAGSE7RL1: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE7RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. ELAGSE7RL3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how settings shape the characters or plot). Students will continue to use their anchor text, "Seventh Grade," (a copy is in the previous post) to explore common themes and analyze how story elements interact and work together. Class time this week will be devoted to collaborating in groups for close reading and peer editing of written assignments. Homework: Article of the week due Friday Character Analysis and Inference due Thursday Daily 30 minute reading Have a great week! Greetings!
Today, we officially started our first unit. The focus standard was RL7.3. Parents, please ask your student to use their paraphrasing skills to communicate the task of the standard. Below, please find the PPT used in class to review plot structure and story elements. Additionally, you can access the Cornell Notes to revise and/or extend the notes you took in class. Please complete any classwork you did not finish and don't forget to read for a minimum of 30 minutes. Everyone should have identified an independent reading book for the next two weeks. Have a great evening! unit_one_vocabulary-_plot_structure.pptx plot_structure_cornell_notes.doc cornell_story_elements_1.doc |