Academic Plan: November 14th through November 18th
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Important
Info:
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DOL
QUIZ - Tuesday 11/15
Fiction POP QUIZ -
Friday
11/18
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Daily
Agendas:
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MONDAY
11/14
CW:
1.
Bell Ringer: DOL
2. SSR - New Reading
Log
3. IR: "Dark They Were" p.
232
HW:
1.
Work on Reading Log
2. Read at least 10
pages
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TUESDAY
11/15
CW:
1.
Bell Ringer: 5 Minute Review
2. DOL
QUIZ
3. SSR - Reading
Log
HW:
1.
Make sure your Reading Log is up-to-date (including
"Zebra")
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WEDNESDAY
11/16
CW:
1.
Bell Ringer: DAN
2. SSR / Check
Homework
3. IR: "Dark They
Were"
HW:
1.
Add 4 words to IR Personal Dictionary
2.
Read at least 10
pages
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THURSDAY
11/17
CW:
1.
Bell Ringer: DAN
2. SSR / Check
Homework
3. IR: "Dark They
Were"
HW:
1.
IR: Words to Know Skillbuilder p.257
2.
Read at least 10
pages
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FRIDAY
11/18
CW:
1.
Bell Ringer: DAN
2. SSR / Check
Homework
3. Turn in Reading
Log
4. Fiction Pop
Quiz
5. IR: Finish "Dark They Were" if
needed
HW:
1.
Have a great weekend!
2.
Read!
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AKS
Objectives:
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Section
A: Listening, Speaking, and Viewing
1.
Listen to, interpret, and evaluate oral instructions, directions, and
descriptions in a variety of genres and media. (GPS, CE)
(7LA_A2005-1)
3. Take notes from lectures,
reading, viewing, and interviewing. (GPS)
(7LA_A2005-3)
Section B:
Reading/Literature (Comprehension, Strategies, and
Genre)
8. Read for a variety of purposes in
all content areas; expect reading to make sense, to answer questions, or to
stimulate ideas. (GPS, ITBS, ACT, CE)
(7LA_B2005-8)
9. Relate literary work to
information about its setting or historical moment. (GPS)
(7LA_B2005-9)
12. Modify predictions based on
evidence in text. (CE) (7LA_B2005-12)
14.
Distinguish between relevant information which supports the main idea of a
selection and information which is irrelevant to the main idea. (ITBS, ACT, CE)
(7LA_B2005-14)
17. Evaluate quality of reading
material and its content based on author’s purpose. (GPS, ITBS, ACT, CE)
(7LA_B2005-17)
18. Read, identify, and compare
characteristics of various genres: folklore, fables, mythology, short stories,
poetry, nonfiction, and novels. (GPS, CE)
(7LA_B2005-18)
19. Interpret and analyze
character traits and actions to make inferences supporting evidence about
motives or events in a story. (GPS, ITBS, ACT, CE)
(7LA_B2005-19)
20. Identify and analyze how an
author’s use of words creates tone and mood, giving supporting evidence
from text. (GPS) (7LA_B2005-20)
22. Distinguish
between concepts of theme in a literary work and the author’s purpose in
expository text. (GPS) (7LA_B2005-22)
23.
Analyze similar themes across a variety of selections, distinguishing theme from
topic. (GPS) (7LA_B2005-23)
24. Identify and
analyze plot structure: action, foreshadowing, climax. (GPS)
(7LA_B2005-24)
25. Analyze dynamic and static
characterization in prose and plays through narrator’s description and
characters’ thoughts, words, and actions. (GPS)
(7LA_B2005-25)
26. Analyze common textual
features in informational texts to obtain information: paragraphs, topic
sentences, concluding sentences, introduction, conclusion, footnotes, index,
bibliography. (GPS)
(7LA_B2005-26)
Section C: Reading
(Vocabulary)
27. Expand vocabulary through
reading, etymology, and the use of dictionaries and other references; use
dictionary, glossary, thesaurus, electronic and other references to identify
word meanings. (GPS) (7LA_C2005-27)
28.
Identify synonyms, antonyms, and multiple meanings for given words. (GPS)
(7LA_C2005-28)
29. Identify and create word
analogies. (GPS) (7LA_C2005-29)
31. Use context
clues to identify unknown words. (GPS, ITBS, ACT)
(7LA_C2005-31)
32. Use prefixes, root words,
and suffixes to identify words. (GPS, ITBS)
(7LA_C2005-32)
Section D: Reading
Across the Curriculum
34. Identify messages
and themes from books in all subject areas. (GPS)
(7LA_D2005-34)
35. Relate messages and themes
from one subject area to those in another area. (GPS)
(7LA_D2005-35)
Section E: Writing
(Strategies)
40. Produce writing that
establishes an organizational structure appropriate to audience, context, and
type of composition: narrative, multi-paragraph, expository, persuasive, or
technical. (GPS) (7LA_E2005-40)
41. Use writing
handbooks, grammar check, and references to edit usage and mechanics. (GPS,
ITBS, ACT) (7LA_E2005-41)
Section
F: Writing (Grammar, Usage, and
Mechanics)
51. Distinguish between subject
and object pronouns. (GPS, ITBS)
(7LA_F2005-51)
53. Follow word usage
conventions of American English. (GPS, ACT)
(7LA_F2005-53)
Section G: Writing
(Spelling)
63. Spell 1,025 most frequently
used words on the Sitton list. (GPS, ITBS)
(7LA_G2005-63)
64. Apply high-utility rules to
draft spelling: double final consonant, words ending in silent “e,”
words ending in silent “y,” words with “ei” or
“ie” vowel pairs, and forming plurals. (GPS, ITBS)
(7LA_G2005-64)
65. Use dictionaries,
glossaries, texts, spell check, grammar check, and human resources to identify
standard spellings. (GPS) (7LA_G2005-65)