Academic Plan: September 26th through September 30th
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Important Info:
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Remaining Grades for the 1st 9 Weeks:
(935 points still to be graded)
Tests/Quizzes: 470 points
Week 6 DOL Quiz -- Wednesday, Oct. 5th -- 20 pts
DOL Review Quiz -- Wednesday, Oct. 5th -- 100 pts
Author Study -- Due Tuesday, Oct 4th -- 100 pts
Final Exam -- Friday, Oct. 7th -- 150 pts
Course Binder -- Due Friday, Oct. 7th -- 100 pts
Writer’s Notebook: 250 points
7 Writing Prompts -- Due Thursday, Oct 6th -- 125 pts
Independent Work -- Due Thursday, Oct 6th -- 75 pts
Portfolio Draft -- Due Thursday, Oct 6th -- 50 pts
Classwork: 200 points
Reading Log -- Due Friday, Oct 7th -- 100 pts
9 Weeks Study Guide -- Due Friday, Oct 7th -- 100 pts
Homework: 15 points
Personal Choice -- Due Friday, Sept. 30th -- 15 pts
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Weekly Focus:
1. Continue Non-Fiction Unit - Finish "Eleanor Roosevelt"
2. Building Vocabulary
3. Nonfiction reading strategies
4. Author Study - Library Research
5. Writing Notebook - Revising and Editing Drafts
Classwork:
1. Daily Bell Ringer - DOL/Analogy/Notes
2. SSR - Reading Log
3. WN: Further revisions of Portfolio Piece
4. Begin Author Study
5. "Eleanor Roosevelt" Timeline, Vocabulary, and Venn Diagram
Homework:
1. Personal Choice Assignment
2. First Nine Weeks Study Guide
3. Relax and 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)
6. Read with rhythm, flow, and meter to sound like everyday speech; prosody. (GPS) (7LA_A2005-6)
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)
11. Analyze organizational patterns of texts: compare/contrast and arguement/support. (GPS, ITBS, ACT, CE) (7LA_B2005-11)
12. Modify predictions based on evidence in text. (CE) (7LA_B2005-12)
13. Distinguish between statements of fact and statements of opinion. (GPS, CE) (7LA_B2005-13)
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)
25. Analyze dynamic and static characterization in prose and plays through narrator’s description and characters’ thoughts, words, and actions. (GPS) (7LA_B2005-25)
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)
29. Identify and create word analogies. (GPS) (7LA_C2005-29)
Section E: Writing (Strategies)
48. Write, combine, and vary sentences to match purpose and audience. (GPS, ITBS, ACT, CE) (7LA_E2005-48)
Section F: Writing (Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics)
52. Identify and use sentence phrases and clauses. (ITBS) (7LA_F2005-52)
53. Follow word usage conventions of American English. (GPS, ACT) (7LA_F2005-53)
61. Use standard format for business letters. (GPS, ITBS) (7LA_F2005-61)
Important Info:
-----------------------------
Remaining Grades for the 1st 9 Weeks:
(935 points still to be graded)
Tests/Quizzes: 470 points
Week 6 DOL Quiz -- Wednesday, Oct. 5th -- 20 pts
DOL Review Quiz -- Wednesday, Oct. 5th -- 100 pts
Author Study -- Due Tuesday, Oct 4th -- 100 pts
Final Exam -- Friday, Oct. 7th -- 150 pts
Course Binder -- Due Friday, Oct. 7th -- 100 pts
Writer’s Notebook: 250 points
7 Writing Prompts -- Due Thursday, Oct 6th -- 125 pts
Independent Work -- Due Thursday, Oct 6th -- 75 pts
Portfolio Draft -- Due Thursday, Oct 6th -- 50 pts
Classwork: 200 points
Reading Log -- Due Friday, Oct 7th -- 100 pts
9 Weeks Study Guide -- Due Friday, Oct 7th -- 100 pts
Homework: 15 points
Personal Choice -- Due Friday, Sept. 30th -- 15 pts
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Weekly Focus:
1. Continue Non-Fiction Unit - Finish "Eleanor Roosevelt"
2. Building Vocabulary
3. Nonfiction reading strategies
4. Author Study - Library Research
5. Writing Notebook - Revising and Editing Drafts
Classwork:
1. Daily Bell Ringer - DOL/Analogy/Notes
2. SSR - Reading Log
3. WN: Further revisions of Portfolio Piece
4. Begin Author Study
5. "Eleanor Roosevelt" Timeline, Vocabulary, and Venn Diagram
Homework:
1. Personal Choice Assignment
2. First Nine Weeks Study Guide
3. Relax and Read
-----------------------------
AKS Objectives:
-----------------------------
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)
6. Read with rhythm, flow, and meter to sound like everyday speech; prosody. (GPS) (7LA_A2005-6)
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)
11. Analyze organizational patterns of texts: compare/contrast and arguement/support. (GPS, ITBS, ACT, CE) (7LA_B2005-11)
12. Modify predictions based on evidence in text. (CE) (7LA_B2005-12)
13. Distinguish between statements of fact and statements of opinion. (GPS, CE) (7LA_B2005-13)
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)
25. Analyze dynamic and static characterization in prose and plays through narrator’s description and characters’ thoughts, words, and actions. (GPS) (7LA_B2005-25)
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)
29. Identify and create word analogies. (GPS) (7LA_C2005-29)
Section E: Writing (Strategies)
48. Write, combine, and vary sentences to match purpose and audience. (GPS, ITBS, ACT, CE) (7LA_E2005-48)
Section F: Writing (Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics)
52. Identify and use sentence phrases and clauses. (ITBS) (7LA_F2005-52)
53. Follow word usage conventions of American English. (GPS, ACT) (7LA_F2005-53)
61. Use standard format for business letters. (GPS, ITBS) (7LA_F2005-61)