Academic Plan: December 12th through 16th
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Important
Info:
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AKS
Mid-term test on Friday covers all
objectives
(This test does not count as a
class grade; it measures our progress toward mastery of the seventh grade AKS
objectives.)
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Daily
Agendas:
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MONDAY
11/28
CW:
1.
Bell Ringer - DAN
2. Schoolhouse Rock
Video and Worksheet
3. Independent work
on Final Exam Study Guide
4. IR:
"Rikki-tikki-tavi" - Finish reading and do all "Pause and
Reflects"
HW:
1.
Prepare for Final Exam
tomorrow
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TUESDAY
11/29
CW:
1.
FINAL EXAM - Due at end of period
2. When
finished continue work on
"Rikki-tikki-tavi"
HW:
1.
IR: Finish reading
"Rikki-tikki-tavi"
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WEDNESDAY
11/30
CW:
1.
Bell Ringer - DAN
2. Go over Final
Exam
3. IR: Work on all three
"Skillbuilders" for
"Rikki-tikki-tavi"
HW:
1.
IR: Complete all work on
"Rikki-tikki-tavi"
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THURSDAY
12/1
CW:
1.
Bell Ringer - DOL QUIZ - Turn in completed DOL worksheet for Quiz
grade
2. IR: "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Wrap-up
discussion and video
3. Essay and current
grade individual
conferences
HW:
1.
Relax and
read
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FRIDAY
12/2
CW:
1.
AKS Mid-term Test
2. Holiday activity
packet
3. Pride Time Event/Holiday Share
Video
HW:
Have
a safe and FUN
holiday!
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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)
21. Explain and
analyze effects of sound: alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme, rhyme
scheme; explain and analyze effects of figurative language: simile, metaphor,
personification, hyperbole. (GPS)
(7LA_B2005-21)
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)
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 F: Writing
(Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics)
51.
Distinguish between subject and object pronouns. (GPS, ITBS)
(7LA_F2005-51)
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)
54. Use present, past, and
future perfect verb tenses to match intended meaning. (GPS, ITBS, ACT)
(7LA_F2005-54)
56. Use appropriate forms of
positive, comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs. (GPS, ITBS, ACT)
(7LA_F2005-56)
57. Use independent clauses,
dependent clauses, and complements to clarify ideas; identify and use punctuated
adjective and adverb clauses. (ACT)
(7LA_F2005-57)
Section H:
Accessing Information/Reference Skills
66.
Locate books and media in the media center; distinguish among media: books,
periodicals, CD ROMs, databases, and internet. (GPS)
(7LA_H2005-66)
67. Use search routines to
locate databases and online information. (GPS)
(7LA_H2005-67)
68. Use reference works to
gather information: books, periodicals, dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias,
atlases, almanacs, CD ROMs, databases, and internet; use table of contents,
index, glossary, and appendix to locate information in books and reference
works. (GPS, CE) (7LA_H2005-68)
69. Select and
narrow topic and research questions. (GPS, CE)
(7LA_H2005-69)
70. Categorize and organize
information using maps, webs, and outlines. (GPS, CE)
(7LA_H2005-70)