LESSON PLANS MARCH 21 – 24

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PLEASE READ THIS LETTER FROM MRS. CLINE

Dear Parents,

I want to take this time to thank all of you for your prayers, patience, and support over the past five months. On October 23, 2015, I suffered two bleeding brain aneurysms and was hospitalized thirty days (in Neuro ICU). This event could have easily been life-ending, but God and the expert neuro-surgeons had other plans. My recovery period, lasting another four months, involved physical, psychological, and occupational rehab. However, I was committed to doing everything required to get back into the classroom and teach your children. I missed them so much.

Although five months is a long time for students to be without a full-time teacher, be assured they were in capable hands. Mr. Hinkle took care of the situation promptly and professionally, asking two former middle school Language Arts teachers, Cindy Coones and Susan Terry, to substitute for me most of the days. I am forever grateful to these friends and excellent teachers for continuing my high expectations for student learning. Also, the Best Co-teacher in the World Award goes to Stacy Shellhorse. She, without hesitation, took on the overwhelming task of teaching writing and composition skills to all the students. Wow! What a dedicated teacher and friend!

Last Thursday, I was blessed to return to the classroom and begin planning with Mrs. Shellhorse for this most important time before STAAR Writing. We’re ready for a full week of grammar review and writing practice. Then on March 29, I am confident your child will do an exemplary job.

Again, I sincerely thank you for all the kindness you extended during this difficult time, and I look forward to a strong, successful end to the school year. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

May God bless you!

Debra Cline

LESSON PLANS FOR MARCH 21 – 24**

***THIS LESSON PLAN IS NORMALLY FOR READING; HOWEVER, THIS WEEK THE  LESSONS ARE FOR STAAR WRITING/REVISING AND EDITING

LESSON PLANS MARCH 21 – 24

TEKS/STATE EXPECTATIONS: 7.14, 7.17, 7.19, 7.20, 7.21

MONDAY, MARCH 21

PRONOUN USAGE

Distinguish between subject and object pronouns and practice using them

correctly

REVISING AND EDITING

Review SCPPVSW acronym

S – sentence structure; C – capitalization; P – punctuation; P – pronouns

V – verb usage; S – spelling; W – wow (word choice, voc.)

TUESDAY, MARCH 22

Continue working on pronoun usage

CAPITALIZATION

Review most frequent capitalization errors

Review SCPPVSW

HOMEWORK – STAAR GRAMMAR REVIEW (DUE THURSDAY)

PUNCTUATION – APOSTROPHES FOR POSSESSIVES

Review the rules for forming singular and plural possessives

and distinguish plurals and possessives

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23

LIBRARY

Begin assessing/correcting Benchmark Revising and Editing

Review SCPPVSW

HOMEWORK – FINISH STAAR GRAMMAR REVIEW

THURSDAY, MARCH 24

In-depth review of comma patterns/rules (especially compound sentences

and compound sentence parts)

Practice using commas correctly

FRIDAY, MARCH 25 – SCHOOL HOLIDAY – GOOD FRIDAY

 

 

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LESSON PLANS OCT. 19 – 23, 2015

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LESSON PLANS OCT. 19 – 23

***FIRST WEEK OF NEW GRADING PERIOD

TEKS/STATE STANDARDS: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.7, 7.8, 7.10, 7.14, 7.16, 7.17, 7.19,7.20

HOMEWORK:

EVERY EVENING – Read library book at least 20 minutes

TUESDAY – Independent/Dependent Clauses

WEDNESDAY – Writing Complex Sentences

MONDAY, OCT. 19

Writing:

Bell work – Peg Writing – revising/editing personal narrative essay

Review – Comma Patterns 1, 2, 3; coordinating conjunctions;

simple sentence; compound sentence

Mini-lesson – meaningful transitions in narrative writing

Students revise/add transitions to narrative essays

Reading:

Bell work – library book check

Peg Writing – Students complete suggested lessons on an individual

basis

TUESDAY, OCT. 20

Writing:

Bell work – Peg Writing – revising/editing personal narrative essay

Notice: Subordinating conjunctions and complex sentences

Mini-lesson – variety of sentence beginning

Students revise sentence beginnings in narrative essays

Reading:

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Literary focus: narrative poetry

Read/analyze – “The Highwayman”

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21

Writing:

Bell work – last day for Peg Writing revising and editing

Distinguishing compound and complex sentences

Applying comma rules

Reading:

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Library

Figurative Language in “The Highwayman”

Read/analyze – “Annabel Lee”

THURSDAY, OCT. 22

Writing:

Bell work – Comma patterns

Independent practice – comma rules

Notice – paragraph development (TEXEXT)

Reading:

Bell work – sustained silent reading

Formative assessment – figurative language

Literary Focus: Non-fiction – read/respond to ques.

FRIDAY, OCT. 23

Writing:

Bell work – appositives

Notice – paragraph development (TEXEXT)

Guided practice on essential and non-essential clauses

Reading:

Bell work: sustained silent reading

Guided reading/non-fiction

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AUGUST 24 – 28 LESSON PLANS

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LESSON PLANS AUG. 24 – 28, 2015

TEKS: 7.1, 7.2, 7.6, 7.8, 7.14, 7.16, 7.17, 7.19-21

Monday:
Reading:

  1. Show “Dear Hard Work” video
  2. Discuss classroom procedures
  3. Making Connections Pitchforking activity (Bernabei)

Writing:

  1. Kid President “Pep Talk to Teachers and Students” video
  2. Take up supplies
  3. Show “Word Crimes” video (Youtube)
  4. Quick Writes (TALA)

 

Tuesday:
Reading:

  1. Plot diagram manipulative for pre-assessment of plot development academic vocabulary
  2. Assign roles and read “The Suffocated Seventh Grader” (handout)
  3. “It Says, I Say, and So” Inferencing activity for “The Suffocated Seventh Grader”

Writing:

  1. Quick Writes (TALA)
  2. Elaboration Strategy: Smiley Face Trick #1-The Magic Three (Ledbetter)
  3. Quick Write Extension – choose 1 quick write to expand into a paragraph using smiley face trick #1-The Magic Three

 

Wednesday:
Reading:

  1. Vocabulary for “The Suffocated Seventh Grader”
  2. Create plot diagram for “The Suffocated Seventh Grader”
  3. Complete “It Says, I Say, and So”” Inferencing activity for “The Suffocated Seventh Grader”

Writing:

  1. List of Threes Prewriting Strategy (TALA p.32)
  2. Capitalization Notice Strategy (Everyday Editing by Jeff Anderson)

 

Thursday:  
Reading:

  1. Read and analyze “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto
  2. Review Fiction Academic Vocabulary

Writing:

  1. Elaboration Strategy: Smiley Face Trick #2-Figurative Language
  2. Timeline – Narrow the Focus on one event from List of Threes (TALA)

 

Friday:
Reading:

  1. Vocabulary for “Seventh Grade”
  2. Create plot diagram foldable for “Seventh Grade”

Writing:

  1. Elaboration Strategy: Smiley Face Trick #3-Specific Details for Effect
  2. Narrative Prewriting – Developing the Central Idea
  3. Quick Write Extension – choose 1 quick write to expand into a paragraph using Smiley Face Tricks #2 and #3

 

 

 

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