Language arts 7--mrs. eckel
| Course Syllabus LA 7 |
LESSON PLANS
this is only an outline and is subject to change
this is only an outline and is subject to change
| 7th Grade Spelling Lists |
September 5-9
Monday: Labor Day
Tuesday: Classroom activities
Wednesday: Independent reading
Thursday: Classroom expectations and Google Classroom
Friday: Parts of speech pretest and pass out textbooks
September 12-16
Monday: Spelling list
1st hr parts of speech & textbooks
Tuesday: 1st hr sliding study hall
7th hr finger spelling ABCs
Wednesday: Read & Feed
Spelling list due with sentences
Thursday: 1st hr finger spelling ABCs
7th hr Web Quest for The Miracle Worker
Friday: Spelling test
1st hr Webquest
7th hr finish webquest/independent reading
September 19-23
Monday: Continue working on webquest
Tuesday: Read & Feed
Wednesday: Webquest
Thursday: Last day for webquest
Friday: Webquest due when class begins
Assign parts for the play.
September 26-30
Monday: Hand out spelling list for the year
Begin reading the play The Miracle Worker
Tuesday: Continue with play.
Wednesday: Read & Feed
7th hr vocab basketball
Thursday: 1st hr vocab basketball
Continue with play.
7th hr spelling test #1
Friday: 1st hour spelling test #1
7th hr Sack relay races & pep fest
October 3-7
Monday: Discuss and review The Miracle Worker
Continue reading The Miracle Worker
Tuesday: Continue reading
Wednesday: Read and feed
Thursday: Vocab practice and continue reading.
Friday: Spelling test #2
Continue reading play.
October 10-14
Monday: Review Act I of The Miracle Worker
Story Bird Class code: MSDWS
Tuesday: Story Bird in the lab.
Wednesday: Complete picture book on Story Bird.
Thursday: Vocab practice
Read and feed--Cocoa Coffeehouse activity
Friday: Pd 1 Math test
Pd 7 Spelling test #3
Begin reading act II
October 17-21
Monday: Pd 1 Spelling test #3
Pd 1 & 7 Read act II
Tuesday: Continue with play act 2.
Wednesday: Pd 1 Social Studies test for Mr. Schuller.
PD 7 Early release no class.
Thursday-Friday: MEA~No School
October 24-28
Monday: Discuss spelling words.
Review what we have read in The Miracle Worker. Continue reading act II.
Tuesday: Continue reading
Pd 7 Study Hall
Wednesday: Read & Feed
Thursday: Vocabulary game.
Continue with play.
Friday: Spelling test #4
Continue reading the play through act 2.
October 31-November 4
Monday: Storybird project for act 2.
Tuesday: Pd 1 sliding studyhall
Pd 7 Storybird
Wednesday: Read and Feed
Extra credit due today!
Thursday: Last day for Storybird.
Class summary (2 things done well & 2 things to improve upon)
Friday: Football game at the FargoDome 3pm.
November 7-11
Monday: Kahoot for act 1 & 2 of "The Miracle Worker"
Discuss grades
Tuesday: Read act 3
Wednesday: Act 3
Thursday: Pd 1 Act 3
Pd 7 Early dismissal at 12:30
Friday: No School
November 14-18
Monday: Pass out grade reports. Return Tuesday with comment & signature for extra credit.
Make a list of the major events that happened in each act of "The Miracle Worker".
Tuesday: Create Story Bird on complete story in computer lab.
Wednesday: Reading day--maybe feed.
Thursday: Vocab basketball.
Continue with Story Bird.
Friday: Snow Day!
November 21-25
Monday: Spelling test #5
Continue Story Bird in computer lab.
Tuesday: Story Bird due end of the hour!
Wednesday: 1st hr--Read and feed
7th hr--Early Dismissal 12:30
Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday: Happy Black Friday shopping
November 28-December 2
Monday: Watch "The Miracle Worker" movie.
Tuesday: Continue with "The Miracle Worker" movie.
Wednesday: Read and feed (no feed for pd 7).
Thursday: Vocab basketball activity.
Friday: Spelling test #6
Pd 1: Full Length Play leave 8:40
Pd 7: Study hall with Mr. Curley
December 5-9
Monday: Discuss speech and show examples.
Tuesday: Introduce storytelling unit and pass out stories.
Wednesday: Storytelling practice
Thursday: Reading day
Friday: Spelling test #7
Free Rice
Khan Academy--grammar
Vocab practice--vocabulary.com
LA 7A: http://vocab.com/join/FZV4DD
LA 7B: http://vocab.com/join/1HNX8WK
December 12-16
Monday: Storytelling practice--introductions
Tuesday: Storytelling practice--wall
Wednesday: Grammar practice
Reading Day
Thursday: Storytelling
Friday: Spelling test #8
Storytelling
December 19-23
Monday: Storytelling stories
Tuesday: Pd 1 Sliding studyhall
Pd 7 Studyhall
Wednesday: Silent reading day
Thursday: Pd 1 NHS Game Day
Pd 7 Early dismissal 12:30
Friday: No School--Merry Christmas
January 2-6
Monday: Happy New Year!
Tuesday: Discuss elements of literature and short stories.
Wednesday: Read and feed!
Thursday: Read "Rikki-tikki-tavi" audio available on Google Classroom
Friday: Discuss story--assignment on story.
January 9-13
Monday: Packet on "Rikki-tikki-tavi" discuss and complete p. 5-7 for Tuesday
Tuesday: Finish packet--due Wed. Read "The Runaway" discuss rhymne scheme--writing assignment due Thursday
Wednesday: Read and feed (1st hr no feed)
Thursday: Vocab/grammar practice with spelling words
Friday: Spelling test #9
January 16-20
Monday: Discuss grades and missing work.
Collect #1-4 for "The Runaway"
Reread poem and assign creative writing assignment.
Tuesday: Reread poem and assign creative writing assignment.
Assignment due Thursday.
Wednesday: Reading and feed (no feed 1st hr)
Thursday: Study hall for any missing work.
Friday: Last day of quarter 2/semester 1.
SEMESTER 2
January 23-27
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Discuss quarter/semester grades and return papers.
Wednesday: Read and feed!
Thursday: Introduce the short story "Smallest Dragonboy" and begin reading
Audio file: https://soundcloud.com/charlotte-a-cavatica/smallest-dragonboy
Friday: Complete story. p. 61 a-e reviewing the text questions due Monday.
January 30-February 3
Monday: Collect reviewing the text p. 61 a-e questions. Discuss more details of the story.
Discuss/go over "The Smallest Dragonboy" packet. Due Tuesday at the end of the hour.
Tuesday: Class time to work on the packet.
Wednesday: Read and Feed
Thursday: Vocabulary practice.
Friday: Spelling test #10. Introduce "Song of Trees".
February 6-10
Monday: Discuss missing work. Begin reading "Song of Trees". Finish reading story for homework due Friday.
Tuesday: OLPA testing
Wednesday: OLPA testing
Thursday: Vocab basketball
Friday: Spelling test #11
"Song of Trees" quiz.
February 13-17
Monday: Discussion of "Song of Trees"
Theme
Tuesday: Spelling Bee. Introduction to "Three Skeleton Key" and begin reading.
Sliding studyhall for 7th hr.
Wednesday: Work on story.
Thursday: Work with story.
Friday: Independent reading day. Early dismissal--No class 7th hr.
February 20-24
Monday: No School
Tuesday: 1st hr sliding studyhall (spelling bee)
7th hr quiz on reading and class discussion (spelling bee)
Wednesday: 1st hr AIMS Web testing
7th hr Computer lab--ad for 3 Skeleton Key
Thursday: Computer lab for job posting
Friday: Computer lab job posting due!
February 27-March 3
Monday: Independent reading day
Tuesday: Introduction to "The Naming of Names" and begin reading.
Wednesday: Continue work with short story.
Thursday: Vocabulary practice--Pictionary
Friday: Spelling test #12
March 6-10
Monday: p. 168 in textbook simile & metaphor.
Read "I'm Nobody".
Complete questions #1-5 p. 171.
Tuesday: Discuss the poem. Practice similes and metaphors online worksheets.
Wednesday: Independent reading/makeup work.
Thursday: Vocabulary practice
Friday: Spelling test #13
March 13-17
Monday: MCA practice--Read Theory
Tuesday: MCA practice--Read Theory
Wednesday: Independent reading--No feed
Thursday: Vocab activities
Friday: Spelling test #14
MCA practice using Read Theory
March 20-24
Monday: MCA test practice
Tuesday: Missing work/study hall
Wednesday: Independent reading pd 1
12:30 Dismissal
Thursday: MCA practice
Friday: End of Qtr 3
Last day of MCA practice
March 27-31
Monday: MCA Reading Test A-I pds 1-3
Tuesday: MCA Reading Test J-Z pds 1-3
Pd 7 No Class--Fort Knox
Wednesday: No High School classes.
Thursday: Vocabulary practice
Friday: Spelling test #15
April 3-7
Monday: Intro to The Outsiders
Intro to novel: http://www.shmoop.com/the-outsiders/ and S.E. Hinton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJnfleLeOZg
Tuesday: Pd 1--MCA Math Test
Pass out study guide and vocabulary packet
Begin reading novel
Wednesday: Pd 1--MCA Math Test
Continue with novel
Thursday: Vocab practice
Friday: Spelling test #16
Continue reading novel
April 10-14
Monday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Tuesday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Pd 1--Sliding Studyhall
Wednesday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Thursday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Pd 7--Early Release
Friday: No School--Good Friday
April 17-21
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Quiz on chapters 1-4
Discuss The Outsiders
Read chapter 5
Wednesday: Read independent book and possible feed
Thursday: Vocabulary practice
Friday: Spelling test #17
Read chapter 6
April 24-28
Monday: English Language Day--recite 7 lines of Shakespeare
Tuesday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Wednesday: Independent reading day
Thursday: Vocabulary practice
Friday: Spelling test #18
Continue reading The Outsiders read chapter 7
May 1-5
Monday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Tuesday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Wednesday: Quotation drawing on independent book
Thursday: Vocab practice
Friday: Spelling test #19
Continue reading The Outsiders finish reading ch 9
May 8-12
Monday: Quiz on chapters 5-9
Continue reading The Outsiders chapter 10
Tuesday: Continue reading novel
Wednesday: Independent reading day
Thursday: Finish reading book.
Friday: Study guide is due! Review book.
May 15-19
Monday: AIMS web reading test.
Tuesday: Review for test.
Wednesday: The Outsiders test
Thursday: Watch the movie.
Friday: Continue with movie.
May 22-26
Monday: Finish movie.
Collect textbooks and novels.
Tuesday: Collect independent reading books.
Discuss grades.
Make a time capsule.
Wednesday: Student Appreciation day!
Thursday: Early dismissal at 12:30
Friday: Summer vacation!
Monday: Labor Day
Tuesday: Classroom activities
Wednesday: Independent reading
Thursday: Classroom expectations and Google Classroom
Friday: Parts of speech pretest and pass out textbooks
September 12-16
Monday: Spelling list
1st hr parts of speech & textbooks
Tuesday: 1st hr sliding study hall
7th hr finger spelling ABCs
Wednesday: Read & Feed
Spelling list due with sentences
Thursday: 1st hr finger spelling ABCs
7th hr Web Quest for The Miracle Worker
Friday: Spelling test
1st hr Webquest
7th hr finish webquest/independent reading
September 19-23
Monday: Continue working on webquest
Tuesday: Read & Feed
Wednesday: Webquest
Thursday: Last day for webquest
Friday: Webquest due when class begins
Assign parts for the play.
September 26-30
Monday: Hand out spelling list for the year
Begin reading the play The Miracle Worker
Tuesday: Continue with play.
Wednesday: Read & Feed
7th hr vocab basketball
Thursday: 1st hr vocab basketball
Continue with play.
7th hr spelling test #1
Friday: 1st hour spelling test #1
7th hr Sack relay races & pep fest
October 3-7
Monday: Discuss and review The Miracle Worker
Continue reading The Miracle Worker
Tuesday: Continue reading
Wednesday: Read and feed
Thursday: Vocab practice and continue reading.
Friday: Spelling test #2
Continue reading play.
October 10-14
Monday: Review Act I of The Miracle Worker
Story Bird Class code: MSDWS
Tuesday: Story Bird in the lab.
Wednesday: Complete picture book on Story Bird.
Thursday: Vocab practice
Read and feed--Cocoa Coffeehouse activity
Friday: Pd 1 Math test
Pd 7 Spelling test #3
Begin reading act II
October 17-21
Monday: Pd 1 Spelling test #3
Pd 1 & 7 Read act II
Tuesday: Continue with play act 2.
Wednesday: Pd 1 Social Studies test for Mr. Schuller.
PD 7 Early release no class.
Thursday-Friday: MEA~No School
October 24-28
Monday: Discuss spelling words.
Review what we have read in The Miracle Worker. Continue reading act II.
Tuesday: Continue reading
Pd 7 Study Hall
Wednesday: Read & Feed
Thursday: Vocabulary game.
Continue with play.
Friday: Spelling test #4
Continue reading the play through act 2.
October 31-November 4
Monday: Storybird project for act 2.
Tuesday: Pd 1 sliding studyhall
Pd 7 Storybird
Wednesday: Read and Feed
Extra credit due today!
Thursday: Last day for Storybird.
Class summary (2 things done well & 2 things to improve upon)
Friday: Football game at the FargoDome 3pm.
November 7-11
Monday: Kahoot for act 1 & 2 of "The Miracle Worker"
Discuss grades
Tuesday: Read act 3
Wednesday: Act 3
Thursday: Pd 1 Act 3
Pd 7 Early dismissal at 12:30
Friday: No School
November 14-18
Monday: Pass out grade reports. Return Tuesday with comment & signature for extra credit.
Make a list of the major events that happened in each act of "The Miracle Worker".
Tuesday: Create Story Bird on complete story in computer lab.
Wednesday: Reading day--maybe feed.
Thursday: Vocab basketball.
Continue with Story Bird.
Friday: Snow Day!
November 21-25
Monday: Spelling test #5
Continue Story Bird in computer lab.
Tuesday: Story Bird due end of the hour!
Wednesday: 1st hr--Read and feed
7th hr--Early Dismissal 12:30
Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday: Happy Black Friday shopping
November 28-December 2
Monday: Watch "The Miracle Worker" movie.
Tuesday: Continue with "The Miracle Worker" movie.
Wednesday: Read and feed (no feed for pd 7).
Thursday: Vocab basketball activity.
Friday: Spelling test #6
Pd 1: Full Length Play leave 8:40
Pd 7: Study hall with Mr. Curley
December 5-9
Monday: Discuss speech and show examples.
Tuesday: Introduce storytelling unit and pass out stories.
Wednesday: Storytelling practice
Thursday: Reading day
Friday: Spelling test #7
Free Rice
Khan Academy--grammar
Vocab practice--vocabulary.com
LA 7A: http://vocab.com/join/FZV4DD
LA 7B: http://vocab.com/join/1HNX8WK
December 12-16
Monday: Storytelling practice--introductions
Tuesday: Storytelling practice--wall
Wednesday: Grammar practice
Reading Day
Thursday: Storytelling
Friday: Spelling test #8
Storytelling
December 19-23
Monday: Storytelling stories
Tuesday: Pd 1 Sliding studyhall
Pd 7 Studyhall
Wednesday: Silent reading day
Thursday: Pd 1 NHS Game Day
Pd 7 Early dismissal 12:30
Friday: No School--Merry Christmas
January 2-6
Monday: Happy New Year!
Tuesday: Discuss elements of literature and short stories.
Wednesday: Read and feed!
Thursday: Read "Rikki-tikki-tavi" audio available on Google Classroom
Friday: Discuss story--assignment on story.
January 9-13
Monday: Packet on "Rikki-tikki-tavi" discuss and complete p. 5-7 for Tuesday
Tuesday: Finish packet--due Wed. Read "The Runaway" discuss rhymne scheme--writing assignment due Thursday
Wednesday: Read and feed (1st hr no feed)
Thursday: Vocab/grammar practice with spelling words
Friday: Spelling test #9
January 16-20
Monday: Discuss grades and missing work.
Collect #1-4 for "The Runaway"
Reread poem and assign creative writing assignment.
Tuesday: Reread poem and assign creative writing assignment.
Assignment due Thursday.
Wednesday: Reading and feed (no feed 1st hr)
Thursday: Study hall for any missing work.
Friday: Last day of quarter 2/semester 1.
SEMESTER 2
January 23-27
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Discuss quarter/semester grades and return papers.
Wednesday: Read and feed!
Thursday: Introduce the short story "Smallest Dragonboy" and begin reading
Audio file: https://soundcloud.com/charlotte-a-cavatica/smallest-dragonboy
Friday: Complete story. p. 61 a-e reviewing the text questions due Monday.
January 30-February 3
Monday: Collect reviewing the text p. 61 a-e questions. Discuss more details of the story.
Discuss/go over "The Smallest Dragonboy" packet. Due Tuesday at the end of the hour.
Tuesday: Class time to work on the packet.
Wednesday: Read and Feed
Thursday: Vocabulary practice.
Friday: Spelling test #10. Introduce "Song of Trees".
February 6-10
Monday: Discuss missing work. Begin reading "Song of Trees". Finish reading story for homework due Friday.
Tuesday: OLPA testing
Wednesday: OLPA testing
Thursday: Vocab basketball
Friday: Spelling test #11
"Song of Trees" quiz.
February 13-17
Monday: Discussion of "Song of Trees"
Theme
Tuesday: Spelling Bee. Introduction to "Three Skeleton Key" and begin reading.
Sliding studyhall for 7th hr.
Wednesday: Work on story.
Thursday: Work with story.
Friday: Independent reading day. Early dismissal--No class 7th hr.
February 20-24
Monday: No School
Tuesday: 1st hr sliding studyhall (spelling bee)
7th hr quiz on reading and class discussion (spelling bee)
Wednesday: 1st hr AIMS Web testing
7th hr Computer lab--ad for 3 Skeleton Key
Thursday: Computer lab for job posting
Friday: Computer lab job posting due!
February 27-March 3
Monday: Independent reading day
Tuesday: Introduction to "The Naming of Names" and begin reading.
Wednesday: Continue work with short story.
Thursday: Vocabulary practice--Pictionary
Friday: Spelling test #12
March 6-10
Monday: p. 168 in textbook simile & metaphor.
Read "I'm Nobody".
Complete questions #1-5 p. 171.
Tuesday: Discuss the poem. Practice similes and metaphors online worksheets.
Wednesday: Independent reading/makeup work.
Thursday: Vocabulary practice
Friday: Spelling test #13
March 13-17
Monday: MCA practice--Read Theory
Tuesday: MCA practice--Read Theory
Wednesday: Independent reading--No feed
Thursday: Vocab activities
Friday: Spelling test #14
MCA practice using Read Theory
March 20-24
Monday: MCA test practice
Tuesday: Missing work/study hall
Wednesday: Independent reading pd 1
12:30 Dismissal
Thursday: MCA practice
Friday: End of Qtr 3
Last day of MCA practice
March 27-31
Monday: MCA Reading Test A-I pds 1-3
Tuesday: MCA Reading Test J-Z pds 1-3
Pd 7 No Class--Fort Knox
Wednesday: No High School classes.
Thursday: Vocabulary practice
Friday: Spelling test #15
April 3-7
Monday: Intro to The Outsiders
Intro to novel: http://www.shmoop.com/the-outsiders/ and S.E. Hinton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJnfleLeOZg
Tuesday: Pd 1--MCA Math Test
Pass out study guide and vocabulary packet
Begin reading novel
Wednesday: Pd 1--MCA Math Test
Continue with novel
Thursday: Vocab practice
Friday: Spelling test #16
Continue reading novel
April 10-14
Monday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Tuesday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Pd 1--Sliding Studyhall
Wednesday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Thursday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Pd 7--Early Release
Friday: No School--Good Friday
April 17-21
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Quiz on chapters 1-4
Discuss The Outsiders
Read chapter 5
Wednesday: Read independent book and possible feed
Thursday: Vocabulary practice
Friday: Spelling test #17
Read chapter 6
April 24-28
Monday: English Language Day--recite 7 lines of Shakespeare
Tuesday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Wednesday: Independent reading day
Thursday: Vocabulary practice
Friday: Spelling test #18
Continue reading The Outsiders read chapter 7
May 1-5
Monday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Tuesday: Continue reading The Outsiders
Wednesday: Quotation drawing on independent book
Thursday: Vocab practice
Friday: Spelling test #19
Continue reading The Outsiders finish reading ch 9
May 8-12
Monday: Quiz on chapters 5-9
Continue reading The Outsiders chapter 10
Tuesday: Continue reading novel
Wednesday: Independent reading day
Thursday: Finish reading book.
Friday: Study guide is due! Review book.
May 15-19
Monday: AIMS web reading test.
Tuesday: Review for test.
Wednesday: The Outsiders test
Thursday: Watch the movie.
Friday: Continue with movie.
May 22-26
Monday: Finish movie.
Collect textbooks and novels.
Tuesday: Collect independent reading books.
Discuss grades.
Make a time capsule.
Wednesday: Student Appreciation day!
Thursday: Early dismissal at 12:30
Friday: Summer vacation!
