7th grade Language Arts: Daily Planning Calendar
2013-2014: 1st 9 weeks
Week
Date
Common Core
Reading
English
BW:
BW:
BW: Introduce Buzzword
BW: SOW – Unscramble
Syllabus + Policies
Explain and model Reader’s
Notebooks - use picture book?
8/16
1
8/19
Model Reader’s Notebook written
response
8/20
L2a,b; L3a,
L4a,b,c,d;
RL1, RL4,
W1a,b,c,d,e;
L1a,b,c;
L5b,c; L6
BW: Buzzword synonyms/antonyms
BW: SOW – Imitate (individual
sentences)
Community builders
Community builders
Model Reader’s Notebooks
BW: Buzzword connotation
BW: SOW – Imitate in WOW
paragraph
Library Orientation
8/21
GATES Testing – Vocabulary
Check out books
Model Reader’s Notebooks
RL1
BW: Buzzword write it
BW: SOW - Combine
GATES Testing – Comprehension
Genre/subgenre review
8/22
Model Reader’s Notebooks
Homework
RL2, RL3, L6
BW: Buzzword hands-on
BW: SOW - Expand
Free reading + conferences
Review literary elements –
characterization, point of view,
foreshadowing, setting, suspense,
mood, conflict, allusion, plot, theme
BW: Introduce Buzzword
BW: SOW – Unscramble
Build Background for “Amigo
Brothers”
Read “Amigo Brothers”
8/23
2
8/26
Activity to check for comprehension –
Warrior clip?
BW: Buzzword synonyms/antonyms
8/27
8/28
BW: SOW – Imitate (individual
sentences)
Model Reader’s Notebook written
response
Introduce PLEA paragraphs
BW: Buzzword connotation
Model PEEC paragraph – consider
starting off with a simple prompt
about “Amigo Brothers”
BW: Imitate in WOW paragraph
Individual PLEA paragraphs –
brainstorming and drafting
Finish final copy
Grammar Focus
Revise/edit + Final Copy
BW: Buzzword write it
BW: SOW - Combine
Time to work on Reader’s Notebooks
Work on tone words projects
8/29
Activity to introduce tone words for
Finish tone projects
word wall
8/30
9/2
9/3
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
BW: Introduce Buzzword
3
Tone words presentations +
audience participation
9/4
W9a,b
9/5
W9a,b
9/6
4
9/9
L5a, L6
BW: Buzzword synonyms/antonyms
Annotate passages from “Amigo
Brothers” - characterization, point of
view, foreshadowing, setting,
suspense, mood, conflict, allusion,
plot, theme
BW: Buzzword connotation
BW: SOW – Unscramble
***Correcting fragments
Free reading and conferences
BW: SOW – Imitate (individual
sentences)
Review figurative language –
onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor,
idiom, personification, hyperbole
BW: Imitate in WOW paragraph
Annotate passages from “Amigo
Brothers” - onomatopoeia, simile,
metaphor, idiom, personification,
hyperbole
Introduce Six Traits – Ideas
BW: Introduce Buzzword
BW: SOW – Unscramble
PLEA paragraph over figurative
language or lit. elements - tie in
Ideas
KidBlog – set up and introduce with
summer reading discussion
Brainstorm + draft
individual PLEA paragraphs
Model sample paragraph – emphasis
on Ideas
BW: Buzzword synonyms/antonyms
BW: SOW – Imitate (individual
sentences)
Grammar Focus
9/10
Writing Conferences
Revise/edit PLEA
paragraphs + final copy
Revise/edit PLEA paragraphs
BW: Buzzword connotation
BW: Imitate in WOW paragraph
Time to work on Reader’s Notebooks
Poetry connection
9/11
Model Reader’s Notebook written
response
BW: Buzzword write it
BW: SOW - Combine
Poetry connection
Socratic Seminar
BW: Buzzword hands-on
BW: SOW - Expand
Free reading + conferencing
Unit 1 Assessment (including Summer
Reading paragraph)
BW: Introduce Buzzword
BW: SOW – Unscramble
Tone - spectrum charts?
Tone – spectrum charts?
9/12
9/13
5
9/16
Present spectrum charts – audience
participation component?
BW: Buzzword synonyms/antonyms
Build Background for FTM
BW: SOW – Imitate (individual
sentences)
9/17
– anticipation guide? Clickers?
Build Background for FTM – written
component?
BW: Buzzword connotation
BW: Imitate in WOW paragraph
Read p. 1-9 (Ch. 1-2) of FTM
“Abandoned Farmhouse” - analyze
9/18
Model Reader’s Notebook written
response – Common Core question?
BW: Buzzword write it
BW: SOW - Combine
Imagery poems
Read p. 10-27 (Ch. 3-5)
9/19
Common Core question?
BW: Buzzword hands-on
BW: SOW - Expand
Book share
Allusion (p. 15-20) + connect prior
knowledge (King Arthur)
9/20
Free reading + conferencing
6
9/23
BW: Introduce Buzzword
BW: SOW – Unscramble
Secret Mission project – assign to be
completed throughout week
Computer lab: knight research activity
– shield activity?
Citing sources – shaving cream?
BW: Buzzword synonyms/antonyms
9/24
PLEA paragraphs tied to knight
research – brainstorming and drafting
BW: SOW – Imitate (individual
sentences)
Read p. 28-47 (Ch. 6-8)
– emphasize Ideas
Model Reader’s Notebook written
response
BW: Buzzword connotation
BW: Imitate in WOW paragraph
Writing Conferences
Grammar Focus
Revise PLEA paragraphs
Edit PLEA paragraphs
BW: Buzzword write it
BW: SOW - Combine
Annotate passages from FTM for lit.
elements and fig. language
Annotate passages from FTM for lit.
elements and fig. language
BW: Buzzword hands-on
BW: Expand
Book share
Archetype – cartoon vocab?
9/25
9/26
9/27
Free reading + conferencing
7
BW: Introduce Buzzword
BW: SOW – Unscramble
Read p. 48-62 (Ch. 9-10)
Bionic Cat article + text features (or
Olympic athlete?)
9/30
Model Reader’s Notebook written
response
BW: Buzzword synonyms/antonyms
Introduce Book Talk + example
BW: SOW – Imitate (individual
sentences)
Final copy
10/1
10/2
Six Traits - Organization
BW: Buzzword connotation
BW: Imitate in WOW paragraph
Introduce narrative, autobiographical
essays
Essay - brainstorming
Model – Ideas and Organization
BW: Buzzword write it
BW: SOW - Combine
Essay drafting
Writing conferences
10/3
Revise drafts
BW: Buzzword hands-on
BW: SOW - Expand
Book share
Grammar Focus
Free reading + conferencing
Edit drafts
BW: Introduce Buzzword
BW: SOW – Unscramble
Read p. 63-79 (Ch. 11-12)
Essay Final Copy – Common
Assessment grade
10/4
8
10/7
Exit ticket?
BW: Buzzword synonyms/antonyms
BW: SOW – Imitate (individual
sentences)
Read p. 72-87 (Ch. 13-14)
10/8
Preposition Quest
Exit ticket?
BW: Buzzword connotation
BW: SOW – Imitate in WOW
paragraph
Read p. 93-107 (Ch. 15-16)
10/9
Poetry connection
Model Reader’s Notebook written
response
BW: Buzzword write it
BW: Combine
Read p. 108-127 (Ch. 17-19)
Annotate for fig. language and lit.
elements
10/10
Exit ticket?
BW: Buzzword hands-on
BW: SOW - Expand
Book share
PLEA paragraph – Ideas and
Organization (or other written
response? poetry? Poetry/FTM?)
10/11
Free reading + conferencing
Brainstorming and drafting
9
BW: Introduce Buzzword
BW: SOW – Unscramble
Grammar Focus
Read p. 128-140 (Ch. 20-21)
Revise/Edit paragraphs + final copy
Exit ticket?
BW: Buzzword synonyms/antonyms
BW: SOW – Unscramble
Read p. 141-160 (Ch. 22-25)
Closure activity
10/14
10/15
Final copy
Exit Ticket?
BW: Buzzword connotation
10/16
BW: SOW – Imitate (individual
sentences)
Common Assessment
Common Assessment
10/17
10/18
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL