Name:
English 7R
E1
Date:
Period:
Aim: How can we develop goals for a successful seventh grade year?
Do Now: Determine which of the following characteristics best describes a
successful student. Circle your choice and explain why you have selected it on the
lines that follow.
Student # 1
Hard-Working
Talkative
Respectful
Disruptive
Student # 2
Shy
Respectful
Hard-Working
Intelligent
Student # 3
Hard-Working
Intelligent
Brave
Respectful
*** Do Now Ends Here ***
The Fist, The Clay, and The Rock
Directions: Determine the major characteristics of a person that can be described
as a rock and then a person that can be described as clay. Then, list the lines of text
that helped you to create your analysis.
Determine the major
List the major lines of text that
characteristics of a person who
helped you to create this
is described as a rock and then a
description.
person who is described as clay.
Rock
Clay
Summary: Determine what you plan to do to turn yourself into a rock by the end
of your 7th grade school year. List at least three things and explain your choices.