Week of 1/7
Monday
Tuesday
*Advisory Day
Wednesday
EXPOSITORY PAPER
DUE AT THE END OF
CLASS
Thursday
*Advisory
Friday
7th Grade Language Arts DeBok/Vaitai
We will / Objective: We will write a multi-paragraph essay to convey information
about a topic that presents effective introductions and concluding paragraphs, has a
clearly stated purpose or controlling idea, and is logically organized with appropriate facts
and details. [17(A)i-iii]
I will / Product/Task: I will write an expository paper analyzing whether it would be more
advantageous to be a Soc or a Greaser from the book The Outsiders.
Activity: Expository Prewriting
Assessment: Prewriting Quiz
High Level Questions: What are the structural and substantive differences between
expository writing and narrative writing?
Homework: Read 20 minutes; complete prewriting
We will / Objective: We will write a multi-paragraph essay to convey information
about a topic that presents effective introductions and concluding paragraphs, has a
clearly stated purpose or controlling idea, and is logically organized with appropriate facts
and details. [17(A)i-iii]
I will / Product/Task: I will write an expository paper analyzing whether it would be more
advantageous to be a Soc or a Greaser from the book The Outsiders.
Activity: Expository Prewriting
Assessment: Rough Draft
High Level Questions: What are the structural and substantive differences between
expository writing and narrative writing?
Homework: Read 20 minutes; complete rough draft
We will / Objective: We will write a multi-paragraph essay to convey information
about a topic that presents effective introductions and concluding paragraphs, has a
clearly stated purpose or controlling idea, and is logically organized with appropriate facts
and details. [17(A)i-iii]
I will / Product/Task: I will write an expository paper analyzing whether it would be more
advantageous to be a Soc or a Greaser from the book The Outsiders.
Activity: Final Draft
Assessment: Expository Paper Final Draft
High Level Questions: What are the structural and substantive differences between
expository writing and narrative writing?
Homework: Read 20 minutes
We will / Objective: We will review concepts from 7th grade ELA Semester I.
I will / Product/Task: I will complete my Semester Exam Review.
Activity: Semester Exam Review
Assessment: Semester Exam Review
High Level Questions: How does an author use literary devices to enhance readers’
understanding?
Homework: Read 20 minutes
We will / Objective: We will write a multi-paragraph essay to convey information
about a topic that presents effective introductions and concluding paragraphs, has a
clearly stated purpose or controlling idea, and is logically organized with appropriate facts
and details. [17(A)i-iii]
I will / Product/Task: I will write an expository paper for my Semester Exam.
Activity: Semester Exam Expository Paper
Assessment: Semester Exam Expository Paper
High Level Questions: What are the structural and substantive differences between
expository writing and narrative writing?
Homework: Read 20 minutes; study for semester exam
Key Understandings
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We will write a multi-paragraph essay to convey information about a topic that
presents effective introductions and concluding paragraphs, has a clearly stated
purpose or controlling idea, and is logically organized with appropriate facts and
details. [17(A)i-iii]
Key Vocabulary
Author’s Purpose
Tone
Mood
Fact vs. Opinion
Summary
Main Idea
Compare vs. Contrast
Theme
Infer
Conclude
Support
Point of View
Shifts in poetry
Imagery
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Poetic structure
Elements of Plot
Conflict and types of conflict
Text Evidence
Dependent clause
Independent clause
Compound sentence
Complex sentence
Prefix
Suffix
Conjunctions
Appositives
Thesis statement/controlling idea
Elements of expository writing
Upcoming Due Dates
Outsiders Expository Paper due 1/9