7th Grade English
March 2014
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
3 Warm-ups
4 Warm-ups
Echo and Narcissusi pp.289-294
5 Warm-ups
Origin of the Seasons p. 654
6 Warm-ups
Orpheus; p. 668 (8 min.)
7 Warm-ups Quiz
Flight of Icarus; p. 675 (7 min.)
SNOW DAY
(8:06 min.)
#4 Theme p. 294
(14:07 min)
Reading Check a,b,c,d p. 662
p. 668 Guided Prac. Quiz
(give orally, write on paper)
Chart; p. 670 Compare Orpheus and
Origin of the Seasons
Worksheet 1-6 on notebook paper
10 Warm-ups/Agenda
King Midas and the Golden
Touch p. 682 (6:17 min.)
11 Warm-ups
The Voyage p. 694 (Blue book)
Critical Thinking p. 697
12 Warm-ups
Paragraph of the Week
Write an Origin Myth
Prewriting and rough draft
13 Warm-ups Quiz
Paragraph of the Week
Write an Origin Myth
Revise/edit and final copy
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18 Warm-ups
19 Warm-ups
20 Warm-ups
21 Warm-ups Quiz
Cause/Effect Chain of Events
Worksheet (Class set; Use only left side
and write on notebook paper)
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SPRING BREAK
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NO SCHOOL for STUDENTS
SPRING BREAK
24 Warm-ups
The River by Gary Paulsen
Begin reading
Author study
Do Vocabulary
Listen to Chap. 1-4
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The River by Gary Paulsen
Do #1 (if finished with movie)
#2 Explain Brian’s love of food
Listen to Chaps. 5-7
Do #3 Explain the main conflict
of Chap. 5
26 Warm-ups
The River by Gary Paulsen
Do setting activity
#4 Write the descriptive
paragraph of the setting
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The River by Gary Paulsen
Listen to Chap. 8-10
28 Warm-ups quiz
The River by Gary Paulsen
Catch up OR
Do Review storm sequence
and #5 cause-effect of the
storm and listen to Chap 11-15
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The River by Gary Paulsen
1 Warm-ups
The River by Gary Paulsen
2 Warm-ups
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3 Warm-ups
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4 Warm-ups
The River by Gary Paulsen
7th Grade English – Core Extension
March 2014
Monday
3
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
4 A
The Noble Experiment
p. 289 Listen to story
Write 3 true statements about
the story and 1 false.
5 B
The Noble Experiment
p. 289 Listen to story
Write 3 true statements about
the story and 1 false.
6 A
Develop your own sentences
and diagram; Use S-V-DOPrep. phrase-adj.-adv
7 B
Develop your own sentences
and diagram; Use S-V-DOPrep. phrase-adj.-adv
10 A
Show A Cry in the Wild as a
precursor to the novel,
The River.
11 B
Show A Cry in the Wild as a
precursor to the novel,
The River.
12 A
Show A Cry in the Wild as a
precursor to the novel,
The River.
13 B
Show A Cry in the Wild as a
precursor to the novel,
The River.
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SNOW DAY
SPRING BREAK
24 A
Finish movie
Read library books
31 B
The Girl who Discovered the
Dinosaurs (Nonfiction)
Dinosaurs for Sale
After Reading and Quiz
SPRING BREAK
25 B
Finish movie
Read library books
1 A
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NO SCHOOL FOR
STUDENTS
SPRING BREAK
26 A SCOPE
The Girl who Discovered the
Dinosaurs (Nonfiction)
27 B
The Girl who Discovered the
Dinosaurs (Nonfiction)
28 A
The Girl who Discovered the
Dinosaurs (Nonfiction)
Dinosaurs for Sale
Video and discussion questions
Audio
Where do Dinosaur Fossils
Belong?
Dinosaurs for Sale
Video and discussion questions
Audio
Where do Dinosaur Fossils
Belong?
Dinosaurs for Sale
After Reading and Quiz
2 B
3 A
4 B