September
2014
7th/8th Lesson Calendar
Sunday
Mrs. Creel, LA
Monday
Tuesday
1
Labor Day
No School
Wednesday
2
District In-service
No School for Students
Thursday
3
Welcome Back!
Beginning of the year
Prezi, handouts, class
website, CMS handbook
and planner
Friday
Saturday
4
5
*Continue: Icebreaker
activity, absentee
procedures, emergency
procedures,
Cinnaminson writing
folders
*Microsoft Office basic
skills, note taking skills,
notebook organization
and maintenance (review
supply list
6
Icebreaker activity,
September lesson
calendar, absentee
procedures, emergency
procedures, email
etiquette for
assignments and
questions, Cinnaminson
writing folders
7
8
7th- Intro to text
organization, LA terms
#1
8th Non-fiction
organization, annotated
reading
9
7th- Text structure
organization, non-fiction
analysis
8th- Non-fiction analysis,
annotated reading, nonfiction terminology
10
7th- Text structure
organization, non-fiction
analysis
8th- Non-fiction analysis,
annotated reading, nonfiction terminology; Intro
collage project
11
7th- Word Wall sp/vocab,
Intro to Character
Sketch, Common Core
objectives
8th- Intro to Autobio
Incident, Common Core
objectives, dialogue
rules
12
7th- LA terms #1 quiz,
Intro to Character Sketch
notes
8th- Intro to Autobio
Incident notes, dialogue
rules, Intro to collage
project
13
14
15
7th- LA terms #2,
Character Sketch notes
8th- Intro to Autobio
Incident notes, dialogue
rules, review collage
project guidelines
16
7th Read character sketch
example from textbook,
answer review questions,
practice citing from text,
answer one textual
citation short answer
question.
8th- Read autobio.
example from textbook,
review questions, textual
evidence short answer
17
7th- Character Sketch
writing project criteria;
model free-write &
brainstorming
8th- Intro writing criteria,
model free write and
brainstorming
18
7th- Graphic organizer;
Analyze sample intro
paragraph
8th- Analyze sample intro
paragraph
19
7th- LA terms #2 quiz,
Example body paragraph
8th- Analyze body
paragraph example
20
21
28
22
7th- LA terms #3
Conclusion paragraph
example, annotation
biography.com practice
8th- Autobio graphic
organizer, conclusion
paragraph example,
assign non-fiction article
29
7th- Rough draft writing,
conference with teacher
on rough draft for
Character Sketch
8th- Rough draft writing,
conference with teacher,
23
7th- Rough draft writing,
conference with teacher
on rough draft for
Character Sketch
8th- Rough draft writing,
conference with teacher,
24
7th- Rough draft writing,
conference with teacher
on rough draft for
Character Sketch
8th- Rough draft writing,
conference with teacher
30
7th- LA terms #3 quiz,
finish written rough
draft, non-fiction
analysis
8th- Non-fiction Quiz;
Review non-fiction
article, peer edit rough
draft (initial eyes)
Upcoming:
7th- LA terms #4
8th- Collage due
25
No School
26
No School
27