Lesson Plans for the Week of December 14, 2015
1st Hour – Current Events – 8th on M,W, F & 7th on T,Th (then they rotate on F)
3rd Hour – PREP
LUNCH is after 4th Hour
7th or 8th Grade Current Events
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Students will summarize the stories that they watched and we will give opinions
on them.
We may discuss other current events going on.
7th Grade Reading - 2nd 6th 8th HOURS
This week’s objectives are to work on using context clues and working on
fluency and expression with oral reading.
We will work on the following standards:
7.RL.1 - Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
7.RL.2 - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its
development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary
of the text.
7.RL.3 - Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g.,
how setting shapes the characters or plot).
7.RL.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in
a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the
impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a
specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
7.RL.6 - Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view
of different characters or narrators in a text.
I had planned to move to our new curriculum for the 2nd trimester.
However, I’d really like to squeeze in another chapter book before going
that route with the 7th grade.
We will read the book, Pay It Forward as a class. Students have been
broken into 4 groups per section and take turns reading. There will not be
any worksheets to support this book. We worked very thoroughly through
our last book, A Long Walk to Water.
Students will be assigned to select 3 vocabulary words per day that that
were unaware of prior. Together they’ll infer the definition & use them in 1
sentence for each word. They will together come up with a summary for
the day’s reading.
The following pages assigned daily are estimates. All students have
different reading paces when reading aloud. Students will read their
personal chosen amounts of paragraphs or pages, then the next person in
the group will continue. Though they are allowed to choose how much
they read aloud per turn, I ask they read a minimum of ½ of a page.
Monday
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2nd – Study Vocab List1 on quizlet, take test, practice words from list
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6th & 8th – p. 190-220
Students will select 3 vocab words, define them, use them in
sentences, then summarize today’s reading
I will circulate the room, guiding from group to group
Tuesday
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2nd – practice vocab list 2 words, take test
6th & 8th - P. 220-240
Students will select 3 vocab words, define them, use them in
sentences, then summarize today’s reading
I will circulate the room, guiding from group to group
Wednesday
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2nd – Select activity from back of book and work on it
6th & 8th - P. 240-264
Students will select 3 vocab words, define them, use them in
sentences, then summarize today’s reading
I will circulate the room, guiding from group to group
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2nd – work on activity
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Thursday
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6th & 8th – Read the final pages, A Note About This Edition & A Final then have groups read through activities in the back of the book &
have them select one for the group to do
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2nd – Free reading time or they can play with vocab words on
quizlet.com
6th & 8th – they may have free reading time, work on their group
project, or go to quizlet.com to practice vocab words
Friday
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8th Grade Reading - 4th
5th
7th HOURS
This week’s objectives are to work on
We will work on the following standards:
8.RL.1- Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of
what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
8.RL.2 - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its
development over the course of the text, including its relationships to the
characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
8.RL.3 - Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or
drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a
decision.
8.RL.6 - Analyze how differences in the points of view of characters and
the audience or reader create such effects as suspense or humor.
Monday
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Tuesday
Go over p. 90-91& do the close reading focus
Discuss vocab words (p. 90-91)
Skim through the story, “The Storyteller” (p. 92-98)
Assign wb-26
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Assign groups to read the story as I go from group to group asking
comprehension questions along the way
Have groups fill out 1 copy of wb-28 & 29 together & turn in
Wednesday
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Together discuss Language Study & Literary Analysis questions on p.
98-99 aloud as a class
As a class read & discuss p. 102-103
If time allows do wb-34 together
Thursday
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Skim story (p. 104-111)
Read story as a class – taking turns, discussing comprehension
questions along the way
Answer Critical Thinking Questions on p. 111 together aloud
Friday (I will be absent – my son is having shoulder surgery)
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Students may go to quizlet.com to work on vocabulary words or
read freely (with paper copies of books) – please ensure that
they’re not playing on the internet