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Reading 7
Packet of Materials for Weeks 1-4

Instructor: Lisa Fricke 8/22/2013 9/13/2013

Week One August 22nd

August 23rd

Ms. Frickes English Class Projected Lesson Plans For Grade 7, Unit 1, All Periods What we are doing in class? What should I be working on? *Notes should be taken Syllabus Student Information Form Packet of Materials Set Up E-Mails Big Question: What is the best Read The Three Century Woman way to find the truth? and The Fall of the Hindenburg Look at Packet of Materials What are we doing in class? Discussion on The Three Century Woman, and The Fall of the Hindenburg Introduction to Impromptu Speech Read in Class Super Grammars The Completion Team: The Subject: P 1-25 Lecture on The Completion Team: The Subject Lecture on Context Clues: Narrative Text with Papas Parrot Discussion on Papas Parrot Worksheet on Narrative Text and Subjects Writing Workshop: Find Your Voice Impromptu Speeches What should I be working on? Practicing an impromptu speech Read Super Grammars The Completion Team: The Subject: P 1-25

What is due at the end of class? Student Information Form

Week Two August 26th

August 27th

Practice an Impromptu Speech Worksheet on Narrative Text and Subjects Read Papas Parrot Practice an Impromptu Speech Worksheet on Narrative Text and Subjects Revise Impromptu Writing

August 28th

1 Notebook 1 Journal Extra pens Extra pencils What is due at the end of class? Journal Entry: 1. What is the best way to find the truth? Comparison of the two stories 2. Anxieties and Conquests of Public Speaking Journal Entry: 1. Word Analysis of Latin Root Words: -vit- or viv2. Response to Super Grammar 3. Circle all the Subjects Journal Entry: 1. Impromptu Writing 2. Circle all the Subjects Worksheet on Narrative Text and Subjects Journal Entry: 1. Revised Impromptu Piece Perform Impromptu Speech Journal Entry: 1. Likability of peers Impromptu speeches

August 29th

August 30th

Take Home Quiz Read An American Childhood Read The Luckiest Time of All Read Super Grammars The Completion Team: The Predicate: Pages 26-35

Week Three September 2nd

September 3rd

Ms. Frickes English Class Projected Lesson Plans For Grade 7, Unit 1, All Periods What are we doing in class? What should I be working on? Schools Out Read An American Childhood Read The Luckiest Time of All Read Super Grammars The Completion Team: The Predicate: Pages 26-35 Lecture on Biographical Read Super Grammars The Report Completion Team: The Predicate: Lecture on Point of View Pages 26-35 Discussion on Comparison of Worksheet on Point of View and An American Childhood and Predicates The Luckiest Time of All Lecture on Super Grammars The Completion Team: The Predicate Model of Biographical Report Writing Workshop: Biographical Reports Worksheet on Point of View and Predicates Begin Writing Biographical Report Write Biographical Report

What is due at the end of class? Schools Out

September 4th

September 5th

September 6th Week Four September 9th

Biographical Reports What are we doing in class? Lecture on Comparing Fiction and Non-Fiction Quick Discussion of Barrio Boy In-Class reading of A Days Wait Lecture on Writing E-mails Lecture on Nouns

Take Home Quiz Read Barrio Boy What should I be working on? Read Super Grammars The
Amazing Eight: Nouns P37-45

Take Home Quiz Journal Entry: 1. Write a Short Story from the Point of View of an Animal 2. Underline the Predicates 3. Possible Selections for Biographical Report Journal Entry: 1. What should you learn about the person you are biographing? 2. Underline the Predicates Worksheet on Point of View and Predicates 1. Word Analysis of words with Latin Root manere- and dictBiographical Reports What is due today? Take Home Quiz Journal Entry: 1. Reflect on Differences Between Fiction and Non-Fiction Journal Entry: 1. Write an e-mail to someone who stole something from you 2. Identify 10 nouns in your writing Worksheet on E-mails and Nouns E-mail Test on Unit 1

September 10th

Worksheet on E-mails and Nouns

September 11th September 12th September 13th

Workshop E-mail Writing Timed Writing: Write an Email from Your Prompt Test on Unit 1

Worksheet on E-mails and Nouns Study for Test on Unit 1