Karin DeLeeuw 7th Grade Honors Language Arts *My Conference/Zoom hours are: Tuesday 11:30-12 and Friday 8:30-9:00am *Here are some helpful links:
*For information about assignments please have your son/daughter log into anchorbay.schoology .com *Lessons will be posted each Monday morning at 8am.I will leave previously posted assignments up for your reference
9/3 Guess Who- class activity Literary terms review- Escape room activity Fiction and Nonfiction classroom notes: 9/9 Fiction/Nonfiction notes Three Century Woman Fall of the Hindenburg
Vocabulary
Sorting
Identifying elements of both fiction and nonfiction
Applying knowledge
9/16 2 paragraph essay
fiction elements
nonfiction elements
Escape Room- Literary terms
9/23-9/24 NWEA Testing
9/25-9/28 The Giver Introduction Chapters 1-3
10/8-10/11 The Giver Chapters 4-8 Vocabulary terms House of the Old- Activity Dream Sharing- Activity Pair/Share discussion questions ch 3-5 crossword
10/15 The Giver Chapters 9-12 Ceremony of 12- Activity Rules- Activity Vocabulary terms Pair/Share Questions
10/21 The Giver Seeing Beyond- Activity Memory Activity Vocabulary Pair/Share Chapters 13-18
10/28 The Giver "A Life Without Pain" Quiz chapters 17-20 China's One Child Policy Read Chapters 21-23
11/4 Release Speeches Movie- The Giver
11/18 Mystery review
Speckled Band
Vocabulary
Mystery elements
Comprehension questions
12/2 Novel- A Christmas Carol Time period background Venn diagram past/present Stave 1
1/7/2020 Scope magazine article Practice steps to research paper
creating a should question
support
evidence
thesis sentence
1/13 Review for midterm
Review will be posted 1/13
1/20 Midterm week
3rd hour midterm 1/23
1/27 2nd Semester!!!! 50 index cards Monday we will be recording information researched, in school, on the cards. Please do not research at home without directions! :)
2/19 Complete 1st draft Wednesday- Thursday 3 Peer edits in class Friday!
2/24 Monday- 3 peer edits and revisions Tuesday-Thursday- Computer Lab Friday- Outline for presentation
3/2 3 snow days later!!!! Monday-Wednesday Publishing Wednesday after printing- Outline for presentation Thursday-Friday- Presentations
3/9 The Research Paper is complete! grades will be posted today! Well done!!! :) Monday- Celebrate the end of the research paper! Tuesday- PD, No school Wednesday- Friday- Mystery project! Conferences Thursday 5-7 pm