7th Grade ELA - Reading (Period 8) Assignments

Reading Class

4/8 Tom Sawyer Ch. 29 (Vocab and Study Questions)

4/9 Tom Sawyer Ch. 30

4/10 TS Ch. 31-32

4/11 TS Ch. 33

4/12 Station of the Cross

 

Writing

4/8 Dependent Clause (Adverbs)

4//9 Adverb Clause Diagramming

4/10 Adverb Clause Practice

4/11 Adverb Clause Packet to be completed in class for points (homework if not finished)

4/12 TBA

 

*Membean is due Sunday night @ 11:59 pm. Learners are expected to complete 30 minutes per week. Also, our weekly vocabulary tests require daily review. Learners need to review words each day.

ELA Schedule

Reading

M-Tom Sawyer Ch. 21-22

Tu-Ch. 23-24 Vocab Quiz 7-10

Wed-Ch. 25-26

Th: Ch. 27-28

Fri-Stations of The Cross

 

Note: Learners should be reviewing TS vocab words each night in preparation for their weekly test. I have attached the worksheets if your learner is absent one day.

 

Writing:

M: Finish Argumentative Essay

Tu: Grammar

Wed: Grammar

Thurs: Grammar

Fri: Grammar quiz

 

Trimester 3, Week 3 Plan

 

Plans subject to change depending on class pacing. 

 

Reading:

M, 3.25: Tom Sawyer Ch. 14 & 15 and study guide

Tues 3.26: Vocab Quiz TS Ch. 3-6, Ch. 16-17 and study guide

Wed 3.27: Tom Sawyer Ch. 18 and study guide

Thurs 3.28: Tom Sawyer Ch. 19-20 and study guide

Fri 3.29: TBA

 

Writing: 

M 3.25: Body Paragraph 1, Argumentative Essay

Tues 3.26: Finish Body Paragraph 1, Research

Wed 3.27: Body Paragraph 2 

Thur 3.28: Finish Body Paragraph 2

Fri 3.29: Write Introduction 

ELA

Reading:

M: Tom Sawyer Vocab Quiz Ch. 1-2

Read Ch. 5 over weekend. Complete Ch. 4-5 study guide for Monday

 

Writing:

Begin Argumentation Essay on Monday

M -- No School

 

Tues 2/19

R-Set 3 Vocabulary Quiz on Crispin

In-Class Crispin Presentations

W- "Both Sides of The Fence Essay" Work on in class

 

Wed 2/20

R-In-Class Crispin Presentations

W-Finish "Both Sides of The Fence" Essay in class.

 

Thursday 2/21

R-Finish In-Class Crispin Presentations

W-Grammar, correlative conjunctions.

 

Friday

R-Dramatic Monologue Assignment Intro--choose parts and assign.

W-Grammar--Diagramming Practice

 

ELA

 

Reading: No homework. We have read through Ch. 26 of Crispin is you were absent this week.

 

Writing: Quiz on the Commonly Confused Words 1/28/19.

ELA Class

 

Writing

Begin studying the commonly confused words. Quiz will be next Monday, 1/28/19.

 

Reading

Ch. 16-19 of Crispin in class. Read and annotate what you did not finish. Also, Literary Journal # 2 is due tomorrow 1/23/19

 

 

A Christmas Carol

Presented by 7^th Grade

Please join our 7^th grade class as they present A Christmas Carol. Our learners will present during their reading class period on Tuesday, December 18^th in the gym. 7th Grade reading classes take place during periods 2, 4, and 8. Please be sure of your child’s class period before making plans to attend.

Period 4: 9:26 – 10:11

Period 8: 1:34 – 2:19

Period 2: 2:22 – 3:10

 

We look forward to seeing you!

Thank you,

Ms. Dillon

Learners need to practice their lines for the production of A Christmas Carol on December 18th. Also, read 72-78 of the novel.

It’s play rehearsal time! 7^th grade learners will begin rehearsing for the play A Christmas Carol on Monday, November 26^th. On this day we will hold auditions during reading classes. Below are the characters that the learners could audition for if they chose to. Each part has a section that the learners could practice with during their break so that they are ready to come into class ready to audition. Please look at the roles and chose which one you would like to play, and then practice, practice, practice! Remember that we will need an understudy for each part and some non-acting roles will be offered as well. Everyone will have a job! So come in on Monday after the break ready to show us your talents!

Marley: Scrooge! Money is not everything.  I carry the chain I created in life.  Each link is an act of greed and cruelty.  It was invisible until the day of my death.  Your chain was as long as mine SEVEN Christmases ago!  You have labored on it since…it is a PONDEROUS chain!

Scrooge: Bah Humbug!  Christmas is a waste of time!  It is a celebration for foolish loons!  Christmas is just an excuse to take off work and expect to be paid; to buy things you don’t need; to waste your money!  Any fool who believes in Christmas should be boiled in his own pudding!

Fred:  I thought you would refuse.  You never want to have any fun.  I just want us to be friends.  My mother used to tell me how wonderful you were.  I just want you to have some Christmas cheer.  So, I shall invite you every year just in case you change your mind!  A merry Christmas to you Uncle!  (runs and leaves present/wreath; then out the door). 

Bob: (slowly approaching Scrooge and tapping him on the shoulder) Sir…Master Scrooge…

Tomorrow is Christmas Day, and I was wondering if I could maaaaaybee….just the one time…have the day off?

 

Past: I am here to show you your past, and to remind you that you were not always the selfish, cold-hearted person you are today.  I think looking back on your past may help you learn from your mistakes.

 

Young Scrooge: Fan, how happy I am to see you.  But don’t lie to me, you know father won’t let me come home.

 

Fan:  Brother! He has changed!  He is much kinder than he used to be and he even sent me in a coach to bring you home!  You will start an apprenticeship soon.  But before that, we will send the entire Christmas together! Hooray for Christmas!

 

Fezziwig: Gentlemen, gentlemen.  You have been working hard.  It has been a long day.  Now it is time to enjoy each other’s company.  No more work.  It is Christmas Eve.  Let us celebrate!  Let’s dance, sing, and feast all through the night!  Find a dance partner!  Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Bell: Oh Ebenezer! You are such a blind, selfish man.  All you care about is wealth and gain.  You have forgotten what it is like to be rich in spirit and love. 

 

Man Scrooge: Bell, I am not so changed.  I am just smarter now.  The world revolves around money and I intend to make A LOT of it. 

 

Present:  Hello there Ebenezer Scrooge! I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. I am here to show you how things are today…and from what I can see…they are not looking too good. 

 

Mrs. Cratchit: The founder of our feast indeed! I wish I had him here right now.  I’d give him something to feast upon and hope he had a good appetite for it. 

 

Tiny Tim:  I can’t wait for the plum pudding mother!

Narrator 1: Scrooge is in his office counting piles of gold change, making sure he has made a profit.  Bob Cratchit, Scrooge’s hard-working employee tries his best to keep warm and finish his work.  Fred, Scrooge’s friendly and spirited nephew enters the office.

 

Narrator 2: Past transports Scrooge back to his days as a young boy in school.   Scrooge reads all alone in the play yard waving goodbye to his classmates who left for the holiday break.  No one usually came for Scrooge.  But one year, Fan, Scrooge’s sister came to take him home. 

 

Narrator 3: They walk into the house.  The Cratchit family is making Christmas dinner.  Scrooge sees how loving the family is toward one another.  He notices Tiny Tim, the youngest son.  He is crippled and poor in health, but he keeps his spirits high.  Scrooge feels compassion for the boy as he watches.

 

Break a leg!!

Quiz - Okay for Now ch.5-10

 

If you were present everyday during reading class and read along with the class, a quick overview of those chapters will be sufficient to help you prepare for the quiz. If there was a section of those chapters where you were absent please re-read those areas to prepare yourself.

Vocabulary Quiz- Okay for Now packets (Chapters 1-3)

Rikki Tikki Tavi Test- Thursday, Sept. 27th.

Grammar Test on Unit 1- It will be given in my Writing classes.

Grammar Handout packet (given in class today) pages. 3-8.  Do all of the questions that were not done in class.  

Write sentences using the vocabulary words for #7-12 on the Rikki Tikki Tavi Vocabulary document attached.  There will be vocabulary quiz on these 12 words on Friday, Sept. 14th.