7th+grade+reading+class+2014-2015

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http://www.mythweb.com/hercules/index.html


 * Tuesday-Thursday 3-31, 4-1, 4-2-2015**

Taking the Kansas State Reading Assessment


 * Monday 3-30-15**

Read //The Giver.// Pages 97-117


 * Thursday 3-19-15**

Read The Giver pages 79-97 and took notes.


 * Wednesday 3-18-15**

Read The Giver pages 61-79 and took notes.


 * Tuesday 3-17-15**

Read The Giver pages 43-61 and took notes.


 * Monday 3-16-15**

Read The Giver pages 25-43 and took notes.


 * Friday 3-13-15**

Read a library book.


 * Thursday 3-12-15**

Take notes over Chapters 1 and 2. Start Chapter 3 of //The Giver.//


 * Wednesday 3-11-15**

Finish worksheets and read the first 6 pages of //The Giver.//


 * Tuesday 3-10-15**

Read the rest of READ Magazine together. Work on the worksheets.


 * Monday 3-9-15**

Read a play from READ Magazine together. Started worksheets.


 * Thursday 3-5-14**

Presented posters and stories.


 * Wednesday 3-4-15**

Presented posters and stories.


 * Tuesday 3-3-15**

Finish poster and stories.


 * Monday 3-2-15**

Finish up the poster, so we can start the stories tomorrow.


 * Friday 2-27-15**

Work on poster project.


 * Thursday 2-26-15**

Work on poster project.


 * Wednesday 2-25-15**

Start poster project.


 * Figurative Language, Fact, Opinion Poster Project **

1. You are going to make a poster in color. I would encourage you to use colored pencil. You are going to select a thing or product. It may be something or an idea that already exist or you may make up your own.

2. You will use figurative language to make your idea, thing or product appealing. Use the following: Metaphor, Simile, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, Irony and Analogy. Write an example of each on your poster and label it correctly.

3. You will also write 5 facts and 5 opinions on your poster about your product. These facts and opinions should make people want you product so badly that they have to have one.

4. When you are done with your poster, you need to write a story about how your product, thing or idea has changed the life of someone!


 * Tuesday 2-24-15**

Read //After Twenty Years// and finish worksheets.


 * Monday 2-23-15**

Read //After Twenty Years// and start worksheets.


 * Wednesday 2-18-15**

Finish worksheets and IXL


 * Tuesday 2-17-15**

Finish worksheet and find 2 more 3 wish stories.

Write down the following about each 3 wish tale: title, conflict, the 3 wishes, climax and resolution.


 * Monday 2-16-15**

Read //The Third Wish// on page 199 then completed the worksheet.


 * Friday 2-13-15**

Finish //The Night the Bed Fell// worksheets or read a library book.


 * Thurssday 2-11-15**

//Work on The Night the Bed Fell// worksheets then work on IXL.


 * Wednesday 2-11-15**

Read //The Night the Bed Fell// and start worksheets.


 * Tuesday 2-10-15**

Write a compare/contrast paper over the video and story //All Summer in a Day.//

1st paragraph

The video and story of //All Summer in a Day// are alike in many ways. For example xxxxxxx. Another example xxxxxxx. The last example xxxxx. Therefore xxxxxx.

2nd paragraph

The video and story of //All Summer in a Day// are different in many ways. For example xxxxxxx. Another example xxxxxxx. The last example xxxxx. Therefore xxxxxx.

3rd paragraph

I liked the story or video better because xxxxx. Give 2 examples or reasons.


 * Monday 2-9-15**

Completed 2 worksheets over, //All Summer in a Day//


 * Friday 2-6-15**

Read a library book.


 * Thursday 2-5-15**

Watched //All Summer in a Day.// Take notes over the differences in the plot line of the written story and the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QWmahMdeGU


 * Wednesday 2-4-15**

Read //All Summer in a Day// and complete the handout.


 * Tuesday 2-3-15**

Finish reading //Invasive Species// and highlight.


 * Monday 2-2-15**

Complete Can I Canoe You? worksheet. Read an article about invasive species and highlight when done.


 * Friday 1-30-15**

IXL context clues FF.1 and read a library book.


 * Thursday 1-29-15**

IXL context clues FF.1


 * Wednesday 1-28-15**

READ Magazine and finish the handout.


 * Tuesday 1-27-15**

READ Magazine and continue working on the handout.


 * Monday 1-26-15**

READ Magazine and start handout.


 * Friday 1-23-15**

Finished the video, handed in Dying Detective worksheet and read a library book.

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 * Thursday 1-22-15**

//https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNQl49BoZ8U//

//**Wednesday 1-21-15**//

//Read// The Dying Detective//. Started a review worksheet.//

//**Tuesday 1-20-15**//

//Finished// The Speckled Band video.

//Completed a worksheet over// The Speckled Band.

//3rd 9 weeks//

//**Thursday 1-15-14**//

//https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbGQSFbwB9o//

//Start the video of// The Speckled Band.

//**Wednesday 1-14-15**//

//Read// The Speckled Band //together in class.//

//**Tuesday 1-13-15**//

//Share presentations with the class.//

//**Monday 1-12-15**//

//Share presentations with the class.//

//**Monday 1-5-15 through Friday**//

//Listened and read song lyrics and wrote down the meanings of the simile or metaphor from this youtube video.// //[]//

//Make a presentation. Make a slide for any 6 of the following figurative language. Each slide will have song lyrics that are an example of the figurative language, and you need to explain what the lyrics mean. Make sure and write the title of the song and the person or band who sang them.//

//Please make sure each slide has the following://

//1. Title of song// //2. Artist// //3. The lyrics// //4. The figurative language used.// //5. What the lyrics really mean to the listener.//

// Analogy - a comparison made between two things to show how they are alike. (extended simile or metaphor) //

// Alliteration – the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. Example: Shelly sees scrapbooking as a sensational source of pictures. //

// Hyperbole – an extreme exaggeration (I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.) //

// Idiom – a phrase that conveys a meaning different from the exact definition of the words used in it. (You’re driving me up a wall!) //

// Irony - a contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs. Irony Photos //

// Metaphor – a figure of speech that compares two things which are basically unlike. (example: Justin is a real bear in the morning.) //

// Onomatopoeia – the use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning. (buzz, boom, tick tock) //

// Personification – giving human qualities to nonhuman objects or beings. //

// Simile – a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as” //

//**Wednesday 12-17-14**//

//Finish booklet and start watching// A Christmas Carol

//**Tuesday 12-16-14**//

//Read Act II scene 5 and write about the setting, write a 3-5 sentence summary, write and label an example of figurative language, and draw a small picture.//

//**Monday 12-15-14**//

//Read Act II scene 4 and write about the setting, write a 3-5 sentence summary, write and label an example of figurative language, and draw a small picture.//

//**Friday 12-12-14**//

//Please catch up, and we read a library book.//

//**Thursday 12-11-14**//

//Read Act II scene 3 and write about the setting, write a 3-5 sentence summary, write and label an example of figurative language, and draw a small picture.//

//**Wednesday 12-10-14**//

//Read Act II scene 2 and write about the setting, write a 3-5 sentence summary, write and label an example of figurative language, and draw a small picture.//

//**Tuesday 12-9-14**//

//Read Act II scene 1 and write about the setting, write a 3-5 sentence summary, write and label an example of figurative language, and draw a small picture.//

//**Monday 12-8-14**//

//Read Act I scene 4 and 5 and write about the setting, write a 3-5 sentence summary, write and label an example of figurative language, and draw a small picture.//

//**Friday 12-5-14**//

//Read a library book//

//**Thursday 12-4-14**//

//Read Act I scene 3 and write about the setting, write a 3-5 sentence summary, write and label an example of figurative language, and draw a small picture.//

//**Wednesday 12-3-14**//

//Read Act I scene 2 and write about the setting, write a 3-5 sentence summary, write and label an example of figurative language, and draw a small picture.//

//**Tuesday 12-2-14**//

//Read Act I scene 1 and write about the setting, write a 3-5 sentence summary, write and label an example of figurative language, and draw a small picture.//

//**Monday 12-1-14**//

//Start A Christmas Carol. Write about the author and work on the cover of your booklet.//

//**Monday 11-24-14**//

//Read The Amazing Amadeus and summarized a magazine article.//

//**Friday 11-21-14**//

//Read a library book.//

//**Thursday 11-20-14**//

//Hand in plot lines for// Mr.Garrity and the Graves //and watch// Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

//**Wednesday 11-19-14**//

//Hand in plot lines for// Monsters Are Due On Maple Street //and watch// Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

//**Tuesday 11-18-14**//

//Watch// Monsters Are Due On Maple Street //and identify the setting, conflict, climax, resolution, 4 of the rising action and the theme.//

//**Monday 11-17-14**//

//Read the script Monsters Are Due On Maple Street on page 696//

//**Wednesday 11-12-14**//

//Finish informational writing assignment using the S-E-E Writing Model//

//**Tuesday 11-11-14**//

//Highlighted magazine article and started writing you paper using the S-E-E Writing Model//

//**Monday 11-10-14**//

//Read magazine articles until you find one to writeabout.//

//**Friday 11-7-14**//

//Read a library book.//

//**Thursday 11-6-14**//

//Finish READ Magazine worksheet and read a library book.//

//**Wednesday 11-5-14**//

//Read Nethergrave in READ Magazine and complete worksheet.//

//**Tuesday 11-4-14**//

//Read Silence together in READ Magazine.//

//**Friday 10-31-14**//

//Read a library book.//

//**Thursday 10-30-14**//

//Read and discussed Clash of Clan article and worksheet.//

//**Wednesday 10-29-14**//

//Read a Clash of Clan article and completed a worksheet.//

//**Tuesday 10-28-14**//

//Read another article about a person who plays Clash of Clans 16 hours a day and wrote a 3 paragraph paper using the SEE model.//

//**Monday 10-27-14**//

//Read an article about Clash of Clans and completed a worksheet.//

//**Friday 10-23-14**//

//Read a library book or finished 3 paragraphs.//

//**Thursday 10-22-14**//

//Wrote 3 argumentative paragraphs using the SEE method.//

//**Wednesday 10-22-14**//

//Finished and handed in the handout over Read Magazine.//

//**Tuesday 10-21-14**//

//Read the rest of the Read Magazine and completed the rest of the handout.//

//**Monday 10-20-14**//

//Read the play Disas-Tour, Inc together and completed that part of the worksheet.//

//**Thursday 10-16-14**//

//Read a library book.//

//**Wednesday 10-15-14**//

//Read pages 841-844 and completed the questions on page 844.//

//**Tuesday 10-14-14**//

//Reviewed readings from yesterday and went over the questions on page 835 in the literature book.. Read pages 838 and 839 in the literature book and completed the questions on page 839.//

//**Monday 10-13-14**//

//Went over and graded all four Cinderella story plot lines.//

//Read// His Just Reward and Djuha Borrows a Pot //on pages 833-835. Completed all the questions on page 835.//

//**Friday 10-10-14**//

//Finish all 4 plot lines and read a library book.//

//**Thursday 10-9-14**//

//Read Cinderella by the Grimm Brothers and completed a plot line.//

//http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm021.html//

//**Wednesday 10-8-14**//

//Read Cinderella by Charles Perrault and completed a plot line.//

//http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault06.html//

//**Tuesday 10-7-14**//

//Read an completed plot lines for// The Algonquin Cinderella and Yeh-Shen //pages 825-832 in the literature book.//

//**Monday 10-6-14**//

//Read 3 articles about Cinderella and Chinese foot binding.//

//http://www.readyed.com.au/Sites/extra/cinhist.htm//

//http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/02/china-s-last-foot-binding-survivors.html//

//http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2429992/Han-Qiaoni-102-woman-bound-feet-toes-broken-just-2.html//

//**Friday 10-3-14**//

//Took a test over Rikki and read a library book.//

//**Thursday 10-2-14**//

//Watched video and looked at the figurative language assignment.//

//**Wednesday 10-1-14**//

//Finished questions on page 475 and complete the figurative language worksheet.//

//**Tuesday 9-30-14**//

//Finished Rikki Tikki Tavi. Completed a plot line together. Assigned the Check Your Comprehension Questions on page 475 1-5 and Critical Thinking questions #2 and any other one.//

//**Monday 9-29-14**//

//Started reading Rikki Tikki Tavi//

//**Friday 9-26-14**//

//Finish figurative language booklet and read a library book.//

//**Thursday 9-25-14**//

//Completed worksheet In-Line Time and worked on figurative language booklet.//

//**Wednesday 9-24-14**//

//Continue to work on figurative language booklet. They will be due Friday.//

//**Tuesday 9-23-14**//

//Make a figurative language book to help students learn and identify figurative language. The book will have a definition, three examples for each of the figurative language and a picture.//

// Analogy - a comparison made between two things to show how they are alike. (extended simile or metaphor) //

// Alliteration – the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. Example: Shelly sees scrapbooking as a sensational source of pictures. //

// Hyperbole – an extreme exaggeration (I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.) //

// Idiom – a phrase that conveys a meaning different from the exact definition of the words used in it. (You’re driving me up a wall!) //

// Irony - a contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs. //

// Metaphor – a figure of speech that compares two things which are basically unlike. (example: Justin is a real bear in the morning.) //

// Onomatopoeia – the use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning. (buzz, boom, tick tock) //

// Personification – giving human qualities to nonhuman objects or beings. //

// Simile – a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as” //

//**Monday 9-22-14**//

//Make a figurative language book to help students learn and identify figurative language.//

//** Figurative Language Definitions **//

// Analogy - a comparison made between two things to show how they are alike. (extended simile or metaphor) //

// Alliteration – the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. Example: Shelly sees scrapbooking as a sensational source of pictures. //

// Hyperbole – an extreme exaggeration (I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.) //

// Idiom – a phrase that conveys a meaning different from the exact definition of the words used in it. (You’re driving me up a wall!) //

// Irony - a contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs. //

// Metaphor – a figure of speech that compares two things which are basically unlike. (example: Justin is a real bear in the morning.) //

// Onomatopoeia – the use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning. (buzz, boom, tick tock) //

// Personification – giving human qualities to nonhuman objects or beings. //

// Simile – a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as” //

//**Friday 9-19-14**//

//Read a library book and make sure all your root, prefixes and suffixes are done!//

//**Thursday 9-18-14**//

//Finish roots, prefixes and suffixes assignment.// // Spelling //

// Suffixes For unit 2 //

// Definition: A suffix is a word part that is added onto the end of the word to change its meaning. an important part of the meaning of a word. //

// Below are four common suffixes. Write in the spelling words that go with them. //

// A. ant or ent means one who does //

// 1. servant means one who serves //

// 2. president means one who presides //

// B. ess is used to form the feminine form of many nouns //

// 1. princess is the feminine of prince //

// 2. lioness is the feminine of lion //

// C. ist is one who or that which does //

// 1.pharmacist is one who works in pharmacology //

// 2. geologist is one who works with the earth //

// D. ism means the act or result of //

// 1. heroism is the act of being a hero //

// 2. alcholism is the result of too much alcohol //

// Prefixes //

// Definition: A prefix is one or more syllables placed at the beginning of a word to change its meaning or to create a new word. //

// A. A means not //

// 1. ahistorical means not historical //

// 2. atypical means not typical //

// B. Be means to make or cause to be //

// 1.belittle means a cause to be “little” //

// 2.befriend means a cause to be a friend //

// C. Mid means in the middle //

// 1.midpoint means the middle point of something //

// 2.midafternoon means in the middle of the afternoon //

// D. Post means after or following //

// 1.postwar means after the war //

// 2.postmortem means after death //

// E. Semi means half, not fully //

// 1.semicircle means half a circle //

// 2.semiconscious means not fully conscious //

// F. Super means more than //

// 1. superhighway is a highway that is much bigger than a regular highway //

// 2. supersonic is a frequency more than a human ear can hear. //

//**Wednesday 9-17-14**//

//Finish roots by tomorrow! We will work on suffixes and prefixes tomorrow.//

//**Tuesday 9-16-14**//

//Making a booklet with the following roots, prefixes and suffixes. 1. Write the root, prefix or suffix and the definition. Example Aero means air or relating to air.// //2. Write 2 words and define each with the root, prefix or suffix. Example Mortal-a human being subject to death// //3. draw a picture that helps you remember the definition of the root, prefix or suffix.//

//**Monday 9-15-14**//

//Making a booklet with the following roots, prefixes and suffixes. 1. Write the root, prefix or suffix and the definition. Example Aero means air or relating to air.// //2. Write 2 words and define each with the root, prefix or suffix. Example Mortal-a human being subject to death// //3. draw a picture that helps you remember the definition of the root, prefix or suffix.//

//**Friday 9-12-14**//

//Read a library book.//

//**Thursday 9-11-14**//

//Making a booklet with the following roots, prefixes and suffixes. 1. Write the root, prefix or suffix and the definition. Example Aero means air or relating to air.// //2. Write 2 words and define each with the root, prefix or suffix. Example Mortal-a human being subject to death// //3. draw a picture that helps you remember the definition of the root, prefix or suffix.//

//** Prefixes: Meanings: **// //** A without, not, up, on **// //** Be on, around, make or cause to be **// //** Mid middle **// //** Post after **// //** Semi half, not fully **// //** Super more than, on or above **//

//** Roots: **// //** Aero relating to air **// //** Aqua water **// //** Biblio book **// //** Bio life **// //** Chron time **// //** Dem people **// //** Geo earth **// //** Hemi half **// //** Graph write **// //** Meter measure **// //** Micro small **// //** Migr to move or travel **// //** Mim copy or imitate **// //** Mort death **// //** Phon sound **// //** Photo light **// //** Scrib/script write **// //** Tele far off **// //** Test to bear witness **//

//** Suffixes **// //** Ant/ent thing or one who **// //** Ess female **// //** Ism quality/state, result of, act of **// //** Ist one who practices **//

//**Wednesday 9-10-14**//

//I read// The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow //and students completed a plot line. After the students completed their plot line, they took a pretest over roots, prefixes, and suffixes.//

//**Tuesday 9-9-14**//

//Took a quiz over Paul Bunyan using your plot line from yesterday.//

//Read Pecos Bill, took a quiz and completed a plot line.//

//**Monday 9-8-14**//

//Read and completed a plot line for// Paul Bunyan and His Wonderful Blue Ox//.

Narrative plot line definitions.


 * Friday 9-5-14**

We went to the library, checked out books and read.