7th+grade+reading+class


 * Mr. Williams home page**

4/28

Read 3 of the myths and write half a page about each. You will have almost 2 pages written when you are done!

http://www.mythweb.com/heroes/heroes.html


 * Monday 3-24 through Wednesday 3-26**

Taking the Kansas State Assessment


 * Friday 3-21-14**

Read //Stranded//


 * Thursday 3-20-14**

Read //Stranded//


 * Wednesday 3-19-14**

Read Chapters 6 and 7 in //Stranded.//


 * Wednesday 3-12-14**

Read the first 2 chapters of //Stranded.//


 * Monday 3-10-14 and Tuesday 3-11-14**

//Read Magazine// and worksheet.


 * Friday 3-7-14**

Read a library book.


 * Thursday 3-6-14**

Read //After Twenty Years,// on page 453, and completed a worksheet.


 * Wednesday 3-5-14**

See who can get the most points in one class on vocab.com


 * Tuesday 3-4-14**

Completed 2 worksheets over roots and affixes.


 * Monday 3-3-14**

Find a persuasive article or paper and copy and paste it into a google document.

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the author persuading you to do or believe? 2. Who would read the article or who would care about the paper? 3. Does the author present the other side? Why or why not? 4. What persuasive techniques does the author use? 5. Which persuasive technique do you feel worked the best for the author? Copy and paste the example from the text. 6. Do you agree with the author? Please explain why you agree of disagree. 7. Find a fact in the article and show proof.


 * Friday 2-28-14**

Finish yesterday's assignment and read a library book.


 * Thursday 2-27-14**

Find a short story on the world wide web! It has to be a narrative. Copy and past it into a Google document!

At the top of your document answer the following questions.. 1. Why of all the stories that you read or skimmed did you choose this one? 2. Why did the author write this story? 3. Tell me about the characters or character. 4. What is the setting? 5. What is the conflict? 6. What was your favorite rising action? 7. What is the climax? 8. What is the resolution? 9. What is the theme?


 * Wednesday 2-26-14**

Played persuasive techniques bingo.


 * Tuesday 2-25-14**

Finished questions and writing activities for //The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog and the Dog Who Thought He Was a Cat.//

Completed the //Dog Data// worksheet.


 * Monday 2-24-14**

Students read, //The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog and the Dog Who Thought He Was a Cat.//


 * Friday 2-21-14**

Read a library book and finish up assignments.


 * Wednesday and Thursday**

Completed the worksheet that goes with READ magazine.


 * Tuesday 2-18-14**

Read the play //Disas-Tour, Inc// together and answered questions.


 * Monday 2-17-14**

Read //The Pleasant, Cold Weather of Yakutia// and answered the questions.


 * Friday 2-14-14**

Read a Library book and write 5-7 reflection.


 * Thursday 2-13-14**

Went over reading standards worksheet. Talked about Jailbird Jim and finished up reviewing figurative language.


 * Wednesday 2-12-14**

Completed worksheets and handed them in for grading.

Read Jailbird Jim.


 * Tuesday 2-11-14**

Read Papa's Parrot and completed reading standards review worksheets.


 * Monday 2-10-14**

Worked on a reading standards review worksheet.


 * Friday 2-7-14**

Completed a Reading Skills worksheet. Cause/Effect

Read library books.


 * Thursday 2-6-14**

Completed a worksheet //Identifying Cause and Effect.// Watched the video //All Summer in a Day//


 * Tuesday and Wednesday were snow days**


 * Monday 2-3-14**

Read //All Summer In a Day// on page 288. Completed 2 worksheets.


 * Friday 1-31-14**

Completed the read magazine and worksheets.


 * Thursday 1-30-14**

Using Read Magazine, we will read and complete some worksheets.


 * Wednesday 1-29-14**

Read a library book and wrote a persuasive paragraph to me trying to persuade me to read it too.


 * Tuesday 1-28-14**

Read about texting while walking and driving.


 * Monday 1-27-14**

Read More Schools, More Smarts? and identified persuasive techniques. Completed The Amazing Amadeus worksheet.


 * Friday 1-24-14**

Read a library book and write a 5-7 sentence reflection.


 * Thursday 1-23-14**

Read, highlighted persuasive techniques, and answered questions over //Should Adoption Records Be Open?//.


 * Wednesday 1-22-14**

Completed a worksheet over //A Pinch of Bug Killer//. Students labeled figurative language and persuasive techniques.


 * Tuesday 1-21-14**

Read //A Pinch of Bug Killer.// Underline or highlight all the persuasive techniques and figurative language.


 * Friday 1-17-14**

Reviewed figurative language.

Read Someone's Watching and completed the worksheet.

Finish persuasive techniques booklet.


 * Thursday 1-16-14**

Persuade people to do or believe something by letting them know others are all doing it. Example: All kids are wearing Lucky jeans. (Everybody’s doing it, and if you don’t, you’ll be left out.) * appeals to feelings of loyalty, nationalism (red, white, and blue), and the winning side * trying to convince viewers/readers that a product is good because everyone is buying it.
 * __ Bandwagon __**

A writer may list statistics to lend importance or credibility to his/her argument. Example: Three out of five dentists recommend. ..
 * __ Citing Statistics __**

Words or images that appeal to the audience’s emotions are used such as fear, anger, joy, desire for success, etc. Example: What would you do if all your possessions were lost in a fire? Get the **Save-All** fireproof safe and protect your valuables.
 * __ Emotional Appeal __**

Information that is so general that it sounds like a fact, but it isn’t. (feel good’s but no guarantees) Example: Many people believe. . . (The question to ask is – How many people?) * Statements are vague but have positive connotations * Statements exaggerate the merits of a product using unsupported and often meaningless statements
 * __ Glittering Generalities __**

By using the plain folks rhetoric, speakers attempt to convince their audience that they, and their ideas, are “of the people.” The device is used by advertisers and politicians alike. They go to great lengths to present themselves as ordinary citizens. Example: Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin was heard to say, “As a hockey mom, I understand the concerns of many parents.”
 * __ Plain Folks __**

The reader is lured by listening to or having someone explain reasons or an idea. Example: One **Puffs** advanced can do the job of two other tissues because it is twice as strong.
 * __ Reasoning __**

Use of famous people or someone you respect or like to testify that something is good, to advertise, or to promote a product or an idea because they tried it, and it worked, etc. Example: Professional football player, Marcus Browning, “I use Wash Out window cleaner.” Ty Pennington, “Right now every Alltel customer can share the love this Valentine’s Day with unlimited video and picture messaging FREE. How sweet is that?”
 * __ Testimonial __**


 * Wednesday 1-15-14**

Finish the figurative language assignment.


 * Tuesday 1-14-14**

Worked on figurative language assignment.


 * Monday 1-13-14**

Read //Lather and Nothing Else// on page 491. Did the questions on page 496 and completed a figurative language worksheet.


 * Friday 1-10-14**

First finish your Guess Who paragraphs.

Make a presentation. Make a slide for each 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.

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”


 * Thursday 1-9-14**

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


 * Wednesday 1-8-14**

Students finished the figurative language booklet. They need to find lyrics that have examples of figurative language in them and copy them into buhlerdocs.


 * Monday and Tuesday 1-6 and 1-7 2014**

Made figurative language booklets and wrote examples and identified them correctly.


 * Thursday 12-19-13**

Watch //A Christmas Carol//.


 * Wednesday 12-18-13**

Watch //A Christmas Carol//.


 * Tuesday 12-17-13**

Started the movie //A Christmas Carol//.


 * Monday 12-16-13**

Finished the play //A Christmas Carol!//


 * Friday 12-13-13**

Read Act II Scene 4


 * Thursday 12-12-13**

Read Act II Scene 3


 * Wednesday 12-11-13**

Read Act II Scenes 1 and 2


 * Tuesday 12-10-13**

Read Act I Scene 5


 * Monday 12-9-13**

Read Act I Scene 3 and 4.


 * Friday 12-6-13**

Finish mastering the vocabulary list.

https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/340359#view=notes


 * Thursday 12-5-13**

Read Act I Scene 2. Then wrote the setting, the characters, an example of figurative language, and a summary in the booklet.


 * Wednesday 12-4-13**

Work on the list until you have completed it!

https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/340359#view=notes


 * Tuesday 12-3-13**

Read Act I Scene 1 of //A Christmas Carol//. Then wrote the setting, an example of figurative language, the characters, and a summary in the booklet.


 * Monday 12-2-13**

Created a booklet for //A Christmas Carol//.


 * Tuesday 11-26-13**

Read a library book.


 * Monday 11-25-13**

Watched and completed the worksheet over the Charles Dickens DVD.


 * Friday 11-22-13**

Finished The Dying Detective


 * Thursday 11-21-13**

Watched The Dying Detective.


 * Wednesday 11-20-13**

Finished //The Speckled Band// and corrected the worksheet //The Original Table Tools.//


 * Tuesday 11-19-13**

Did two worksheets. //The Original Table Tools// and //Pirate Permutations//.


 * Monday 11-18-13**

Read //The Speckled Band.//


 * Friday 11-15-13**

Watched a movie.


 * Thursday 11-14-13**

Read //The Dying Detective//


 * Wednesday 11-13-13**

Made a figurative language poster!


 * Tuesday 11-12-13**

Finished the worksheet from Monday and handed those in. Worked in groups to make examples of figurative language. They wrote the examples on the white boards and drew pictures to go with them.


 * Monday 11-11-13**

Read the short story //Zoo// on page 318. We completed a worksheet and drew pictures of aliens that we would take to the zoo.


 * Friday 11-8-13**

Work on vocab.com or read a library book.


 * Thursday 11-7-13**

Finished assignments and worked on vocab.com


 * Wednesday 11-6-13**

http://vocab.com/classes/ACt4LUcahRA


 * Tuesday 11-5-13**

Read //All Stories are Anansi's// and answered the questions on page 844.


 * Monday 11-4-13**

Read //The Highwayman// and finished a worksheet.


 * Thursday 10-31-13**

Finished the Headless Horseman and Rip Van Winkle projects.


 * Wednesday 10-30-13**

Read //The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow// and answered 3 questions.


 * Tuesday 10-29-13**

Read //Rip Van Winkle// and take a quiz.


 * Monday 10-28-13**

Finish pop up assignments! Students who are done may share their folktales.


 * Friday 10-25-13**

Pop up assignment is due Tuesday.


 * Thursday 10-24-13**

Work on the pop up assignment.


 * Wednesday 10-23-13**

Started are pop up assignment to go with the tale that you chose.


 * Tuesday 10-22-13**

Go to http://www.americanfolklore.net/index.html

http://www.kidsgen.com/stories/folk_tales/

http://www.worldoftales.com/folktales.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fairy_tales

Find a story, print it, and write a summary that includes the conflict, climax and resolution.


 * Monday 10-21-13**

Went over the questions on page 835. Read //The Princess and the Tin Box// on page 838.


 * Friday 10-18-13**

Read //His Just Reward// and //Djuha Borrows a Pot// in the literature book. On page 835 do all the questions


 * Thursday 10-17-13**

Read //library books.//


 * Wednesday, Tuesday, and Monday 10-14-13 through 10-16-13**

Pass out student handbooks! Go over the handbooks and fill out the roots, prefixes, and suffixes pages.


 * Thursday 10-10-13**

Discussed the different versions of Cinderella. I read one more version today. Students read a library book.


 * Wednesday 10-9-13**

Finish plot lines from yesterday.


 * Tuesday 10-8-13**

In the Literature book we read pages 825-832, //The Algonquin Cinderella// and //Yeh-Shen//. Then we did the plot line for //Yeh-Shen// together. You need to finish //The Algonquin Cinderella// plot line on your own.


 * Monday 10-7-13**

Watch the Rikki Tikki Tavi video, passed back their test, and went over vocabulary and figurative language worksheet.


 * Friday 10-4-13**

Take a quiz and finish worksheets over Rikki Tikki Tavi.


 * Thursday 10-3-13**

Finished reading //Rikki Tikki Tavi//. Finished the plot line. Answer the questions at the end of the story.


 * Wednesday 10-2-13**

Started reading //Rikki Tikki Tavi//. Fill out a plot line together.




 * Tuesday 10-1-13**

Read Pecos Bill, wrote down the setting, conflict, 3 rising action, climax, the resolution, and theme. Took a multiple choice test.


 * Monday 9-30-13**

Read Paul Bunyan, talked about elements of plot, setting, conflict, climax, resolution, and theme. Took a multiple choice test.


 * Friday 9-27-13**

So many of you have missed class this week! I need those who were gone to do the assignment from Thursday! If you did the assignments on Thursday and didn't do very well, you need to do it again! Please finish up or correct any other assignments, also.


 * Thursday 9-26-13**

Using the **Article** http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/magazines/scope/pdfs/SCOPE-031212-DustBowl.pdf answer the questions on the on a piece of notebook paper. Then on the same paper do the **Vocabulary** []
 * Reading Comprehension Quiz** []

Please had in the assignments before the end of the class. When you are finished, you may read a library book.


 * Wednesday 9-25-13**


 * Video** []


 * Article** http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/magazines/scope/pdfs/SCOPE-031212-DustBowl.pdf


 * Reading Comprehension Quiz** []


 * Vocabulary** []


 * Tuesday 9-24-13**

Finished Dustbowl tone/mood assignment

Monday 9-23-13

Look at the pictures on the PDF below. What is the tone of any 2 of the 4 pictures? What is the mood of any 2 of the 4 pictures. Answer the question by using the SEE method.

Example: The tone in picture number one is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx because xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. For example xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Another example, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. As a result or therefore xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.



Friday 9-20-13

Finish Tone/Mood presentations and/or read a library book.

Thursday 9-19-13 and Wednesday 9-18-13

You will create a presentation on buhlerdocs with at least 6 slides over tone and mood.

Save the presentation as: Tone/Mood and move it to your folder.

You will have the following on the first 4 slides of the presentation: Tone, with a great definition as it pertains to literature or reading, words that describe tone, pictures that would reflect tone, mood, with a great definition as it pertains to literature or reading, words that describe mood, and pictures that would reflect mood.

Find two pictures, put them into the presentation and answerer the following questions for each using the S-E-E method. What is the tone? What is the mood?

Example: The tone of this picture is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx because xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. For example xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Another example xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Therefore xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Tuesday 9-17-13

Work on and finished the symbolism cube. Make sure and save your cube! Now go to print your cube BUT WAIT!!!

DO NOT PRINT!

Upload to buhlerdocs

Monday 9-16-13

Update your reading log! Work on the cube symbolism project using big huge labs. 3D Instructions!!! [] Find 6 pictures that symbolize who you are! Make sure at least one picture reflects or symbolizes your heritage, one that symbolizes your favorite sport or hobby, one that symbolizes your birthday. Could be a birthstone, zodiac, or something that reflects the time or day you were born. Feel free to use symbols or pictures that reflect who you are!

Zodiac information:

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Friday 9-13-13

Listened to the songs, //Coming to America// and //The Immigrant//. The handouts are in the PDF under Thursday. We also looked at the lyrics and found symbolism in both songs. Then we filled out the graphic organizer which is also a PDF that is attached to Thursday.

Thursday 9-12-13

Finish paragraph about immigrant discrimination and read an article about Ellis Island. Watched the video over the [|SIFT method].

Handouts over the SIFT method.

Wednesday 9-11-13

Talked about discrimination and immigration in the 1800's and started a paragraph about immigrant discrimination.

Tuesday 9-10-13

Watched videos about Immigration to America in the 1800's.

Monday 9-9-13

Worked with buhlerdocs and created folders for classes! Made a document and placed it in their folder.