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Academic Accountability
The goals for this program are to help students develop
responsibility, complete homework on time, and keep from falling behind.
When a student does not do an assignment, he or she will fill out an
Academic Accountability form and schedule a date to serve an
academic detention. The student may complete the late work for
the next day for the appropriate credit and be excused from the
detention.
If he or she does not complete the work, then the student will serve
the detention and complete missing work during this time.
Failure to attend a scheduled Academic Detention will result in
a behavioral detention.
Generally academic detentions will be scheduled on Mondays,
Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. However academic detentions will be served
at the teacher's convenience and are subject to change.
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7th
Grade
Events |
 | September 8
Picture Day |
| September 10
Camp Duncan Field Trip |
| May 7-8
7th Grade Springfield Trip |
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Classroom Happenings
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Language Arts |
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the first unit, students will select one of the 2009 Rebecca Caudill
Books. Students
will review the seven reading strategies (predicting, reviewing,
questioning, connecting, evaluating, visualizing, and inferencing) and apply them
to their in class novels and independent reading. They will also learn
about the elements of fiction, such as theme and characterization in
connection with their in class novels and independent reading books.
Caudill Test Questions:
Six short answers,
choose four during class to answer.
-Interesting topic sentence
-Three
specific examples from text
- Conventions
and Complete sentences
- Choose one character and explain whether
he or she is a dynamic character using the text to support.
- Describe one character using the author’s
characterization. Use specific examples to describe appearance,
personality, etc.
- Describe how the setting (time and place)
influences or doesn’t influence the plot of the story. Use
specific examples from the text.
- Choose one or more of the following
literary terms and describe how the author used them in the
story and whether or not they added to the story: Suspense,
foreshadowing, flashback, symbolism, verbal irony, situational
irony.
- Explain the main conflict in the story and
examples of how you know it’s that conflict. Explain how it was
resolved: Person vs. person, self, society, supernatural,
unknown, fate, nature, technology.
- Choose your favorite reading strategy.
Explain how you used it with this story or other stories and why
you liked it.
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During the third
unit, students will apply their knowledge of SFT and RUS's to an
adventure essay using description. Students will learn review voice,
and will learn about considering audience and purpose for writing
and the steps of the writing process (prewriting, drafting,
revising, editing, sharing/publishing). During the
second unit, students will review sentences, subjects, and verbs.
They will learn how to create a variety of sentences and to make
their sentences more interesting by using clauses and phrases,
specifically compound sentences, adjective and adverb clauses,
participial phrases, and noun absolutes. We will continue to use the SFT's to develop interest for the reader and voice in writing.
During the first unit, students focused on developing voice and
interest for their audience in their written work using Smiley Face
Tricks. These tricks include using Magic 3's (parallelism),
figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, imagery,
alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, and idiom), specific detail
for effect, repetition, extended moment, humor, and full circle
ending.
At the same time, students will be focusing on the No Excuse
Spelling words. These words are often misused in student writing. |
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Due Dates |
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meant to act as a substitute for student responsibility in writing
down assignments. The website is only a guide. The assignment notebook
remains the best source for homework, quizzes, and tests. The homework of morning classes
may differ from that of afternoon classes. Keep in mind
that assignments and due dates are subject to change without notice on
the website. |
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Literature Assignments
Students should have independent reading materials such as books,
magazines, and
newspapers to complete reading
logs.
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Monday
9/29/08 |
Tuesday
9/30/08 |
Wednesday
10/01/08 |
Thursday
10/02/08 |
Friday
10/03/08 |
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Type/Write Book Review
Peer Edit Book Review
Homework:
Read for reading
log. Complete Anticpation Guide
Reflection 2
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Peer edit and revise book review.
Publish Book Review on Rebecca Caudill Website
Homework:
Read for reading
log. |
Continue Publishing
Reviews.
Homework:
Read for reading
log.
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Continue Publishing Reviews and Silent
Sustained Reading.
Homework:
Read for reading
log.
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Begin "What I am, What I Want to Be"
Unit.
Discuss Theme.
Watch The Eyes of Nye Human Characteristics and
Adaptations.
Read Aloud.
Homework:
Read for reading
log. |
Monday
9/22/08 |
Tuesday
9/23/08 |
Wednesday
9/24/08 |
Thursday
9/25/08 |
Friday
9/26/08 |
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Reading Log 1 due
Read Caudill Book.
Update Reading Record.
Play LITTO with Literary Terms and
Reading Strategies
Homework:
Read for reading log. Finish Caudill Book by Friday 9/26. Study
Literary Terms and Reading Strategies for Test Wednesday. |
Read Caudill Book.
Update Reading Record.
Play LITTO with Literary Terms and
Reading Strategies
Homework:
Read for reading log. Finish Caudill Book by Friday 9/26. Study
Literary Terms and Reading Strategies for Test Wednesday.
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Quiz Literary
Terms and Reading Strategies. Read Caudill Book.
Homework:
Read for reading log. Finish Caudill Book by Friday 9/26.
Open Note Test Caudill Book
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Read Caudill Book.
Homework:
Read for reading log. Finish Caudill Book by Friday 9/26.
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Renew/Check Library Books Caudill Book Test
Homework:
Read for reading log. Complete short rough review of Caudill
Book read for class that includes 3-5 sentence summary, 2 sentence
recommendation, and 2 sentence rating. This should be 1-2
paragraphs at the most. |
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Language Arts Assignments |
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Monday
9/29/08 |
Tuesday
9/30/08 |
Wednesday
10/01/08 |
Thursday
10/02/08 |
Friday
10/03/08 |
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Discussed and took notes on voice, purpose, audience, writing
process (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, sharing), and mood
Homework: Spelling Packet due Friday; 9/10 look up spelling
words; Revise Draft of Adventure Essay and Create Illustration |
2/3 Board Races Spelling Words.
9/10 Discuss Latin and Greek.
Review Writing Terms.
Peer Edit Adventure Essay.
Discuss RUS test.
Homework:
Spelling Packet due Friday. Revise Draft of Adventure Essay and
Create Illustration. Final Draft due Wednesday.
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Match cards with writing
terms and RUS definitions.
Turn in Adventure Essay.
Begin Research Project.
Homework:
Spelling Packet due Friday. Study for spelling test. |
Match cards with writing terms and RUS definitions.
Discuss libraries vs. internet for research and
plagiarism and how to avoid it.
Homework:
Spelling Packet due Friday. Study for spelling test. Formulate
questions for research. Begin Research. |
Spelling Test Unit 2 Periods 2/3 and Spelling Test Unit 1
Periods 9/10.
Library Research with encyclopedias and books.
Homework:
Continue research. |
Monday
9/22/08 |
Tuesday
9/23/08 |
Wednesday
9/24/08 |
Thursday
9/25/08 |
Friday
9/26/08 |
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Share journals.
Write sentences on the board.
Practice RUS sentences with
worksheet.
ISAT Jeopardy Game
Homework:
Finish RUS worksheet. Complete Journal 9 about an
adventure using SFT and RUS. Study ISAT Spelling Words and Latin and
Greek Roots and Affixes. |
Play ISAT Spelling
Jeopardy. Review RUS.
Share journals looking at SFT and RUS. Writer good examples on
board.
Look at teacher example of adventure essay and begin Adventure Essay
by filling in prewriting.
Homework:
Research adventure. Complete observation chart about an
adventure. Study ISAT Spelling Words and Latin and
Greek Roots and Affixes.
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Review RUS
for test.
Test will include matching descriptions of the types of
sentences, listing requirements for a sentence, and combining two
sentences using the six RUS approaches (compound sentence, noun
absolute, adjective and adverb clauses, participial phrase, and
appositive).
Write first draft of Adventure essay. Students should finish
in forty minutes.
Homework:
Revise one of journals 5-8 to turn in with four RUS's and four
SFT's. Study ISAT Spelling Words and Latin and
Greek Roots and Affixes. |
RUS
sentence test.
ISAT Board Races or Jeopardy.
Homework:
Write Second Draft of Adventure Essay. Study ISAT Spelling Words and Latin and
Greek Roots and Affixes. |
ISAT
Latin and Greek Spelling Test.
Peer Revise Draft 1 of adventure essay.
Homework:
Write/Type Second Draft.
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