7 th Grade Week 24 Agenda Obj 21813

7 th Grade Week 24 Agenda & Obj. 2/18/13 -2/22/13 Monday: No School Tuesday: No Class Wednesday: Novel Study • 7. 4. 10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature and other texts including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6– 8 text complexity • 7. 11. 6. 6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain specific words and phrases; etc. Thursday: Field Trip Friday: Grammar & Wrap-up • 7. 11. 2. 2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation and spelling when writing.

Daily Writing: I Wish 2/20/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • I wish I had a million. . . Then I would. . . • I wish I had one. . . because • I wish I could be like. . This person is special because. .

Wednesday: Novel Study • Get your lunch and come to my room if you missed the quiz on Friday (Sagal & Saynab). • Hand in parallel worksheet & literature devices worksheet if you didn’t on Friday. • While I check vocab part 8, library book, and your planner: o Draw a picture for each of the new vocab words. Planner: • Due Monday: Reading & study guide questions part 8. • Due Tuesday: Print/rewrite your favorite poem or lyrics to your favorite song or poem o Don’t forget to write down the title and author. • Book nomination no later than Friday, March 1.

Wednesday: Novel Study 1. 5 minutes: Draw pictures/illustrations based on each vocab word. 2. Play vocab Pictionary. 3. Popcorn read & work on study guide questions.

Thursday Field Trip 2/21/13 • PLEASE BRING A PENCIL TO THE FIELD TRIP! • 7 B: Editor's checklist! • 8: 15: Middle School Field Trip! Planner: • Due Monday: Reading & study guide questions part 8. • Due Tuesday: Print/rewrite your favorite poem or lyrics to your favorite song or poem o Don’t forget to write down the title and author. • Book nomination no later than Friday, March 1.

Wednesday Writing/Editing/Revising 7 B: 1. Ask one person to read your essay & fill out editor’s check list. 2. Editors: BE SPECIFIC AND CRITICAL! Make edits to their paper if you can. OR underline sentences that “sound” 3. Rewrite your essay making revisions & edits as you go. Write NICELY! Hand in: • 4. 2 nd draft on top, then editor’s check list, and finally your 1 st draft all marked up. Due tomorrow what you don’t get done in class: Rewrite your essay using your own critical eye and your editor’s check list. PLEASE BRING A PEN/PENCIL TO THE FIELD TRIP! o

Daily Writing: History 2/22/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • What did you like best about the MN history museum? Explain it in detail! • What did you learn at the museum?

Friday: Grammar/Wrap up 1. 7 B: Hand in your 1 st and 2 nd draft & editor’s checklist. 2. If you’re on super on task and we have a little time today, we’ll watch some movie trailers and fill out Oscar ballots as a group. Planner: • Due Monday: Reading & study guide questions part 8. • Due Tuesday: Print/rewrite your favorite poem or lyrics to your favorite song or poem o Don’t forget to write down the title and author. • Book nomination no later than Friday, March 1. NO LATE WOK ACCEPTED! YOU WILL GET A ZERO IF IT’S NOT IN MY HANDS BY FRIDAY!

Friday: Grammar/Wrap up 1. Pass back corrected work – o If I give back your essays or poetry, put it in your portfolio! 2. Go through parallel worksheet – correct your work! 3. Take notes on misplaced & dangling modifiers…

Friday: Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers • Modifiers are words or word groups that describe other words in a sentence. In the following sentence, the words in bold modify woman. The woman who is sitting by the door is my sister.

Friday: Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers • A misplaced modifier, because it is not correctly placed, describes the wrong word or words: INCORRECT Anne saw the neighbor’s dog drinking a Diet Coke. It sounds like the dog was drinking a diet coke! CORRECT Drinking a Diet Coke, Anne saw the neighbor’s dog.

Friday: Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers • A dangling modifier “dangles” because the word or words it is supposed to describe are not in the sentence. INCORRECT Jogging in the park, a dog bit me. The dog wasn’t jogging in the park; the actual jogger is missing from the sentence. CORRECT Jogging in the park, I was bitten by a dog. OR While I was jogging in the park, a dog bit me.

Friday: Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers • Pick a dangling/misplaced modifier to illustrate. • On the piece of construction paper I give you: o Draw an illustration of the dangling/misplaced modifier. o The actual (incorrect) sentence underneath the picture. o A corrected sentence on the back. • Example:

Friday: Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers • ON THE FRONT: o Draw a picture of a dog in a black dress. o Underneath the picture, write the actual sentence: A woman passed by walking her dog in a long black dress. • ON THE BACK: o Write the corrected sentence: A woman in a long black dress passed by walking her dog. • When you’re done, read silently or work on study guide questions.

The Oscars 1. Each group of 3 -5 gets a ballot. Each team can pick one movie trailer to watch. 2. Hand in your ballot with your team’s names before you leave!