Halloween

1st 8:30 – 9:32

2nd 9:36 – 10:32

3rd 10:36 – 11:22

Lunch 11:26 – 11:57

5th 12:01- 12:47

6th 12:51 – 1:47

7th 1:51 – 2:47

FALL FEST  2:51 - 3:45

Week #12

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	None
Mini-Lesson:	Today we will compare and contrast a written story to the filmed version by analyzing the effects of each medium so that we can learn to think flexibly, think about our thinking (metacognition), and to apply past knowledge to new situations in order to draw our own conclusions about the world around us. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.7
Class Work:	We’ll know we have it when we’ve watched the movie The Outsiders or The Giver and completed the compare/contrast graphic organizer showing the benefits and drawbacks that each medium presents.
Homework:	Reading Response: Sis! Boom! Bah! Humbug! (Due Thursday!)
OMG Fact:	Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween.

Study Sessions:

Tuesdays and Thursdays before school (7:45 am with a pass from home)

Working Lunch:

Wednesdays (Bring a cold lunch or get a lunch pass from Ms. Brownell.)

Monday 10-30-17

Week #12

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	Pre-movie checklist
Mini-Lesson:	Today we will compare and contrast a written story to the filmed version by analyzing the effects of each medium so that we can learn to think flexibly, think about our thinking (metacognition), and apply past knowledge to new situations in order to draw our own conclusions about the world around us. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.7
Class Work:	We’ll know we have it when we’ve watched the movie The Outsiders or The Giver and completed the compare/contrast graphic organizer showing the benefits and drawbacks that each medium presents.
Homework:	Reading Response: Sis! Boom! Bah! Humbug! (Due Wednesday!)
OMG Fact:	In 2003, there were 86 days of below-freezing weather in Hell, Michigan.

Study Sessions:

Tuesdays and Thursdays before school (7:45 am with a pass from home)

Working Lunch:

Wednesdays (Bring a cold lunch or get a lunch pass from Ms. Brownell.)

Friday 10-27-17

Week #11

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	10 MInutes of independent reading Update Reading Log
Mini-Lesson:	Today we will learn how to evaluate an argument and specific claims in a text for sound reasoning and relevant, sufficient evidence by analyzing the text Finding Your Everest. We will do this so that we can think critically and make objective judgements about the information we read.
Class Work:	Complete the reading response (trace and evaluate the argument) for the text Sis! Boom! Bah! Humbug! This is due next Wednesday!
Homework:	Finish the Unit 2 Novel Assessment. (Due by midnight tonight!)
OMG Fact:	The popsicle was invented by an 11-year-old who kept it secret for 18 years.

Thursday 10-26-17

Week #11

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	10 Minutes of independent reading Update Reading Log
Mini-Lesson:	Today we will learn how to evaluate an argument and specific claims in a text for sound reasoning and relevant, sufficient evidence by analyzing the text Finding Your Everest. We will do this so that we can think critically and make objective judgements about the information we read.
Class Work:	Read and annotate the text Sis! Boom! Bah! Humbug!
Homework:	Finish the Unit 2 Novel Assessment. (Due Friday!)
OMG Fact:	Put two straws in your mouth: one inside a drink and one outside it. You won’t be able to drink through either straw.

Wednesday 10-25-17

Make sure you have your writer's notebook for class today!

Week #11

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	10 Minute Free Write
Mini-Lesson:	Today we will learn how to trace and evaluate an argument by analyzing the text Finding Your Everest so that we can think critically and make objective judgements about the information we read.
Class Work:	Make revisions to the assignment Reading Response: Finding Your Everest. Begin reading the text Sis! Boom! Bah! Humbug!
Homework:	Finish the Unit 2 Novel Assessment. (Due Friday!)
OMG Fact:	One pound of peanut butter can contain up to 150 bug fragments and five rodent hairs.

Study Sessions:

Tuesdays and Thursdays before school (7:45 am with a pass from home)

Working Lunch:

Wednesdays (Bring a cold lunch or get a lunch pass from Ms. Brownell.)

Tuesday 10-24-17

Week #11

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	10 Minutes of independent reading
Mini-Lesson:	Today we will continue to analyze how the events in a story have an impact on the characters by identifying how Jonas/Ponyboy’s identity evolves throughout The Giver/The Outsiders, so that we can understand how people fail, succeed, learn lessons and deal with new situations. We’ll know we have it when we’ve completed the Unit 2 Novel Assessment.
Class Work:	Unit 2 Novel Assessment * Look at the grading criteria for a score of “3”. * Use the Plot Guide to help with question #1.
Homework:	Read for at least 30 minutes from a book of your choosing.
OMG Fact:	Three Musketeers candy got its name because it used to come with three flavors.

Study Sessions:

Tuesdays and Thursdays before school (7:45 am with a pass from home)

Working Lunch:

Wednesdays (Bring a cold lunch or get a lunch pass from Ms. Brownell.)

RI.7.3 Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).

Monday 10-23-17

Week #11

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	10 MInutes of independent reading Update Reading Log
Mini-Lesson:	Today we will analyze how the events in a story have an impact on the characters by identifying how Jonas/Ponyboy’s identity evolves throughout The Giver/The Outsiders, so that we can understand how people fail, succeed, learn lessons and deal with new situations. We’ll know we have it when we’ve completed the Unit 2 Novel Assessment.
Class Work:	Unit 2 Novel Assessment * Look at the grading criteria for a score of “3”. * Use the Plot Guide to help with question #1.
Homework:	Read for at least 30 minutes from a book of your choosing.
OMG Fact:	The Boston University Bridge is the only spot in America where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

Study Sessions:

Tuesdays and Thursdays before school (7:45 am with a pass from home)

Working Lunch:

Wednesdays (Bring a cold lunch or get a lunch pass from Ms. Brownell.)

RI.7.3 Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).

Friday 10-20-17

Week #10

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	Questions for guest speaker (on index card)
Mini-Lesson:	Today we will have a guest reader sharing how they use reading and writing in their profession.
Class Work:	Rocky Top Reads: Read your class novel or your choice book.
Homework:	Make sure that you have a book for independent reading. We will be starting that for warm-up again next week.
OMG Fact:	The cables of the Golden Gate Bridge contain 80,000 miles of steel wire.

Thursday 10-19-17

Week #10

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	Write the central ideas and an objective summary of the text Sometimes, the Earth Is Cruel by Leonard Pitts Jr.
Mini-Lesson:	Scholarly Habits Self-Assessment
Class Work:	Enter scores for Finding Your Everest: Reading Response into the Google Form. Class Novel (Week #4): * Finish the book this week! * Complete your Novel Graphic Organizer
Homework:	Make sure that you have a book for independent reading. We will be starting that for warm-up again next week.
OMG Fact:	The phrase “take [something] with a grain of salt” refers to an Ancient Roman recipe for an antidote that protects against poisons.

Wednesday 10-18-17

Week #10

Unit 2: Determining and Developing Central Ideas

Warm-Up:	10 Minute Free-Write
Mini-Lesson:	Today we will review The Noble Experiment and discuss how both Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson showed tremendous personal courage in the face of opposition that led to the success.
Class Work:	Write the central ideas of the text Sometimes, the Earth Is Cruel by Leonard Pitts Jr. Class Novel (Week #4): * Finish the book this week! * Complete your Novel Graphic Organizer
Homework:	Be sure that you are up-to-date on reading your class novel and completing the graphic organizer.
OMG Fact:	There is a theater in Russia where all the actors are cats.

Study Sessions:

Tuesdays and Thursdays before school (7:45 am with a pass from home)

Working Lunch:

Wednesdays (Bring a cold lunch or get a lunch pass from Ms. Brownell.)