Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4 7th Grade English Plans

Date / Warm-Up/Mini-Lesson / Fig Lang / Wordsmith / Literature / Journal /Activity
August
8/7 / Introduction
Procedures
Notebook Set Up / Textbook Scavenger Hunt (IF time…) / Following Directions
8/8 / Review Rules
Notebook Set-Up / Fig. Lang. Lesson- Go over Examples and Copy Definitions:
Novel
Setting
Plot
Theme / Textbook Scavenger Hunt / Fees: Due by Friday, Aug. 15, 2014
8/11 / Review Rules
Anticipatory Set – begin DGP week 1. / Review Fig Lang and share Examples using template
DUE Every Other Week
FLL 1 due Aug 29 / Textbook Scavenger Hunt
“The Dinner Party” p. 32 / Respond to this statement: Girls can do everything boys can do – just as well.
8/12 / DGP / Review / Unit 1
Video and Sheet / Sizing People Up / Sizing People Up (BEFORE READING) response – How do you think people “see” you?
8/13 / DGP / Review
Complete example on Novel / Begin The Outsiders
Ch. 1, pgs. 1-18
Read and Discuss / Activity 2 Synonyms (IF TIME)
8/14 / DGP / Review / Puzzle / The Outsiders
Ch. 2, pgs. 19-36
Read and Discuss
Quiz / Journal/Exit Slip
8/15 / DGP / Review
Complete example on Setting / Review / The Outsiders
Finish Ch. 2 (IF needed)
Begin Ch. 3, pgs. 37-52 / Assessment: A Long Walk to Water

Week 2 – LIBRARY WEEK

Date / Warm-Up/Mini-Lesson / Fig Lang / Wordsmith / Literature / Journal /Exit Slip
August
8/18 / DGP
Sentence 2 / Fig. Lang. Lesson- Go over Examples of terms
Novel, Setting, Plot
Theme / Fill In Blank Sentences (IF TIME) / The Outsiders
Finish Ch. 3 (IF needed)
Ch. 4, pgs. 53-67
Read and Discuss
Quiz
Assessment Ch. 3-4
Ch. 5, pgs. 68-84
Read, take guided notes, and discuss. / Compare/Contrast Greasers and Socs (Venn Diagram)
8/19
OPEN HOUSE / DGP / Review / Fill In Blank Sentences / The Outsiders
Ch. 6, pgs. 85-99
Read, take guided notes, and discuss. / Response: How does Characters in A Long Walk to Water compare/contrast ?
8/20 / DGP / Review / Story / The Outsiders
Finish reading and Assessment Ch. 5-6
Ch. 7, pgs. 100-118
Read, take guided notes, and discuss. / From yesterday’s reading -Briefly discuss why Cherry has become a “spy” for the Greasers. Why does Dallas use that word to describe her? Discuss connotation of the word “spy.” What other “spies” can you think of???
8/21 / DGP / Review / Roots Activity (IF TIME) / The Outsiders
Ch. 8, pgs. 119-130
Read, take notes, and discuss. / Symbols in The Outsiders
8/22 / DGP
MODEL for students!!!!! / Review / Quiz / The Outsiders
Assessment Ch. 7-8
Ch. 9, pgs. 131-149
Read, take guided notes, and discuss. / Respond to quote from text, “He kept trying to make someone say ‘No’ and they never did…”

Week 3

8/25 / DGP
Sentence 3 / Fig. Lang. Terms:
Review using specific examples from the novel / WS Unit 2
Video and Sheet / The Outsiders
Ch. 10, pgs. 150-160
Read, take guided notes, and discuss.
8/26 / DGP / Review / Puzzle / The Outsiders
Assessment Ch. 9-10
Ch. 11, pgs. 161-166
Read, take guided notes, and discuss. / Respond to this quote: “you’d better wise up, Pony…you get tough like me and you don’t get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothing can touch you…”
8/27 / DGP / Review / Sentences / The Outsiders
Ch. 12, pgs. 167-180
Read, take notes, and discuss. / With your group – review your notes. Give/Take one detail that you missed.
8/28 / DGP / Review / Review / The Outsiders
Read and DiscussCh. 11-12
Discussion, Final Thoughts / Add on – details from notes as a class
8/29 / DGP / DUE FLL 1

Week 4

9/1 / NO SCHOOL
9/2 / DGP
Sentence 4
Monday assignment / Conflict (Internal/External), Simile, Metaphor, Idiom, Symbol, Allusion / Story / The Outsiders
Review, Symbolism Poems, Nonfiction Articles about author / Casting Assignment (IF Time)
9/3
Library Day / DGP
Tues & Wed assignment / Review / Quiz
Review / The Outsiders Assessment / Casting Assignment - finish
9/4 / DGP and Thursday & Friday assignment / Review
Identify fig lang terms in The Outsiders / Test on UNITS 1 and 2 / Finish Test
Examine Point of View from another character’s perspective. Does it change the universal theme? CHALENGE: Incorporate The Outsiders, A Long Walk To Water, ‘The Dinner Party” / Rewrite the scene in the park from a Soc’s perspective (POV)
9/5 / The Outsiders
Compare/Contrast novel and film versions

All Lesson Plans are tentative and subject to change based on fluctuations in school day activities and students’ working pace. These serve as a general guideline and may be adjusted daily/weekly/hourly as needed.