7 th Grade Week 29 Agenda & Obj. 3/18/13-3/22/13 Monday & Tuesday: Poetry/Drawing Conclusions By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature and other texts Determine theme or central idea of a text Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning. Wednesday: Review & Using Context Clues Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation and spelling when writing By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature and other texts Thursday: Test Friday: Documentary Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium

Daily Writing: My Thoughts 3/18/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: What do you think about when you can't fall asleep? What do you think makes a happy family? What things do you think are beautiful?

Monday: Poetry Hand in your final project. Planner: Poetry worksheet due tomorrow. Midterm on everything we’ve covered this quarter on Thursday. Reject/Accept nomination form due THIS Wednesday! NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED.

Monday: Share & Poetry Textbook pg Read about the authors. o Why do you appreciate your family? o What is a goal to which you aspire? Read “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes, “The Village Blacksmith” by Longfellow, and “Fog” by Sandburg. Finish poetry worksheet (due tomorrow what you don’t get done in class).

Monday: Share & Poetry Everyone needs to share either something from their final project OR read the poem they wrote. If you don’t share today, you’ll share later this week.

Daily Writing: Courage 3/19/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: What do you think courage means? “Courage is grace under pressure.” ~Ernest Hemingway “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” ~Mark Twain

Tuesday: Share & Poetry 1.Turn in poetry worksheet due today. 2.Turn in your Hoot/Tangerine novel. BY FRIDAY OR YOU OWE $8. 3.All late work needs to be turned in by Friday or it will turn into a zero! Also, hand in your late HW passes for extra credit if you haven’t used them by Friday. Announcement: o Center for School Change Charter Public School Writing Contest! o Due to me (printed!) by Monday, April 1. Planner: Reject/Accept nomination form due tomorrow ! NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED. Midterm on everything we’ve covered this quarter on Thursday. All work by Friday or ZERO!

Tuesday: Poetry 1.Get your text books quickly. 2.Finish Poetry Collection 1 & 2 worksheet. 3. Timed Writing: Pick ONE poem from pg and write an essay on its theme. Do not start the timed writing until I instruct you to do so. (1 ST Period start at 7:50; 2 nd period start at 8:45). Individual work! Due at the end of the period!

Daily Writing: BEST Friend 3/20/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: What is most important to you in a friend--loyalty, generosity, honesty--why? What makes your best friend your best friend?

Wednesday: Poetry & Review Hand in your reject/accept forms! Announcement: o Center for School Change Charter Public School Writing Contest! o Due to me (printed or ed!) by Monday, April 1. Planner: Midterm on everything we’ve covered this quarter tomorrow. All work by Friday or ZERO! HOWEVER, you might want to get it to me by Thursday, or admin says you can’t participate in the lighting tourney Mr. Hick is putting on Friday during 7 th period.

Wednesday: Poetry & Review 1.Pass back everything. Put your poems and essays in your portfolio/binder. Go through final test. Questions? 2.Your midterm will be on: 1.Making inferences & drawing conclusions 2.Poetry 3.Parallel structure 4.Dangling/misplaced modifiers 5.Essay writing 3.Let’s review some key elements on midterm tomorrow…

Wednesday: Poetry & Review Your midterm will be on: 1.Making inferences & drawing conclusions 2.Poetry 3.Parallel Structure 4.Dangling/misplaced modifiers 5.Essay writing What does it mean to infer? What does it mean to draw conclusion?

To make an inference is to take a critical look at what you are reading and make an assumption based on your own experiences.

When you draw a conclusion you use 2 things: What you know in your head. and What you ’ ve read in the story. A conclusion is the decision you come to when you put these two together.

Wednesday: Poetry & Review Your midterm will be on: 1.Making inferences & drawing conclusions 2.Poetry 3.Parallel structure 4.Dangling/misplaced modifiers 5.Essay writing What are the different literature devices? How do they help you determine the meaning?

Literature Devices 1.Personification o Example: The lightening yells and throws a fit in the evening storm. o NOT: The mountain looks like a little hill in the distance. 2.Simile o Example: My friend is cool like a cucumber. o NOT: My friend is as cool as James Dean. 3.Metaphor o Example: He is a solid rock. o NOT: He is strong. 4.Alliteration & Rhyme o Alliteration: The s mooth and s wift s windlers robbed the bank in no time. o Rhyme: He is a f ool Lying in a puddle of dr ool

Wednesday: Poetry & Review Your midterm will be on: 1.Making inferences & drawing conclusions 2.Poetry 3.Parallel structure 4.Dangling/misplaced modifiers 5.Essay writing What does it mean to be “parallel?”

Not Parallel Wrong: The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, that they should not eat too much, and to do some warm-up exercises before the game.

Parallel Parallel The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, that they should not eat too much, and that they should do some warm-up exercises before the game. — or — The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, not eat too much, and do some warm-up exercises before the game.

Wednesday: Poetry & Review Your midterm will be on: 1.Making inferences & drawing conclusions 2.Poetry 3.Parallel structure 4.Dangling/misplaced modifiers 5.Essay writing What are dangling modifiers? What are misplaced modifiers?

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.

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.

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. Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers

Wednesday: Poetry & Review Your midterm will be on: 1.Making inferences & drawing conclusions 2.Poetry 3.Parallel structure 4.Dangling/misplaced modifiers 5.Essay writing What’s a hook? What’s a thesis statement? What’s a topic sentence? What are the different parts of an essay? NOW! Let’s play a review game – individual players or pairs? No groups! ON MY WEBSITE IF WE DON’T GET THROUGH IT!

Daily Writing: Mom 3/21/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: “Men are what their mothers made them.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson “My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully.” ~Chris Brown

Thursday: Test/Wrap up Test! NO TALKING! When you’re finished, raise your hand and then read silently or work on late work. Planner: All work by tomorrow or ZERO!

Daily Writing: What? 3/22/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: What parts of nature do you like best? What do you do for exercise? What four things are most important in your life?

Friday: Documentary Take notes on documentary (at least a page). Write 3 paragraphs comparing and contrasting your novel (Hoot or Tangerine) to the documentary. Due by the end of the period! Have a great spring break! Planner: Language Arts packet due Monday, April 1 (the day we get back from break).