Lesson Plans Week 4 M. Unser English Grade 7 Plus September 22-26, 2014

Monday Warm-Up Tri Bond Challenge: What one word connects the following sets of words? Junior, thin, US Jersey, cow, Beach

Monday, September 22 Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call 7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.4TSW read to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words 7.6 TSW identify the main idea; summarize text identifying supporting details Biographies –Read and discuss with learning team Eleanor Roosevelt to page 61 Harry Houdini to page 61 –Complete Fishbone Diagram to identify main idea and supporting details from the chapter

Tuesday Warm-Up The Latin prefix “uni” means “having or consisting of only one”. Make a list of words that begin with that prefix

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call 7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.7 TSW write in a variety of forms with an emphasis on exposition, narration, and persuasion Writer’s Workshop –Continue with previous topic OR brainstorming/guided topic expansion –Sustained Writing –Conference –Share

Wednesday Warm-Up Complete the following analogies: 1.affection: lavish:: a.kindness: stint b.money: spend freely c.toy: share d.friendship: ruin 2.Personality:ebullient::beverage a.stale b.sweet c.cold d.fizzy

Wednesday September 24, 2014 Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call 7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words: Use context and sentence structure to determine meanings 7.6 TSW read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of nonfiction text and use reading strategies to monitor comprehension. Quiz: Week 1 Vocabulary Read Biographies –Harry Houdini to page 70 –Eleanor Roosevelt to page 68

Thursday Warm-Up! Simile, Metaphor, or Idiom? 1.The friends were two peas in a pod. 2.Mrs. Hulsey understands students so well, she reads them like a book. 3.Mrs. Young was as happy as a lark. 4.Her hair was a cloud of snowy white. 5.Mrs. Unser was as mad as a hornet.

Thursday, September 25, 2014 Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call 7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.7 TSW write in a variety of forms with an emphasis on exposition, narration, and persuasion “Images” Mini Project (continued) –Find 10 pictures –Write sentences connecting the images to your biography Visit the library –Check out books –Read!

Friday Warm-Up Tri Bond Challenge: What one word connects the following sets of words? Korea, Carolina, America snow, snap, chick

Friday, September 26, 2014 Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call 7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words Discussion of weekly vocabulary –Pass out quizzes, discuss results Week 2: Day 1 vocabulary “Picture Walk” Presentations –Go over grading rubrix –Groups present and explain pictures to the class