Lesson Plans Week M. Unser English Grade 7 October 6-10, 2014

Monday Warm-Up Use your device or a dictionary to define the following words: –Recommenced –Gooseberry –Benediction

Monday, October 6, 2014 Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call 7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions 7.4TSW read to determine the meaning of unfamiliar word: 7.5 TSW describe elements of fictional text: make, confirm, revise predictions; describe narrative structure; use prior and background knowledge; use reading strategies to monitor comprehension; making inferences and drawing conclusions based on the text. Smartboard Mini-Lesson: Types of Questions Inferencing Writing Activity A Long Way from Chicago –Read and pages –Use graphic organizer to record inferences your team makes

Inference Questions pages Why did Mary Alice leave her jump rope at home? Why doesn’t Grandma like Mrs. Weidenbach? Why doesn’t Grandma want to participate in the County Fair?

Tuesday Warm-Up Use your device or a dictionary to define the following words: –Biplane –Legionnaire –Temperance

Tuesday,October 7, 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 7.5 TSW describe elements of fictional text: make, confirm, revise predictions; describe narrative structure; use prior and background knowledge; use reading strategies to monitor comprehension; making inferences and drawing conclusions based on the text Flocabulary Rap: Inferences Inference Practice Worksheet A Long Way from Chicago –Read and discuss pages –Make inferences as we discuss

Wednesday Warm-Up! Find and correct 5 errors in the following sentences: It was just a moment, but somehow we was sure. in that split second when weed all looked up, I thought Grandma had switching her pies card with Rupert Pennypacker’s.

Wednesday October 8, 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 7.5 TSW describe elements of fictional text: make, confirm, revise predictions; describe narrative structure; use prior and background knowledge; use reading strategies to monitor comprehension; making inferences and drawing conclusions based on the text A Long Way from Chicago –Read and discuss pages –Make inferences Work on ISO or Independent Reading

Thursday Warm-Up Name five character traits that you can infer about Grandma Dowdel based on her words and actions in the story so far.

Thursday, October 2, 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; Establish a central idea and organization; compose a topic sentence Writer’s Workshop –Mini-Lesson: paragraph structure –Pick topic from the heart OR History Project –Sustained Writing Time –Share Visit the library – check out books –Read!

Friday Warm-Up Name five things that you remember from Chapter 4: “The Day of Judgment”

Friday, October 10, 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 7.5 TSW read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts Review of Chapter 4 Quiz on Chapter 4 Silent Reading or ISOs