Week of Aug. 23

Friday
Half day - abbreviated schedule.
Tales #4:
unfortunate hapless harold also had to get all As and Bs on every report card or he would be diseased pachyderm meat at home
Vocab: pachyderm
Students responded to This Is Your Life prompts.
Homework:
"All Summer in a Day" tasks are due Tuesday.
Study vocab (from Tales); continue with Dies Drear (Chapter 1-7 due Monday).
This Is Your Life is not homework!



Thursday
Tales #3:
poor hapless harold however is inept at every sport he had tried so far in his 13 years of life
Vocab: inept
Students completed their "Seventh Grade" story map and turned it in.
Handout: DVUSD Analytic and Holistic Six Trait Rubrics (will be used to grade writing)
We read "All Summer in a Day" and reviewed what we mean by "theme."
Homework:
1.Respond to the prompt:
What happened as a result of the classmates on Venus experiencing the sun when they go outside?
2. Plot diagram of the story
3. Draw a picture to represent some aspect of the story.
#1, 2, and 3 are due Tuesday.
Study vocab (from Tales); continue with Dies Drear (Chapter 1-7 due next Monday).


Wednesday
Students spent the period responding to a choice of three narrative writing prompts.
We will continue the "Seventh Grade" story map in class tomorrow.
Homework:
Study vocab (from Tales); continue with Dies Drear (Chapter 1-7 due next Monday).


Tuesday
Tales #2: hapless harold weird a chubby kid with horn rimmed glasses fat tummy chocolate brown skin and zits on his cute round face was assigned to gavalin peak in anthem arizona
Vocab: hapless
Reviewed the Parts of Speech poem.
Handout: Parts of Speech examples and definitions
Read "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto.
Noted meaning of connotation and denotation.
Students worked with a partner to create a plot diagram of the story, using the Story Mountain Diagram from last week.
Homework:
Study vocab (from Tales); continue with Dies Drear (Chapter 1-7 due next Monday). The plot diagram is NOT homework.


Monday
Tales #1: once their was a four eyed weirdo from baltimore maryland who moved to anthem arizona against his volition
Vocab: volition
Presented and collected the "I Am" Poems.
Reviewed the eight parts of speech and began the Parts of Speech Poem.
Homework:
Finish the Parts of Speech poem for tomorrow.
Dies Drear questions on Chapter 1-7 due next Monday.