6th and 8th grade (Scott) writing for the week of 2.25.13

OVERVIEW: One week prior to ISAT we will be reviewing and practicing ISAT's reading: extended response (a writing portion of the reading test).

HOMEWORK: students will have homework practicing interpreting evidence and linking it back to the thesis

TEST/QUIZZES: students will take practice/mock extended response tests Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (these will count for grades)

6th grade social studies for the week of 2.25.13

OVERVIEW: This week we will be wrapping up the Civil War unit.  We will create maps and discuss the geographic layout of the United States following the war.  Also, readings and video will illustrate the life in the United States at the end of the war, the burning of Atlanta, the Emancipation Proclamation, and Lee's surrender.  We will complete a study guide and review for a test Friday.

HOMEWORK: students will have readings and questions to complete and study guide to complete and review

TEST/QUIZZES: Civil War Test Friday

Middle School Literacy-Fofana- Week of February 3

Important Updates:

• All scholars must log on to Compass Learning daily to work on folders. They must compete at least a quiz a week. Compass learning grades will be recorded every Monday for the previous week's activities.
• All Study Island assignments must be completed by due dates in order to receive credit. All grades for Study Island assignments will be recorded on Mondays.

Objectives: SWBAT

6A

Monday: Use the reading strategy if inference to gain a deeper understanding of a text.

Tuesday: Use the reading strategy of drawing conclusion to gain a deeper understanding of a text.

Wednesday: Interpret and follow a set of given instructions.

Thursday: Identify when a text is written in a chronological sequence and explain the purpose of the structure.

Friday: Complete assessment with at least a 70% mastery. 
6A Packet-1
6A Packet-2

Word Study: Greek/Latin Roots
Chronos(G), Demos(G), Ex(L), Judex(L), Pan(G), Sequor(L), Annus(L), Ge(G), Mikos(G), Omnis(L)

6A Homework:

  Monday                Tuesday              Wednesday                Thursday                   Friday

Handout: Pages 62-65 in CC coach book.

Complete ISAT coach pages 75 to77

Handout Study island printout

Handout Answer questions relating to “An Island is Born”

Study Island and Compass Learning

6B 

Monday: Identify the genre of a given passage. 

Tuesday: Identify the series of events within the plot of a given a text.

Wednesday: Determine a character’s trait by looking for specific clues within a text.

Thursday: Identify the author’s message or a given passage.

Friday: Complete assessment with at least a 70% mastery.



Word Study: Greek/Latin Roots

Ad(L), Bene(L), Fragilis(L), Re(L), Sub(L), Voco(L), Aqua(L), Decem(L), Magnum(L), Phone(L)

6B-Homework

          Monday              Tuesday                Wednesday        Thursday              Friday

Handout Complete lesson practice ISAT coach- pages 124-125

Handout Complete lesson practice ISAT coach- pages 135-137

Handout Complete lesson practice ISAT coach- pages 139-141

Handout Complete lesson practice ISAT coach- pages 146-149

Complete study island assignments

7A

Monday: Determine the main idea and supporting details of a given text.

Tuesday: Determine the main idea of a complex text.
                          Use the main and idea and supporting details of a text to formulate a summary.

Wednesday: Define theme as author’s message
                                   Identify the theme of a given text

Thursday:  Determine an author’s purpose for writing a text.

Friday: Complete assessment with 70% or higher mastery.

Word Study: Greek/Latin Roots

Audio(L), Cresco(L), Erro(L), Jacio(L), Neos(G), Tendo(L), Centum(L), Hydor(G), Primus(L), Quartus(L)

7A- Homework

                  Monday                Tuesday        Wednesday         Thursday          Friday

Handout Complete pages 87-89 of ISAT coach book

Complete CC ISAT coach pages 95-97

Complete pages 151-153 of ISAT coach books

Complete pages 82-85 of ISAT coach books

Complete study island assignments

Middle School Literacy-Fofana- Week of January 28

Important Updates:

• All scholars must log on to Compass Learning daily to work on folders. They must compete at least a quiz a week. Compass learning grades will be recorded every Monday for the previous week's activities.
• All Study Island assignments must be completed by due dates in order to receive credit. All grades for Study Island assignments will be recorded on Mondays.
• Scholars will be given the opportunity to re-take a tests if they qualify. This does not apply to quizzes. The first re-take is scheduled for 1/31/2013 from 8:00 to 8:30 in room 306.

Objectives: SWBAT

6A

Monday: Analyze how an author evokes mood by interpreting sensory details.

Tuesday: Read, interpret and answer questions about poetry.

Wednesday: Determine the central idea of a poem by interpreting the title and generating an alternate title.

Thursday: Determine how an author creates a visual in the mind of the reader by interpreting imagery.

Friday: Complete a unit assessment with 70% mastery.
Lesson Packet for 6A 

Word Study: Greek/Latin Roots

Auto-

circum-

hyper-

malus-

polis-

trans-

bi-

duo-

tri-

unus-

6B 

Monday:  Use prior knowledge to help make predictions

Tuesday: Determine author’s purpose for writing a text.

Wednesday: Define main idea

                          Identify the main idea of a given passage.

Thursday: Make inferences, draw conclusions and make generalizations

Friday: Use main idea and supporting details to create a summary.
Weekly Lesson Packet for 6B

Word Study:Homographs

7th Grade

Monday: To use clues in a fiction text along with real-life experiences to make an inference about a given text.

Tuesday: Analyze details and draw conclusions to help gain a deeper understanding of a given text.

Wednesday: Define generalization.
                          Differentiate between “good” and “bad” generalizations.

Thursday:  Define main idea

                       Identify the main idea of a given passage.

Friday: Analyze a passage for main idea
               Determine of the main idea of a given passage is stated or implied.

Word Study: Greek/Latin Roots

1. Solvo-
2. morphe-
3. valeo-
4. scribo-
5. astron-
6. hemos-
7. photo-
8. dico-
9. dictum-
10. celer
11. finis-
12. pan-
13. judex-

Middle School Literacy-Fofana Week of January 21

Important Updates:

• All scholars must log on to Compass Learning daily to work on folders. They must compete at least a quiz a week. Compass learning grades will be recorded every Monday for the previous week's activities.
• All Study Island assignments must be completed by due dates in order to receive credit. All grades for Study Island assignments will be recorded on Mondays.
• Scholars will be given the opportunity to re-take a tests if they qualify. This does not apply to quizzes. The first re-take is scheduled for 1/28/2013 from 8:00 to 8:30 in room 306.

Objectives: SWBAT

6A

Monday: Holiday-MLK Day

Tuesday: Identify how diction is used to create imagery and mood.
                      Interpret tone by analyzing word choice.

Wednesday: Identify and use personification and hyperbole in poetry

Thursday: Identify and analyze different forms of poetry.

Friday: Define and analyze a haiku
                  Identify and analyze a concrete poem.

Word Study: Greek/Latin Roots

1. ad- to, forward
2. bene- good, well
3. fragilis- breakable 
4. re- back, again
5. sub- under 
6. voco- call
7. aqua- water 
8. decem- ten
9. magnus- great 
10. phone- sound, voice 

6B 

Monday: Holiday-MLK Day

Tuesday: Identify and note the differences between a fact statement and an opinion statement.

Wednesday: Identify cause and effect relationships in informational text.

Thursday: Identify the order of events in a given text.

Friday: Review genres and subgenres
                       Identify the genre of a given piece of writing.

Word Study:Re-teach Greek/Latin Roots from the previous

7th Grade

Monday: Holiday-MLK Day

Tuesday: Define and identify the different types of meter within a poem.
                           Create and write a rap about a topic of their choice using the iambic, trochee, dactylic, and        anapest meters 

Wednesday: Edit peer poetry portfolios
                                   Provide constructive feedback about reviewed portfolio

Thursday:  Read a selection of poems written by other teens and identify figurative language, sound devices and                      meter as well as the themes expressed in the poem.

Friday: 

Word Study: Greek/Latin Roots

1. chronos- time
2. demos- people
3. ex -from, out of  
4. judex- judge 
5. pan- all 
6. sequor- follow 
7. annus- year 
8. ge- earth 
9. mikros- small 
10. omnis- all 

 
Vocabulary Test # 1 Re-Take Documents
KIM-Vocabulary Worksheet
Test # 1 Re-Take Words
Vocabulary Map
Re-Take Parent Letter

6th grade social studies for the week of 1.15.13

OVERVIEW: We will look at reasons why humans go to war.  We will start looking at factors that forced America into the Civil War, including slavery, economics, and human rights.  Friday we will also listen to one of the greatest speech's in American history, MLK's "I Have a Dream."

HOMEWORK: students will have readings to complete each night and Friday will have a writing assignment identify their own "dream."

QUIZZES/TESTS: students will begin preparing vocabulary notes in preparation for a vocabulary test next week.

6th and 8th grade writing (Scott) for the week of 1.15.13

OVERVIEW: I will introduce a new writing curriculum we are rolling out called Traits Writing from Ruth Culham.  This includes the writing process we have been using but stresses the 6+1 traits (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation).  We will specifically look at the first two steps in the process: pre writing and drafting.

HOMEWORK: Students will have a short writing assignment that aligns with these traits and steps each night.

QUIZZES/TESTS: none

*WINTER BREAK ESSAYS DUE TUESDAY 1.15.13

6th grade social studies for the week of 1.7.13

OVERVIEW: We will begin our WAR themed unit today by talking about the American Revolution, the Revolutionary War and why colonists were unhappy with England.  We will read and watch videos to gain background knowledge on the events, people, and places of the specific time period.  In this unit we will look at reasons for war, results of war, bystanders of war, and what war looks like (just to name a few).  We will concentrate on American wars (i.e. the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the most recent conflicts in the Middle East.

HOMEWORK: Students will have readings and questions to complete at home each night.

ASSESSMENTS: no quizzes of tests this week

6th and 8th grade writing (scott) for the week of 1.7.13

OVERVIEW: We will be reviewing our literary essays, what worked and what we still may need to work on.  Building on the essay format (introduction, body, and conclusion), supporting with details, and interpreting the facts with our own ideas we will complete a prompt about our winter break.

HOMEWORK: Students will begin prompt in class Monday and continue to work on the template for homework as well revising, editing and drafting the final copy.

ASSESSMENT: final copy will be due Thursday

Middle School Literacy-Fofana Week of December 10th

Important Updates:

• All scholars must log on to Compass Learning daily to work on folders. Compass learning grades will be recorded every Monday for the previous week's activities.
• All Study Island assignments must be completed by due dates in order to receive credit. All grades for Study Island assignments will be recorded on Mondays.
• BAS testing has began. Any scholar who is not yet at a level "Z" will be tested during the BAS testing window.
• December 21, 2012: End of 2nd Quarter
• January 11, 2013: Report Card Pick-Up

Objectives: SWBAT

6th Grade

Monday: Define and analyze character motivation within a story

Tuesday: Analyze plot development (e.g., conflict, rising action, falling action, resolution) to determine    whether and how conflicts are resolved.

Wednesday: Identify and explain different types of conflict in a text

Thursday: Identify the climax of a story and defend their choice by analyzing the overall structure of the plot.

Friday: Complete reading and vocabulary assessment

Word Study: Connotations

7th Grade

Monday: 

Tuesday: 

Wednesday: 

Thursday: 

Friday: 

Word Study: Connotations

6th and 8th grade writing (Scott) for the week of 12.3.12

OVERVIEW: We will continue to work on developing a thesis for our Literary Essays.  Students will then begin pulling details from The Marble Champ to support his or her thesis.  Thursday and Friday we will begin review of Extended Response questions (part of the ISAT reading test).  We will look at the types of questions they may see on the ISAT and start "unpacking the prompt."

HOMEWORK: Students will be pulling details and begin writing their essays.  Thursday there will be an "unpacking the prompt" worksheet.

QUIZ/TEST: Writing a Thesis quiz, Unpacking the Prompt quiz

6th and 8th grade social studies for the week of 12.3.12

OVERVIEW: We will continue reading and taking notes out of History and Geography textbook.  This week we will be concentrating on section 2: Starting Over.  Students will practice our note-taking strategy and continue to identify and use text features.

HOMEWORK: Students will be taking notes on pages 247-250.  There will be a primary source worksheet as well.  Students should review their notes each night, this is a good scholarly habit.

QUIZ/TEST: note-taking quiz, section 1: A Nation of Immigrants quiz (students will be able to use notes they took on this section)

6th and 8th grade social studies for the week of 11.26.12

OVERVIEW: We are continuing our Immigration Unit, concentrating on European immigration at the end of the 19th century and early 20th century.  We are reading from the textbook History and Geography.  Students will be reading, identifying text features, and note-taking.

Strategy to take notes (one sentence per paragraph):

Questions to ask yourself:

1.       What one idea are all the sentences in this paragraph about?

2.       How does that idea fit in with what I know about this topic?

3.       What sentence adds information to the most important idea?

Be sure to include bold words.

HOMEWORK: Students will need to take notes on section 1 "A Nation of Immigrants," p. 242-246.

QUIZ/TEST: Students will have a quiz on note-taking at the end of the week.