Friday, Feb. 27th

S+ English

1. Finish drafting introduction and conclusion
2. Peer edit x2 intro and conclusion
3. Staple intro and conclusion together
4. Staple MI FRAME to rough draft paragraph - Paragraph should be on top!
5. Get your other FRAMEs/Drafts from the file cabinet and add your last three drafts to the stack. They should be in this order!

ON THE TOP

Intro
Conclusion
Draft Lit Book
Lit Book FRAME
Draft Whale Rider paragraph
Whale Rider FRAME
Draft MI paragraph
MI FRAME

ON THE BOTTOM

Once you've finished the above, you may begin typing up your papers in Google Docs.

English 7

Finish Whale Rider

Begin FRAME

Friday, Jan. 24th

S+ English

Hand in MI Paragraph and FRAME
Go over blue sheet notes.  Determine main obstacle for Pai. Main Obstacle: Pai wants to be a leader but cannot because she is a girl and isn't taken seriously.
Continue with movie

English 7

Finish up figurative language and simile worksheet - hand it in
Chapter 6
Work time to finish up part one packet

HW: Part one summative on Monday, hand in blue part on packet as well.

Wednesday, Jan. 22nd,

S+ English

10 minutes to peer edit papers

Background info on Whale Rider

Hand out blue notes sheet - what obstacles does Pai first encounter?

Watch first 30 minutes of movie

HW: Edited draft of fMI Paragraph is due at the start of class tomorrow

English 7

Vocab part 1 summative

Listen to chapter 5 - SWBST

Simile/summary formative

If time: tart chapter 6

Tuesday, Jan 21st

S+ English 7

Move from FRAME to paragraph.  Copy each bubble in the order next to the number. Remember, this is a PARAGRAPH not a PAPER. You should only have one cohesive paragraph at the end, not a five paragraph paper. 

Work time to draft

Peer edit (x2)

HW: draft paragraph should be finished, edited twice (by two different people, peers or family) and signed to submit to Ms. Erickson by Thursday. 

English 7

Simile mini lesson - complete sheet in packet

15 minutes to work on filling in discussion guide for Friday 

Begin chapter 5

HW: Vocab summation is tomorrow.  Study!!

Friday, Jan. 17th,

S+ English

Finish obstacle notes

Choice article --> FRAME

work time to complete FRAME

HW: FRAME done for Tuesday

English 7

Practice vocab quiz

SWBST chapter 3

Read chapter 4

SWBST chapter 4

Thursday, Jan. 16th,

S+ English

Main Idea Summative

How do we overcome obstacles? ← notebook notes

English 7

Finish SWBST chapter 1

Chapter 2

SWBST chapter 2

Wednesday, Jan. 15th

GPS

S+ English

Partner share for choice article - go over answers

Go back to MI unit map

Main idea song trivia

English 7

Finish vocab words

Preface and Begin

Chapter 1

Tuesday, Jan. 14th

S+ English 

Partner share then go over as a class - hand in

Choose independent main idea article - “Darius Goes West” or “Unexpected Lessons”

Work time for choice article

iRead if finished early

HW: Finish choice article


English 7

Go over annotation

Begin vocab words

Monday, Jan. 13th

S+ English

Go over answers for "To Iraq and Back"

Hand out "Triumph Over Tourette's"

HW: Finish "Triumph Over Tourette's" for class tomorrow


English 7

Open note quiz

Discuss courage quickwrite

Cambodia videos

Begin annotation of Part 1 packet

Friday, Jan. 10th

S+ English

Continue work with "To Iraq and Back"

HW: Finish "To Iraq and Back"



English 7

"All the People Of Khmer Were Very Troubled"

Courage Quickwrite

Thursday, Jan. 9th

S+ English

Finish Main Idea unit map

Begin using three circle technique on "To Iraq and Back"



English 7

Share Cambodia search answers

Wednesday, Jan. 8th

S+ English

Finish Greek presentations

Begin Main Idea unit map



English 7 

Cambodia internet search

Work time to finish typing Overcoming Obstacles paragraph

Friday, Jan. 3rd,

S+ English 7

Finish up Greek presentations

HW: Enjoy your weekend! :)

English 7

Type paragraph into Google Docs

HW: Finish typing up paragraph if you didn't during class

Thursday, Jan. 2nd

S+ English

Hand in projects if you haven't already

Review rubric for presentation

10 minutes to refresh your minds on your project/meet with your partner

Begin presentations

HW: If you didn't present today you will tomorrow.  If you weren't done with your project for today, tomorrow is the last day to turn them in.

English 7

Review FRAME to paragraph

15 minutes to transfer FRAME to paragraph

Peer edit (x2) of paragraphs

Write final rough draft

HW: Final rough draft paragraph is due at the start of class tomorrow