Curlew 7th Grade

LAST WEEK:

IN LANGUAGE ARTS we started reading Julie of the Wolves, and you worked in groups to choose one best sentence each from pages 3, 4, and 5. We posted these best sentences on the door and talked about how  the way the author used lavish language to paint pictures in our minds.

IN SOCIAL STUDIES much of our time was spent on orientation, which means getting used to new things, such as the schedule, teachers, and classmates. The word orientation come from orient, which means “east.” The town of Orient is to the east of us, and the sun rises in the east. Since each new day starts with the sun rising in the east, it makes sense that we would call the first few days of school orientation.

THIS WEEK: 

PICTURES ON WEDNESDAY!

MONDAY 9.8.08 LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Sweet Points/Vocab Quiz: What is the name of the county to the __________ of us?
2. TW: Use the vocab word in a sentence.
3. LAJ: Frame Sentence: “Ponds and lakes freckle its immensity.” (taken from pg 3) This sentence describes the arctic.  Fill in the blanks to describe something else. “___________ and ____________ freckle its ___________________.”
4. Read Aloud - Julie of the Wolves (pg 17)
5. Text rendering - find a best sentence and then a best word from the last page we read today.
6. Free Write - In your LAJ, write about a topic of choice or an idea from text rendering.
7. Think-Write (TW): What sticks with you from your freewrite? (DUE Friday 10 pts)

TUESDAY 9.9.08 READING & SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Kevin’s birthday–Let’s sing!!!
2. Sweet Points/Vocab Quiz: What is the name of the county to the ____________ of us?
3. TW: Write a sentence using the vocab word.
4. Read Aloud - Julie of the Wolves 
5. TW: What sticks with you? (2-3 sentences; DUE Friday 10 pts)
6. Pop Quiz - Northeast Washington (5 pts)
7. SSJ Title Page - “Natural Environment of Washingtons State”
8. Text Preview/Begin reading chapter 2, “Natural Environment”
9. TW: Write about the three major climates in Washington. (DUE Friday 10 pts)

WEDNESDAY 9.10.08 LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Sweet Points/Vocab Quiz: What is the name of the county to the __________ of us?
2. TW: Write a sentence using the vocab word.
3. Whole Class Web Cluster - Miyax
4. Free Write - In your LAJ, write for 10 minutes about a topic of choice or an idea from the web cluster
5. Read Aloud - Julie of the Wolves
6. TW: Compare one of the wolves to a pet or another animal. (DUE Friday 10 pts)

THURSDAY 9.11.08 READING & SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Sweet Points/Vocab Quiz: What is the name of the county to the __________ of us?
2. TW: Write a sentence using the vocab word.
3. Read Aloud - Julie of the Wolves 
4. TW: Find a sentence with a comma; copy it on your TW; explain the “job” of the comma. (DUE Friday 10 pts)
5. Continue reading chatper 2, “Natural Environment”
6. Chapter Review, page 34 for tomorrow in class (DUE TUESDAY 40 pts):
   • #1: There are 12 terms to define–choose 7.
   • #2: There are 7 items to describe–choose 4.
   • Skip #3 and #4
   • #5E: Write a paragraph that answers the question.

FRIDAY 9.12.08 SOCIAL STUDIES AND LANGUAGE ARTS

1. LANGUAGE ARTS
   1. Tally Sweet Points
   2. Spelling Sentence: Choose five words from our collection to write five sentences–remember your grade starts at a C. For a B or and A, you work needs to be neat, organized and creative. (10 pts)
   3. Read aloud Julie of the Wolves
   4. TW Text rendering: Find the best sentence on the last page you read and write it on the TW. Cirlce the best word in that sentence and then use that word in a new sentence that describes something you can eat.
2. SOCIAL STUDIES
   1. I-ACE Grading
      • I: Ideas are clear
      • A: Information is accurate
      • C: Work is complete
      • E: Work is easy to read and understand
   2. Chapter Review, page 34 (DUE TUESDAY 40 pts):
      • #1: There are 12 terms to define–choose 7.
      • #2: There are 7 items to describe–choose 4.
      • Skip #3 and #4
      • #5E: Write a paragraph that answers the question.

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