What’s Happening in 7th Grade ILA, Week of 5/14-5/18

Mon 5/14

Tue 5/15

Wed 5/16

Thu 5/17

Fri 5/18

Class Trip

Test: Parsing all verb tenses

Study Island Due
Test: Parsing Nouns
Edmodo assignment due

Important Notes:

Log on to Edmodo and do the current assignment.
Anyone who earned a 93 or above on last Friday’s practice grammar test is exempt from this week’s grammar test on parsing verbs (5/16).
You must have your journal and a book to read in class, both periods every day this week.
Bring your poems and all poetry handouts to class each day this week.
Cumulative final assessments schedule:

5/24 Poetry Final (AM) Writing Final (in class argumentative essay) (PM)
5/30 Literature (AM) Vocab (PM)
5/31 Literary terms + Grammar Part 1 (AM) Grammar Part 2 (diagramming) (PM)

Study Island:

Quoting and Paraphrasing Data, due Friday, 5/18 @ 7:00 AM. Do no fewer than 10 and no more than 20 questions.

Documents you will need this week:

Poetry Handout

Patterns in Poetry

This week’s memory verse: None this week.

Final Cumulative Assessments:

As I noted in my letter to you and your parents at the beginning of the year, 7th grade ILA students take cumulative assessments at the end of the year. These tests include a grammar test, a literature test, a vocabulary test and a writing sample. HERE is a checklist of everything that you may encounter on these assessments. The tests will be spaced out over the period May 21-June 8. I will publish a schedule as soon as I can coordinate it with other teachers. Now is the time to start preparing!

Your Independent Reading assignment for the year is HERE.

Due dates: If you want to do an extra independent reading assignment for extra credit, you must turn in your 3rd Marking period packet by March 15.
If you do not plan to do an extra credit assignment, your packet is due on April 16.
Extra credit assignments are due on April 16.

Fiction graphic organizers are HERE.
Non-fiction graphic organizers are HERE.
You must also review the Independent Reading slide-show HERE.
The rubric referred to in the assignment is HERE.

Archives for reference and study:

A list of literary terms we will be using throughout the year is HERE.
Memory verse prompt and rubric are HERE.
A PowerPoint presentation on the “perfect paragraph” is HERE.
A PowerPoint presentation on the elements of a plot diagram is HERE.
The text of “Seventh Grade,” is HERE.
The personal pronoun grid that we discussed in class is HERE.
The text of “A Retrieved Reformation” is HERE.
The text of “Thank You, M’am” is HERE.
The text of “The Necklace” is HERE.
The text of “The Mouse” is HERE.
The text of “After Twenty Years” is HERE.
The text of “The Gift of the Magi” is HERE.
The text of “Rikki Tikki Tavi” is HERE.
The text of “The Most Dangerous Game” is HERE.
The text of “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” is HERE.
The text of Twelve Angry Men is HERE.
The Persuasive Essay Graphic Organizer is HERE.

7th Grade ILA