WEEK AT A GLANCE

DECEMBER 4, 2023

MONDAY: READ THE PLAY, THE DINNER

PARTY

TUESDAY: READ THE PLAY, THE

DINNER PARTY

WEDNESDAY: IN CLASS ACTIVITY

THURSDAY: IN CLASS ACTIVITY

FRIDAY: IN CLASS ACTIVITY

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY (AV)

 

TEST THIS THURSDAY!

 

THIS TEST WILL COVER THE 5 WEEKLY WORDS AND THE ASSIGNED SENTENCES.

 

YOU MUST BE ABLE TO MATCH 

THE 5 AV WORDS AND DEFINITIONS.

 

YOU MUST BE ABLE TO WRITE 

THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF SENTENCES: 

COMPOUND, COMPLEX, APPOSITIVE, AND THESIS.

 

EACH WEEK’S WORDS 

CAN BE FOUND IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM.

 

AN ONLINE GLOSSARY 

CAN BE FOUND IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM.

 

TWO GOOGLE SLIDES PRESENTATIONS, 

WHICH WILL HELP YOU PREPARE FOR THE TEST,

CAN BE FOUND IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Plot Structure
  • Text Analysis
  • Context Clues/Vocabulary 
  • Infer & Predict
  • Character Development
  • Contrasting Genres
  • Sentence Structure
  • Writing  Structure & Organization
  • Graphic Organizers
  • Components of a Drama

7TH GRADE ELA MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS


Short Stories

Novels

Poetry


  • The Dinner Party


  • Thank You, M’am


  • The Lady or the Tiger


  • The Lottery


  • Button, Button


  • The Necklace


  • The Monkey’s Paw


  • Lamb to the Slaughter

Drama:


  • Monsters Due on Maple Street


  • The Witch of Blackbird Pond


  • Murder on the Orient Express

        Speeches:


  • Gettysburg Address


  • I Have a Dream


  • JFK Inaugural Address


  • RFK Announces MLK’s Death


  • A Day In Infamy


  • Churchill’s We Shall Fight


  • Here’s to the Kids


  • Mother to Son


  • Because I Could Not Stop For Death


  • Death Be Not Proud


  • Do Not Go Gently


  • The Highwayman


  • In Vain


  • If


  • L’Envoi


  • Diana


  • Caged Bird


  • Rise

 

SCHOOLinSITES

Bonnie Ball

7th Grade ELA

 

Email: bonnie.ball@newportgrammar.org

 

Phone:

423-623-3811, ext. 243

 

ASPEN LOG IN

7th grade students now have access to their grades on Aspen. Your student should be able to share this information with you.

--8/25/23

Staff


AR INFORMATION


All students will be given a reading range based on his or her AimsWeb reading test. Any AR book they read should be within his or her range. Students are responsible for knowing their reading ranges and choosing appropriate books. Students will be expected to read 3 books within the 9 week grading period. This will allow for 3 AR grades per grading period. Failure to complete at least 3 AR tests will result in grades of zero(s).

 

Multiple students will not be allowed 

to test on the same book.


DUE: WED., DECEMBER 13


 

SCHOOLinSITES

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

DECEMBER 1: PJ DAY ($1)

VOLLEYBALL GAME ($) 

 

DECEMBER 13: MOVIE IN THE GYM ($)

 

DECEMBER 15: 10 AM DISMISSAL

 

JANUARY 3: RETURN TO SCHOOL

 

JANUARY 12: 1:00 DISMISSAL

 

JANUARY 15: MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY

 

JANUARY 16: TEACHER IN-SERVICE