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Nsequino7172spssmith.orgMS ELA Teacher
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Grade 6
Week of Nov. 4th through Nov. 8th: Students will learn how to identify sentence fragments as well as run-on sentences. They also will learn how to fix these sentences by using the correct punctuation (periods and semi-colons) or by adding a comma followed by a conjunction (and, but, or).- HOMEWORK for THURSDAY, Nov. 7th: Study for your quiz tomorrow on sentence fragments and run-on sentences. Use the Jeopardy game below: https://jeopardylabs.com/play/sentence-fragment-run-on-7
- Or, use my Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/450556730/fragments-run-on-sentences-flash-cards/
WEEK of Oct. 22nd through October 25th: Students will act out their group-created scenes based on the play, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." We are working on using the Four Types of Sentences (Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, and Exclamatory) as well.
WEEK of Tuesday, October 15th through October 18th: Students will be handing in their first drafts on an additional scene to our play, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," and will work on revising and editing their scenes in their groups. We will be working on grammar as it applies to this project as well using our "Grammar for Writing" workbooks.
WEEK of Monday, October 7th through October 11th: We will be writing an additional scene to our second play, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," with assigned partners and acting those scenes out in class.
In addition, TUESDAY there will be a QUIZ on COMMAS, which students can study for using this link: https://quizlet.com/436399800/8-rules-for-using-commas-6th-grade-ela-flash-cards/ -
Grade 7
Week of Nov. 4th through Nov. 8th: Students will finish reading The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and begin studying the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson before we delve into a second short story, "The Adventures of the Speckled Band."
THURSDAY, Nov. 7th: Begin studying for your TEST on the three O. Henry short stories, "The Last Leaf," "The Gift of the Magi," and "After Twenty Years," by reviewing your plot diagrams and my Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/450867327/ohenrys-short-stories-review-the-gift-of-the-magi-after-twenty-years-and-the-last-leaf-flash-cards/
WEEK of Oct. 21st through October 25th: The 7th grade will be analyzing another O. Henry short story, "The Gift of the Magi," by determining its plot structure and identifying its figurative language and situational irony.
Students will also be completing a journal write on the other O. Henry story, "The Last Leaf," based on one of the following questions, due Monday, Oct. 28th:- Put yourself in Johnsy’s position. Can you empathize with her attitude throughout the story? Why or why not?
- What does this text teach us about the nature of resilience (bouncing back from a difficult situation)?.
- How do people overcome difficulties in life (adversities)? Cite evidence from this text, your own experience, and other literature or art in your answer.
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GRADE 8
Week of Nov. 4th through Nov. 8th: Students will be finishing the short story, "The Monkey's Paw," by W.W. Jacobs, and then will begin their first murder mystery, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," by Edgar Allan Poe.
THURSDAY, Nov. 7th: Review your new Mystery Vocabulary from today's class, including the following: alibi, accuse, acquitted, motive, evidence, red herring, deduction (scientific method), and sleuth.
WEEK of Tuesday, October 15th, through October 18th: The 8th grade will be analyzing two poems by Langston Hughes this week: "Harlem Nights" and "Theme for English B," by annotating the poems and identifying any figurative language used by the poet. Students will also continue writing short poems in class and on their own for homework.
- DUE MONDAY, Oct. 21st: Write two additional poems in the list and run-on sentence formats provided in class.
WEEK of Monday, October 7th through October 11th: We will continue our study of AMERICAN POETRY this week by delving into the Emily Dickinson poem, "Hope Is the Thing with Feathers," as well as poems by Langston Hughes.
In addition, there is a QUIZ on the 8 Parts of Speech (especially CONJUNCTIONS) on MONDAY, Oct. 7th. Study using my QUIZLET: https://quizlet.com/436402010/the-8-parts-of-speech-8th-grade-ela-flash-cards/
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