7th Grade Language Arts: March 2021

Hoodwinked Trivia--Give it a try!!
Finish Watching Hoodwinked today!
Moby: Reminder all Phrase and Clause lessons & Test needs to be completed today!

Wednesday & Thursday

Open your Journal
Type Today's Date
Respond to this: I really hate it when my mother/father/brother/sister...
Open your March Vocabulary Document--add "Stereotype" --define and add a picture!
MOBY---Phrases and Clauses (Lessons & Tests--due by Friday--100%)
Work on Personal Tale---fill in template and begin drafting your Tale! (Share an example)
Continue watching Hoodwinked (8:45) Movie Parody Scene

Monday & Tuesday

10 Minutes --Silent Reading
Open your March Journal Entries
Type today's Date
Respond to this: I believe.... (Remember you need at least 2 sentences!)
Read your Journal Entry to Someone
Trade places with them--let them read it and make changes if needed!--Make sure they have at least 2 good sentences and they make sense! Proof it for them!
MOBY---Phrases and Clauses--(--due by Friday--100%)
Quick Recap of Fairy Tale Unit--Perspectives--Continue watching Hoodwinked
Hoodwinked Trivia--Give it a try!!

FRIDAY:

Silent Reading 10 Minutes
Open your March Journal Entries
Type Today's Date
Respond to this: Write about being a misfit.
Open your February/March Vocab Document
Add the word "uncouth" define and add a picture
Pick up an index card from the front of the room--put your name on it
Begin Watching "Hoodwinked"----Write down at least 3 references within the movie on the index card that are made about other Nursery Rhymes, or Fairy tales

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY

Open your March Journal Entries
Type today's Date
Respond to this: What is your favorite color and why?
Open your February/March Vocab Document. Add the word "TALE"-define it and add a picture!
Moby Time--10 minutes today!
Discuss Urban Legends today--View one
Begin planning for their own "TALE"

MONDAY & TUESDAY

Silent Reading --10 Minutes

Open February Journal Entries--

Type today's date
RESPOND TO THIS: List at least 10 fairy tales you can recall---Google for ideas if you can't think of 10 on your own!! (You can include Nursery Rhymes too!)

INTRODUCTION ACTIVITY--FAIRY TALES & PERSPECTIVE

Look at picture----Create a Headline for it! Remember it is larger font and will catch the readers attention!! (Type it on your computer using “Word” or a PPT SLIDE)
Snip the picture above and paste it onto your document
Create a caption---remember this is factual information that tells what you know about the picture. It is smaller writing and will be 1-2 complete sentences below the picture.
Save it to your document folder as “Hoodwinked Clipping”—
Email your Document as an Attachment to Mrs. Bearden!
SUBJECT: Hoodwinked Headline EMAIL: beardenp@fultonpirates.net

JOIN MRS. BEARDEN AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM FOR SOME......

Friday:

Open a new document for March Journal Entries
Type Today's Date
Respond to this: Tell me about your lunch and what you do with your half hour of time. Make it descriptive enough so I can envision it. Be specific about who you hang out with and what you opt to do.
THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS: (View together projected at the front of the room)
Discuss the story and how it changes with the story now being told from the Wolf’s perspective---We will continue to build on perspective--so stay tuned!
How well do you pay attention? Check this out!

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY

OPEN your February/March Journal Entries.
Type today's Date
RESPOND TO THIS: Rant or Rave about something you want to talk about or complain about today!
Proof Read Your Journal Entries! Check to make sure you have good first grade sentences. Are your "I's" capital when needed? Any blue, green or red lines? Fix them!
Make sure your Font is Times NEW ROMAN and SIZE 12
ON THE TOP OF THE FIRST PAGE -MLA FORMAT!
PRINT and staple your pages if you have more than one.
Turn in your Journal Entries!
Open your 7th Grade Essay---give it one last look! MLA Format (size 12, Times New Roman, Double spaced)
Print your essay---Staple it on top of your Graphic Organizer Packet! --You must turn everything in for full credit today!
Moby---10 Minutes today!

Tuesday:

Silent Reading--10 Minutes
Open your Journal Entries
Type Today's Date
Respond to this: Tell me about your peer editing session. Was it helpful? What kinds of suggestions and changes did you have to make? Can you see improvements in your own writing? Explain--what's better or what has changed for you!
Run Grammarly on your journal entries!---Double check to make sure you are ready to print these during our next class time!
MOBY---A Grade Level Test has been assigned to you! Take your time and complete it today! Do your best and help show some personal growth!

FRIDAY:

Silent Reading--
Open your Journal
Type today's date
Respond to this: Write about something you desperately wanted when you were younger.
Review Your Journal Entries -- all your entries through today!
Using MLA format, please add your name and information needed in the upper left corner of your Journal.
Do you have 2 complete sentences for each entry.--Please read them all! Do they make sense? (If you are willing--trade places with someone and have them do this for you and you return the favor for their entries!)
Are all your "I"'s capitalized? (FIX THEM!!)

Did you begin any of your sentences with "BECAUSE"---if so, place a comma in front of the word because and make the "B" a small "b"! NOW --do you still have 2 sentences? (IF NOT --ADD ANOTHER)!!!

Do you have words like and, but, so, yet, in any of your entries? Do they have a comma in front of them? ---(FIX THEM)!!
Check with someone else--do you have the same number of Journal Entries? Did you miss one? NOW IS THE TIME TO ENTER IT AND GET CREDIT FOR IT!!
Partner up with a friend to make one last look at your paper. Talk about edits you have made to it already or help them make changes that still need to be made.
Use today to get anything missing or needing to be completed---today is your "CATCH UP DAY"

Wednesday & Thursday:

Enter today's Date---Journal Entry----Were you ever locked in or out? What did you do? (Of your house or your car? Anything--it is your story!) (Remember we are working to create 2 sentences for each entry!!!)
Open your "Vocab Document" add "pessimist" define and add a picture!
MOBY Time---LOG IN---Look for the ICON
Your job is to read the story that appears for you today! Take your time! Read Carefully---Answer the questions---your score will count today! DO YOUR BEST!!
Partner up with someone to have them read your 7th Grade Essay---help them make changes!
Mrs. Bearden will be meeting with you to talk about your Moby Language Progress today!

Monday & Tuesday

Silent Reading--
Open your Google Docs to your "JOURNAL ENTRIES"
TYPE TODAY's DATE
RESPOND TO THIS: If you could participate in a scientific study, and do something simple that would promise to make you "smart" or "smarter" than you currently are, would you be willing to participate and why would it interest you or possibly not interest you?
Open your Vocab Document, add the word, CLOUT---- complete it by adding a definition and picture. (Check with others in class on how many entries we have for this document so far!)
You need to write a draft and have your packet completed today.Type your "conclusion" paragraph for your Essay. (You should have 5 complete paragraphs typed today)!
MOBY Time: 10 Minutes today!