7A ELA (Reading and Writing) Assignments
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- Term
- 2019-2020
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- AMS Desert Sky - Teacher Webpages
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Wednesday 8/07 - Reading - 30-minute reading log- Interjections WorksheetThursday 8/08 - Reading - 30-minute reading log- Writing - Revised draft of a bold action Narrative Essay (including imagery + organization)
Upcoming Assignments
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Past Assignments
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Q 4 Week 34: 04/13/20-04/17/20
Monday:
Google Classroom:
Read Daily Question: Monday's Lesson
Begin reading "The Most Dangerous Game" to page 64
Level-Up Tutorial: Suspense and Foreshadow - (Complete practice questions - Send over score)
Exit Ticket 1: Answer questions from the text
-Due Tuesday
Wednesday:
Google Classroom:
Read Daily Question: Wednesday's Lesson
Continue reading "The Most Dangerous Game" up to page 70
Level-Up Tutorial: Conflict - Complete practice questions (Send over score and tell me one thing you learned)
Vocabulary Assignment: My 5 words and Choose 5 more (10 words minimum) - Part of Speech, Definition, and Use in Sentence (Complete and Return ON Document)
-Due Thursday
Friday:
Google Classroom:
Read Daily Question: Friday's Lesson
Level-Up Tutorial: Character Traits (Complete practice questions - send over score - tell me one thing you have learned)
Assignment: Friday's Summary Questions - Answer ALL questions in COMPLETE sentences directly on Document - Turn in
-Due Saturday 4/18
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Q 4 Week 33: 04/06/20-04/10/20
Monday:
Google Classroom - "Teen Creates Covid-19 Tracker" video. Watch video and respond to Exit Ticket Quiz
Tuesday:
Complete Homework from Monday
Wednesday:
Study Island - Quote and Paraphrase, Citations, and Precise and Sensory Language
Google Classroom - Coronavirus; Beginning, Middle, and End. Read articles and Complete Exit Ticket Quiz
Paper - Write a one page paper on the effect coronavirus is having on the economy, how the government is responding, and what you predict will happen in the future as a result.
Thursday:
Complete homework from Wednesday
Friday:
Finish all assignments on Google Classroom, Study Island, and submit paper to my email: [email protected]
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Q 3 Week 32: 03/30/20-04/03/20
Monday:
Study Island - Compare and Contrast in Literature and Elements of a Story (8th Grade)
Due Friday - Coronavirus update: Effect on the economy
Tuesday:
Study Island - Evaluate Arguments and Figurative Meaning
Wednesday:
Study Island - Punctuation and Quote and Paraphrase
Thursday:
Study Island - Support and Develop Topics and Affixes and Roots
Friday:
Study Island - Transitions and Text Structure
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Q 3 Week 31: 03/23/20-03/27/20
Notice- If you have already completed a Blue Ribbon on these Study Island Topics please try to get a blue ribbon on the 8th Grade Level
Monday:
Study Island - Theme
Tuesday:
Study Island - Summarize Literature and Context Clues
(Due Friday: Write a one page paper summarizing your favorite film, or a film you watched recently, or a film you are about to watch and talk about the theme of the movie).
Wednesday:
Summarize Informational Text and Meaning and Tone
Thursday:
Finish up summary of a movie and explanation of theme
Friday:
Point of View and Connotation and Denotation
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Q 3 Week 30: 03/09/20-03/13/20
Monday
Evaluate Arguments
Composition: Coronavirus Essay
Tuesday
Study Island: Evaluate Arguments
Wednesday:
Summarize Compare and Contrast in Informational Text
Thursday:
Study Island: Catch up on any missing SI Assignments
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Q 3 Week 29: 03/23/20-03/06/20
Monday
Complete Graphic organizer on the Rubric for the Writing Benchmark
Tuesday
Study Island: Elements of a Story
Wednesday:
Summarize Literature
Thursday:
Study Island: Summarize Literature
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Q 3 Week 25: 02/03/20-02/07/20
Monday
Study Island: Introducing and Concluding Topics and Support and Develop Topics
Tuesday
Study Island: Conducting Research
Writing: Research aspects of the Corona Virus
Wednesday:
Continue Researching Coronavirus topic
Thursday:
Study Island: Quote and Paraphrase
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Q 3 Week 23: 01/21/20-01/24/20
Monday
Study Island: MLK Day: No School
Tuesday
Study Island: Technical Meanings, Introduce and Conclude Topics, Organize Ideas, Support and Develop Topics, Task/Purpose/Audience
Wednesday
Study Island: Technical Meanings, Introduce and Conclude Topics, Organize Ideas, Support and Develop Topics, Task/Purpose/Audience
AZ Merit Practice: Informational Text; Green Invaders
Thursday
Study Island:Technical Meanings, Introduce and Conclude Topics, Organize Ideas, Support and Develop Topics, Task/Purpose/Audience
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Q 3 Week 22: 01/13/20-01/17/20
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Study Island: Elements of a Story, Text Structure Point of View in Literature, Compare and contrast in Literature, Central Idea, Summarize Informational Text, Individual Events Ideas, Author's Purpose, Evaluate Arguments, Compare and Contrast in Informational Text
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Study Island: Elements of a Story, Text Structure Point of View in Literature, Compare and contrast in Literature, Central Idea, Summarize Informational Text, Individual Events Ideas, Author's Purpose, Evaluate Arguments, Compare and Contrast in Informational Text
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Study Island: Elements of a Story, Text Structure Point of View in Literature, Compare and contrast in Literature, Central Idea, Summarize Informational Text, Individual Events Ideas, Author's Purpose, Evaluate Arguments, Compare and Contrast in Informational Text
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Elements of a Story, Text Structure Point of View in Literature, Compare and contrast in Literature, Central Idea, Summarize Informational Text, Individual Events Ideas, Author's Purpose, Evaluate Arguments, Compare and Contrast in Informational Text
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Q 3 Week 21: 01/06/20-01/10/20
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Study Island: Draw Inferences
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Study Island: Figurative Language and Context Clues
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Study Island: Summarize Literature
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Connotation and Denotation, and Meaning and Tone
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Q 2 Week 20: 12/16/19-12/20/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Problem-Solution Essay
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Study Island Evaluate Arguments and Quote and Paraphrase
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Study Island: Evaluate Arguments and Quote and Paraphrase
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: None
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Q 2 Week 19: 12/09/19-12/13/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Argumentative Essay
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Argumentative Essay
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Study Island: Evaluate Arguments
Argumentative Essay
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Study Vocab
Argumentative Essay
Study Island: Evaluate Arguments
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Q 2 Week 18: 12/02/19-12/06/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Argumentative Paragraph
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Revise Argumentative Paragraph
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Study Island: Evaluate Arguments
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Study Vocab and Speech by Kennedy
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Q 2 Week 17: 11/18/19-11/22/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log AND Figurative Language Blue Ribbon on Study Island (Due Friday)
Writing: List of Homonyms, homophones, and homographs
Figurative Language: At least 1 Example of each: Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Oxymoron, Paradox
Start thinking about poem (due Friday)
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Work on poem adding more figurative language
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log and Study Island: 4 Blue Ribbons on their My Learning Path
Writing: Continue working on poem
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log and Blue Ribbon on Study Island: Figurative Language
Writing: Finish poem
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Q 2 Week 16: 11/12/19-11/15/19
Monday
Reading: 20 Minute Reading Log
Writing: None
Tuesday
Reading: 20 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Finish Final Draft for Expository Essay
Wednesday
Reading: 20 Minute Reading Log and Study Island: 4 Blue Ribbons on their My Learning Path
Writing: Study Island 1 Blue Ribbon for Textual Evidence
Thursday
Reading: 20 Minute Reading Log
Writing: 1 Blue Ribbon on Study Island for textual Evidence
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Q 2 Week 15: 11/04/19-11/08/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Begin Research and Rough Draft for Expository Essay on Mental Illness
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Rough Draft on Expository Essay
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: 6 Blue Ribbons on Study Island (1st 2 on Informational Texts)
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Final Draft on Expository Essay and 6 Study Island Blue Ribbons
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Q 2 Week 14: 10/21/19-11/01/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: None
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: None
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: 4 Blue Ribbons on Study Island My Learning Path
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Finish work in Close Readers
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Q 2 Week 14: 10/21/19-10/25/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Vocab
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Vocab and Story about a picture
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Vocab
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Study Vocab
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Q 2 Week 13: 10/14/19-10/181/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Vocab
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Vocab
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Vocab
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Study Vocab
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Q 1 Week 12: 10/07/19-10/11/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Vocab
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Vocab
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Vocab
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Study Vocab
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Q 1 Week 11: 09/30/19-10/04/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Project for Flight of Icarus
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Project for Flight of Icarus
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Vocab
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Study Vocab
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Q 1 Week 10: 09/23/19-09/27/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: None
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: None
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Vocab, Begin writing poem
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Study Vocab, Finish Poem about Freedom
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Q 1 Week 9: 09/09/19-09/13/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: None
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log, Summary of "The Flight of Icarus"
Writing: Pronouns Worksheet Vocab Flashcards and Graphic Organizer
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Vocab, Pronouns worksheet
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Study Vocab, Poem about Freedom - Due Monday
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Monday Q 1 Week 8: 09/09/19-09/13/19
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing:
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Summary of "The Flight of Icarus"
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Vocab
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Study Vocab, "Theme on The Flight of Icarus"
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Homework Q 1 Week 07 9/2/19-2/6/19
Monday
Reading: Labor Day: No School
Writing:
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: None
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: New Vocab: Write new flashcards and pronouns worksheet
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Pronoun Worksheets
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Homework for 7A
-Edit Rough Draft on "A Bold Action" Narrative Essay
-Prepare for publishing
-Final draft due Friday
-30 Minute Reading Log every day
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Homework Q1 W4 8/26/19-8/30/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Revise Narrative Essay - Edit Conventions and Grammar
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Revise Narrative Essay - Final Draft Due Friday
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: NWEA Testing
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: NWEA Testing, Final Draft of Narrative Essay Due Friday
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Homework Q1 W4 8/19/19-8/23/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Write new Vocab
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Grammar Worksheet
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Grammar Worksheet
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Grammar Worksheet and study Vocab Flashcards
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Homework Q1 W4 8/12/19-8/16/19
Monday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Finish Sentence Fragment worksheet if they do not finish it in class.
Tuesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Noun Worksheet
Wednesday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Nouns Worksheet
Thursday
Reading: 30 Minute Reading Log
Writing: Noun Worksheet