4th Period ELA-D Assignments

Book project due Tuesday for full credit.  
*since we will be out of school Friday, please finish reading chapters 14-16, pages 187-228.  Please pay close attention to these last chapters, detailing some major revelations.  The ending is epic and such a plat twist.  Enjoy!  


Begin working on your book project by selecting one of the following options below.  Please email if you have any questions.  I am proud of you!  Great job finishing up this 7 book series!!!!

Monday is the last day to test on Accelerated Reading.  All OCS library books need to be turned in by Monday, May 10th.


I am proud of you!  You all have read so much this school year.  Let's finish strong and keep on reading and writing more!!


Finished AR as a 7th grader:
Marion
Johnathan
Maddox
Allie
Amelia
Christian
Drew
Joshua
Stormie
Palmer
Bailey
Patrick


Benjamin
Ridge
Katelyn
Sheila
Miller
Natalie


Calder
Kush
Alexis
Riley
Reed
Gentry
Abigail
Luke
Kayleigh

sshh... last week of membean!  Finish strong!  


3 sessions of at least 15 minutes, on at least 3 different days, of at least higher than 70% accuracy :)


You DID it!  Good job you!  

option 1: Candy should be used as a reward (Agree or Disagree)


option 2: How is life different today than it was when your parents were in 7th grade ?  How is it the same ?


typed out rubric:


double spaced (and space bar behind punctuation marks)

Writing assignment: Candy should be given as a reward in class.  Agree or Disagree


1.) Create new document in Google Document
2.) save under ELA folder, under "writing"
3.) Write a rough draft with three evidence to support your reasons on your stance.  


*This will be the start of your essay. (5 paragraph essay)
*Brainstorm by using a graphic organizer to help you organize your thoughts

It's Thursday!  Great job you!


Just a reminder there will be a substitute for me today.  Please continue with our class reads.  The teacher's book is marked to know where to begin.  Everyone will take turns reading today.  Quiz over the readings tomorrow :)


Love you all!  See you Friday!

ACT Aspire PRACTICE test everyday: 
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday- 15 minutes (Classroom #2-3 Test)
Wednesday- 45 minutes "Interim Test"


*You will need to complete membean sessions & AR biographies/autobiographies as homework.  Some class time will be provided, but our class time will be shortened due to practice testing.

Class Debates
Writing practice: Mind Meister
Choose your transition words
Membean assessment


*turn in Caught' Ya Sentences for grammar grade

Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Caught'Ya #55: spy, chatter


Membean time in class
Aspire ACT practice test: Classroom 2

We will be needing your Chromebooks charged each day to take the computerized Aspire PRACTICE tests :)

Caught'Ya #54
Class Reads


In Class:
English 7 classroom test #1 
Reading 7 classroom test #1
*if you were absent, the ACT Aspire practice tests cannot be made up.  



HOMEWORK:
membean sessions due Sunday
Last day for AR testing for 4th Quarter is May 10th

Caught'Ya #54 sneered


Class Debates:
Kolson vs Alyssa
Emma vs Sadi

Caught'Ya #53

Caught'Ya Sentence #52- rasp/rasped (to speak or say in an irritated voice)


Read aloud- A Long Walk to Water


Debates for tomorrow:
Bres vs Manning- Gavin/Kush
Canes vs Chick Fil A- Abby/ Addi


Later this week:
Deer Hunting (Eli) vs Duck Hunting (Landon)
Should middle schoolers own cell phones? yes-Kolson/no-Alyssa
Grades should be abolished- yes-Emma/no-Sadi

1) Membean time
2) Writing: create a google document to journal (save under ELA folder, under "writing"): Why is Easter a holiday that we should celebrate?




same google document: 
Choose ONE of the following passages & read the passage(s).  Please create a headline for the scripture you have selected.  Be prepared to share your scripture headlines.
Matthew 28:1–15
Mark 16:1–8,9–13
Luke 24:1–12,13–35,36–43
John 20:1–10,11–18, 9–23,24–29

Classroom Debates:
Winter (Hudson) vs Summer (Gracyn)
Quarantine was a fantastic idea: yes-Sadi/no-Jude

Class Debates:
1) Schools should begin later
2) Roller Coasters vs Water Slide

Upcoming Debates:
Please prepare one supporting evidence for each of the following topics, per side- grade taken
1) Helen Keller was faking all her disabilities (yes-Reed/no-Gentry)
2) Outside (Landon) is better than inside (Eli)
3) Quarantine was a terrible idea (yes-Jude/no-Sadi)
4) Foreign language should be mandatory in high school curriculum, 2 years (yes-Alyssa/no-
5) Chick fil-a is the best restaurant (yes-Addi/no-
6) Summer (Gracyn) vs Winter (Hudson)

Class Debates:
1) Marvel vs DC
2) Zoos should be banned

Video today: Is Barbie a good role model?

New Topics:

Find supporting evidence for each of the following (due today):
Marvel (Jude/Ethan) vs DC (Luke)
Should zoos be banned? yes-Eli/no-Kayleigh
Start school day later? yes-Alexis/no-Ainsley
Roller coasters (Riley Claire) are better than water sides (Ella)

Write at least one debate question topic that you would like to discuss in our class debates. Write in a complete sentence.

Example: OCS students should wear uniforms.

In class today:
1) Caught'Ya Quiz #46-49 (study guide in yesterday's GC post)

2) Membean assessment

3) Post your response in Google Class "discussion", titled "Class Debates Topics"- due Sunday (homework)

4) Narnia book

5) AR book time

Write your letter in google doc. & turn it in under this assignment.

Rubric:
includes one image
you answered their questions
you asked 2-3 questions in return
NO more than one page :)

*Below is the link to their letters (it was also posted in last Wednesday's post 1-20-2021)*new letters from France added today , 1-29

Caught"Ya Sentence #48: stylish, qualms, quiver
Book Talk for 4th quarter

Homework:
membean
Pen Pal Letters: due Thursday (see link in this week's postings)
Caught'Ya Quiz Friday...review notes daily

Caught'Ya sentence #49: jaunty
Study Guide (look for pdf link under "material" post titled "study guide for #46-49.)
In class time for membean, pen pal letters, vocabulary practice
*turn in your sentences for the week for a grammar grade

Homework:
Caught'Ya Quiz tomorrow (6 vocabulary words and grammar rules)
Bring AR book
*membean assessment tomorrow

Caught'Ya Sentences #47: apprehension
Practice with Textual Evidence/Inferring continued (p. 9-12, answers #1-10)
Vocabulary Review

Homework:
(just be studying each night) Caught'Ya Quiz Friday #46-49: vocabulary and grammar rules
ALL Pen Pal Letters are due by Thursday

Membean time in class
Caught'Ya Sentence#46: capitulated, corpulent (hapless)
Reading: Textual Evidence/ Inference - "Global Warming"
Finish your classwork if not completed in class

Last Day of our Poetry Unit
Song Lyrics
1) title, author, and reason for selecting
2) indicate if you are reciting the entire song for the BONUS option
3) be sure to make eye contact and project your voice, be mindful of your tone

Type your song that you would like to recite on March 5, Friday.
Required: memorize the first stanza plus the chorus, an appropriate song, and NO REPEATS on the songs per class session.

On day of Memory Work/Poem Citation (Friday, March 5th)....
I CAN:
recite the first stanza plus the chorus of my song to receive full credit
recite the all of the song for extra points (or sing it :)
say the song title and who it is by

Poem read aloud

CommonLit- homework if not finished in class (links found on another Google Classroom post)
Go slowly, be certain to support your answer from within the text to receive full credit
1) Growing Down
2) Thank You M'am

Membean

AR update: LAST day to test on AR is now this Friday (due to school closure on Thursday :)
all grades are updated...check & let me know if there are any discrepancies

1) Membean
2) go over yesterday's assignments/responses
3) CommonLit (link on separate GC post): "Watch Out: Cell Phones Can Be Addictive

You can do it! Memory work day.
Recite your own written onomatopoeia poem or find one already published :)
*Focus on your rhythm and the cadence of your voice, make eye contact, speak clearly and loudly, & give title/author

Due for Monday homework: guided questions and assessment questions
Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Rubrics for Analytical Expository Writing- went over the scoring guide

"Sandbox": ACT Aspire Writing practice test- Inventions

Homework:
1) be ready to recite your onomatopoeia poems tomorrow
2) bring in your AR books to read- tomorrow is the last Friday before AR is due next Thursday :)

I CAN:
write a poem using onomatopoeia words (minimum 5 words that mimic sound)
illustrate my final draft (optional: use color)
hand write & illustrate my final draft to turn in for a writing grade

*Sample of a poem is in a pdf link below

In class:
membean
time to work on ...
1) writing your onomatopoeia poems (GC has rubric, due Wednesday)
2) memory work... recite your poem this Friday (has to be minimum 6 verses containing onomatopoeia words)
CommonLit -guided & assessment questions due for homework, individual work and will be graded (separate post for the link)

Here is a tentative schedule of next week's assignments. The weather will be a major factor, pending on school closures, etc...

Grades taken for week 7:
Caught'Ya Grammar Quiz- #42-45 vocabulary, grammar rules
membean & membean assessment
Poem memory work
*not for a grade, but the practice writing for ACT ASPIRE * you will need to be on OCS internet to access this activity

1) Please choose your Onomatopoeia Poem.
2) Claim your poem by naming it below. NO REPEATS

Be ready to recite your poem from memory Friday, February 19.

Poem Day:
I Hear America Singing
O Captain! My Captain!
World Below the Brine
or America the Beautiful

Membean
Caught'Ya #45- beseeched
-turn in Caught'Ya sentences #42-45 for a grammar grade
Onomatopoeia Poem: write your poems in class. They will need to handwritten out on your final draft, illustrations needed. (*There will be a separate assignment post for this poem. The rubric will be included in that post.)

Homework TONIGHT:
bring in AR book for Friday
Recite your poems if you have not already done so :) YOU CAN DO IT!

*submit essays in Google Classroom, under assignment "SUBMIT HERE" (do not send to me via email please)

In Class:
Caught'Ya sentence #43: supllicating (to ask earnestly)

Recite Poems: fluency, pacing, eye contact- Walt Whitman poems/America the Beautiful

Blooket: Subordinating Conjunctions aka "A WHITE BUS"

In Class:
Caught'Ya #44- stoutness/reiterated (I will post the Caught'Ya Sentences for the entire week under materials on Friday)

membean time OR review subordinating conjunctions for "A WHITE BUS" quiz

Onomatopoeia Poems-      
-intro      
-students select their poems to recite for NEXT Friday (google classroom post: "Onomatopoeia Poem"... be sure to type the title of your poem AND no repeats!!!)     
-write on the board onomatopoeia words/ words that mimic sound     
-say a different onomatopoeia word as you walk out the door

Recite from memory next Tuesday, February 9th.

* Use the techniques we used last week to learn your poem.  Write it out in your handwriting, skipping lines.  Then after practicing verse by verse, write down just the first word of each line, then eventually... just the first letter of each word of each line.
* You may choose to recite with a partner for this week's memory work.
*All of the poems are in this week's CommonLit assignment

The poems options are from the following four:
"I Hear America Singing"
"O Captain! My Captain!
"Under the Brine"

OR
"America the Beautiful"

DUE Tuesday, Feb 9

I only want your FINAL essay submission please. Turn in under this assignment post :) I can't wait to read your work.
*include your draft(s) as the second page of your submission, be sure to note the names of your peer editors so they will receive credit.*

RUBRIC:
I CAN...
write a 5 paragraph paper (Title, Introduction paragraph, 3 body paragraphs...stop/explain/give details/reasons, & conclusion paragraph)

Prompt:
You are going to write an essay to explain the role of tradition in our lives.

Think about something you do that you would call a tradition-a meaningful activity you do regularly with family or friends that is important to you. What is this tradition, and why is it meaningful to you and the people you share it with. Write an essay to explain why this tradition is important to you, and discuss the role traditions play in our lives. Be sure to use reasons and details in your explanation.

* Subordinating Conjunctions Quiz...moved to Wednesday (because I love you so much :)

Monday, in class:
Caught’Ya #42: queried- to question
Study guide for quiz
“A WHITE BUS” quiz... moved * (Quiz will be this Wednesday)
- Review in class, dry-erase boards
Membean when finished with your quiz
Submit your “Traditions” essay, if not already done

HOMEWORK:
Recite Walt Whitman poem tomorrow with partner
Traditions Essay, typed, final draft due TOMORROW

This assignment is due 02/04/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

This assignment is due 02/04/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Caught'Ya #41: bespectacled
-turn in sentences for a grammar grade, 100 points
CommonLit- answer the guided questions (if you're present, we will do them together)
- "World Under the Brine" by Walt Whitman (link on a separate Google Classroom post)
- "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates (link on a separate Google Classroom post)

Homework: Review the "A WHITE BUS" handout. Quiz will be on Monday over this list of subordinating conjunction words

This assignment is due 02/03/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

This assignment is due 02/02/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Homework: Rough Draft of Traditions essay
This needs to be 5 paragraphs(Intro, 3 body paragraphs, and Conclusion)
*We will have two peer editing sessions in class tomorrow.

In Class:
Membean time in class
Caught'Ya sentence #39: converged
Notes on subordinating conjunctions-A WHITE BUS
Abe Lincoln- short story
CommonLit: "O Captain! My Captain!" (separate link in Google Classroom)

A Look Ahead:
Caught'Ya sentences #38-41 due Friday for grammar grade
Caught'Ya Quiz this Friday, need to know words from this week's sentences. See study guide.
A White Bus- subordinating conjunctions quiz Monday, Feb 8
Final Draft of Traditions essay due Monday, Feb 8
Memory Work Poem- recite Tuesday, Feb 9

Membean

Caught’Ya #38
Study guide for quiz (Quiz will be next Monday)

CommonLit "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman (link in separart Google Classroom post)

Memory Work: select your favorite Walt Whitman poem (link below)
Write out entire poem, skip lines

Writing: Pen Pal letters from France, work in class to finish...new due date will be Friday

* did not get to this today* Writing Prompt: “Traditions”
Rough Draft due by end of class

HOMEWORK: No Homework
*the weekly assignment sheet may change due to time

Thursday:
Caught'Ya Quiz
Memory Work Practice: first word of each line
Writing Prompt: brainstorming "Traditions"

Friday:
go over quiz
Recite Psalm: entire chapter
AR reading (20 minutes)

Membean time in class

Caught'Ya Sentence #37 (aloof)
-turn in caught'ya sentences #35-37 for a grammar grade, 100 points (virtual learners- send your sentences with corrections via email, snap a picture with your Chromebook :)
-Quiz tomorrow (5 vocabulary words + 4 sentences with grammatical errors)

Memory Work
-write just the first word or one trigger word from each line ... say your psalm 2-3 times just from looking at the first word of each of your lines tonight :)
-tomorrow, you will just be writing down the first letter of each word of each line to help trigger your memory

Writing Prompt
-I showed a sample of a student that received the highest mark on their essay (see pdf link below, score of a 6. The prompt is also included in the pdf below.)
-no written work tonight: just be thinking of a tradition that you would like to write about. Tomorrow, I will give you time to write the rough draft of your "Traditions" paper

1. Caught'Ya Sentence #36 (harridans, adjusted)
2. Caught'Ya Study Guide... Quiz moved to this Thursday
3. Letter to Pen Pal... due Monday (if you received a response). There is a Google Classroom post to "SUBMIT HERE"
4. Memory Work... write out your entire chapter of Psalm, skip lines. Write the title (Psalm 23) and the author.
5. Writing Prompt: sample of essays and scoring

1. Membean
2. Caught'Ya Sentence #35: interjected (interrupted, verb)
3. BJU grammar workbook, pp 292-293
4. introduce: "Traditions" essay prompt

NO HOMEWORK

A Look Ahead:
Wednesday- Pen Pal Letters to France due (submit under Google Classroom Assignment)
Friday- Memory Work (entire chapter of Psalm), Caught'Ya Quiz

Read over the steps in the link below.
Be prepared to take a quiz on the information on Thursday.

Reciting Poems: Memory Work

Topic Sentences: group work practice

Membean Assessment/AR time

1) Writing Prompt:
title: "The Inauguration Today" (save under ELA folder...save under "Writing Prompts...)
2) Writing STRONG topic sentences: Turn into the box for full credit before leaving class :)
- BJU pp.379, 385
-partner work: handout "Topic Sentences" (*do not answer the questions asked...Just turn the question into a topic sentence.
3) Memory Work practice
*Write your psalm/or Bible verse out out in your own handwriting, and then write the first word of each line only on another sheet of paper
4) Sandbox for ACT Aspire: English

HOMEWORK: No Homework

*Below are your PEN PAL letters from France: let me know if you have trouble finding your letter

Tuesday:
Free Writing "Brain Dump": please open a new google document, and save under ELA---under writing/writing prompt
write what's on your mind for 6 whole minutes

"Reading Sandbox" for ACT Aspire ... can only be accomplished at school, using the OCS internet/server

HOMEWORK: Membean, Poems from Memory for this week is one Bible verse or a whole chapter of Psalm :)

Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

1) Skill Focus for CommonLit assignment (On Turning Ten.. separate post)

As you read “On Turning Ten,” identify the figurative language that the speaker uses to describe being young and growing up. *Answer the assessment questions to practice figurative language: similes and metaphors (we will do this together).

2) Writing STRONG topic sentences
- BJU pp.379, 385
-partner work: handout "Topic Sentences" (*do not answer the questions asked...Just turn the question into a topic sentence.
Turn into the box for full credit before leaving class :)

*edited: Topic Sentences will be moved to Tuesday of next week

HOMEWORK for Thursday evening:
1) bring in your AR book to read in class Friday (25 minutes)
2) Recite Poetry Friday: 5 verses minimum

1) AR DaY in class :)
2) Poems: Recite from Memory
Peer Assessment: turn in your charts by the end of class to receive full credit for class participation today
*Your grade for your poem citation is a different grade*

Monday- NO School (SNOW DAY!!)

Tuesday-
1) Membean session in class
2) Recite Poetry from memory- peer grading (eye contact/ tone/mood/expression during presentation)

1) Membean session in class
2) Simile Poem: please submit your written simile poem under the google classroom post from last week ("Quarter1Week1: simile poem-submit here") to receive full credit. This is due tomorrow.
Criteria: poem contains 5 similes, title, and "written by _________"

3) Skill Focus for CommonLit assignment (Mother to Son... separate post)

In this lesson, you’ll practice analyzing an author’s use of figurative language. This means paying attention to similes and metaphors. As you read, take notes on the metaphor and the message it reveals about dealing with challenges.

*Answer the assessment questions to practice figurative language: similes and metaphors (we will do this together)

Write these sentences, making corrections as you rewrite the sentence. The daily class videos show the explanations of the grammar rules and the word of the day (+definition). Hope I don't catch you with any grammar mistakes :)

Virtual Learners: send me a picture of your sentences for the week for credit OR these assignments back using Kami, whichever is easier for you.

Requirements:
Your poem must have at least 5 similes
You must have a title and your name on it (My Bayou by Mrs. Price)


1) choose your subject to write about
2) brainstorm ideas-dumping ground/edit later
3) structure the poem (free style/ couplet/quatrain...does not need to rhyme)
4)edit & arrange- experiment with the order of lines, images stanzas

FINAL DRAFT: Proofread

Caught'Ya #34 sentence
*Turn in your #31-34 sentences for a grammar grade

Membean assessment
Spelling Test (google form)

HOMEWORK:
1) membean (3 total sessions)
2) recite poems Monday

Simile Practice 2
Writing assignment: Write your own Simile Poem

Caught'Ya #31: dapper

Grammar workbook: pp. 153-155

Membean

HOMEWORK: unfinished classwork

Poetry Unit: introduction
Vocabulary- write words on front,definitions on back (#1-13). Test Friday, on word, spelled correctly and definition
Simile- review

Homework:
Simile Practice sheet
Read "Ghost House" by Robert Frost

Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Whoohoo! You did it!

If you have NOT received an email, then you do not need to come Thursday.
(zeros on membean sessions do not mean you need to come :)

All grades are updated. I have just finalized all AR grades as well, so please double check.
*Updated grades: 3:52 pm Tuesday, 12-15-2020*

AR requirements for 3rd quarter ... read 2 mysteries within your reading level, must be approved by Mrs. Price, Mrs. Stokes, or our librarians, Mrs. Rachel or Mrs. Jill.

*Enjoy your holiday break! Merry Christmas!!!

Reminder that tomorrow is the last day for AR Testing, 3:15 pm.
*AR will shut off tomorrow at 3:15 pm for all students. It will open back up January 4th at 7:15 am.

Board Games are due Friday at the beginning of class.
*6th period will not meet Friday!

Be sure to do membean this week:) This is the LAST week of membean for this semester!!!

*Remaining grades for 1st semester:
Board games- 100 points
AR grade (if you have already met your goals, I have already put your AR grade into PlusPortals)- 100 points
membean for this week - 15 points
membean assessment (Friday, 12/12/2020) - 100 points

Please create your book talk videos by using FlipGrid (link below). Join the link "price7521" to access our class page, if it's your first time to use flipgrid.


RUBRIC for Book Talk: bonus
1 point-have the actual book or print the book cover to show in your video
10 points- try to "promote your book" to your peers in 2-3 minutes maximum
4 points- be expressive (non-monotone) while presenting, make eye contact with your viewers (look into the camera)

*Keep in Mind:
-promote your book in 2-3 minutes
-basic information about the book, without spoiling it
-what makes it worth reading?
-what type of reader will it appeal to?

1) Caught’Ya Paragraph
* If it is not completed, it is homework.
* It will be taken up tomorrow for a grade.
* Students are to work alone on this assignment. Silent in the classroom.

2) Projects: work within your groups to create/FINISH your own mythology based games.
* This is the last day you will have in class to complete this project, so use the time allotted thoughtfully.

**if you are too loud: you will have to put your seats back into rows, facing forward and complete this writing assignment: Write a one page creative paper using the Caught’Ya vocabulary words we have learned for the year. List of words is posted below in link.

When finished, you may choose:
membean
read AR book … only 6 more days left before AR deadline, December 15th

HOMEWORK: Caught’Ya Paragraph & membean if not finished in class

Caught'Ya Review
Project Time

*Last day for AR is Tuesday, December 15th... 7 days

Monday:
1) Bellringer: Caught’Ya Worksheet REVIEW
36 mistakes, 4 indentations needed, etc
2) Work on Board Games with partners: DUE Friday
Be sure to have rules and your goals figured out
List your materials needed to complete this- delegate jobs

HOMEWORK: Caught’Ya Worksheet REVIEW is due for a grade tomorrow

Weekly assignment & Caught'Ya Sentences #27-30

CommonLit “Eygptian Social Structure”
Go over reading and assessment questions
Bellringer: Caught’Ya Sentence #30
dilemma- a situation
Turn in this week’s sentences for a grade
AR/Membean Time

Caught'Ya #29 - sallied forth
Go over homework: Participle and Participial Phrases
Slides: Presentation
Rubic given for Game Boards (due Dec. 11)

Homework:
1) CommonLit (link will be it's own post titled "CommonLit.com Egyptian Social Structure")
2) AR tomorrow, so bring your book

This assignment is due 12/04/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Caught'Ya #28- transcribed
Membean
Participles and Participle Phrases- notes, homework #1-10 (see link below)
Slides presentation

Caught'Ya #27

What If poem (optional student read aloud)

Correct Caught'Ya Paragraph Practice

time to finish up Egyptian slide(s): submit to last Thursday's original assignment post "Egyptian Slides: submit here"

*No homework*
Work on Membean if you didn get a chance to complete a session in class

Use Kami tools to make your grammatical corrections.

Membean time in class

Caught'Ya Paragraph Practice due tomorrow (see assignment via Kami, use Kami tools). The google document is not the Kami assignment but just a copy of the paragraph.

WHATIF... writing prompt due tomorrow

*we will meet as a class during our regularly scheduled time using Google Meet, a video conferences :) To access Google Meet, just click on the camera icon on the banner on Google Classroom.

https://classroom.google.com/c/MTI2ODkxNjQzNDQx?cjc=vlkj4gq
(Here is the link)

4th period will meet at 11:30 am.
Have a piece of paper ready and I will give you spelling test at that time. Email me if you cannot meet.

NO SCHOOL this FRIDAY... Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break! See you Monday, November 30th, on time and ready to learn!
*Membean will be optional over Thanksgiving Break and it will count towards BONUS points if you choose to do it :)

*Spelling Test Thursday
*Membean this week!
*CommonLit grade taken this week

Caught'Ya Sentence #26
keck- to make gagging sounds

Spelling test
Group Work: Slides of Egyptian god/goddess (see google doc for rubric and links). *Submit under this assignment to get graded


NO COMMONLIT assignment ... we didn't get to it today

Caught'Ya Sentence #24- comely
Egyptian Mythology
"The Search for Osiris"

Homework if not finished in class:
Spelling Test this Thursday (list in link). Index cards of words with definition due Wednesday.
*No School this Friday*

Caught’Ya Sentence #25
bizarre- odd; loathsome- detestable; sauntered- stroll

Egyptian Mythology quiz (link on google classroom under material)
"The Fight for the Throne"
Spelling Words Practice

Egyptian gods/goddess group project: see attachment below (intro)

Spelling Test tomorrow

Caught'Ya Sentence #23- Elucidated

Spelling Test this Thursday (list in link). Index cards of words with definition due Wednesday.
*No School this Friday*

1) Screen shot your pen pal letter
2) Add it to the slide with your name on it

*Do not edit or comment on any other slide

Caught'Ya #19, 20, 21, 22

1)Bellringer: Caught’ya Sentence #22
Obese- very fat

2) Membean Assessment, log onto your membean program and the assessment will pop up onto your screen. Bonne Chance/ Good Luck!
3) AR time in class

HOMEWORK: NO HOMEWORK unless you have MEMBEAN!!

Caught'Ya #21- stunning
Pen Pal letters (finish in class, submit under the google classroom assignment)
Finished Sumerian slides- mythology test next week

in class tomorrow...
Membean Assessment
AR time

Final drafts of Pen Pal letters are due by Thursday, November 12th.

*Please be sure to read over the rubric (BJU pg 98-99/carefully look over the "Revising" section).
*Include at least two pictures into your letter.
*TURN in your letters with me under this assignment.

Follow these steps: "Turn in" (upper left of page)... select your doc under "Google Drive" and DONE! As always "Mark as done". I will grade it before sending it off to Europe!!

Sumerian Mythology

1) Caught'Ya #19
2) BJU grammar textbook pg 98-99 (highlight key ideas from pages, "REVISING" section of the page =YOUR rubric for your pen pal letters...highlight and use markings like my page- pdf doc below)
3) Go under the weekly assignments, posted yesterday. Click on link to view our pen pals' school. Click on th second link to view the pen pal letters. Read thru them and let me know which one you have selected. *Look on the board to see which French students have already been chosen. VIRTUAL LEARNERS: let me know which one you'd like.

*Sorry, the internet on campus is wonky today. I cannot send the pdf of the Caught'Ya but will get posted as soon as I can.

Test on Greek, Roman and Norse gods/mythology- TBD (Thursday, November 12th OR Friday, November 13th)

*Page one of the study guide is below: "Greek and Roman Mythology"
I CAN...
list 12 out of the 15 gods, labeling either G for Greek or R for Roman god
describe briefly what the god/goddess is known for... (example: Hera (G)/Juno (R)- goddess of marriage

Homework:
Caught'Ya Study Guide (3 vocabulary words are on it)- handout
Membean for the week of Nov. 2

Begin studying for mythology test (next Thursday or Friday)
- read over the Greek and Roman Mythology Names Document
-compare and contrast the story of Ragnarok with the Bible (class discussions)

Submit this assignment under the "Discussion Question" titled Mythology Talk

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assignment due NEXT Thursday, November 5

ONE comment: on the influence of Greek mythology on today's society- 5 points
ONE image: on the influence of Greek mythology on today's society- 5 points

Take pictures, find advertisements, or cut out company information on businesses with Greek myths in their names or logos and post your ONE comment (with picture) in the google classroom discussion title “Mythology Talk” (ex. Pegasus on the MobilGas or FTD florists).

*You can take a picture on your chromebook, save it to your drive, and retrieve it to change your profile picture. YOU MUST LEAVE IT AS YOUR PROFILE PICTURE UNTIL I HAVE GRADED THEM (November 8th).

assignment due NEXT Thursday, November 5

ONE comment: on the influence of Greek mythology on today's society- 5 points
ONE image: on the influence of Greek mythology on today's society- 5 points

Take pictures, find advertisements, or cut out company information on businesses with Greek myths in their names or logos and post your ONE comment (with picture) in the google classroom discussion title “Mythology Talk” (ex. Pegasus on the MobilGas or FTD florists).

*You can take a picture on your chromebook, save it to your drive, and retrieve it to change your profile picture. YOU MUST LEAVE IT AS YOUR PROFILE PICTURE UNTIL I HAVE GRADED THEM (November 8th).

Caught'Ya #18
Norse mythology

Friday: the menu change to Hamburger, Chips, and a Cookie

Caught'Ya Sentence #17- copulent
membean in class
Greek Mythology word search
Hercules/Heracles & 12 Labors (see link in "material" dated for today)

Caught'Ya #16 sentence
Spelling Test (Welcome to the Underworld vocab)
Membean assessment: go to Membean website, click on assessment and begin
AR time when finished

*Homework: enjoy every bit of your extended weekend
Membean is every week!

*Subject to change, depending on the pacing of each class

Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Caught'Ya #15
Class Discussion
"Mythology Talk"
- submit your answers under DISCUSSION, date of post:10-26-2020
-(no repeats on comments please)
-image needs to be your new profile picture (until end of next week)

*HOMEWORK*
1)Spelling Test tomorrow-study words
2) bring AR book to read in class
3) membean (unless you have all 3 sessions completed)

Write the vocabulary on index cards for homework. Due tomorrow, Wednesday, October 27.

Video - in case you missed class or notes from today

1) CommonLit link is in separate assignment post: "Welcome to the UnderWorld" *Complete assigned questions

2) Vocabulary on index cards are due tomorrow: 15 words with its definition (30 points)* Spelling Test on these words Friday

3) Notes on the list of prepositions: ADD to list of 22 already learned (handout) *add to your memory these additional prepositions, test next week over entire list
BJU pp 144, 145-146

HOMEWORK:
Index cards: 15 words (google classroom) due tomorrow
CommonLit:“Welcome to the UnderWorld”: digital answers due by class tomorrow
Membean

-go over Caught'Ya Test #2
-google search "Hermes, Mercury, FTD florists, pegasus MobilGas...)---optional: new doc (save under ELA, create new folder: mythology, save today's notes under "mythology talk"
-"Mythology Talk" find Greek influences on today's society
-Membean/Spelling Practice with a partner

Homework: Spelling Test this Friday, Bring AR Book for in class reading time Friday
*check plusportals for updated grades :)

Plan ahead
Bring AR book to class Friday! (silent reading time in class)
Prepositions- start memorizing 22 words
Common Lit - mythology text - Thursday/Friday
spelling test - *Friday this week
membean - due Sunday, 11:59 pm (3 sessions of 15 minutes per session, on 3 different days + 60% accuracy or higher)

Caught'Ya Test - Monday

Thursday:
Grammar/Writing Workbooks
BJU pgs 305-307: "Quotation Marks"- checked in class

Mythology packet: why study myths from other cultures?
Highlight text: reading comprehension techniques
"In the Beginning: Pandora' s Box"

HOMEWORK:
1) Spelling Test tomorrow (vocabulary list)

2) Bring your AR books for 30 minutes of Silent Reading Time in class Friday

3) CommonLit assignment, link on Google Classroom: “Jupiter and His Mighty Company”
Complete guided questions- 8 points
*On loose leaf paper, due tomorrow: compare the gods from this text with the gods presented in the class reading (Pandora’ s Box)

This assignment is due 10/23/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Caught'Ya study guides - due tomorrow for completion grade, we will go over tomorrow to check for accuracy
Caught'Ya grammar Test- Monday, October 26, 2020

Prepositions: notes on google docs (22)
know for Monday's Caught'Ya grammar Test

Index Cards are due tomorrow for 13 vocabulary words- 26 points total
(same 13 words will be your only 13 words for Spelling Test this Friday

Writing Prompt: "I'm hoping it's Thor...but its 2020, so it's probably Loki"
-new doc, titled "Loki", save under ELA 7-save it under writing prompts

Google Search
*Membean when you finish and waiting for your peers

Turn in vocabulary index cards and study guides

Grammar: review quotations for dialogue, go over study guides for correct answers

mythology packet-moved to tomorrow

Homework: Membean, optional
*bring AR book Friday

This assignment is due 10/19/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Caught'Ya Sentence #14
-grammar rules:
use commas: noun series, compound sentence
NO comma needed where 2nd adj is a color
plural rules: add es= ss, x, ch, sh, z
strong verbs: took, dismissed

Introduced vocabulary for CommonLit text
-these four words will be on Spelling Test Friday (write on index cards: due Wednesday)

CommonLit: The Blue-Eyed, Brown-Eyed Exercise (see link on earlier post with same title)
-read together, practice reading comprehension techniques to answer the guided questions

No Homework, unless you want to do Membean

On a loose leaf paper, please skip every other line when you're writing the sentences down. Review your caught'ya sentence rubric. (write your title at the center of your paper, make sure you have your heading on the page: name,date, & period, etc)

Caught'Ya #13
*turn in your daily caught'ya sentences for a grade. Check over the rubric to make sure you get all your points.

Caught'Ya Sentence #12
BONUS Book Talk details: rubric

Wednesday:
Caught’Ya #11 (audacious- daring, bold; exterior -outside)
Membean
-complete one 15 minutes session in class
AR introduction
-Present AR requirements
-Go to library to get new AR book
-Read in class
NO HOMEWORK

CALLING ALL Newspaper Groupings!!!!! Final product due today. Please share it with me under this Google Assignment.

Reminder: One newspaper submission from each group please, not one submission per person :) I cannot wait to read your final pieces! I've seen some quality work from you all this quarter! Well done! Go enjoy your Fall Break! See you next week!

TODAY's agenda:

GROUP WORK:
1) share your articles to one person in your newspaper group
----you are "sharing"----EACH PERSON in your group needs the following: comic, book review, 2 articles -one half page article, one quarter page article. *EVERY 7th grader will have one article about the Spanish Bird Flu.

2) make sure you format your articles (google classroom assignment: "newspaper template")

3) only submit ONE final newspaper from each group, NOT each member from the group...ONE final newspaper from each group...ONE final newspaper from each group...ONE final newspaper from each group....

4) Double check that your content is included in the final product. It's group work, so work together!!
Grades will be taken on individual articles, etc but a group grade (separate grade) will be given for the final look of the paper.

*EVERYTHING needs to be typed out (book review, BONUS book review, and your two articles). COMICS page will be just a copy and paste of the pdf I sent to you. *edited: do not include your comics in your final product

1) Watch the 5 minute video below

2) EACH student will create their newspapers in google docs.
*if you are working in a group, you may collaborate on the layout of your articles (Pay close attention to headlines, front page articles, entertainment page, etc)

*BE ON THE LOOKOUT: under "material"
I will be sharing your comics in a pdf format for you to be able to easily access your peer's comic panels. You may choose to add their illustration to your newspaper, but be sure to give them credit for their comics. "By: _____"

Click on this link to use as a reference
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/writing-newspaper-article/

*for each news article, please create a new google document (save under ELA 7- under that create folder for WWI)

*copy and paste images (example: picture of students masked during the Spanish Bird Flu)
*DO NOT copy and paste someones else's article- this is called plagiarism (and will result in a zero on your assignment)

Review the Caught'Ya Study Guide. The test will be the same format as the study guide.

I CAN:
-define and use the following vocabulary words correctly in a sentence (pachyderm, hapless, volition, chubby, porky, inept, peers, virility, disdain, cringe, pondered, appalling, sycophants)
-define and list conjugations (FANBOYS)
-define and list the 8 parts of speech (NIPPAVAC)
-edit sentences, looking for grammar mistakes

Not spelling, just definition

I CAN:
define the following 6 vocabulary words correctly...

disdain-despise; scorn
porky- of or like a pig
virility- manliness
sycophants- a flatterer
pondered- to consider carefully
appalling- terrified

This is for my virtual learners.
If you were in class BUT need to review the grammatical rules we addressed with each day's sentences, check the attachments below. :)

Turn in Monday-Friday's sentences this Friday for full credit. Check the rubric.
*Virtual Learners: please send me your work via this assignment and you can use Kami to submit or simply snap a picture of your work (chromebook or camera and email to me to receive full credit.

Finish reading all of War Horse by Friday! Take your AR test when you are finished.
*We will read aloud chapters 17-21 this week in class.*

click on the link below if you would rather make a digital comic strip (rather than on the handouts I passed out in class)

https://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

Be sure you save by creating an account if you don' t copy and paste it to your google slides by end of the class period

1) AR book- Bring in your current AR book to read in class MONDAY :)

2) optional 5 BONUS points: "Dear Mrs. Price, My parents looked at my progress report."
(you write it, they sign it. can be on scrap paper/napkin/index card/etc)

3) your finished comic strip (look at the google assignment "COMIC STRIP" for a copy of all the handouts passed out to you during class Friday.

4) membean

Study the following words from our Caught'Ya sentences this week:

volition-will
chubby-short and thick, plump, porky
hapless-unlucky
inept- unsuitable
pachyderm- hoofed mammal, with thick skin
cringed- to bend or crouch with fear
peers- an equal in rank

*I can:
define the words correctly

Final Draft of your writing
*neatly hand-written on a clean sheet of loose leaf paper
*Title is centered at the top of your paper, your name and class period as a heading in upper right hand corner
STAPLE: Final draft on top (50pts), second page=2nd draft(20pts), third page=1st draft(20pts)...editing=5pts/each draft
*if choosing to submit using google doc, please share your document with me ([email protected])-final draft only or turn in using google classroom, attaching your final paper to THIS assignment.

I CAN:
-compose a "Give Me Five" essay (look at your hand)
*intro/ 3 main body ideas with supporting details/conclusion
-take in account my peer editing remarks and compose my final draft
(Don't ask: how many sentences per paragraph??!? - we're just becoming better writers this year. Write More, Read More...You can do it!! Love you all)

analytical/expository essay writing prompt: "What should the consequences be for those that continually disrupt class by continually speaking out in my class?" (requirement for this composition must consist of an introduction, main body, and a conclusion... simply worded=write a paper, written or typed to turn in tomorrow, about what to do with the talkers in 4th period ELA class. EXPLAIN, analyze, SPECULATE, evaluate, REFLECT.)



*If not yet accomplished: Read to the end of chapter 15 in War Horse, stop on page 112.

ADDED just for your class:
write an analytical/expository essay on "What should the consequences be for the talkers in my class?" (requirement for this composition must consist of an introduction, main body, and a conclusion... simply worded=write a paper, written or typed to turn in tomorrow, about what to do with the talkers in 4th period ELA class. EXPLAIN, analyze, SPECULATE, evaluate, REFLECT.) At least half a page.

*No one is in trouble :) It's just a topic that I believe you will feel strongly about...when you feel strongly about a topic, your statement/position will be clear to the reader AND I truly want to hear your ideas...in case you ever run the world or this classroom ;)

*always be working on membean
*always be reading in our class book War Horse (chapters 12-15 this week)
*always be reading AR book (3 books on our WWI theme: War Horse counts as one of the three)
Recommended read from Mrs. Price on getEpic this week:
WWI: 1917-1918 (The Turning of the Tide) A.R. level: 6.9; Read time estimation: 40-60 mins; # of pages: 45

AR Requirement for Quarter 1:
Total of 3 books on our theme- World War I
*War Horse will count as one of your AR required reads
getEpic.com: code brx7829 (use during school hours, our online class library :)

Walk into class and be prepared:

membean- due Sunday at 11:59 pm
Spelling test- list #1-24:War Horse vocabulary from chapters 7-12
Read to chapter 11, stop on page 86 *we will complete comprehension questions together in class

Chapters 1-11

1. What has been the most memorable scene from the book for you so far?
2. What questions do you have about the plot or characters thus far in your reading?

*Each question is worth 5 points.

Full credit= 2 comments (Feel free to add on to your classmates' comments respectfully)
*Rubric:
I CAN...
compose my 2 comments in a complete sentence (punctuation mark, quotes if citing from text, etc)

Every Sunday night- membean (make sure you have 3 different days completed/total of 45 mins or more/at least 60% accuracy)

Every Monday-Spelling Test (study your vocabulary list from War Horse chp 7-12: #1-24 reveille...)

Every Wednesday- index cards vocabulary due

Every Friday- Word of the Week quiz (one word: peers- someone of equal rank)

**THIS WEEK: "War Horse Discussion Question" (google assignment with same title, 2 comments, 10 points total)
*always be working on membean
*always be reading AR book (3 books on our WWI theme: War Horse counts as one of the three)
*always be reading in our class book War Horse (by Monday, be done with chapter 11)

Reading comprehension test: review your study guide (comprehension questions for chapters 1-6 packet, we went over correct answers in class)

HOMEWORK:
1) Read in War Horse chapters 7-8, pages 49-62: stop on page 62
2) War Horse 1-6 Test tomorrow (it was postponed from last week)

*War Horse chapters 1-6 Comprehension Test tomorrow. Postponed since we didn't finish going over the review, comprehension questions in class.
*Work on Membean (3 sessions/3 different days/15 minutes per session=45 total minutes each week.)

Write 1-25 vocabulary on index cards (one card=one word...look at example in attachment "index card format for War Horse vocab)

*the spelling test for War Horse vocabulary list, chapters 1-6 will be MONDAY, Sept 14th* study 5 words a day to learn all 25 words with the next 5 days ;)

check your email for the link to the audio of War Horse if you do not have your own copy.

Please comment below with opinions you have on our summer class read: Tuck Everlasting

Full credit= 2 comments (Feel free to add on to your classmates' comments respectfully)

Rubric:
I CAN...
compose my 2 comments in a complete sentence (punctuation mark, quotes if citing from text, etc)

We will complete our 3 membean sessions IN CLASS this week.
*only requirement is to complete 3 sessions in class, no other criteria required THIS WEEK* (NO weekly 100 words/week criteria this week)

There are some students that have yet to get their electricity turned back on. If you have internet, please feel free to complete more sessions at home to bring your percentages up

HOMEWORK: due by Friday, August 28th
List 5 phone numbers, including the area code on the index card you received in class. Have fun with this assignment! It is an assignment that will prepare you for memorizing poetry.

*Think about being stranded at school, which phone numbers would be helpful to you?
*Some great ones to have memorized would be your mom's, dad's grandparent's, older siblings, YOUR HONE NUMBER,etc
*Are there restaurants or places that you frequently visit, and may need to call?
*Some great ones to have memorized would be OCS, Johnny's Pizza, D-bat, Dance studio, coach's #, etc

Quiz will be on Friday. You will need to recite these 5 phone numbers, with area codes, to receive full credit.

*edited...due to inclement weather, NO SCHOOL THURSDAY!!! We will push this "5 phone numbers with area codes" and the "pulchritudinous" quiz to Monday instead of this Friday! Have your index card of phones ready to turn into me on our quiz day. Please enjoy your day out of school! Great job on your tests today!!! I AM PROUD OF EACH ONE OF YOU!

Class Syllabus:
Students need to read the class syllabus and sign the contract.

agenda...
1) assigned seating for Quarter 1, sat down according to height (shorties in the front rows)
*listened to acapella music while sorting (link below)
2) signed into google classroom (will complete this on Monday)
*first assignment, how to check for assignments/due dates/points/"topic"
3) read syllabus/sign contract
4) COVID procedures

homework: Bring Tuck Everlasting book and summer reading questions on Monday. (check OCS website "summer reading assignments" for the questions. 10 points off for every day it is late.)

*click "mark as done" if you turned in your summer reading packet for Tuck Everlasting.