Wednesday, June 13th, and Thursday, June 14th

Wednesday is the last day for you to read your essay to me. I am also available at lunch and before zero period. 

We will be watching The Truman Show and discussing similarities and differences in The Giver. I will be calling people up to read me their essays during this time.  

Monday, June 11th 0, 2, 4, 6 and Tuesday, June 12th

We will finish up or symbolism project.
Students will continue reading their Giver essays to Mrs. Karney.


Evaluate your group members for your Utopia Project (IF TIME)
Make sure to fill this out for EACH group member

PERIOD 0 Evaluations

PERIOD 2 Evaluations

PERIOD 4 Evaluations 

Group Evaluation Activity

Thursday, June 7th and Friday, June 8th

Evaluate your group members for your Utopia Project (IF TIME)
Make sure to fill this out for EACH group member

PERIOD 0 Evaluations

PERIOD 2 Evaluations

PERIOD 4 Evaluations 

Make sure you turned in your essay to Google Classroom and gave me your rubric

Symbolism Project for The Giver

Tuesday, June 5th and Wednesday, June 6th

Utopia Presentations-LAST DAY
In Class Essay Giver (pick ONE topic) If you missed your presentation, you must complete two .
RUBRIC for Essay (you will get hard copy but print if you lose yours)
Evaluate your group members for your Utopia Project (IF TIME)
Make sure to fill this out for EACH group member

PERIOD 0 Evaluations

PERIOD 2 Evaluations

PERIOD 4 Evaluations 

Monday, June 4th Late Start

Discuss theme-List topics and write theme statements

Write six word/memoir/summary of The Giver and post in Google Classroom
Make sure to change the background

Thursday, May 24th and Friday, May 25th

Read Chapters  Chapters 17, 18, 19

Work on projects

Objective:  Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

Black and White Thinking

.  Watch and critique this video explaining color and its effects.

• Turn & talk:  Draw a conclusion regarding what thematic role color plays in our world.

2.  View the following presentation and interpret what your life would be like without color.  

• Select 3 things that you notice while watching the slideshow using your background knowledge of how color impacts perspective.

Tuesday, May 22nd and Wednesday, May 23rd

Read 14, 15, and 16 in The Giver
Sign up for Utopia Project Presentation-Sign-ups are on the board. You are expected to be here, so plan carefully. WRITE down your date.  
Work on projects. 

Finish up your personification piece
PRINT and bring on Friday

Impact of Color :)

Monday, May 21st

Read chapters 12-13

Work on your personification piece about your chosen quality.

When finished, you will need to PRINT it.   Bring the printed copy on Friday! You will not be permitted to leave class to print.

Wednesday, May 15thThursday, May 16 and Friday May 17th

QUIZ FOR PERIODS 2 and 4-Do not talk or you will receive a zero. It is a closed book quiz. 


Personification Slideshow

Book of Qualities Slideshow to check out

Celebrate Unique Traits Writing Activity
Turn in to Google Classroom when finished-Make sure you double-space and check over grammar, punctuation, and spelling

Work on Utopias

Read 9, 10, 11

Monday, May 14th-Late Start Day

Today we will finish up stations from Friday


STATIONS

Station 1.Work on Utopia Projects

Station 2 Discussion Questions   Write one question of each type on index cards provided.  Put your name on the back.

Station 3 Tone and Mood-Handout from Mrs. K
Tone is the author’s attitude toward the writing (his characters, the situation) and the readers. A work of writing can have more than one tone. An example of tone could be both serious and humorous. Tone is set by the setting, choice of vocabulary and other details.

Mood is the general atmosphere created by the author’s words. It is the feeling the reader gets from reading those words. It may be the same, or it may change from situation to situation.
Watch these clips?  What is the mood and tone of each clip?
Mary Poppins 
Shining

Dumb and Dumber

Fill out form BELOW  regarding mood and tone and The Giver

PERIOD 0 FORM

PERIOD 2 FORM

PERIOD 4 FORM

Station 4 READ
Read chapters 5, 6 and 7 You may use headphones/earbuds to listen. Headphones are in box in front of classroom.

Chapter 5 (Period 0 ONLY)

Chapter 6

Chapter 7 

If you finish any station early, stay put. You may work on NoRedInk or play one of these games:

Active Passive Voice

Appositives

Subject Verb Agreement

Small Group Discussion using chips

Thursday, May 10th and Friday, May 11th

Tone/Mood 
Active/Passive voice mini-lesson (to help you pass NoRedInk)
Read 5/6
STATIONS

Station 1.Work on Utopia Projects

Station 2 Discussion Questions   Write one question of each type on index cards provided.  Put your name on the back.

Station 3 Tone and Mood-Handout from Mrs. K
Tone is the author’s attitude toward the writing (his characters, the situation) and the readers. A work of writing can have more than one tone. An example of tone could be both serious and humorous. Tone is set by the setting, choice of vocabulary and other details.

Mood is the general atmosphere created by the author’s words. It is the feeling the reader gets from reading those words. It may be the same, or it may change from situation to situation.
Watch these clips?  What is the mood and tone of each clip?
Mary Poppins 
Shining

Dumb and Dumber

Fill out form BELOW  regarding mood and tone and The Giver

PERIOD 0 FORM

PERIOD 2 FORM

PERIOD 4 FORM

Station 4 READ
Read chapters 5, 6 and 7 You may use headphones/earbuds to listen. Headphones are in box in front of classroom.

Chapter 5 (Period 0 ONLY)

Chapter 6

Chapter 7 

If you finish any station early, stay put. You may work on NoRedInk or play one of these games:

Active Passive Voice

Appositives

Subject Verb Agreement

Tuesday, May 8th and Wednesday, May 9th

For Darin

Period 0 Read Chapter 3/4

Periods 2 and 4  Read  4
Period 4 quiz

Symbolism in Giver-Handout

Work on Utopia handout in Google Classroom

Monday, May 7th

Zero period will have some time to finish testing

Periods 2 and 4

Mini-lesson on No red Ink-Work on Passing Quizzes

Read Chapter 3 in book

Monday, April 30th Late Start

Short period today due to late start!  

You will get in your groups and begin discussing/planning your Utopias!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L1k_JxVz6VgP7rmex29B61u8UFaZA0tXp67DmNQU5Jc/edit

Thursday, April 26th and Friday, April 27th

The Giver

We will begin a discussion about "A Perfect World" We will discuss pros and cons regarding several statements that I will provide you.

Chapter 1 and 2

Creating a Utopia

Tuesday, April 24th and Wednesday, April 25th

Movie-Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Monday, April 23rd

Finish book
Last day to work on essay in class.
If you are finished, make sure you are caught up on NoRedInk.

Tuesday, April 17th and Wednesday, April 18th

Read Tom Sawyer- We will finish chapter 30

Work on graphic organizers and essay

I must check your graphic organizer before you may turn your essay in.  

Thursday, April 5th and Friday, April 6th

Chapters 23-26 in Tom Sawyer
Notes for Argumentative Essay-This is your last day for notes
If you finish early, I will give you the graphic organizer.
Enjoy your vacation!

Monday, April 2nd

Review Note taking procedures.  Make sure top copy and paste links to the sources you use onto your SOURCES document.

Work on note taking/topic sentences. Try to use edu and org sites. Remember to use the Advanced Search option in google.

Summarize 16
  Page 104 Read 17 and 18

Thursday, March 29th and Friday, March 30th

WARM UP
Continue practicing commentary

Remember SPIES. I will number you off and then you will write about your quote. Then you will meet with people with the same number and share your responses. You will then post your quote AND response on the Padlet for your class period. You will rate other peoples commentary.

1)"While some people become homeless because of mental illness and drug addiction, more than 75 percent simply can['t afford a place to live."

2) More than 80 cities have passed laws making it illegal to sleep in vehicles, and more than 60 have banned camping in public.

3) Cities such as Denver and San Francisco have handed out free one-way bus tickets to the homeless, hoping to offload the problem on another community.

4) While most people associate the homeless with begging, about 25 percent of the homeless population has a job..."

5) "In the world's richest nation, homelessness on this scale should be shameful and shocking." 

Period 0

Period 2

Period 4

What Aristotle and Joshua Bell Can Teach Us About Persuasion,”
 Look at topics for your essay-You must get it approved by me first. 

Pick a topic
We will review how to conduct an effective search on the internet
You will be required to have at least three articles, videos, or interviews as sources
Begin taking notes on your articles
You will also need a works cited page

Monday, March 26th Late Start

Happy Monday

Review Chapter 9 vocab from Tom Sawyer

Finish argument poster if needed

Summarize 13 and 14- Compare the home lives of Tom, Joe, and Huck
Read 15

Thursday, March and Friday, March 22nd and 23rd

Passion Projects

  Summarize 10 and 11 of TS

Read 12 of T S
Key Terms and Claims (circle key words/underline claims in article below) Argument Poster using this article 

Tuesday, March 20th and Wednesday, March 21st

Continue Passion Projects
Finish writing about your character and turn in to Google Classroom We will play a quizlet with these words.  
perceptible-adj.noticeable
ingenuity-noun-cleverness
ghastly horrible; terrifying
solemnity/solemn adjective very serious; sacred
oppressive-adjective causing worry or creating a burden
innumerable adjective too many to be counted
monotonous-adjective lacking variety

vagrant adjective roaming from one place to another without a job

We will then do practice claims and counterarguments by playing a fun game.

If time, we will read this the article 

We will circle key terms and underline claims.  

Monday, March 19th

Finish descriptive writing piece from Friday and turn in to Google Classroom.

Finish chapter 9 and chapter 9 vocabulary as needed.  
perceptible-adj.noticeable
ingenuity-noun-cleverness
ghastly horrible; terrifying
solemnity/solemn adjective very serious; sacred
oppressive-adjective causing worry or creating a burden
innumerable adjective too many to be counted
monotonous-adjective lacking variety

vagrant adjective roaming from one place to another without a job

Thursday, March 15th and Friday, March 16th

Passion Projects

Mrs. Karney will summarize the last page of chapter 6, 7, and 8. .  Zero period will play the vocabulary review game called SIXES.  There is also a quizizz review in Google Classroom.  Check it out!

Vocabulary Chapter 9 (I will give you a quizlet practice in Google Classroom) 
perceptible-adj.noticeable

ingenuity-noun-cleverness

ghastly horrible; terrifying

solemnity/solemn adjective very serious; sacred

oppressive-adjective causing worry or creating a burden

innumerable adjective too many to be counted

monotonous-adjective lacking variety


vagrant adjective roaming from one place to another without a jobt
Read Chapter 9
Quizlet for Chapter 9 words
Descriptive Writing Activity You will change the words in the piece about Huck to create your own piece "Mark Twain" style. You must follow the same sentence structure. CHANGE the point of view and diction Turn in to Google Classroom.

Diction & Point of View

The right word may be effective,
but no word was ever as effective as
a rightly timed
pause.    --Mark Twain

“The difference between the
right word and
the almost right word is the
difference
between lightning and a
lightning bug.”

--Mark Twain

VOCAB QUIZ FOR ALL CLASSES ON FRIDAY

Tuesday, March 13th and Wednesday, March 14th

Passion Project Period 0 Introducing Sources
Read chapter 6
Character Description 
Review Vocabulary for quiz on Friday (there is a practice in Google Classroom)

Monday, March 12th Late Start

Introducing Sources

I will give you a handout to help you practice.  

TEDTALK

Thursday, March 8th, Friday March 9th

We will finish our stations from last class.
Passion Projects!


STATIONS

Station 1 -On your own

Read Chapter 5 -THREE people may sit in the pod who are NOT using headphones and reading to themselves.  ASK first!
You may listen to it with headphones by clicking here
Find a significant quote from this chapter. It should be a quote that reveals something important about Tom or the community he lives in. It may also be a quote that you find particularly humorous. Type your quote and commentary into the form below.  Your commentary should explain why you chose it and what it shows about Tom or his community. If you chose a humorous quote, explain HOW Mark Twain creates humor in the quote. Why is it important.  AT LEAST three sentences please. Include the page number.

Click HERE to fill out the Form.


Station 2 -Vocabulary-With a partner

Vocabulary Words

Complete the vocabulary words the same way you have done previous words. You should have fifteen words now. If you finish early, quiz your partner on the words.

furtive-adjective-done in a stealthy or sneaky way
immunity-noun-to have protection from punishment
diligent-adjective-working hard
disconcerted-adjective-disturbed-confused
prodigy-noun-a person, especially a child, very talented or brilliant in some way

Station 3-Read on your own. May take quiz and fill out handout with a friend

Read Newsela Article in your binder and take quiz. Mrs. Karney will then give a mini-lesson on introducing sources.  We will be using this when we write our argumentative speeches.

Station 4-On your own

Counterargument/Rebuttal Station
Watch the Edpuzzle Video in Google Classroom and answer the questions. Click DONE in Google Classroom when you have finished. 

If you finish any station early, you may prepare for your Passion Project or work on passing any NoRedInk Quiz you haven't passed. 

Tuesday, March 6th and Wednesday, March 7th

Finish chapters 3 and 4
TAKE THIS QUIZ-NO TALKING-NO BOOKS Passion Project Presentations begin Wednesday

STATIONS

Station 1 -On your own

Read Chapter 5 -THREE people may sit in the pod who are NOT using headphones and reading to themselves.  ASK first!
You may listen to it with headphones by clicking here
Find a significant quote from this chapter. It should be a quote that reveals something important about Tom or the community he lives in. It may also be a quote that you find particularly humorous. Type your quote and commentary into the form below.  Your commentary should explain why you chose it and what it shows about Tom or his community. If you chose a humorous quote, explain HOW Mark Twain creates humor in the quote. Why is it important.  AT LEAST three sentences please. Include the page number.

Click HERE to fill out the Form.


Station 2 -Vocabulary-With a partner

Vocabulary Words

Complete the vocabulary words the same way you have done previous words. You should have fifteen words now. If you finish early, quiz your partner on the words.

furtive-adjective-done in a stealthy or sneaky way
immunity-noun-to have protection from punishment
diligent-adjective-working hard
disconcerted-adjective-disturbed-confused
prodigy-noun-a person, especially a child, very talented or brilliant in some way

Station 3-Read on your own. May take quiz and fill out handout with a friend

Read Newsela Article in your binder and take quiz. Mrs. Karney will then give a mini-lesson on introducing sources.  We will be using this when we write our argumentative speeches.

Station 4-On your own

Counterargument/Rebuttal Station
Watch the Edpuzzle Video in Google Classroom and answer the questions. Click DONE in Google Classroom when you have finished. 

If you finish any station early, you may prepare for your Passion Project or work on passing any NoRedInk Quiz you haven't passed. 

Monday, March 5th

Happy Monday!

Share the link to your presentation in the link.

Here's how to remember Mini-lesson on affect/effect

NoRedInk Quiz attempt #1 on affect/effect

Begin Chapter 3 in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer if time

Thursday, March 1st and Friday, March 2nd

Vocabulary Chapter 2-You will fill in your Word Window for these words.  You will now have TEN words.  You and your group will create a gesture to go with ALL ten words.

melancholy-sadness, low spirits, noun

tranquil- calm, peaceful  adjective
alacrity-enthusiasm, cheerful eagerness-noun 
dilapidated-broken down adjective
covet-to want something that someone else has verb

Make sure you are getting ready for your Passion Project Presentation.   You will have a LITTLE bit of time to work on it on Friday.

Quizizz Vocabulary/Chapters 1-2 Review

Read Chapter 2 in Tom Sawyer

February 27th and 28th, Tuesday and Wednesday

Tom Sawyer

Fishbowl discussion
PERIOD 4 SEATING REQUEST
Vocabulary

1.peril-danger-noun
2.guile-deceit, trickery-noun
3.sagacity-wisdom, understanding
4.loath-dislike a lot verb
5. derision-ridicule, scorn-noun

Read chapter 
Your presentation should :

be 3-5 minutes long
explain your journey-what you did and how you did it
include obstacles you encountered
explain what you learned or got out of the project
include VISUALS (pictures, videos, your blog, your instagram account)  This should be in a Google Slides
be ENTHUSIASTIC X 1,000,000
Do NOT read to us.


If you choose to do a video, it must be sent to me WELL ahead of time (like three days before your presentation) 

Thursday, February 22nd and Friday, February 23rd

Revision requirements

If you would like to revise your essay, you must:

1)  Highlight all ADDITIONS in yellow
2) At the bottom of your essay, you must write me a letter explaining HOW you improved your essay.  Why is it better than when you turned it in the first time? 

Take NoRedInk Connecting Clauses Quiz

Work on Passion Project


Your presentation should :

be 3-5 minutes long
explain your journey-what you did and how you did it
include obstacles you encountered
explain what you learned or got out of the project
include VISUALS (pictures, videos, your blog, your instagram account)  This should be in a Google Slides
be ENTHUSIASTIC X 1,000,000
Do NOT read to us.

If you choose to do a video, it must be sent to me WELL ahead of time (like three days before your presentation) 

SEATING REQUEST PERIOD 4

Tuesday and Wednesday, February 20th and 21st

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.
Connecting Clauses mini-lesson
Go to Google Classroom and do the Quizizz Homework for practice. Mark DONE when you complete it. 

Lesson on Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing Check in-Work with assigned Partner Passion Project Time - We will agree upon a date for our projects to be finished.  

Week of February 12th

This week we will work on our essays on The Outsiders. Please submit to Google Classroom as soon as possible.

You should also be finished with your first NoRedInk, "Embedding Quotes".

We will watch the movie (Outsiders).

Thursday, February 8th and Friday, February 9th

Today we will finish up our stations.  If you finish early and didn't pass the Embedding Quotes quiz in NoRedInk, do a practice exercise and try again. :)

I will pass out the menus again.  Remember to turn in digital work to Google Classroom. If you do something on paper, write your name on it, and leave it on my keyboard. :)

Next week we will finish up our essays!

Tuesday, February 6th and Wednesday, February 7th

PLEASE fill out this form for your Passion Project, If you are working with a partner, only ONE of you needs to fill it out. Make sure your links are live. 

We will have a Digital Citizenship lesson on evaluating websites.  This is an important lesson.  I will start the lesson with zero period on Tuesday. The guest teacher will finish it with them on Wednesday.  The guest teacher will do the entire lesson with my second and fourth period.  

#1  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year-round_school_in_the_United_States

#2  https://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-lynch-edd/should-the-us-switch-to-y_b_6094462.html

#3    https://www.familyeducation.com/school/year-round-schooling/year-round-school

#4   http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2005863,00.html

#5  http://www.nayre.org/

#6  http://summermatters.com/

#7 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/11/21/100000-reasons-for-year-round-school/6b907c1c-bb50-4d0a-a70c-581a6ec96a81/?utm_term=.f4c30b8598a1

Monday, February 5th LATE START

FILL OUT THIS FORM REGARDING YOUR PASSION PROJECT. If you are working with other people, only one of you needs to fill it out.  

We will have an awesome lesson today on being on upstander instead of a bystander!
Check Google Classroom for Feedback. 

Thursday, February 1st and Friday, February 2nd

I am so excited about today.

I will be handout out a menu with the station choices for today and tomorrow. 

Please go to Google Classroom for more information.

Wednesday, January 31st Single Period Day

Welcome to the second semester!  You are already half way through your seventh-grade year! 
EMBEDDING QUOTES The new NoRedInk Assignments for the semester are posted on the whiteboard. I think I have come up with a way that will make it easier for you to keep track of what you need to do! I will tell you about it today! I will write the "due" date next to each one. Of course, you may complete it late!  However, once the due date has passed, a scary red box will appear in Aeries until you pass! Try to keep up with the due dates. I will also give a mini-lesson before you are expected to start a quiz! 

Finish quote responses and turn in to GC. Work on your essay if you are finished.

Bring whatever you need to work on our Passion Project for the next two class meetings!

Kerrington

Thursday and Friday, January 25th and 26th

Feedback Form 
Add a column to your essential question document.  Call it "context".  You will go back in the book and write in the CONTEXT for each quote. That means that you need to explain what is happening in the book when this quote appears?  What is the situation?  What has just happened or is happening? Who is speaking.    Turn in this document to Google Classroom when you finish. I will look over your thesis and quote responses and give you feedback. This will help you write your essay next semester!


Once I have returned your essential question document in Google Classroom, please look it over.  Go to GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND OPEN THE ESSAY ASSIGNMENT.  TYPE YOUR ESSAY THERE.  Look at the rubric! You may then begin your essay!  
QUESTION ONE OUTLINE
QUESTION TWO OUTLINE Periods 2 and 4 S.E. Hinton interview (seven minutes)

Tuesday, January 23rd and Wednesday, January 24th

PERIOD 0  Watch S.E. Hinton interview on Tuesday. Finish book on Wednesday.  We are on page 174. Do one more quote response.  You should have six or more.  


Periods 2 and 4 Finish book on Wednesday. 
One quote response. You should have six total.  
Watch S.E. Hinton interview

Begin essay preparation

Write your thesis statement. It should answer the Essential question you chose.  I will give you a STAMP to indicate that it passes muster!

THEN, you will open your quotes and highlight the FOUR quotes that best support your thesis statement.  Quotes should be from various parts of the novel.  

NoRedInk

Monday, January 22nd Late Start

Finish chapter 9
No Red Ink/Passion Project

Thursday, January 18th and Friday, January 19th

Finish chapters 8 and 9 (periods 2 and 4 will finish chapter 9 on Monday)

Find a quote from chapters 8 or 9

Work on NoRedInk or Passion Project

Make sure you finished your poetry analysis of "Nothing Gold Can Stay" 

Tuesday, January 16th and Wednesday, January 17th

Finish up Stations from last week. Make sure you turn in the poetry analysis packet.  

Read Chapters 7 and 8

Do two quote responses TOTAL  for 5, 6, 7, 8 that address your question

NoRedInk

Thursday, January 11th and Friday, January 12th

Read chapter 6

STATION 1

Choose a quote from chapters 4 or 5 that addresses your chosen question. Type the quote and your response in your Google Document.

Watch these clips from Gone with the Wind. Consider why S.E. Hinton may have included this allusion in her book. You need headphones.

Scarlett meets Rhett
Funny kissing scene




STATION 2

"Nothing Gold Can Stay"
Watch this video. You will need earbuds.
Reread page 77 in your book. 
Complete this packet You may work in groups of two, three, or four. You may not work alone or in a group of more than four.

STATION 3

Work on Passion Project-Take screenshots or photos of what you are doing or accomplishing. You may also work on NOREDINK



Wrap up-EACH person goes to Kidblog to update me on their progress and accomplishments in the past few weeks.  TITLE IT POST #2

Tuesday, January 9th and Wednesday, January 10th

Read chapter 5 in The Outsiders.

Start at 1:55 

Make sure to be looking for quotes to answer your selected question,

Period 2 Seating Request Form

Period 4 Seating Request Form

Passion Project Time

Review vocabulary from chapters 1-4. Your group will create a skit with your group using the words I assign you.  You will perform your skit for the class.  

Monday, January 8th

Welcome back!  

I will be showing you a brief excerpt from a documentary called Happy

Today you will read an article on the possible effects of social media on teens. It is in Newsela. Please complete the annotations as you read. When finished, take the quiz.