Lesson PlansWeek 35M. Unser

English Grade 7

May 12-16, 2014

Monday Warm-UpFind and correct the five errors in the following sentence:

The African-American civil rights Movement encompass social movements in the United States whose goals was to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and inforce constitutional voting rights to they.

Monday, May 12

• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words7.5 TSW read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts

• Literature Circles:– Read and Discuss selected novel– Complete the 5 W’s activity to tell details

about what is going on in your story.– On the back of the 5 W’s sheet, list and define

5 new vocabulary words from your story.

Tuesday Warm-Up

The Latin root –spir means “breath”. Make a list of words that contain that root.

Tuesday, May 13

• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7. 1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words7.5 TSW read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts

7.8 TSW demonstrate understanding of sentence formation by identifying the eight parts of speech and their functions in sentences.

• Mini-Lesson: Parts of Speech• Literature Circles:

– Read and Discuss selected novel– “Lift” sentences from novel and identify the 8

parts of speech that you find in the sentences

Wednesday Warm-Up

Copy the list of words below and write (in your own words) what you think the Latin root –myst means. Then look it up and check your work. See if you can add more words to your list.

•Mystery•Mystique•Mystical•Mysticism

Wednesday, May 14• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call

7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words7.5 TSW read and demonstrate comprehension of fiction texts

7.8 TSW use graphic organizers, including sentence diagrams to analyze sentence structure

• Literature Circles– Read and Discuss selected novels– “Lift” two good sentences from the

reading a diagram them.

Thursday Warm-UpCopy the following sentences using the correct

synonym for the underlined word:

1. Justin felt the common anxiety that many students feel before the first day of school.

a. ordinary b. rare c. terrible d. beloved

2. The community worked together to raise money to build a monument in town.

a. builders b. bank c. neighborhood d. church

Thursday, May 8• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call

7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words7.6 TSW read and demonstrate comprehension of non-fictional texts

• Review Fact and Opinion (page 491).• Listen to the Persuasive Essay “All

Together Now” and follow along with the text (page 493-495) Complete the Reading Skill activity 497 orally.

• Visit the library to check out, renew, and return books

Friday Warm-Up

The Latin prefix inter- means “between” or “among”. Make a list of words that start with that prefix.

Friday, May 9

• Warm-Up/ Housekeeping/ Roll Call7.1 TSW participate in and contribute to group discussions7.4 TSW read to determine meaning of unfamiliar words7.5 TSW read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts

• Mini Lesson: Characterization(What a character says, thinks, does, and how other characters respond to the character)

• Literature Circles:– Read and Discuss Selected Novel– Complete the “What would your character

do?” activity to review characterization of the protagonist in your selected novel.