"Walking the Talk"

H/W:  YOU choose how to spend your time!
This week you need to plan your time effectively so that you meet the first major deadline for having your identity piece turned in. (Sept 15th) Assessment instructions are in last week's post on the blog.  Make sure you focus on the 'do' part of the planning!

My Expectation:  You will be close to finishing your planning sheet BEFORE Wednesday's class


Are you studying your 'parts of speech?'  Test coming at the end of this week.

Are you keeping your reading log up to date and continuing with 20-30mins min. of independent reading.

Coming this Week

• M.A.P. testing
• More 'parts of speech' practice
• Reading log assessment
• Independent time to work on your identity project

"Failing to plan is planning to fail" anon.

Weekly Reflection

Reminder: Can I Change Sheets: Due Monday!
Homebase: Are you making deposits or withdrawals? 

The final due date for the identity presentation is a week on Monday (15th)

Over the weekend, you really should have an idea of what connects all your different pieces of writing and poetry in your identity portfolio: Your SEED idea

Are you:
Somebody who always avoids a challenge?

Somebody who is trying to be something that you are not?
Somebody who uses their heart as a compass?
Somebody who only believes things that you find out for yourself.
Somebody who parents give too much or too little?
Somebody who worries to much about things that never happen?
Somebody who loves the unexpected or needs structure in your life?
Somebody who lives in a virtual world?

Your 'theme' is almost like an 'extended metaphor' (we will cover this in class on Monday) that ties all these ideas together.  e.g.  a patch work quilt, a circus, a jigsaw puzzle.

Optional
+1 if you can share your seed idea in the comments and say what your theme will be

Next Week
You will have your Parts of Speech assessment at the end of next week - Do you know your parts of speech? Can you name the parts of speech for any sentence you find in your reading book? Will you practice for the test using the online exercises and purple words like these students promised?

The Friday Message : This is worth 9 mins of your life!




C/D and E/F classes will have a MAP test on Monday.

Planning the Final Project

Recap from today's session.

Organize your time going forward taking into consideration these due dates below

Due date for final summative presentation: Mon 15th Sept (approx. 10 days time) (You will have at least x3 days of class time next week to work on this project.)

Parts of Speech Practice TEST coming End of Next Week!
(You know what you know - Study what you don't!!!)

Begin: http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/parts_of_speech/quiz395.html

Making progress: https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech_quiz.htm

Easy  http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/215.html

Harder   http://www.quia.com/cb/188350.html     

Hardest http://www.quia.com/rr/143009.html

Resource found by Ryan
http://quizlet.com/4907039/8-parts-of-speech-definitions-flash-cards/

 MAP Testing
 C/D and E/F will have your first M.A.P. test tomorrow.

What are you reading? - Maybe get an idea from these 7th graders

My Online Identity

Recap of today's session

Watch this to learn about your 'digital dossier'


H/W: (Due: Fri)
Finish your 100% poem (look in the slideshow to see the example of the poem)
Your poem should contain:
1) Domain specific language (words and phrases associated with being online. e.g. selfie, jpeg, drive etc.)
2) Specific ideas that capture your online identity - e.g. tweets to check in, torrents to check out
This example is 'showing' not telling how I spend my time on line
3) A 'continuum' format  e.g. 100%, Days of the Week, a recipe etc.

 Reminders:

All classes: DO NOT FORGET your purple set of 'parts of speech' cards in a ziplock bag for tomorrow

Bias and Prejudice

Make a copy of this file: 7th Grade RLA Units of Study

Bias and Prejudice
H/W All Classes: Due Thur
Bring in your purple card cut up in a ziplog bag.

Can I Change? - Do you have true grit?'
Your 30 day challenge due date is next MONDAY. The photograph on your sheet should be a picture of you working on your challenge! Make sure you have specific details of how you intend to achieve your goal. You may get parent input for ideas here.