December 12 -16, 2011

December 12-16, 2011
Reading:
Monday- Students will understand the meaning “rites of passage” in the story Ta-Na-E-Ka.
• Three or four review questions on “Stray” will be asked
• Students will write the definitions of each of the entry vocabulary words for the story “Ta-Na-E-Ka” as I discuss them and then type them on the projector. P357
• Short discussion on the rites of passage (example: drivers permit at age 16, registration for draft at 18, 13th birthday party, etc. Inform kids that the story Ta-Na-E-Ka is about a rite of passage in an Indian culture.
• Read Ta-Na-E-Ka silently while listening to the audio presentation. Follow each word.
• The assignment is to write the conflict, climax and resolution apparent in the story.
Tuesday- Students will write a short story highlighting rite of passage in a contemporary context.
• Five or more review questions for Ta-Na-E-Ka : 1) What is a rite of passage? 2) What is Mary’s part in this story? 3) Did Mary pass the Ta-Na-E-Ka? 4) How does Mary feel about her Indian heritage at first? 5) How does she feel about her heritage after?
• Students will group in quads. Have students think about how culture is important to their lives.
• Students should then collaboratively write a short story about a character who learns an important lesson about his or her culture. Stories can be serious or funny, but they should clearly describe how culture is important to the main character. Use descriptive details to bring the characters plot and setting to life.
• Selected stories will be heard.
Wednesday-Students will identify the climax, resolution and conflict of today’s story
• Review the collaborative stories from yesterday.
• Set up the next story with a purpose. Reading with purpose. Explain that situation can be both embarrassing and funny at the same time. This is the situation in “The All American Slurp”
• Write down one situation in your life that was both embarrassing and funny.
• Read “The All American Slurp” while listening to the oral presentation. Follow each word.
• Write the conflict, climax and resolution for the story.
Thursday- Test
• T2Q2 This will be the second test of the quarter. It will cover “Olympic Glory”, “Going To Bat”, “Stray” and “The All American Slurp”.
Friday- Activity
• Christmas activity sheets.
• Pass back tests
Language:
Monday- Students will identify parts of speech for selected words within a sentence.
• Review the usage for nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections.
• Students write the defined usage of each of the above
• Students complete the L7P156 worksheet by stating the part of speech indicated by the underlined words.
• Correction of L7
• AR Silent Reading
Tuesday- Students will be able to write sentences with compound subjects while identifying them.
• Review parts of speech
• Oral quiz (not counted) on parts of speech
• We will combine sentences using the same subject. This refers to a compound subject. Examples will be given and written.
• Students will complete a worksheet on compound subjects. L8P158
• Correction of worksheet
• AR Reading
Wednesday- Students will a sentence with compound subjects which agree
• Review Compound subjects
• Quick oral quiz. Write one sentence out of two.
• Overview of agreement with compound subject.
• Write samples
• Complete worksheet on agreement compound subject L9P160
• Correction of worksheet
• AR Reading
Thursday- Test
• T2Q2 Test on L3-L9
• Read chapters 14 and 15 of House on Hackman’s Hill

Friday-Activity
• Christmas Activities
• Hand back tests and review

History (Seventh Grade):
Monday-Students will be able to describe the words Jihad, Muhammed, and Five Pillars
• Review the Five Pillars of Islam
• Discuss the meaning of Jihad
• Watch 7 minute video on Jihad
• Three questions will be written and answered on the video
• Discuss Muhammed and the life of a Muslim
• Watch 7 minute video on Muhammed and the life of a Muslim
• Three questions will be written and answered on the video
• Summation on what we learned today.
Tuesday-Review Work
• Review the topics of yesterday
• Ask three review questions
• As a group complete the odd numbers in the review for chapter 11 (Islam)
• Discuss answers at the end of the period.
Wednesday- Students will be able to describe Qu’ran, Ramadan
• Start with five oral questions
• Selected students give oral responses
• Overview of the Qu’ran
• Watch video of the seven minute video on Qu’ran
• Three questions to be written and answered on the Qu’ran
• Overview of Ramadan
• Watch seven minute video on Ramadan
• Three questions to be written and answered on Ramadan
Thursday- Test
• T2Q2 Test on Chapter 11 on Islam
Friday- Activity
• Christmas activities
• Review Test
History (Sixth Grade):
Monday- Students will be able to state the contributions of Alexander, and describe stoicism
• Review Alexander the Great
• Overview of Epicureanism and Stoicism and Euclidean geometry
• Three questions on Alexander
• Read section 4 The Spread of Greek Culture
• Work on questions 1-6 of the section 4 review on page 186
Tuesday- Students will identify most key words of section 4 given definition
• Review Stoicism and Epicureanism
• Verbal questions for review
• Create a flash card worksheet for section 4
• Ask verbal questions on section 4 ending p186
Wednesday- Review
• Review of Chapter 5
• Short video on philosophers
• Questions on video
• Short video on Alexander
• Questions on Video
• Complete 1-14 for Chapter 5 review on page 188
• Correct some questions
Thursday- Test
• T2Q2 Test on Chapter 5 Greeks
Friday- Activity
• Christmas Activities
• Review Test