*DAILY ASSIGNMENT TRACKER!!!

A DAILY LOG OF WHAT WENT ON (AND WHAT WAS ASSIGNED*) IN THE ENGLISH 7 AND ADVANCED READING CLASSES:

(Missed worksheets are available in the classroom, and textbooks are available for check-out for missed textbook assignments.)

4th Quarter

Mar. 18–

English 7: Today we discussed argument writing, and we began the book Chew on This. (We read the first 2 chapters.)

Adv. Reading: Today we went to the Library for a “Book Pass” activity. Then we checked out books and read.

Mar. 19–

English 7: Today we got into groups, and each group was assigned a chapter from Chew on This to read together and take notes on (on the provided Group Reading Guides) and then prepare a class presentation on.

Adv. Reading: Today we talked about literary genres, and we got our Genres Passports (due May 17) with the assignment to read 6 different genres this quarter, along with earning our 50 A.R. points (due May 17). Then we finished our Book Talks from last week.

Mar. 20–

English 7: Each group finished reading the assigned chapter of Chew on This, and began preparing their presentation and poster.

Adv. Reading: Finished Book Talks. Then we read and took AR tests (or went to CHUCKARAMA!!!).

Mar. 21–

English 7: Preparing presentations and posters for tomorrow.

Adv. Reading: DRP!

Mar. 22–

English 7: Group presentations on Chew on This chapters, and Group Reading Guides and Group Evaluation forms were turned in afterward.

Adv. Reading: Today we started the novel I Am the Cheese, and we made a response journal and did the first entry in it.

—————Have a nice Spring Break!!!————————

April 1–

English 7: Today we got the 5 paragraph Argument Writing assignment– we discussed argument writing and the 5 paragraph formula, we looked at an example of a 5-paragraph argument paper, and we determined what our “claim” would be for our own argument paper (based on a topic from the Chew on This book we read before Spring Break). The we used the ASUS tablets and the Chew on This book to research for “evidence” to back up the claim of our argument paper, and we took notes on what we found.

Adv. Reading: Today we got the Book Review assignment, to write an in-depth review on one book, which will then be posted on the school’s library blog as a book-information resource for all of our Orion Titans! The rough draft of this review needs to be ready by April 10, when we will go to the lab to type it and print it and turn it in to Mrs. Wood for editing.

April 2–

English 7: Today we spent the period writing our 5-paragraph Argument Papers, and we used a Self-Review form to check and edit our paper, ourselves, as we wrote it.

Adv. REading: We read more in I Am the Cheese and did a Response #2 in our journals.

April 3–

English 7: We went to the computer lab to type our Argument Papers and complete the Self-Review forms.

Adv. Reading: We read more in I Am the Cheese and did Response #3 in our journals.

April 4–

English 7: We went to the lab to finish our Argument Papers and hand them in, take A. R. tests, do an extra credit assignment, etc.

Adv. Reading: We read more in I Am the Cheese and did Response #4 in our journals.

April 5–

English 7: Lesson #12 in the “Monsters” Critical Reading Series.

Adv. Reading: DRP!

April 8–

English 7: Today we started the novel Okay For Now, we got the accompanying study guide, and we also learned about John Audubon and his Birds of North America.

Adv. Reading: DRP and A.R. testing! (Also a reminder to complete the Book Review before this Wed.!)

April 9–

English 7: We read more in Okay for Now.

Adv. REading: We read more in I Am the Cheese and did Response #5 in our journals.

April 10–

English 7: We finished Ch. 2 of Okay for Now.

Adv. REading: We went to the computer lab to type and print our Book Reviews for Mrs. to edit. Tomorrow we will fix any errors (based on Mrs. Wood’s editing suggestions), and then we will send our Book Reviews to Mrs. Hall to be posted on the Library’s blog.

April 11-

English 7: We read more in Okay For Now, and we wrote in our study guides about how Doug connected with the pictures of the Red-Throated Divers and the Arctic Tern.

Adv. Reading: We went back to the computer lab to edit our Book Reviews and then email them to Mrs. Hall. Then we read and took A.R. tests.

April 12–

English 7: We read up to p. 120 in Okay For Now, and we wrote about how Doug connected with the picture of the Puffins, in our study guides.

Adv. Reading: We did Response#6 in our journals, and we read up to p. 136 in I Am the Cheese.

April 15–

English 7: We read about how John Audubon created all of his bird paintings. We discussed the novel Jane Eyre. We read some in Okay For Now, and we began filling in section A. of the study guide.

Adv. Reading: DRP and A.R. testing.

April 16–

English 7: We read up to Ch. 5 in Okay for Now, we continued filling in Section A. of the study guide, and we also filled in C., D., and F., and we wrote about how Doug connected to the Gull picture.

Adv. Reading: We read up to p. 169 in I Am the Cheese.

April 17–

English 7: We read in Okay For Now.

Adv. Reading: We read in I Am the Cheese and did Response #7 in our journals.

April 18–

English 7: We read to p. 202 in Okay For Now, answered Section E in the study guide, and wrote about how Doug connects with the Yellow Shank and the Snowy Heron.

Adv. Reading: We finished reading I Am the Cheese, did a Response #8 in our journals, and handed the journals in.

April 19–

English 7: We discussed Adjectives and Adverbs. Then we read about the Vietnam War (in our study guide), and we read in Okay For Now up to p. 227.

Adv. Reading: We discussed the genre of the “detective mystery.” We received a pamphlet on myteries (to be filled out with our notes and predictions as we read our new novel), a “language translator” bookmark, and a copy of the novel Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. We read the first chapter of the novel, and now everyone is to be up to Part 2 by next Thursday.

April 22–

English 7: Today we took the English Review Test #1 as a practice for the upcoming Core Tests, and we discussed some of the reviewed concepts and some test-taking tips.

Adv. Reading: DRP, A.R. testing, and some of us went to the library to check out a book.

April 23–

English 7: We reviewed some concepts from yesterday’s English Review Test, we reviewed the 4th Qtr. English “Walkaways” words, and then we read some in Okay For Now and wrote about how Doug relates to the Fork-Tailed Petrels in our study guides.

Adv. Reading: DRP and A.R. Testing!

April 24–

English 7: Today we took the Qtr. 4 “Walkaways” Test. Then we did an English Review Crossword Puzzle.

Adv. Reading: DRP and A.R. testing! (Also, a reminder to get your Genres Passport filled out and stamped by May 16!)

April 25–

English 7: We took the English Review Test #2, as a practice for the upcoming Core Tests, and we discussed some of the reviewed concepts and test-taking tips.

Adv. Reading: We discussed Part 1 of Murder on the Orient Express, and we learned about the Lindburg Baby kidnapping-case that the novel was based on. Now everyone is to be up to Ch. 9 in Part 2 by next Thursday.

April 26–

English 7: We read the poem “Ozymandias” in the study guide, and we read up to p. 278 in Okay For Now.

Adv. Reading: DRP!

April 29–

English 7: Today we took the English Review Quiz #3, as practice for the upcoming Core Tests.

Adv. Reading: DRP and A.R. testing! (Reminder: A.R. points are due by May 17!)

April 30–

English 7: We corrected yesterday’s Quiz and discussed all of the reviewed concepts. We discussed some test-taking tips and got instructions for tomorrow’s Core Test. We reviewed the requirements of the upcoming Book Talks. Then we reviewed the last section we read in Okay For Now and wrote about how Doug connects to the Brown Pelican in our study guides.

Adv. Reading: In connection with the “elevated language” in the novel we are currently reading (Murder on the Orient Express), we did a FUN activity worksheet on “Inflated English” today.

May 1–

English 7: CORE TESTING in the Lab!!!