7th+Grade+English


 * **Due Fri. 9/5**--RDMs: ( I'm specifically checking to see that you have a section in your binder for English, lined paper, pencils/pens and an IR book)
 * Also, please bring in your **summer reading log**! It should have the title and author of a book that you read over the summer and it should be signed by a parent. I would like this by Friday as well!
 * "All About Me" projects due on Wed. 9/17/14!!!

__**Week of September 8-12:**__
 * **Due Wed. 9/10--Completed interview sheet. Interview four different people of various ages...feel free to answer one set of questions yourself!**
 * **Due Fri. 9/12--Summer reading log! If you can't find the form from last year, simply write down the title and author of the book you read and please have a parent/guardian sign it.**
 * ***Continue working on your "All About Me" presentations! Due Wed. Sept. 17!!!**
 * ***Possible binder organization quiz coming up in the very near future!**

__**Week of September 15-19:**__
 * **Due Wed. 9/17--"All About Me" presentations!**
 * **Heads Up: Quiz on the marks of punctuation Tues. 9/23!!! (Spelling will count!)**

__**Week of September 22-26:**__
 * **Due Tues. 9/23--Complete page N-3 in your binder (practice with using the marks of punctuation correctly)**
 * **Due Mon. 9/29--Journal Entry #2: What is the most important life lesson that you have learned so far? (Remember: should be a full page--just the front of the page...and please label this page W-5. Don't skip lines and indent for new paragraphs)**
 * **Quiz tomorrow (Tuesday 9/23) on the marks of punctuation! Spelling will count!**

__**Week of September 29-October 3:**__
 * **Due Tues. 9/30--Be sure to fill in all blanks on N-5 "Pre-Test on the 8 Parts of Speech"...use N-6 to help you (notes on the 8 parts of speech)**
 * **Due Fri. 10/3--Create your own "cool" collections for collective nouns (the back of N-7)**
 * **Quiz Tues. 10/7 on the 8 parts of speech!**

__**Week of October 6-10:**__
 * **Due Tues. 10/7--Complete the front of "Parts of Speech Review #2" (N--8)**
 * **Due Thurs. 10/9--Complete #1-#37 on the front of "Practice Using Commonly Confused Words" (N-10)**
 * **Please study for your parts of speech quiz on Friday 10/10!!! Review your notes!!! (please note that this is a change of date...)**

__**Week of October 13-17:**__
 * **Due Wed. 10/15--Complete the front of the first page in the capitalization packet (N-14) Remember to triple underline any word that needs to be capitalized!**
 * **Due Thurs. 10/16--Complete p. 8 in the capitalization packet (N-14)**
 * **Due Fri. 10/17--Complete p. 13 in the capitalization packet (N-14)**
 * **Quiz Tues. 10/21 on commonly confused words! **
 * **Quiz Tues. 10/28 on capitalization! **

__**Week of October 20-24: **__
 * **Due Wed. 10/22---Complete p. 4 in your Poe packet (L-3). Write the correct vocabulary word that goes with each picture. **
 * **Due Thurs. 10/23--Complete p. 9 in your Poe packet. Match the word to the correct definition. **
 * **Due Fri. 10/24--Complete pgs. 10 and 11 in Poe packet (ONLY #1-#20). Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary words. **
 * //**Review your notes (N-9 and N-10) in preparation for your commonly confused words quiz tomorrow 10/21/14!!! **//
 * //**Review your notes for your capitalization quiz next Tuesday 10/28/14!!! **//

__**Week of October 27-31: **__
 * **Study for capitalization quiz! New date: Wednesday Oct. 29! **
 * **5 typed (or very neatly written) independent writing pieces due on Fri. Oct. 31! **
 * **IW 1: What are you grateful for in your life? **
 * **IW 2: What is the most important life lesson that you've learned so far? **
 * **IW 3: The Best Day Ever! (one that you've had or one that you'd like to have) **
 * **IW 4: You have a million dollars to spend within a year. How would you spend it? Be specific. **
 * **IW 5: It is said that the vast amount of our seas remain unexplored. Write about the most amazing thing(s) down there that have yet to be discovered. **

__**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Week of November 3-7: **__ //**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">*Please always read for pleasure and review your literary and poetic terminology! **// __**Week of November 10-14:**__
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Due Wed. 11/5--Please review your "The Tell-Tale Heart" vocabulary **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Due Thurs. 11/6--Write a 5 sentence paragraph explaining your impression of the story "The Tell-Tale Heart." What did you think of it and why? **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Due Fri. 11/7--Write a good sentence for each of the vocabulary words from "Annabel Lee." There were 11 (see page 3 in your Poe packet). **
 * There will be a full period test on Edgar Allan Poe on Thurs. 11/20/14! Please review vocabulary words, poetic and literary terminology, Poe's biography, the two poems ("Annabel Lee" and "The Raven") and the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart." There will be no written homework this week. I really want you to take the time to review all things Poe.**

__**Week of November 17-21:**__
 * **Due Tues. 11/18--Of the three works of Poe that we read and discussed in class, which was your favorite and why? Which was your least favorite and why? (7-10 sentences)**
 * **Due Wed. 11/19--Create a short 10 question quiz (provide separate answer key) on Poe, literary terms, and poetic terms.**
 * **TEST THURS. 11/20 on "Annabel Lee", "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." Know your literary and poetic terminology as well as specific vocabulary words from the poems and short story.**
 * **Due Mon. 11/24--Complete pages 1, 2 and 3 in nouns packet if you were not able to during class**
 * **NOUNS QUIZ THURSDAY 12/4/14!!!**


 * __Week of November 24-28:__**
 * **Due Tues. 11/25--Complete pages 7 and 8 in nouns packet**
 * **Due Mon. 12/1--Complete pages 9, 10 and 11 in nouns packet**
 * **Nouns Quiz on Thurs. 12/4!!!**
 * **Have A Very Happy Thanksgiving!!! Gobble! Gobble!**

__**Week of December 1-5:**__
 * **Due Tues. 12/2--Complete your nouns packet if you weren't able to finish during class time (pages 12-15)**
 * **If you have your own copy of //Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie//, please bring it tomorrow (12/2)!!!**
 * **Due Wed. 12/3--Cover your novel //SFNL// with a paper bag or a book sock or bring it to class in a large Ziploc bag labeled with your name. ALSO, complete page 17 in //SFNL// packet!**
 * **Due Fri. 12/5--Read chapters 2 and 3 in //SFNL// and answer the questions for those chapters as well**
 * **NOUNS QUIZ ON THURS. 12/4!!! REVIEW YOUR NOUNS PACKET!!!**

__**Week of December 8-12:**__
 * **Due Wed. 12/10--Read chapters 4 and 5 in SFNL and do the questions for those chapters as well**
 * **Due Fri. 12/12--Review pages 34-36 in your SFNL packet (Tom Swifties) and create your own uniquely clever Tom Swifty to share with the class and to turn into a nice visual. Please bring markers, colored pencils, etc...as you will be writing your Tom Swifty on construction paper and drawing a picture that relates to the topic of your Tom Swifty.**
 * **VOCABULARY UNIT ONE QUIZ ON TUES. 12/16!!! (There are 26 words starting with "cavalry" and ending with "imputation") Please see your SFNL packet as well as the additional vocabulary handouts received in class.**

__**Week of December 15-19:**__
 * **Due Tues. 12/16--Read chapters 6 and 7 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * **Due Wed. 12/17--Read chapters 8 and 9 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * **Due Thurs. 12/18--Read chapters 10 and 11 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * **Due Fri. 12/19--Read chapters 12 and 13 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * **VOCABULARY UNIT ONE QUIZ TOMORROW!!! PLEASE REVIEW YOUR WORDS ONE MORE TIME TONIGHT!**

__**Week of December 22-26:**__
 * **Due Tues. 12/23--Read chapters 14 and 15 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * **VOCABULARY UNIT TWO QUIZ WILL BE GIVEN ON TUES. 1/13/15! THERE ARE 34 WORDS!**
 * **HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL!!! ENJOY AND BE SAFE...SEE YOU IN THE NEW YEAR!!!**

__**Week of January 5-9:**__
 * **Due Tues. 1/6--Read chapters 16 and 17 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * **Due Wed. 1/7--Read chapters 18 and 19 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * **Due Thurs. 1/8--Read chapters 20 and 21 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * **Due Fri. 1/9--Read chapters 22 and 23 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * **VOCABULARY UNIT 2 QUIZ WILL BE GIVEN ON TUES. 1/13/15!!! THERE ARE 34 WORDS!!!**

__**Week of January 12-16:**__
 * **Due Tues. 1/13--Review for your vocabulary unit 2 quiz tomorrow!!!**
 * **Due Wed. 1/14--Read chapters 24 and 25 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * **Due Thurs. 1/15--Read chapters 26 and 27 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * **Due Fri. 1/16--Read chapters 28 and 29 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * **5 TYPED IWs due on Wed. 1/21!!!**
 * **//SFNL// novel test on Thurs. 1/29!!!**


 * Independent Writing (IW) topics: (all writing pieces should be a full typed page and remember to use paragraphs when needed)**
 * **IW #1--Pick a color. Write about a world where everything of that color has disappeared.**
 * **IW #2--10 Middle School Survivor Tips (bullet points are ok for this writing piece)**
 * **IW #3--Couplets Activity (one synonym couplet; one opposite couplet; one 4 line clerihew)**
 * **IW #4--Stream of consciousness writing piece (write about whatever comes to mind--"vomit the contents of your mind on to the page")**
 * **IW #5--Write a book review for the novel //Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie// (summary, critical evaluation, would you recommend)**

__**Week of January 19-23:**__
 * **Due Wed. 1/21--All five typed IWs!!! See above for the topics of the writing pieces**
 * **Due Thurs. 1/22--Read chapters 30 and 31 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * **Due Fri. 1/23--Read chapters 32 and 33 and do the questions for those chapters**
 * ***JANUARY 29--//SFNL// TEST!!!***

__**Week of January 26-30:**__
 * **Due Wed. 1/28--Complete p. 21 (allusions) in your SFNL packet**
 * **THURSDAY JAN. 29--SFNL TEST!!! (Please continue reviewing your homework notes, class notes, and the actual novel--use the review sheet that I handed out in class as well!) There will be a short essay response required and that will be given on Friday.**

__**Week of February 2-6:**__
 * **It's Black History Month!**
 * **Second round of CDTs this week**
 * **Speak Up Event on Thurs. night (registration begins at 6:30)**
 * **Free Valentine's Dance on Friday from 2:30-4:30--but you must have a signed parent permission slip to attend**
 * **Please read for pleasure this week! (no actual written homework...you're welcome! :-)**

__**Week of February 9-13:**__
 * **Due Tues. 2/10--Complete p. 12 in your comma packet**
 * **Due Wed. 2/11--Complete p. 16 in your comma packet**
 * **Due Tues. 2/17--Complete p. 17 in your comma packet**
 * ***QUIZ on African-American writers on Thurs. 2/12 (use your H-15 African-American Writers Past and Present sheet to review)***

__**Week of February 16-20:**__
 * **Due Thurs. 2/19--Complete p. 20 in comma packet (remember to read directions!)**
 * **Due Fri. 2/20--Complete p. 24 in comma packet**
 * **Comma QUIZ on Wed. 2/25!**

__**Week of February 23-27:**__
 * **Due Tues. 2/24--Complete p. 26 in the comma packet**
 * **Due Fri. 2/27--Complete the questions for the poem "Dreams" by Langston Hughes**
 * **QUIZ WED. FEBRUARY 25 ON COMMAS--PLEASE REVIEW YOUR COMMA PACKET!!!**

__**Week of March 2-6:**__ __**Week of March 9-13:**__
 * **Due Tues. 3/3--Read "Dream Variations" (p. 4 salmon packet) and then do questions on p. 10-11 in yellow packet**
 * **Due Wed. 3/4--Read "Dream Boogie" (p. 5 salmon packet) and the do questions on p. 12 in yellow packet**
 * **Due Mon. 3/9--Type a 20 line poem about dreams (free verse; rhyming is not mandatory). Please include pictures, borders, and backgrounds to make it attractive. You must also include //one// example of each of the following: alliteration, simile, and personification**
 * **Due Tues. 3/10--Write 10 bullet point facts about "the blues" (music). Also, be prepared to share your "dreams" poem tomorrow**
 * **Due Wed. 3/11--Read "The Blues" (p. 6 salmon) and answer questions 1-5 about the poem in yellow packet (p.13)**
 * **Be sure to keep your poetry chart updated as we discuss and complete each new poem (yellow 32-35)**
 * **Due Mon. 3/16--Create your own blues poem. It should be typed. Requirements: 3 stanzas, 4 lines in each stanza, 1 perfect rhyme in each stanza, 1 onomatopoeia, and at least 1 use of imagery.**

__**Week of March 16-20:**__
 * **Due Tues. 3/17--Read "Out, Out--" (p. 7 salmon) and answer questions on p. 14 in yellow packet**
 * **Due Thurs. 3/19--Read "The Road Not Taken" (p. 8 salmon) and answer questions on p. 15 in yellow packet**
 * **Due Fri. 3/20--Read "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" (p. 9 salmon) and answer questions 1-5 on p. 16 in yellow packet**

__**Week of March 23-27:**__
 * **Due Wed. 3/25--Read "The Children's Hour" (p. 11 salmon) and answer questions on p. 17 in yellow packet**
 * **Due Fri. 3/27--Read "Death at Suppertime" (p. 12 salmon) and answer questions on p. 18 in yellow packet**
 * **Review your PSSA ELA Academic Language sheet each night!**
 * **All 5 TYPED IWs due on Tues. 4/7!!!**

__**IW TOPICS for QUARTER 3: (remember: typed and a full page for each one!)**__
 * 1) **If you could read minds, would you consider it a gift or a curse? Why?**
 * 2) **What can we do as a society to improve race relations? OR In what ways have we made progress and in what ways do we still have work to do when it comes to race relations?**
 * 3) **It is said that life isn't always fair. Is this true? Explain.**
 * 4) **Pretend that you found out that you had lived a past life. Who were you and what was life like for you?**
 * 5) **Write a nature poem. It should be a minimum of 20 lines and include a picture(s) to go with the topic of your poem (those are the only two rules so you have the freedom to be very creative!)**

__**Week of April 6-10:**__
 * **Due Thurs. 4/9--Read "Casey at the Bat" (p. 13-14 salmon) and answer questions on p. 19 in yellow packet**
 * **Continue reviewing your Common Core Academic Language sheet in preparation for the PSSA ELA exam**
 * **Go on the IXL website each evening and do the 20 free practice grammar questions--pick any topic and see how well you do!**
 * **The third quarter ends this Friday April 10th! (Oh how time flies...)**

__**Week of April 13-17:**__
 * **PSSA ELA TEST MON-THURS!!!**
 * **No written homework this week**

__**Week of April 20-24:**__
 * **PSSA MATH MON-WED!!!**
 * **No written homework this week**
 * **POETRY TEST WED. MAY 6 (just a heads up!)**

__**Week of April 27-May 1:**__
 * **Due Thurs. 4/30--Bring in a translated version of Sonnet CXVI (116)**
 * **Due Fri. 5/1--Bring in a translated version of Sonnet 90**
 * **POETRY TEST ON WED. MAY 6!!! Please review your yellow packet--including the notes at the very beginning of the packet! Review your notes on the poems we've read. Remember, for one section of the test, you will analyze a poem just like we've been doing in class!**

__**Week of May 4-8:**__
 * **Due Fri. 5/8--Read chapter 1 of Fever and answer the questions for the chapter that are in your yellow Fever packets**
 * **POETRY TEST WEDNESDAY 5/6/15!!! Please review your notes!**

__**Week of May 11-15:**__ > =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Fever: 1793 - Philadelphia: The Great Experiment =
 * **Due Tues. 5/12--Read chapters 2 and 3 in Fever and answer the questions**
 * **Due Wed. 5/13--Read chapters 4 and 5 in Fever and answer the questions**
 * **Due Thurs. 5/14--Read chapters 6 and 7 in Fever and answer the questions**
 * **Due Fri. 5/15--Read chapters 8 and 9 in Fever and answer the questions**
 * **QUIZ on chapters 1-6 and the Fever video that we watched and discussed in class (you can watch it again at home to review--just type this in to YouTube:**

__**Week of May 18-22:**__

 * **Due Tues. 5/19--Read chapters 10 and 11 in Fever and answer the questions**
 * **Due Wed. 5/20--Reach chapters 12 and 13 in Fever and answer the questions**
 * **Due Thurs. 5/21--Read chapters 14 and 15 in Fever and answer the questions**
 * **Due Tues. 5/26--Read chapters 16, 17 and 18 in Fever and answer the questions**
 * **ALL 5 IWs will be due on Friday 5/29/15!!! They should be a full page in length and typed!!! Please see below for the list of topics:**
 * **IW#1--Write about a time when you felt like a "caged bird."**
 * **IW #2--Tell the story of YOUR human family.**
 * **IW#3--Choose one of the following prompts: A) Choose a poem that you liked, disliked, or found puzzling. Write a personal response that explains why the poem made you react so strongly. Briefly describe the poem so readers will understand your response. B) Write a response about a song lyric that has special meaning for you. Include explanations and quotations from the lyric so readers will understand why the song matters to you.**
 * **IW#4--What's more important and why--physical appearance or personality?**
 * **IW #5--Which quality or qualities best describe your life? Why? (Ex: exciting, ordinary, amazing, sad, etc...)**

__**Week of May 25-29:**__

 * **Due Wed. 5/27--Read chapters 19 and 20 and answer the questions**
 * **Due Mon. 6/1--Read chapters 21, 22, 23 and 24 and answer the questions**
 * **ALL 5 TYPED IWs DUE ON FRIDAY MAY 29!!!**
 * **IW#1--Write about a time when you felt like a "caged bird."**
 * **IW #2--Tell the story of YOUR human family.**
 * **IW#3--Choose one of the following prompts: A) Choose a poem that you liked, disliked, or found puzzling. Write a personal response that explains why the poem made you react so strongly. Briefly describe the poem so readers will understand your response. B) Write a response about a song lyric that has special meaning for you. Include explanations and quotations from the lyric so readers will understand why the song matters to you.**
 * **IW#4--What's more important and why--physical appearance or personality?**
 * **IW #5--Which quality or qualities best describe your life? Why? (Ex: exciting, ordinary, amazing, sad, etc...)**

**__Week of June 1-4:__**

 * **Due Thurs. 6/4--Complete the novel Fever. All chapter questions should be completed as well!**
 * **DUE MON. JUNE 8--A-Z PROJECT PRESENTATIONS!!! Please work on them over the weekend...and check carefully to be sure that you used all the letters, gave all the information according to the menu descriptions, and that the slides/book looks attractive (a picture should be on each page)!**

__**Week of June 8-12:**__

 * **A-Z project presentations this week!**
 * **Sharing last set of IWs in class!**
 * **Do you owe me any work? Be sure that I receive any work that needs to be made up by Friday 6/12!**
 * **We are almost there...woo hoo!!!**