Language Arts January 17 through Jan 20
Texts
Writers Choice for English Glencoe Literature 7 for reading
Bellringers and Exit tickets daily
ACOS Standards:
1. Apply strategies appropriate to the type of reading material, including setting
purposes for reading and making generalizations, to comprehend seventh-grade
recreational reading materials.
2. Relate literary elements and devices to each other, including main idea and
supporting details, climax, point of view, and imagery.
3. Distinguish among the major genres, including poetry, short stories, novels, plays,
biographies, and autobiographies, and subgenres, such as folktales, myths, parables,
fables, and science fiction, based on their characteristics.
6. Analyze nonfiction, science fiction, mystery or suspense, fantasy, and adventure
for distinguishing characteristics.
7. Interpret the author’s message in various literary, informational, and functional
texts.
9. Compose in descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive modes with a thesis
sentence and introductory, supporting, and concluding paragraphs when
appropriate.
10. Apply mechanics in writing, including commas to set off nouns of address and
following introductory phrases and clauses.
11. Apply grammar conventions in writing to pronoun-antecedent agreement and to
subject-verb agreement with inverted word order and with indefinite pronouns as
subjects.
Objectives
TSW set a purpose for reading, respond, and synthesize reading material.
TSW Distinguish among the major genres, including poetry, short stories, novels, plays,
biographies, and autobiographies, and subgenres, such as folktales, myths, parables,
fables, and science fiction, based on their characteristics.
TSW Relate literary elements and devices to each other, including main idea and
supporting details, climax, point of view, and imagery.
TSW Apply mechanics in writing, including commas to set off nouns of address and
following introductory phrases and clauses.
TSWApply grammar conventions in writing to pronoun-antecedent agreement and to
subject-verb agreement with inverted word order and with indefinite pronouns as
subjects.
TSW Compose in descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive modes with a
thesis sentence and introductory, supporting, and concluding paragraphs when
appropriate.
ACOS 1, 2,3,9,10,11
Tuesday: Students will continue work on subject/verb agreement notes. Complete page 536 in Writer’s
Choice. Note quiz on first part of notes. TSW then complete the final draft of his/her narrative essay. It
should be handwritten in MLA format and is due at the end of the class period.
Reading Logs are Due!!!
Wednesday: Write picture narrative. Complete Subject/Verb Agreement Worksheet and Unjournaling
Bonus worksheet.
Thursday:
Subject/Verb agreement packet exercises 5.1-5.4. Introduction to poetry.
Friday: ARMT preparation utilizing poetry notes to prepare for ARMT and unit. Notes distinguish
particular types of poetry.