Language Arts Assignments
- Instructor
- Tulani Gant
- Term
- 2019-2020 School Year
- Department
- 7th & 8th Grade
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Week of March 23-27
At this point you realize that we will continue your education through Distance Learning. The work counts so continue to put forth your best effort as we all engage in this home learning experience.
This week in ELA:
Finalize your personal memoir. Look in your ELA digital notebook for edits and comments made on your rough draft. The comments are substantial so that you have guidance to bring your work to a completion. The edited final will be submitted to this Distance Learning classroom. Look for the link.
Review the They're, Their, There and Irregular Verbs work from last week, take the form quiz as part of this week's work.
Review last week's short stories. There are extra credit questions you can fill out this week. The forms will close on Wednesday for this extra credit opportunity.
At this point you realize that we will continue your education through Distance Learning. The work counts so continue to put forth your best effort as we all engage in this home learning experience.
This week in ELA:
Finalize your personal memoir. Look in your ELA digital notebook for edits and comments made on your rough draft. The comments are substantial so that you have guidance to bring your work to a completion. The edited final will be submitted to this Distance Learning classroom. Look for the link.
Review the They're, Their, There and Irregular Verbs work from last week, take the form quiz as part of this week's work.
Review last week's short stories. There are extra credit questions you can fill out this week. The forms will close on Wednesday for this extra credit opportunity.
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Week 4 Literature Circle:
This week, students' literature work relies more on self-independence and less reliance on group performance. Attached is a link to this week's reading expectations. Students also need to finish the two teacher assigned i-ready lessons.
(link is double sided!)
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This week students will meet for a genuine book talk with Lit. Circle groups. There are three tasks to accomplish in addition to the meeting:
- Reflective Summary with reading responses embedded (due Tuesday)
- I-ready Greek and Latin Affixes (due Tuesday)
- I-ready Connotative Meanings (due Friday)--this lesson due date is for families and individuals who are asking for more work while away from the school day. In reality, the lesson can be completed by Dec. 2 which gives an additional school day for completion.
I have planned the appropriate time in class to accomplish this week's requirements. Some students will need additional time for completion at home.
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Unit 2 has begun with the study of Asian and Asian American cultures through various literature. We are reading in the style of Literature Circles with 4-6 novels being read in each class by small groups. We will also study the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River as a whole class.
As for homework you should see your child working on:
Reading Responses are still due Thursdays. They are submitted via the Lit Circle's "communication folder."
Various Active Reading requirements that are detailed in the Communication Folder for students and attached to this post. Note that some requirements are per student, some have group responsibility. Your child has been directed to delegate within the group on the group tasks.
On the attachment:
pages 1 and 2 was copied on pink paper and due last Thursday Nov. 14
pages 3 and 4 copied on brown. Various due dates listed.
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Weekly update: This week students will compose and deliver two-voice poems with a classroom partner. The two-voice poem reflects the style of Unit 1's whole class novel A Long Walk To Water. Some students are completing last minute book shares and final vocabulary tests. All students will reflect upon their pre-assessment argumentative essay and work to improve on a post essay planned for Thursday. Independent Reading Responses this week are in the form of an online response form found on students' Google Classroom accounts. Students should continue to read four times week for 30 min each sitting.
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Weekly Reading Responses. From your independent reading book, submit 4 reading responses. Use the prompts from the yellow bookmark and/or list found on Google Classroom materials. Remember, these responses cannot be made up. They are due every Thursday and you have a week to complete four responses. This coincides with your independent reading 4 x week for 30 min each sitting.
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Read 30 min/day 4x/week--Independent book
Independent Reading Responses-4 Due Thursday
20 of 35 A Long Walk To Water Vocabulary Word Visual Collage with literacy. Think "graphic novel", "comic strip" "storyboard" "children's book." We're looking to use vocabulary in a creative, visual and educational manner. Due Thursday Oct. 3. Friday turn in ok too (recognizing multiple assignments are due Thursday this week). Storyline does not need to follow ALWTW.