Week of 1/30 - 2/3, 2012 - LA & SS

Plans are subject to change based on student mastery.  Please check back throughout the week for uploaded resources and homework assignments.

LANGUAGE ARTS________________________________________________

Upcoming Due Dates:

1. READ everyday - 30 minutes and/or 15 pages in your own PERSONAL chapter book.
2. READING DUE DATES:  Reading Log & AR test due by: FRIDAY, February 3, 2012. Goal: 420 pages. 
3. Buy or borrow a copy of The Outsiders.
4. See individual days below for HW assignments.

Agenda for the Week:  What are the steps I need to take when researching a topic and how can I use them to create a research essay?

• Monday - 1/30 - Warm Up - "Grammar Guru."    Turn in individually assigned Reading lessons.  Turn in the research topic sheet with your top three (3) choices.  Research Process Pre-Test. Media Center visit - check out books/AR tests.
• Tuesday - 1/31 - Warm Up - "Grammar Guru" - Download Grammar Guru Sentences.Mann  Orange:  Media Center to check out a book for the research project.  Red Class:  Create a t-chart on your topic:  What do I know?/What do I want to learn?  Refer to page 465 of The  Reader's Journey and compose 5 questions using the question stems to help guide your research.  Review source/notecard format.  Make a folder to keep all of your papers/notecards.
• Wednesday -2/1  - Grammar Guru warm-up.  Orange class: Create a t-chart on your topic:  What do I know?/What do I want to learn?  Refer to page 465 of The Reader's Journey and compose 5 questions using the question stems to help guide your research.  Review source/notecard format.  Make a folder to keep all of your papers/notecards.  MEDIA CENTER/COMPUTER LAB to begin researching tomorrow.  GO TO "Language Arts Resources" for links and downloadable resources.
• Thursday - 2/2 - Grammar Guru warm-up/study guide.  Media Center - Research topic, finish creating source cards (3 minimum - book, Cobb Virtual Library, and internet source - CREDIBLE) & create note cards.  HW - AR/log due on 2/3.  Study for the QUIZ - Grammar Guru.  Review:  Parts of Speech    Download Grammar Guru Sentences.Mann  Download GRAMMAR GURU Practice w. ans   Sentence Sort Game   Sentence Structures   RESEARCH - 3 Sources cards due on Friday. 
• Friday 2/3 - Help session at 8:25 a.m. for the QUIZ over Grammar Guru sentences.  Computer lab to research and create note cards.  HW: Finish completing a minimum of 10 note cards. 

SOCIAL STUDIES________________________________________________

Upcoming Due Dates: 

1. See individual days below for HW assignments.
2. Southern Africa MAP quiz on 1/31. *****
3. Africa Unit II TEST - Thursday 2/2. Study Guide due on 1/31.   STUDY SESSIONS - The Social Studies teachers offer sessions at different times this week for all 7th grade students.  Check each teacher's blog for dates/times. 
4. Africa Unit II TEST Study Session with Mrs. Mann - Wednesday 2/1 at 8:15 a.m. in room 7D2.
5. Asia Research Project Topic - due 2/3.

****Map quizzes.  Study your large Africa map, the practice map, and the interactive map websites located under "Social Studies Resources."

Agenda for the Week:

• Monday - 1/30 - Practice Map - Southern Africa. Think/pair/share - Africa Government/Economies/Education - Download GO govt econ Africa   Finished?  Work on your study guide and/or study for your map quiz.
• Tuesday - 1/31 - Southern Africa Map Quiz. Study Guide due.  Download Study-guide-for-test-2-11-12   Choose your Asia research topic. Due 2/3. Purple class received:  Download Asia-research-project-topics-11-12-OL   Study Tools to help you prepare for the TEST
• Wednesday - 2/1 - Review activity for Africa Unit II Test  Blue class with receive a copy of the research project topics.
• Thursday - 2/2 - Africa Unit II Test, clean out binder & file.   Keep all materials regarding economics (flip chart) and government (graphic organizer from ME unit & VOCAB packet page).  Begin political/physical map of Asia.
• Friday - 2/3 -  Begin Asia Unit I.  Work on your political and physical maps.  Choose research topics.   Begin to narrow topic by creating a list of at least five (5) guiding questions to direct your research.   Your questions must be open-ended which means that they must need an essay to answer them.  See examples: Download Asia Research Project Questions filled in  All research related items will be filled under "Social Studies Resources."