Friday 1/30/14: Career Project

Next week, we will begin our new text, A Raisin in the Sun.  A big focus and theme in this play revolves around dreams.  Today, we are going to think about our own dreams by researching our future careers and how we can work to achieve these dreams.  

AIM:

We will research our future job and career field in order to understand what steps we need to take to obtain this job in the future.  

DO NOW:  Take the career quiz using the link below.  You will have 5 MINUTES to complete the quiz.

Career Quiz

Classwork: You will be researching the job that you are interested in pursuing. You will be responsible for finding information about this job and answering the questions on your handout.  You will use the websites below and may not use any other website unless you have permission from Ms. LaKroix.

Websites for research:

Career Kids

National Career Development Association

Junior Achievement

Kids Gov

My Future

Career Center

Career Aisle
Career One Stop
Occupational Outlook

Tuesday, 1/28/14: Unit 4 Assessment Review

AIM:

We will compare a non-fiction article and a historical fiction passage about Sudan  to compare and contrast how two authors write about the same historical event.  

Directions: Read the two passages about Sudan and listen to the audio.  Complete your Do Now worksheet as you listen.  

Monday 1/27/14: Assessment Review

AIM:

We will compare and contrast how two author write about the same topic (school lunches).

Directions: Read the two passages about school lunches as you listen to the audio and answer the Do Now questions.  

1/24/13: Review for Assessment

Today we will be reading a nonfiction article about the Galapagos Islands to prepare for our next assessment on Wednesday.  

AIM:

We will be able to identify textual evidence that best support the author's claims about the historical and scientific importance of the Galapagos Islands.  

Article

Tuesday 1/21/14: "The Effort Effect"

AIMS:

We will be able to identify the author's claims about growth mindsets.

We will be able to use textual evidence to explain how a growth mindset helps people succeed.  

Directions: Read the article "The Effort Effect" and listen to the audio as you read.

Part 1 of article Part 2 of article

Friday 1/16/14: "Witnesses, Secret or Not" (pgs. 211-223)

Today we are finishing up the book! I hope you enjoyed it.  After we read, we will be doing a Gallery Walk to reflect on the different themes and issues that we explored in this unit.  

Part 1 Part 2

Thursday 1/16/14: "Family Portrait" (pgs. 181-190)

AIM:

We will be able to use textual evidence to compare and contrast Junior and his family's different versions of memories and explain how this reveals the theme of the story.  

Part 1 Part 2

Tuesday 1/14/14: Group Projects

AIM:

We will use textual evidence to compare and contrast one nonfiction text and one fiction text on reservations to determine how authors write about the same issue and theme in different ways. 

Read the article, "Obama's Indian Problem"

Article-Part 1 Article-Part 2

Monday 1/13/14: "Out of the Dust" poem and "Imagine the Dust Bowl" article

Congrats to Friday's READING ROCKSTARS (people who earned 80% or higher on the Exit Ticket)

UCLA: Imani, Treonna, Jeremiah, Daymoniye, Aaron, Jabari, Mia, Maryanne, Louie, Tahleea, Eljanae
ND: Assata, RaShanae, Myra, Angela, Markeys, Desean, Ashely
Bruins: Mauricio, Zariyah, Isabella

AIM:

We will use textual evidence to compare and contrast one fiction and one nonfiction text about the Dust Bowl to determine how authors write about the same historical event in different ways.

"Out of the Dust" poems "Imagine the Dust Bowl" article

Friday 1/10/14: "The Box That Rocks" and "To Their Own Beat"

AIM:

We will use textual evidence to compare and contrast two versions of articles about music to understand how authors talk about the same topic in different ways. 

Directions:  Read the two articles on your classwork worksheet. 

Thursday 1/9/14: Jimi Hendrix Article + Excerpts from "Because My Father Always Said He was the Only Indian..."

AIM:

We will compare and contrast two texts about the same time period (Woodstock) to understand how fiction can present a different version of history.

Readings for today:

1.  Read the article, "Hendrix Created Banner Moment at Woodstock" and answer questions

2.  Read pgs. 24-26, 29, 31 of "Because My Father Always Said..."

Article:

Wednesday 1/8/14: "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven"

AIMS:

• We will be able to use textual evidence to explain the conflict that the narrator experiences between Native Americans and white people.
•  We will be able make a claim about how the narrator sees himself and how he is viewed by others because of his race.

Today's story is "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" on pgs.181-190

Tuesday 1/7/14: "The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor"

Welcome back, 7th grade ELAers!  Hope you had an awesome break.  Here's the agenda for today.

AIMS:

• We will be able to find textual evidence to characterize Jimmy and Norma.
•  We will be able to compare and contrast how Jimmy and Norma are characterized differently.

We will be reading, "The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor" (pgs.154-170).  There are THREE audio recordings for today!