Class Work
Students will practice quoting, summarizing, and paraphrasing.
Students will also be taking the Scantron test today.
No homework
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Quoting-Summarizing-and-Paraphrasing | Scantron Tests
Posted by morton on May 18, 2012
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Research Papers
Class Work
Students will continue gathering research for their papers.
If we cannot gain access to the computers, students will learn about quoting, summarizing, and paraphrasing.
Homework
Students should begin reading the research that they have gathered.
Posted by morton on May 17, 2012
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Research Paper 1 | Creating a Thesis
Classwork
Yesterday, students should have chosen a research paper topic.
Today they will learn to share a paper on Google Docs.
Additionally, they will begin digging deeper and gathering sources.
Homework
Students should begin reading their sources if possible.
Posted by morton on May 15, 2012
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Test Day | Research Paper Topics
Class Work
Students will take a test on the stories that we have read fourth quarter.
7th Grade Stories:
Amigo Brothers (p. 18)
There Will Come Soft Rain (p. 840)
The Wise Old Woman (p. 8 )
The Highwayman (p. 448)
Charles (p. 180)
We Are All One (p. 136)
8th Grade Stories:
Raymond’s Run (p. 13)
The Tell-Tale Heart (p. 230)
Racing the Great Bear (p. 424)
Casey at the Bat (p. 222)
A Retrieved Reformation (p. 267)
Waters of Gold (p. 44)
Homework
Students will choose three research paper topics or they will make their own.
Posted by morton on May 14, 2012
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Test Monday
Students will have a test on Monday covering the following stories:
7th Grade Stories:
Amigo Brothers (p. 18)
There Will Come Soft Rain (p. 840)
The Wise Old Woman (p. 8 )
The Highwayman (p. 448)
Charles (p. 180)
We Are All One (p. 136)
8th Grade Stories:
Raymond’s Run (p. 13)
The Tell-Tale Heart (p. 230)
Racing the Great Bear (p. 424)
Casey at the Bat (p. 222)
A Retrieved Reformation (p. 267)
Waters of Gold (p. 44)
Homework
Students should complete the following study guides to prepare them for the test. If you notice your child struggling to complete these, they probably haven’t read the story and should read it.
Posted by morton on May 11, 2012
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Continuing Mini-Projects
Mini-projects will resume as planned.
Class Work
Students will begin a series of mini-projects for the stories that we read last week:
7th Grade Stories:
Amigo Brothers (p. 18)
There Will Come Soft Rain (p. 840)
The Wise Old Woman (p. 8 )
The Highwayman (p. 448)
Charles pages 180-187
8th Grade Stories:
Raymond’s Run (p. 13)
The Tell-Tale Heart (p. 230)
Racing the Great Bear (p. 424)
Casey at the Bat (p. 222)
A Retrieved Reformation pages 267-276
Students will begin one of the following mini-projects:
Casting | Characterization Project
Director | Summary and Setting Project
Screen Writer | Plot and Author’s Purpose Project
Homework
Students will complete their mini-project if they did not do so already during class.
Posted by morton on May 7, 2012
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Small Group Mini-Projects
Mini-projects will resume as planned.
Class Work
Students will begin a series of mini-projects for the stories that we read last week:
7th Grade Stories:
Amigo Brothers (p. 18)
There Will Come Soft Rain (p. 840)
The Wise Old Woman (p. 8 )
The Highwayman (p. 448)
Charles pages 180-187
8th Grade Stories:
Raymond’s Run (p. 13)
The Tell-Tale Heart (p. 230)
Racing the Great Bear (p. 424)
Casey at the Bat (p. 222)
A Retrieved Reformation pages 267-276
Students will begin one of the following mini-projects:
Casting | Characterization Project
Director | Summary and Setting Project
Screen Writer | Plot and Author’s Purpose Project
Homework
Students will complete their mini-project if they did not do so already during class.
Posted by morton on May 3, 2012
http://mortonteaches.com/2012/05/03/small-group-mini-projects/
Reading Assignments
Mr. Morton will be out of the classroom at an unexpected meeting.
Projects will resume tomorrow.
Classroom
Students will read stories from the book and complete accompanying assignments.
7th Grade: Charles pages 180-187
8th Grade: A Retrieved Reformation pages 267-276
Homework
7th Grade | Charles Reading Assignment
8th Grade | Retrieved Reformation Assignment
Posted by morton on May 2, 2012
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Mini-Projects | Small Group Activities
Class Work
Students will begin a series of mini-projects for the stories that we read last week:
7th Grade Stories:
Amigo Brothers (p. 18)
There Will Come Soft Rain (p. 840)
The Wise Old Woman (p. 8 )
The Highwayman (p. 448)
8th Grade Stories:
Raymond’s Run (p. 13)
The Tell-Tale Heart (p. 230)
Racing the Great Bear (p. 424)
Casey at the Bat (p. 222)
Students will begin one of the following mini-projects:
Casting | Characterization Project
Director | Summary and Setting Project
Screen Writer | Plot and Author’s Purpose Project
Homework
Students will complete their mini-project if they did not do so already during class.
Posted by morton on May 1, 2012
http://mortonteaches.com/2012/05/01/mini-projects-small-group-activities/
Differentiated Instruction 6
Class Work
Students will finish reading one of the following poems from the reading book in small groups:
7th Grade: The Highway Man
8th Grade: Casey at Bat
Based on the group in which the student is working, students will complete one of the following small group reading assignments based on the above story:
character-traits-and-motivations
comprehension-and-inference-question-creator
identifying-climax-elements-and-story-structure
identifying-facts-and-opinions
summarization-and-narrative-sequence
Homework
Students will finish reading the story and complete the small group activity that they were assigned.
Posted by morton on April 27, 2012
http://mortonteaches.com/2012/04/27/differentiated-instruction-6/