7th Grade English - Period 5 Assignments

1. Summer Reading

To keep your brain fit and growing, read at least three books this summer.
You created a list of books from all the commercials you heard in class, and if that's not enough, here's a great list of books from the Palo Alto Middle Schools.

2. Blogspot

Keep in touch with Team Po'okela members (now Team 8C) though my Blogspot. Share with us about the latest book you are reading, make suggestions to others who need a good book to read, or ask for help! You can also tell us about the fun stuff you are doing, too!

Ask your parents before you sign up to join this blog since you will have to use an email address.

3. Teenbiz

Yes, you can access Teenbiz during the summer, too! Practice makes perfect, and I will be giving extra credit to those who can show a reading level of 8.1 or higher when we take the first Level Set test in August!  Your current reading level is now posted on Snapgrades, so be sure to check it out!

4. Have a safe and fun-filled summer!

SURF Oral Presentation Book Report

OPTION 1
Commercial - “SELL” the book to your audience!
 Create a "commercial" for your SURF book. The commercial could be a television spot that is videotaped, or just acted out in front of the class with Powerpoint and music!

OR

OPTION 2
Reporting "Live” from the Scene. 
Write a script presenting one of the major events in a book as a real event.

Use powerpoint to create a simple background or use a local setting as the backdrop for a "Live at 11” news report.  Clothing should match the role.

Student-reporters present their on-the-scene reports in front of a Powerpoint background or on videotape.

The presentation or video should last between 2 to 3 minutes.

See video sample below:

Study for Quarter 4 Assessment (notes in your tablet) :
1. Myth
2. Legends
3. Vocabulary

SURF Presentation
Continue practicing your presentation.
EVERYONE will present - no late or make-ups on this

1. Check Snapgrades - LAST DAY for LATE WORK with Parent Letters:  Friday, May 21
    DO all LATE WORK during Furlough Friday!

2. Practice TEENBIZ (articles of your choice--try for 88% or higher)
    We will be taking the end of year LEVEL TEST on Monday and Tuesday

3. Bring FLASHDRIVE
    After finishing the Teenbiz Test, you can be working on your SURF Presentations; finding
    pictures, creating the Powerpoint, etc. in the computer lab. Snapgrades will not allow you
    to upload large files with graphics, so a flashdrive would be better.

SURF Oral Presentation Storyboard (Commercial or News Report)

1. Frayer Models - Young Arthur

• grievous
• taskmaster
• flinching
• melancholy
• homage
• reclaim
• dismount
• upstart

2. Teenbiz: A Star for a Starr

FINAL DRAFT - Cause/Effect Essay

1. Typed, double spaced, in 12 pt. plain font
2. Title
3. 5 or more paragraphs
4. Turn in RUBRIC with final draft

Cause/Effect Essay - DRAFT 2

Use the suggestions and comments from your Elbow groups to make revisions on draft 1.

Remember, the essay should include the following:

1. TYPED with double spacing
2. Use a 12 pt. plain font (Times New Roman, Times, Helvetica, Arial, etc.)
3. FIVE paragraphs
4. An attention grabbing TITLE
5. Your name, date, period

TEENBIZ (to be done in class)
If you were absent on Monday or Tuesday, we also did a Teenbiz Article in class: "Player's Mistake Pays Off for Kids". 

Please check your email for the link, then read the article, do a multi-flow map in your tablet, and do your best on the activity. Remember, our goal is 88% or higher!

Cause and Effect Essay - DRAFT 1

We've been working on a cause and effect essay for the past two weeks in class.
Print out draft one and bring it to class for Elbow Groups.

Teenbiz:  "Dolphin Safe? Not Really"

Please read the article and complete the article by Sunday, May 2.
Aim for a score of 88% or higher!

EXTRA CREDIT - POETRY CONTEST
Enter online; to get credit for online entries, print the page before sending it and turn that in to me.

Each entrant may submit one poem of no more than 20 lines on any subject
and in any form, provided that the poem is the original and individual work of the entrant.  

Selection: Poems are judged based on originality, creativity,  and artistic quality.  Poems not meeting the requirements for line limitation are automatically disqualified. Poems containing profanity, vulgarity or offensive material are automatically disqualified.

Prizes:  1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners are selected in each of four divisions (Division 1 - Grades 3-5, Division 2 - Grades 6-7, Division 3 - Grades 8-9, and Division 4 - Grades 10-12).  Each winner will receive a U.S. Savings Bond and Certificate of Achievement. 

The writer who places first overall receives the Editor's Choice Award,  and a $500.00 U.S. Savings Bond Grand Prize.  Prizes are also awarded by random drawing, based on participation and not artistic ability, to encourage all children to pursue literary endeavors. In the event of a tie, duplicate prizes will be distributed. 

COMIC BOOK COMPLETED!

1. Use the rubric to make any last minute changes
2. Color it in!
3. Make it neat and attractive to reflect your pride in your work!

REMINDER! Check Snapgrades . . . mid-quarter grades go in THIS WEEK!

Comic Book Canvas page 7 and COVER

• Make revisions based on feedback on pages 5 & 6
• Pencil in pages 7 and create an intriguing title and cover

If you missed class on FRIDAY, April 16, 2010:

In class, we read the following Teenbiz article, created a thinking map, and then completed the activity.

Please carefully read the article, "The World's Tallest Trees" and then complete the activity.

Our goal is 88% or higher!

Comic Book Canvas pages 5 & 6

1. Use suggestions and make revisions to pages 3 & 4
2. Pencil in pages 5 & 6

Check that dialogue bubbles are NEAT, BIG ENOUGH TO READ, and HORIZONTAL!

Read in your SURF book
You should be about halfway through the book by now!

Check Snapgrades
It's a good week to get caught up on missing assignments

Frayer Models - Icarus and Daedalus (in tablet)

1. dissuade
2. veer
3. rash
4. cunning
5. sustain
6. precipitous
7. deference
8. reel

Comic Book Canvas pages 3 & 4

- make revisions to pages 1 & 2
- carefully complete pages 3 & 4

Teenbiz:  "Hope for Haiti"
Please review the article we read in class and then complete the activity.
The goal is 88% or higher--you can do it!

The Comic Book Project Canvas

Pages 1 & 2
Drawings in PENCIL

PORTFOLIO Reflections (done in class)

If you did not finish your Reflections in class, then please complete for homework.

2nd Quarter:
___Reading Response from one or more of the following:
     "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"
      Historical Fiction Response
      "What Do You Know About Sharks?"
      "Great White Sharks"

___Persuasive Essay (including drafts and thinking maps)

3rd Quarter:
___Reading Response from one or more of the following:
     "The Names"
     Nature Poetry
     Relationship Poetry
     "The War of the Wall"
     "A Crush"

___ Nature Poetry (including drafts and thinking maps)

SPRING BREAK Homework!

1. Do TWO Teenbiz articles of your choice and score 75% or higher on them.

• That may mean having to do more than two articles . . .  do as many articles as necessary to score 75% or above.Try for 88% or 100%!
  
• You can select from the articles that Teenbiz sends to your mailbox, or use the SEARCH and find topics that are of interest to you.
• You may NOT use articles assigned by other teachers

    PRINT OUT your PORTFOLIO and HIGHLIGHT your two articles
    (remember, they must have scores of 75% or higher).

2. Complete your Comic Book Manuscript

• Only completed manuscripts will move on to the next stage--the Comic Book Canvas
• Manuscripts that are completed before break will be able to work on the Canvas during break!

3. Find a new SURF book -- genre of your choice (or you can read the book you selected for your advisory!).

SURF Book Bookmark

See attached for directions and sample

1. "A Crush" worksheet

2. Study for test on "A Crush" using:

• Frayer Models
• Annotations
• Worksheet

3. Comic Book Manuscript (continue)

**REMINDERS:

• SURF Bookmarks are due on Mar. 10 (pd. 1) or Mar. 11 (pds. 3,4,5,6)
• ALL LATE WORK due with PARENT LETTER by Thursday, Mar. 11

1. DUE FRIDAY 3/5//10
    Teenbiz Articles - READ the article and do the activity: 75% or higher is the goal!

• They Believe in Him
• It Pays to Play

2. Frayer Models - "A Crush" (use Visual Thesaurus or a regular thesaurus website)

• usher
• discreetly
• excess
• taut
• improbable
• cherish

3. Start on The Comic Book Project Part 2 - Manuscript Starter: do the cover page

The Comic Book Project - Activity Booklet

Complete the booklet in pencil - no need to color in

Do not lose this booklet; replacement copies will NOT be given (these booklets were purchased)

Study for Test on "The War of the Wall" by reviewing your notes, annotations, and frayer models.

Frayer Models (in notebook) - The War of the Wall
1. aroma
2. inscription
3. beckon
4. masterpiece
5. trance

Draw your own frayer models in your notebook (two per page). See attached sample if you forgot what a frayer model looks like.

Use VISUAL THESAURUS to help you!

Read your SURF Book!

You should be at least halfway into your new book!

EXTRA CREDIT - POETRY: Left Behind

1. Watch and listen to this rap called "Left Behind" (the link won't work at school since it's on Youtube; you'll have to watch it at home).

2. Print out the Lyrics (see attachment below).

3. Add as many annotations as you can (rhyme scheme, simile, metaphor, alliteration, etc.).

4. On the back of this sheet, write a paragraph explaining what the song is about (make inferences).

EXTRA CREDIT - HEA Poetry Contest

Now that you've written some poetry, you may be interested in entering it in a contest. Three poems per period will be selected for entry. Click the link below for more details and judging rubric.

Prizes:
Grades 7-8   $35 (first), $30 (second), $25 (third), and four $10 (Honorable Mention) prizes

Each winner and his/her teacher will be presented with two complimentary copies of the HEA publication of all winning entries, Write On, HEA! 2010.

FORMAT
a. The free-verse poem must be ORIGINAL and written during the 2009-2010 school year.  It should be related to Hawaii and be within the scope of the writer's experience.

b. The free-verse poem shall follow the instructions on the HEA handout "You Can Write a Free-Verse Poem."  Free verse is poetry that has no prescribed metrical pattern.  It may be rhymed or unrhymed.  Poems from GRADES 1 THROUGH 8 may have up to twelve lines. 

c. The free-verse poem must be typed and should be titled.

d. The entrant's name should NOT appear on the page with the free-verse poem.  ONLY THE FULL TITLE SHOULD BE STATED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE WITH THE POEM.

e. A COVER FORM, giving HEA the right to publish the entry if it is a winner, shall be attached to the poem.  The form accompanies these rules.  Both the form and the rules may be duplicated.

Science Fiction/Fantasy SURF Book

Book in a Bag Project

Read a science fiction book. 

Decide on 6 - 8 items that you can use to retell your sci-fi story. 

Place your items in a small paper bag.  

Pull your items out one by and tell us your story. 

Be sure to carefully plan your choice of items, and the order in which you take them out of the bag. 

Be sure the items are small enough to fit in the bag, yet large enough for your audience to see.  (Please note:  Do NOT go out and spend a lot of money on this project. 

Use what you have at home. Be creative!  Ask if you need something you don’t have.)

TeenBiz Article
The Trouble with Texting
Read article and do activity by Friday, Feb. 19, 2010

Book in a Bag Presentations
Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse!

New SURF Book

1. If you did a science fiction book last month, do a fantasy book this month and vice versa.
2. 150+ pages
3. No movie or tv show can have been made of the book
4. Select a book that is new to you (this is not 5th or 6th grade; find a book that you haven't read).

1. Teenbiz Article:  For the Love of a Car
    Read the article and do the activity by Monday, Feb. 15.

2. Anglo-Saxon Word Parts Packet

3. Rehearse your Book in a Bag

4. Parent Signature and email account for Visual Thesaurus

5. Find a new SURF book
    Science Fiction or Fantasy (whichever you didn't do last month)

Book in a Bag Tree Map

Study for Relationship Poetry Test

Use your notebook notes to study.

1. Tracking My Progress
     Glue the Graph on the back cover of your English notebook.
     Use Snapgrades to graph your progress in Reading Responses from Quarter 1, 2, and 3.
     Use a different color to make the line graph stand out.

2. Adjective Suffixes Packet

3.  Finish reading your SURF Novel by next week

Revise Test Reading Response

Finish reading SURF book

Lyric Poem FINAL DRAFT

1. Revise your poem using the feedback you got from your Elbow Group.
2. Use Visual Thesaurus to improve your word choice.
3. Print out a final draft. Turn in with rubric, circle/tree map, and metaphor worksheet (The Weekend)

Visual Thesaurus can be used as a trial for 3 words, so select your words carefully. We hope to have a license for students to use this site very soon.

Nature Poem

1. Complete the nature poem we started in class.
2. It should be FREE VERSE and a lyric poem.
3. Be sure to include at least two types of figurative language.
4. TYPE the poem out.
5. Bring your circle and tree maps, metaphor sheet, and rubic in to turn in with the final copy of the poem.

If you lose your rubric, print out another below:

Teenbiz:  The Bear State Once Again

Read the article and complete the activity by Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010.

Nature Circle Map & Tree Map
Complete the circle map we started in class:
1. List all the places in nature that you've visited and/or experienced (minimum 5)
2. Select one of those places and create a tree map of that one place
    Use the five senses as the branches (sight, smell, hear, taste, touch)
    Fill in as many details as possible for each sense

Poetry Packet pp. 116, 117 (back page)
Complete this Practice Assessment to help you prepare for the test tomorrow. We will be correcting and discussing it in class, so it will be beneficial to you to have it done.

The test on the three nature poems will follow during tomorrow's class.

Teenbiz Articles:

1. Tree War Ends
2. Hope Blooms in the Desert

To be completed in the computer lab on Thursday, Jan. 21.  If you do not complete them, be sure to finish them up at home by Sunday night.

REMINDER: There will be no tutoring after school on Thursday, Jan. 21.

SURF Book - Protagonist Description Comic Strip

1. Plan out a 3 panel comic strip to describe the protagonist of your SURF book. If you lose your copy, print out another (see attachment below).

2. Draw out your comic strip using the Comic Creator website (see link below) or draw your own.  Your comic strip should include:

1. Title of Book
2. Name of Protagonist
3. Three different adjectives to describe your protagonist
4. Three different scenes to show proof that the adjective can be used to describe your protagonist.
5. Color!
   

Furlough Friday

1. Verb Suffixes Packet
2. Continue reading in your SURF book

Teenbiz Articles:

1. Never Forget
2. All the Way to the Top

Please read and find out how both articles are connected to the Billy Collins poem, "The Names".  Then complete the ACTIVITY only.

Creative Writing Festival - sponsored by the Hawaii Education Association (HEA)

HEA annually sponsors writing contests for public school students, supervised by a statewide Educational Programs Committee. Cash prizes are awarded in several categories, and the winners are honored at a public reading/reception. All winning entries are published in the annual edition of Write On, HEA!
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The top 15 entries per category from Team 7C will selected.  Your chances of winning are greater if you follow the rubics for each category (see attachments below).

As a team, we've already heard many outstanding pieces, several of which are already ready to be entered with just a few tweaks. You can continue to revise or start fresh with a new topic. You may submit your entries at any time from now to January, but only submissions that follow all the guidelines will be accepted for entry.

Study for test on "The Names" by Billy Collins
- Annotations
- Historical Context
- Images (bubble map)

Lyrics Annotation
Using the Poetry Notetaking worksheet, find at least FOUR different annotations to note about the lyrics of your song.

1. Write or print out the lyrics to your favorite song.

2. Teenbiz - Mrs. Tano's Teenbiz Challenge (due Jan. 9)

3.  Redfish books - Return or pay $15

4. Last call parent letters for quarter 2

Furlough/Winter Intersession Homework

1.  Teenbiz

•      Free Choice of articles completed BETWEEN Dec. 18 and Jan. 5
  
•      Select 3 activities with scores of 63% or higher
•      Print out Portfolio and highlight three scores

2.  SURF Novel

•      Science Fiction OR Fantasy
•      150+ Pages
•      No books that have been made into a movie or tv show
•      No elementary school books--we're in middle school now!

3.  Create a comic book SUPER HERO or CHARACTER who would clean up the environment, curb pollution, or stop global warming.

See attachment for more details

OPTIONAL - EXTRA CREDIT

Here's ANOTHER writing contest you may want to enter!

"Thank You . . . Very Much!" Program
Write a letter describing your appreciation of someone.
"Someone" may be a parent, teacher, friend -- anyone who has touched your life.
 
PRIZES
If your letter wins, you, the person you thanked, your teacher, and a representative from a charitable or non-profit organization of your choice will be honored at the Perry & Price Breakfast Show on KSSK, plus:
$100 gift certificate for the student
$250 for student's class
$250 gift certificate from Lex Brodie TIre Co. to the teacher
Two night stay at Sheraton Princess Kaiulani ($800 value)  for the person thanked
$250 to charitable or non-profit organization

Maximum $350 words

See me if you are interested for forms and rules.

1.  Persuasive Essay - FINAL DRAFT DUE w/ RUBRIC

2.  Parent Letters for Late work - check Snapgrades for notification--grades will be deleted if parent letters are not submitted

3.  Return House of the Redfish books.

Persuasive Essay - FULL FIRST DRAFT with Title
Double spaced
12 pt. font

LAST DAY for LATE WORK and REVISIONS

All late work and revisions are due by Thursday, December 10.

Grammar and Writing Worksheets
Use Commas Correctly p. 129
Use Colons Correctly p. 178

Continue on DRAFT 1 of Persuasive Essay - Print out

Persuasive Essay - Draft One

- Introduction
- Reasons

Reminder: All LATE WORK and REVISIONS DUE Thursday

SURF Historical Fiction Novel Presidential Poster

Your task is to create a Presidential Poster to represent your historical fiction book.  Your poster should include:

 

• A graphic to represent the main character of your book (be sure to cite source, if from the Internet)
• A description of the main character
• A campaign slogan.  What would this person say to get you to vote for him or her?
• The reasons why this person would make a great president
• The place and time for voting (setting)
• Your name, date, and period.  (at the bottom right of your poster)
• The title, author, publisher, etc, in MLA format (at the bottom left of your poster)
• Use this website to help you with your bibliography:  

1. Persuasive Essay Prewriting

    Circle Map - Brainstorming issues you care about (in class)
    Tree Map - Thesis Statement (top of map - in class)
    Reasons for your opinion and evidence to support your reasons (branches of tree
    map)

2. Furlough Friday Homework  Noun Suffixes Worksheets  pp. 44-46

3. Presidential Poster (assigned last week)

Teenbiz Articles

You should have completed 40 articles by the end of November. Most of you do, but if you don't, catch up with the rest of us. Activities only.

OPTIONAL - EXTRA CREDIT

Annual Nationwide Americanism Essay Contest for Grades 7-12 Students
(Sponsored by The Pearl Harbor-Honolulu FRA Branch 46)

It's another contest to enter!
The theme of the essay is, "What Memorial Day Means to Me"

Prizes:
1st - $300     2nd - $200     3rd - $150  (Local Level)
1st - $100     2nd - $75       3rd - $50  (Regional Level)
1st - $5000   2nd - $3000    3rd - $2000  (National Level)
Grand National: $10,000

See the attachments for rules and entry forms.

PLEASE NOTE:
You will need to mail this entry in yourself as it does ask for your social security number (so a US Savings Bond can be issued to you if you win). 
Mail by Nov. 30, 2009 to:

Americanism Essay Contest
891 Valkenburgh Street
Honolulu, HI 96818-0067

To get credit from me, submit a copy to me by Nov. 27, 2009.

A.  Teenbiz Articles (Due: Nov. 27)

1. What Are They Trying To Sell?
2. Wired And Tired

Please do the ACTIVITY section only.

B.  Revisions on vocabulary worksheet pg. 59

Furlough Friday Homework #4

1.  Commas Packet pp. 173-175

2.  Teenbiz Activites (3 of your choice from Teenbiz) assigned earlier this week.
     Print out Portfolio and Highlight your three choices.

3.  Reflection on Socratic Circles: Likes? Dislikes? Ways of improving your performance?
     (minimum length: half page)

4.  Finish SURF Historical Novel

TEENBIZ - Choice of 3 Articles

Select from the articles Teenbiz will send you out this week.
Read and complete three or more ACTIVITIES only.
Print out your PORTFOLIO, and HIGHLIGHT the three you want counted as a grade.

You will receive the following articles this week:
Monday: "Schools Take Steps to Stop Bullies"
Tuesday: "A Surprise on the Sea Floor" (related to Hawaii!)
Wednesday: "Where's the Rain?"
Thursday: "Found: Oldest Flute, Oldest Carving"
Friday: "Web Site Shows First Moon Landing"

1) Do Vocabulary Worksheets 58-59

2) Do Late Work

A.  Teenbiz Articles

1. Making Cape Town Beaches Safe
2. Those Sharks Can Move

Please do the ACTIVITY and MATH PROBLEMS.

B.  Vocabulary Worksheet pg. 57

Study for test

1) *Shark article outlines
2) Please review the concept of text features*

Read

1) Continue on in your historical fiction novels
2) If finished with your historical fiction novel, please begin a new novel


*If you did not finish outlining the article, use the attachment below to complete your outline or refresh your memory about text features.

FURLOUGH FRIDAY #3 ASSIGNMENTS

1. Grammar & Writing Worksheet (front)
2. Frayer Model - What Do We Know About Sharks? Vocabulary Words (back)
3. Prefixes Worksheet (pp. 36 & 37)
4. TeenBiz articles on sharks

TeenBiz

As we begin our new unit with an article about sharks, read these articles to find out about the largest species--it may surprise you!

Please read these two articles and then complete the ACTIVITY and MATH Problems:
1. "Swimming with Giants" (ACTIVITY and MATH problem)
2.  "Finning Has Shark Population Thinning" (ACTIVITY only)

No need to print out your portfolio, however, these articles need to be read and activities/math problems completed by FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2009.

1. Vocabulary Worksheet pg. 32 (B. Writing Option)

2. Revise 4 point historical fiction response

1) Complete Vocabulary Worksheets 31 and 32

Note: DO NOT do Writing Option on page 32 yet

2) Sketch or find a picture that shows deception

FURLOUGH FRIDAY Homework

1.  Vocabulary Worksheets pp. 17, 18, 19
2.  Response for your Historical Fiction SURF Novel (see sample below)

If you've lost your response sheet, you can print out another one below.

SURF Assignment

Read your historical fiction novel for 1 hour each day, for a combined total of 2 hours.

FURLOUGH FRIDAY ASSIGNMENTS

1. Vocabulary Worksheet 1 - sides A & B

2. Protagonist Bubble Map

• Use the protagonist of your historical fiction book
• Include at least FIVE adjectives to describe your protagonist (5=proficient, 8=exceed proficiency)
• Frame of reference for each bubble:

              - includes page number from book
              - sentence or phrase as evidence

3.  Teenbiz ACTIVITY and MATH Portfolios

There are five terrific articles sent out by Teenbiz to your mailbox this week.
Choose 3 of them to do by Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 (may be completed on furlough Friday):

1. Listen Up, Families!
2. Young Golfer, Bright Future
3. Reaching High…Again
4. The Secret of Lincoln's Watch
5. The Clothing Trade

Check your Mailbox for links to the articles. Please read the article, and then complete the ACTIVITY and MATH Problem.  

Print out your Portfolio FOR THIS WEEK ONLY for Multiple Choice Activities and Math.  Highlight the three articles of your choice for both the activities and the Math. 

REVISIONS
1. SURF Postcard or Poster
2. 4 pt. Response - The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

Descriptive Essay - Final Draft DUE
1. Two pages maximum
2. Save all maps and drafts -- turn in with final draft
3. Double spaced
4. 12 pt. font
5. No cursive, bold, or all capital letter fonts (use Times, Helvetica, Arial, etc.)

SURF Novel
This month we area focusing on historical fiction.

• Find a novel that is based on history.
• 120+ pages
• No movie or tv shows made from the book

Please have your book by Monday, October 19, 2009.  If you can't get to the library, you are welcomed to borrow a book from me, The House of the Red Fish, by Graham Salisbury. This is the sequel to Under the Blood Red Sun.

Here's a great website for finding Historical Fiction books:

Descriptive Essay:

1. Complete tree map started in class
2. Draft one due next class.

We HIGHLY RECOMMEND TYPING DRAFT ONE.

Maximum length 2 pages

Thinking Maps for Descriptive Essay

1) Circle Map of your special places

Then, choose and circle 1 place that you can describe using all 5 senses.

2) Bubble Map of this 1 special place with the following topics:
   
    a. Textures
    b. Sounds
    c. Tastes
    d. Sights
    e. Smells

TeenBiz Articles:

1. Can Cities Stop Gangs?
2. Is This the Only Earth?

 Please read both articles and complete the ACTIVITY and MATH PROBLEM for each.

FINAL COPY - Explode a Moment Personal Narrative

• Double spaced
• Maximum 2 pages
• 12 Pt. Font (Times, Helvetica, Arial, Comic Sans, Chalkboard, Verdana, etc.)
• No bold, cursive, or all caps fonts

Be sure to include:

• Title
• Name
• Period
• Include ALL drafts, maps, and rubric

1) Work on the 2nd draft of your "explode-a-moment" writing narrative.

2) Finish the 2 new TEENBIZ articles by Friday, September 25.

Articles:
1) Small Town, Big Changes
2) Women Who Changed The World

REMEMBER: Do both the ACTIVITY and MATH portions

FIRST DRAFT Explode a Moment - Personal Narrative Writing

Use the circle map we created last week and select a topic to write about (you may add other ideas to the map).

Complete the tree map we started in class to plan out your plot:
    1.  Exposition
    2.  Rising Action
    3.  Climax
    4.  Falling Action
    5.  Resolution

Use the tree map to write a first draft. Composing on the computer will save you time later. 

Requirements of final draft:
Maximum length = two pages
Double spaced
12 pt. font

TEENBIZ3000

BIG IDEA:  Conflict

We've been exploring conflict in different stories.  Read these three TEENBIZ articles that look at conflict in different ways, then carefully complete the ACTIVITY.

1.  Trouble on the Field
2.  The Code Breakers
3.  On a Wave of Hope

1. VOCABULARY WORKSHEET (Pg. 207)
Finish "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" Vocabulary Study sheet

2. MNEMONIC DEVICE WORKSHEET
Fill out the Mnemonic Device worksheet with the word you were assigned. Make sure
the cartoon is colored.

If you need another cartoon worksheet, you can print out a blank one below:

CIRCLE MAP
Create a circle map of "Conflicts I faced as a 7th grader"
The map should contain any conflict you have had as a 7th grader, both in school and outside of school.  Use your frame of reference to tell the place/situation connected to the conflict.

1. Study for Test on "Thank You, Ma'm"
    Use your Frayer Models and the story worksheets to study.
2. Find a new SURF Novel

•     150+ Pages
•     Something NEW to you'
•     No movie or tv show has been made of the book

3.  2PM Reading Response
     What personal connection can you make to a conflict in the 2PM Jay Park story?
     Use a detail from the story to support your answer.

TeenBiz3000 Read and do the ACTIVITY only:

"The Theatre That Makes Stars"

SURF Book Comic Strip
Use the provided format to create a comic strip of your novel.
Make sure that you are following the plot diagram for your story.
Color all illustrations and describe each scene using complete sentences.

Worksheets:
Vocabulary Strategy p. 85
Grammar and Writing p. 88

Frayer Model and Vocabulary Worksheet for "Thank You, Ma'm"

1. Continue reading your SURF novel. Plan to finish it by Sept. 4, 2009.

2. Drama Maps (Circle and Bubble). Work on one of the maps each day after you attend drama classes with Mr. Cowell. See attachments below to print out another one if you lost your copy.

1) Complete draft #3 of "Explode-a-Moment" narrative writing

2) Finish the 2 Teenbiz articles by Sept. 25, 2009:
   
    a. Small Town, Big Change
    b. Women Who Changed The World

REMEMBER: Do both the ACTIVITY and MATH portions

1) Complete Draft #3 of "Explode-a-moment" narrative

2) Finish the 2 new Teenbiz articles by Friday, September 25

a. Small Town, Big Changes
b. Women Who Changed The World

Remember to complete the ACTIVITY and MATH portions on the article.

1. Continue reading your S.U.R.F. novel
2. Reading Response - "Seventh Grade"
3. Study for Test on "Seventh Grade" by using:
- Frayer Models (six vocabulary words)
- Literary Analysis (Plot stages)

1. Bring Composition Book
2. Bring 2 Manila Folders (Letter size)
3. Circle Map
Define the Protagonist (Main Character) of the novel you are reading.
A proficient map would include at least 5 entries + frame of reference (page number +
evidence from the book).
Be sure to include the title of the book and the author's name

Vocabulary Worksheet
Pages 32 and 33

Plot Worksheet

Pg. 9 #s 1-4

Frayer Models

Complete the Frayer Models we started in class for the following words:
1. quiver
2. ferocity
3. sheepishly
4. portly
5. linger
6. unison

8/5/09
Bring a novel to read by Monday, Aug. 10, 2009
Novel should be:
- 150 or more pages long
- A book that is new to you (not something you read as an elementary school student)
- A book that has not been made into a movie

iBook!
Create a booklet introducing yourself to Team Po'okela. Your iBook should be:
• Neat
• Colored
• Contain the required information

Page 1: First name + last name + your picture (drawn or photo)
Page 2: FIVE or more Interests + How long you've had each interest
Page 3: Who you live with
Page 4: Two academic goals + two non-academic goals

See the attached Powerpoint file to take a look at Mr. Benco and Mrs. Nagaji's iBook.

Parent Signature on Grade 7 Language Arts Packet