CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

Monday
The Tell-Tale Heart Selection Test

Tuesday
The Tell Tale Heart Venn Diagram - Compare and Contrast the film and the short story

Wednesday
DEAR Time

Thursday/Friday
The Tell-Tale Heart response to literature
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Classroom Activities

Monday: The Tell-Tale Heart Post-Reading Questions

Tuesday: Finish Post-Reading Questions with a partner

Wednesday:  DEAR Time or Remediation

Thursday: 
ELA

• View The Tell-Tale Heart Film
• Review the Post-Reading Questions
• Play Blooket "The Tell-Tale Heart" review (study for test on Monday)

https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=654cdfa8a21f7049c0036992

READING
Reading Review Game: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=654d096f47d35f1f76a4c516

Classroom Activities:

Monday: Edgar Allan Poe WebQuest (see attached file)

Tuesday: Read the Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 

Wednesday: DEAR  Time

Thursday/Friday: Tell-Tale Heart Rotations
1. Finish WebQuest
2. Story Summary Activity (Comic strip or acrostic poem) 
3. IXL Skills: N.1 and N.2 to 80%

Class Activities

Monday:

• Complete Argumentative Body Paragraphs
• Be sure your Argumentative Outlines are uploaded into gradebook
• Turn-in your Intro Paragraph Graphic Organizer for a formative grade

Tuesday:

• Complete Argumentative Body Paragraphs

Wednesday: 

• DEAR Time

Thursday/Friday:

• Finish Argumentative Essay
• IXL N.1 and N.2 to 80%
• If finished with essay and IXL skills, you may play the Tell Tale Heart Blooket game  : play.blooket.com/play?hwId=653a5469082643b44319dac2
  

Class Activities

Tuesday - Argument Essay Outlines

Wednesday - DEAR TIME OR https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=652ff56e7b69d248f025a806

​Thursday - WonderWorks Field Trip - Those not attending will report to Mrs. Copeland's classroom. 

Class Activities
Monday:
Finish presenting debates
IXL X.1 and X.2 - Connotation of words

Tuesday:
Finish IXL Skills
CPalms tutorial on Connotation: https://www.cpalms.org/PreviewResourceStudentTutorial/Preview/183128

Wedesday:
DEAR time 
Unit 1Test Retakes

Thursday/Friday:
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Class Activities 

Monday/Tuesday
ELA Classes: Finalize and practice debates

Intensive Reading: skills review
Blooket - https://play.blokes.com/play?hwId=651ab617d0caf336a8c337d2
Blooket - ​https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=651ab66e52560a9157c725cfplay.blooket.com/play?hwId=651ab66e52560a9157c725cf

​Wednesday
ELA: DEAR Time
Reading:Newsela

Thursday/Friday
Debates
Intro Paragraphs for argument essays


Thursday/Friday 

Classroom Activities
Monday:
ELA: Summative on Unit 1: text structures, text features, central idea, and rhetorical appeals.  To prepare, students should review class notes.  For additional support, students can view the instructional videos below or review the IXL skills E.4 and A.1.

READING: One Pager for A Long Walk to Water

Tuesday: 
ELA: Continue working on research for argumentative debates:  Complete the introduction, declaration of greatness, and rebuttal.  Begin working on micro-round and final six. 

READING: Finish one-pager for A Long Walkt to Water

Wednesday:
Connotation and Denotation Lesson (15 minutes)
DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) Time.  If your student has a book from home they would like to read, please have them bring it with them. (20 minutes)

Thursday/Friday: 
ELA:
Connotation and Denotation Lesson and Exit Ticket (20 minutes)
Finalize debate presentations using the project rubric.  Presentations will be Monday and Tuesday of Week 8.  When finished presenting, students will use the information to write an argumentative essay.

READING: Rotations
Blooket  - play.blooket.com/play?hwId=651639f5080188b556ef03d0
One-Pager for A Long Walk to Water
Newsela - choose 3 articles and complete quiz to 75%

Standards Taught
Track the development of an argument analyzing the types of reasoning used and their effectiveness. ELA.7.R.2.4
• Compare and contrast how authors with differing perspectives address the same or related topics or themes. ELA.7.R.3.3
• Explain the meaning and/or significance of rhetorical devices in a text. ELA.7.R.3.4

Classroom Activities
Monday - No School
Tuesday 

• Finish center work from last week (if needed)
• Read the Short Read: Sally Ride from Headstrong in the online textbook
• To access the online textbook go to...
  • https://www.hmhco.com/
  • Log-in and be sure to select Volusia County Charter Dist
  • User – Alpha Code
  • Password - birthday
• Complete the Selection Test for Sally Ride from Headstrong in the online textbook

Wednesday

• Rhetorical Devices video: Logos, Pathos, and Ethos
• DEAR Time

Thursday/Friday

• Rhetorical Devices Game
• “Humans Need to Explore Outer Space” Textbook pp. 272 - 285
  • Complete all annotations in the side margins
  • Highlight and label the rhetorical appeals you find in the passage (Logos, Pathos, and/or Ethos)
• Persuasive Writing Using Rhetorical Appeals (see document above)