Mrs. Churvis' Blog- Social Studies - Language Arts - APEX http://nchurvis.edublogs.org "Education is not the filling of a bucket but the lighting of a fire." W.B.Yeats Mon, 11 May 2009 05:20:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Week of 05/11/09 http://nchurvis.edublogs.org/2009/05/10/week-of-051109/ http://nchurvis.edublogs.org/2009/05/10/week-of-051109/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 05:18:47 +0000 nchurvis http://nchurvis.edublogs.org/?p=106 Field Day 5/14/09 Thursday

Social Studies

  • Library Day-Monday
  • DOG Lesson 33 A Tourist Map-Missouri
  • Continue with “Facing History and Ourselves” program on the Holocaust
  • Read The Children of Willesden Lane-story of Holocaust survivor

Standard Language Arts

  • Daily Analogies #31-35
  • Spelling Lesson 31
  • Grammar-Caught Ya #77-81
  • Literature- Read “Yeh-Shen”
  • Response and analysis pg. 388
  • Friday-Spelling/Definition Test

APEX Language Arts

  • Daily Analogies #141-145
  • Grammar-Giggles in the Middle #77-81
  • Continue with literature from Social Studies
  • Editing due Friday
  • Spelling/Definition Test Friday
  • Puzzle Day Friday
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  • Yearbook distribution and signing 1:30
  • Career Day-speakers scheduled

Social Studies

  • DOG- Lesson 32 Land Use Map-North Central Region
  • Complete Chapter 19 Central Asia
  • Open book test Thursday
  • Continue Holocaust Unit-The Children of Willesden Lane

Standard Language Arts

  • Daily Analogies
  • Spelling Review Unit #27-30
  • Spell/Def. test on Thursday
  • Literature-Bargain & Yeh-Shen
  • Grammar-Caught Ya #72-76
  • Puzzle Day-Thursday

APEX Language Arts

  • Daily Analogies #136-140
  • Grammar-Giggles in the Middle-Types of sentences, use of commas, appositives, homophones, personification, metaphors, and building suspense
  • Continue presenting poetry projects
  • Finalize poetry books
  • Tie in social studies’ unit on Holocaust-Writing assignment
  • Spell/Def. test on Thursday
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Social Studies

  • DOG-Time Zones of the U.S.
  • Correlate Tennessee book
  • Ch. 19 Central Asia
  • Sec. 1-3 Vocabulary
  • The Aral sea
  • Lessons 1-4 Decision-Making in Times of Injustice
  • New piece of 7th grade curriculum

Standard Language Arts

  • Daily Analogies
  • Spelling Lesson 30
  • Analyze Omniscient Point of View
  • O’Henry
  • Analyzing an author’s perspective
  • Definitions-due Tuesday
  • Use 5 of the words to describe a national news story
  • Test Friday

APEX Language Arts

  • Daily Analogies
  • Giggles in the Middle #67-71
  • Editing due Friday
  • Word Within the Word-last half of list #5
  • Mystery Question-Dictionary work (stems)
  • Grammar
  • Poetry-Styles-Ode, palindrome, pantoum, shape, and sonnet (English version)
  • Construct poetry book-rewriting, illustrating poems
  • Poem to be placed into Time capsule due Wed.
  • Spelling/Definition Test Friday
  • Poet project due May 1
]]> http://nchurvis.edublogs.org/2009/04/27/week-of-4272009/feed/ 0 Week of 4/20/2009 http://nchurvis.edublogs.org/2009/04/19/week-of-4202009/ http://nchurvis.edublogs.org/2009/04/19/week-of-4202009/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:36:08 +0000 nchurvis http://nchurvis.edublogs.org/?p=103 Congratulations!!!!!!

You made it through TCAP week!!!!!

4/20 Interim reports are issued

4/21 10th Anniversary Celebration 6:30 to 8:00

4/24 Field Trip team 7A 9:00-12:30

Social Studies

  • DOG Lesson 30 Boroughs of New York City
  • Tennessee- Section 3 Government
  • Tennessee- Economy and Culture
  • Tennessee Scavenger Hunt- teams
  • Review for test
  • Thursday Tenn. test

Standard Language Arts

  • Daily Analogies # 16-20 Sequential characters, synonyms, grammatical, agent/action, whole/part, arithmetical
  • Lesson 29 Spelling
  • Caught Ya Grammar-#62-66 Punctuation review, interjection, compound sent., contractions, and similes
  • Literature-”The Only Girl in th World for Me”
  • Spelling/ Definition test on Thursday
  • Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird-preparing for field trip Friday

APEX Language Arts

  • Daily Analogies #126-130-Synonyms, agent/object, object/function, antonyms, class, characteristics
  • Giggles in the Middle # 63-66 Editing due Thursday
  • Grammar-Vernaculars, sub./verb agreement, verb tense shift, personification, onomatopoeia
  • Word Within the Word List 5 page 29
  • Literature-poetry terms-identify
  • Students will be given a poet to do a report on.
  • Spell./definition test Thursday
  • Field trip Friday
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  • Tuesday- Math Part I and  Part I
  • Wednesday- Reading Part I and Science 2
  • Thursday- Reading Part 2 and Science Part 2
  • Friday- Social Studies Part I and 2

Please try your best to be at school every day this week and on time. Having a good breakfast is always a good idea before an important test. Remember to bring plenty of pencils and a calculator.

Monday

Social Studies

  • DOG Lesson 29 Leading Rice Producing Countries
  • Practice Probes

All Language Arts

  • Critical Reading Skills
  • Daily Analogies
  • Editing skills in respective series
  • Practice probes
  • No spell./def. test this week



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  • Library Monday
  • Throughout the week we will be working on creating our Tennessee book
  • TCAP Review
  • No school Friday

Standard Language Arts

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APEX Language Arts

  • Participle and infinitive review
  • Practice Probes
  • TCAP practice
  • Spelling Test Thursday 4/09/09
  • Definition Test Thursday 4/09/09
  • No school Friday
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  • World’s 10 Most Populous Countries
  • Ch. 18 Test- Monday
  • For the rest of the time up to TCAPs we will be studying Tennessee (which is included in the state test)
  • The class will be creating a Tennessee Book
  • The book will have maps, vocabulary, historical and governmental facts, trivia, and short bios of famous Tennesseans
  • We will have a class test on the above information April 9th, Thursday

Standard Language Arts

  • DOL- Critical Rdg. Passage Completion and Analogies
  • Spelling-list given in class
  • Spelling and definition Test Friday
  • Caught Ya Grammar-#52-56-homophones, use of commas, appositives, use of strong verbs, verb tense agreement and proper nouns)
  • Review of prepositional phrases (adjectives and adverbs), test Tuesday
  • Recognizing Appositive phrases
  • Read “The Only Girl in the World for Me” discuss theme
  • Begin cinquains
  • Cause/effect essay using week’s vocab.
  • Compare/contrast essay
  • Grammar Bingo

APEX Language Arts

  • DOL-Analogies Week of 24 #116-120
  • Giggles in the Middle-Editing 52-56 due Friday
  • Vocab. from above-spelling/definition test Friday
  • Review prepositional phrases as adjectives/adverbs, test Tuesday
  • Recognizing Appositives phrases, participles, infinitives and infinitive phrases
  • Literature-Read “Home”- analyze theme, compare/contrast story to a poem
  • “Mongoose on the Loose”-analyze text that show cause/effect relationships
  • Practice vocab. skills, writing skills, point of view, author’s argument, purpose and perspective
  • Word Within the Word List 4 2nd 10 stems- test Friday
  • Essay compare/contrast using WWW vocab.
]]> http://nchurvis.edublogs.org/2009/03/29/week-of-3302009/feed/ 0 Week of 3/23/2009 http://nchurvis.edublogs.org/2009/03/21/week-of-3232009/ http://nchurvis.edublogs.org/2009/03/21/week-of-3232009/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:36:05 +0000 nchurvis http://nchurvis.edublogs.org/?p=99 Upcoming Events
  • 3/23 Fourth quarter begins
  • 4/01 Report cards distributed
  • 4/10 Good Friday holiday
  • 4/14-17 TCAP Testing

Social Studies

  • Library-Monday
  • Have vocab. for all of Ch. 18 completed by Tues.
  • Ch. 18 The Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, and Iran
  • Sec. 1-4 Read and discuss
  • Working in pairs fill in chart on countries of area
  • Read “Oil in Saudi Arabia”, ans. ques. pg. 445 1-3
  • Ch. 18 Test Monday 3/30?

Standard Language Arts

  • DOL-Critical Reading-Passage completion-key words, context clues, and main idea
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 20
  • Caught Ya Grammar-Capitals, punctuation, commas, and vocab.
  • Chapter 20 Phrases-Prepositional phrases and clauses
  • Read “Saving the Planet”
  • Spelling and def. test Friday

APEX Language Arts

  • Daily Analogies-Characteristics, part/whole, synonym, agent/object, object/function, action/object
  • Giggles in the Middle Grammar-Types of sent., punctuation, reasons for semicolons, collective nouns, homophones, and interrupters
  • Literary devices-reference to poetry, poems in narrative
  • Writing idea-poetry-write several cinquains on nature. Use guide line given by teacher.
  • Chapter 20 Phrases-Prepositional phrases and clauses, wb. pgs. 69-70
  • Word Within the Word List 4
  • Discuss author study and required book reports for the last quarter.
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  • continue Chapter 17 Eastern Mediterranean
  • Sec. 3 Israel
  • Analyzing a Cartogram
  • Sec. 4 Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan
  • Literature from Red Brocade
  • Ch. review
  • Thursday Ch. 17 test

Standard Language Arts

  • DOL Critical Reading-Sentence and Passage Completion
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 19
  • Wordly Wise 19A, 19B, and 19C
  • Spelling and Definition Test Thursday
  • Complete reading/discussing novel
  • Watch film

APEX Language Arts

  • Daily analogies-Week 22- Grammatical, synonym, antonym, action/object, characteristics, and location
  • Giggles in the Middle-#42-46 editing to be completed by Thursday
  • Grammar-Subject complement, compound subject complement, and prepositional phrases
  • Grammar Ch. 19 Test Thursday
  • Writing Idea #9 Persuasive (Argumentative) Essay
  • Present Romeo and Juliet projects-due Wed. 11th
  • AR tests due Wed.
  • No spelling/definition test this week
  • Complete reading/discussing novel
  • Watch film
  • Literature response writing
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*****Library 8:30 to 9:15*****

  • National Parks of Utah
  • Ch. 17 Eastern Mediterranean
  • Analyze maps-physical, political, resources, population, climate
  • Discuss, chart facts about the countries
  • Label maps-countries/bodies of water
  • Sec. 1 Physical Geography
  • Sec. 2 Turkey

Standard Language Arts

  • DOL-Critical Reading/Sentence Completion
  • Wordly Wise Lesson 18
  • Dictionary work
  • Caught ya Grammar- punctuation, contractions, use of commas, possession, verb tense agreement, word order, use of semicolon
  • Continue direct and indirect objects
  • Romeo and Juliet-Act V
  • Novel test Thursday
  • Definition and spelling tests Friday

APEX Language Arts

  • Daily analogies-antonyms, characteristics, class, object/function, arithmetical, part/whole
  • Grammar-Giggles in the Middle-#37-41, completed proofing due Friday
  • Word Within the Word-continue list 3-finish stems
  • Grammar-continue indirect objects, subject complements
  • Writing-Personal/Imaginative Narrative
  • Romeo and Juliet Act V-character analysis, ques. from Act V
  • End of novel test
  • Group activity-presentations Wed.
  • Definition and spelling tests Friday

Dates to Remember

  • March 2-6 International Week
  • March 13 Q3 ends
  • March 14-22 Spring Break
  • March 4 AR reports due
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