English 7 Lesson Plans

*Plans are subject to change at the discretion of the teacher. Please do not work ahead.

Week of April 28-May 2

Monday	Finish presentations. Grammar exercises for Unit 13. Check 13.3 and 13.4.
Tuesday	Grammar exercises Unit 13-check 13.5 and 13.6/do 13.7 and 13.8. Start reading The Red Pony in Literature.
Wednesday	Grammar exercises-Unit 13. Read The Red Pony- do vocabulary words for Chapter 1 of the story.
Thursday	Grammar exercises-Unit 13. Read The Red Pony- do comprehension exercises for the story.
Friday	Unit 13 Grammar Test. Read The Red Pony and do literature exercises.

Week of April 21-25

Monday	No School!
Tuesday	Gram. Test over Chapter 12 tomorrow. Folk tale Projects are due/presentations begin.
Wednesday	Grammar Test Chapter 12/Do Grammar exercises chapter 13. Presentations-folk tale projects. NO VOCAB. TEST OVER UNIT 15 FOR THIS CLASS ONLY!
Thursday	Vocab.-do page 171 and 172. Presentations.
Friday	Presentations.

Week of April 14-18

Monday	Library-work on folk tale project. Due Date Changed due to Band Trip: Folk tale project is due April 22nd now instead of April 17th.
Tuesday	Vocab.-all work from Chap. 15 due today. Gram- Start Chapter 12 using adjectives and adverbs-read 231 and 232/do 12.1 and 12.2 in class. Gram- do 12.3 and 12.4.
Wednesday	Library-folk tale project.
Thursday	Majority of this class will be on band trip. Gram- check 12.3 and 12.4/read 237-do 12.5, 12.6 and 12.7. Check vocab. Work from Chapter 15.
Friday	Half day- no class.

Week of April 7-11

Monday	Gram. Check 11.9 and 11.10. Read page 221 and do ex. 11.11 and 11.13. Check vocab from Unit 14. Unit 14 test on Wednesday. Do the Study Questions #1-9 on page 466 in Literature.
Tuesday	Library – folk tale project.
Wednesday	Vocab. Test over Unit 14. Start working on Unit 15- due on Tuesday. Check gram. 11.11 and 11.13. Check lit ques. page 466. Chapter 11 Gram. Test is Friday.
Thursday	Library – folk tale project.
Friday	Chapter 11 Grammar Test. Literature: reading folk tales.

Week of March 31-April 4

Monday	Check Grammar/Vocabulary work in class. Discuss folk tale project.
Tuesday	Library-folk tale project.
Wednesday	Vocab. Test today! Read about Problem Pronouns page 216/217. Do 11.7 and 11.8. Work on Unit 14 Vocab. Activities. All Unit 14 Vocabulary work is due on Monday.
Thursday	Library-folk tale project.
Friday	Check Grammar and Vocabulary. Discuss Intensive/Reflexive Pronouns. Do 11.9 and 11.10 . Lit: Read and discuss Three Magic Oranges page 462-466.

Week of March 24-28

Monday	No school.
Tuesday	Gram-check 10.2 and 10.3. Do 10.4 and 10.5. Chapter 10 test tomorrow. Work through Vocab. Unit 13-all pages due on Monday. Fables and Folk tales project.
Wednesday	Gram-check homework. Take Grammar test over Chapter 10. Start Chapter 11-introduce Pronoun Usage. Do 11.1 -11.4 by Monday. Fables and folk tales project.
Thursday	Work on Fables and folk tales project in library.
Friday	Work on Fables and folk tales project in library.

Week of March 10-14

Monday	Grammar Test over Chapter 9. Read page 197and 198 and do 10.1 and 10.2. Check Vocab. Pages. Vocab. Test tomorrow. Read/discuss Folk tales and fables. Assign project.
Tuesday	Vocab. Test over Unit 12. Work on review units pages 138-146. Gram- check work. Read/discuss folk tales and fables.
Wednesday	Gram.- read pg 200 and do 10.3 and 10.4. Voc- work on rev. unit pages. Read/discuss folk tales and fables.
Thursday	Library- work on project – fables and folk tales.
Friday	Library- work on project- fables and folk tales.

Week of March 3-7

Monday	Finish reading JT. Answer questions on Johnny Tremain Chapters 11 and 12 (in class graded assignment). Students will finish in class tomorrow.
Tuesday	Finish JT open book quiz. Unit test for JT is Thursday. Do 9.5 and 9.6 for homework. Start Unit 12 page 131-133 in Vocab/read words and definitions and fill in the blanks. Finish as homework.
Wednesday	Check 9.5 and 9.6 in Grammar, read page 191 and 192, do exercises 9.7 and 9.8. Finish for homework. Unit Test on JT tomorrow.
Thursday	Unit Test on Johnny Tremain. Assign Gram. pages
Friday	Do Vocab. Exercises for Unit 12. Check Grammar Pages.

Week of Feb. 25-29

Monday	Gram-check 8.6 and 8.7. Do exercise 8.8. Grammar test over Chapter 8 on Wednesday. Johnny Tremain test Chapters 8-10 today.
Tuesday	Grammar-do Grammar review sentences over clauses. 9 sentences due tomorrow. Test tomorrow over Chapter 8 in Grammar. Continue reading JT.
Wednesday	Grammar Test over Chapter 8. Continue reading JT. After test, do 9.1 and 9.2-finish for homework.
Thursday	Start Chapter 9 in Grammar. Check exercises 9.1 and 9.2. Do 9.3 and 9.4 for homework. Read JT.
Friday	Check 9.3 and 9.4 in Grammar. Read page 188 and do 9.5. Finish reading Johnny Tremain.

Week of Feb. 19-22

Monday	No School! I will be out from Tuesday through Friday. My daughter slipped on black ice and broke her ankle in three places. She has undergone surgery and has numerous plates, pins and screws holding her ankle together. She is also 5 and ½ months pregnant. The doctors have performed three ultra sounds and the baby appears to be fine. Chrissy has been in tremendous pain since the surgery and I am going out to help care for her and her 3 year old daughter, Anna. Chrissy’s husband is in Iraq (due home in 8 weeks). Please be in prayer for her during this very difficult time.
Tuesday	Grammar-check 8.2 in class. Read 166-167 and do 8.3. Johnny Tremain-read Chapters 8-10.
Wednesday	Check 8.3 and do 8.4 in class. Read 169 and do 8.5Continue to read JT. Students may continue to read past chapter 10. Test over Ch. 8-10 in Johnny Tremain will be on Monday.
Thursday	Do Grammar - Read 169 and do 8.5. Continue to read JT- make sure you have read up through Chapter 10 by Monday.
Friday	Check 8.5 in Grammar /Do 8.6 and 8.7. Continue to read Johnny Tremain.

Week of Feb. 11-15

Monday	Quiz over Johnny Tremain-Chapters 6 and 7. Read about clauses in Grammar and do 8.1. Read silently Chapters 8-10 in JT.
Tuesday	Check 8.1 in Grammar. Discuss library research about tea and taxes. Fill in the correct answers. Read JT silently.
Wednesday	Read JT silently. Do 8.2 Grammar in class.
Thursday	½ day. No English class today.
Friday	No School! Yahoo!

Week of Feb. 4-8

Monday	Gram Test- Chapter 7. Read and complete study guide on Johnny Tremain Chapters 4-6.
Tuesday	Discuss Optimist Club Essay- rough draft is due on Feb. 11. Time will be given in class to work on the assignment. Continue to work on JT. Study guide due tomorrow.
Wednesday	Discuss/Collect JT study guides and continue to read Johnny Tremain.
Thursday	Gram- Read 163 and 164. Work on Rough Draft of essay- “Today’s Choices Shape My Future”. Continue to read JT up through Chapter 7. Test Monday over Chapters 6 and 7.
Friday	Library Research- Literature Link- Boston Tea Party and Taxes

Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 1

Monday	Do Chapters 2 and 3 Study Guides in class. Due on Wed.
Tuesday	Field trip to Space Camp.
Wednesday	Gram. Ex. 7.9 and 7.10. Read Johnny Tremain /present family traditions projects
Thursday	Gram. Check 7.11 and 12. Read Johnny Tremain /present projects
Friday	Do 7.13 in Grammar. Read JT. Grammar Test on Monday.

Week of Jan. 21-25

Monday	NO school – Martin Luther King Holiday
Tuesday	We will not do vocabulary again until we finish Johnny Tremain. Read Johnny Tremain. Gram.-check 7.5 and 7.6. Read/discuss conjunctions page 151-153. Do 7.7 and 7.8.
Wednesday	Read Johnny Tremain. Gram.-check homework.
Thursday	Read Johnny Tremain. Gram.-Read page 155 and do 7.9 and 7.10.
Friday	Open-book quiz over Johnny Tremain. Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Gram.- do 7.11. Do 7.12 orally in class. Gram Test on Monday over Chapter 7.

Week of Jan. 14-18

Monday	Thank you for all the lovely Christmas gifts, candy, treats, and cards! I enjoyed all of it so much. I consider each student a wonderful blessing in my life! Gram.- start Chapter 7. Read 143-145. Do 7.1 for homework. Vocab.- start Unit 11- introduce words and fill in the blanks. Start writing your family tradition report (grammar book pg 140).
Tuesday	Gram.-check homework. Do 7.2 in class. Read p. 146 and 147. Do 7.3 for homework.
Wednesday	Gram.-do 7.4 together in class. Read 149, do 7.5. Do Vocab. Unit 11.
Thursday	Gram.-do 7.5 and 7.6. Grade vocab. Pages. Introduce novel- Johnny Tremain. Vocab. Test unit 11 tomorrow. We have one class set of the novels. Students may want to check out the book from the local library or purchase a copy. We will have quiet reading time each day in class. Family tradition report is due next Thursday-Jan. 24.
Friday	Vocab. Test Unit 11. We will not do vocabulary again until we finish Johnny Tremain. Read Johnny Tremain silently.

Week of Dec. 10- 14

Monday	Gram- check 6.5. Do 6.7. Continue reading A Christmas Carol.
Tuesday	Gram- check 6.7. Do 6.8. Continue reading A Christmas Carol.
Wednesday	Gram- check 6.8. Discuss Semester exam- the exam will cover up through Chapter 5 in Grammar and 19 questions about A Christmas Carol. All questions will be multiple choice. It is recommended that students review their Grammar lessons and examples from each lesson before the exam. Continue reading A Christmas Carol.
Thursday	Read A Christmas Carol/ watch the video
Friday	Read A Christmas Carol/ watch the video

Week of December 3-7

Monday	Vocab-chk. Pgs. 121 and 122. Do page 123. Vocab. Test tomorrow over Unit 10. Write Christmas cards to our troops.
Tuesday	Vocab. Test today over Unit 10. Read/discuss Chapter 3. Check vocab. Gram.- read 127 and 128, do ex. 6.1 and 6.2. Read new words pages 124-126 in Vocab.- fill in the blanks as you read.
Wednesday	Gram.- Read page 128 and do 6.1. Read A Christmas Carol.
Thursday	Poem Memorization due today. Check Gram. Do 6.3 and 6.4.
Friday	Continue reading A Christmas Carol Chapter 4. Gram. – do 6.5

Week of Nov. 26-30

Monday	Start Unit 10 Vocabulary. Introduce the words and fill in the blanks- pg 117-119. Gram- read pages 112-114 and do exercises 5.10 and 5.11. Read about Proper Adjectives page 116 and do ex. 5.12.
Tuesday	Read silently Chapter 1 in A Christmas Carol. Gram- check homework.
Wednesday	I will not be here for the remainder of the week due to gall bladder surgery. Vocab.- do page 120 #1-20. Gram- do all of page 117. Grammar Test Friday over Chapter 5.
Thursday	Grade work from yesterday. Read silently Chapter 2 in A Christmas Carol. Vocab. – do pages 121 and 122. Grammar Test tomorrow over Chapter 5. Do review sheets over adjectives.
Friday	Check worksheets. Take Grammar test today! All students should have read up through Chapter 2 in A Christmas Carol.

Week of Nov. 19-23

Monday	Do Vocab. Pages 105-108 Unit review. Gram- do exercises 5.8 and 5.9. Finish as homework.
Tuesday	Check yesterday’s work. Watch A Christmas Carol.
Wednesday	No School.
Thursday	No School- Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday	No School.

Week of Nov. 5-9

Monday	Welcome to my class! Gram.-Start Chapter 5. Read pg. 101and 102. Do ex. 5.1,5.2, and 5.3. Start Chapter 9 in Vocabulary – review words/fill in the blanks pg.98-100.
Tuesday	Gram.- Check 5.1 and 5.2 and 5.3. Read page 105 and do exercises 5.4 and 5.5. Vocab.-do pg. 101 and 102 up to #20.
Wednesday	Gram.- Check 5.1 and 5.2 and 5.3. Read page 105 and do exercises 5.4 and 5.5. Vocab.- check pg 103.
Thursday	Gram.- Read pg. 108 and do exercises 5.6 and 5.7. Check 5.6 and 5.7. Read page 111 and do exercises 5.8 and 5.9.
Friday	Gram.- Check 5.8 and 5.9. NO Vocab. Test! Read A Christmas Carol. 7^th grade to Dauphin Island next week.

Week of Oct. 29-Nov. 2

Monday	Gram.-do page 74. Grammar Test tomorrow. Discuss Project-Persuading an audience- Go to library to type up advertisement. Presentations Due on Friday.
Tuesday	Grammar test postponed until tomorrow over Chapter 3. Homework: Do 3.21 and 3.22 for review. Work on posters/advertisement in the library.
Wednesday	Check 3.21 and 3.22. Grammar Test today! Vocab. Do pg 95 and 96 for homework. Vocab. Test Friday over Unit 8. Read The Giver.
Thursday	Read The Giver.
Friday	Vocab. Test/Read The Giver.

Week of October 22-26

Monday	Vocab- do page 88 and then, grade 87 and 88 in class. Do Gram. Worksheets over Irregular verbs. Homework: do 3.14 and 3.15 in class. Read The Giver.
Tuesday	Check Gram. Homework. Vocab.-do pages 89 and 90 for homework. Vocab. Test tomorrow over Unit 7. Read and discuss The Giver.
Wednesday	No Vocab. Test over Unit 7. I was out sick Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (gall stones). Read words and definitions fill in the blanks on pages 91-93.
Thursday	Read and discuss The Giver. Gram.-Read about Perfect Tenses page 68, do ex. 3.17 and 3.18-finish as homework.
Friday	Grammar Test over Ch. 3 on Tuesday. Gram. Do ex. 3.20 and 3.21. Read vocab. Words / definitions from Unit 8. Read/discuss The Giver.

Week of Oct. 15-19

Monday	Gram.- Read about auxiliaries page 60 and 61. Do ex. 3.10 and 3.11. Vocab.- do pages 75, 76 and 77 (up to #16). Finish as homework. Read/discuss The Giver.
Tuesday	Gram.- Study the principal parts of verbs page 62 and 63. Do 3.12 and 3.13. Grade in class. Do Flash Cards for Unit 7 vocabulary words. Read/discuss The Giver.
Wednesday	Gram.-do worksheets: principal parts of verbs and irregular verbs. Grade in class. Vocab.- start unit 7 page 84-86 fill in the blanks as we go over the new words. Read The Giver.
Thursday	Gram.- do review worksheets over the tenses. Early dismissal due to weather.
Friday	Vocab-Do page 87 in Vocabulary. Finish as homework. Read/discuss The Giver.

Week of Oct. 1-5

Monday	Discuss Vocab. Words/definitions pg 65-67. Fill in the blanks as we review the words. Gram.-do Ex. 3.4 in class as a quiz. Read The Giver and discuss. Vocab-Do page 68 and 69 (#1-20) as homework.
Tuesday	Check Vocab.-do pg. 68 and 69 up to #20. Gram.- discuss Predicate nouns and adjectives pg. 55 and do Ex. 3.5 and 3.6-finish as homework. Read The Giver. Homework: finish assignments not completed in class.
Wednesday	Check work from above. Gram.- read pg. 57 and 58. Do 3.7 and 3.8. Read The Giver.
Thursday	Finish vocab. Pages 70 and 71- grade in class. Check grammar exercises 3.7 and 3.8. Discuss Chapter 5 of The Giver.
Friday	Gram. Exercise 3.9/check. Vocab. Review pages 72 ,73 together orally. Discuss and Read The Giver.

Week of Sept. 24-28

Monday-Grammar Test today. Start Chapter 3 Verbs. Do 3.1 and 3.2. /Unit 5 in Vocabulary- do page 61,62 (1-20 only) Finish as Homework.

Tuesday-Check work from yesterday. Homework Assign Vocab. Flash cards for Unit 5. Vocabulary Test on Friday. Start reading The Giver (book on tape) Chapter 1.

Wednesday- Vocab.:do pg. 62. Gram.: Discuss transitive and intransitive verbs. Do 3.3 and 3.4. Read The Giver. No homework.

Thursday- Vocab: check 62/do pg. 63 and 64. Test tomorrow over Unit 5. Gram: Verb worksheets. Read The Giver.

Friday- Vocab. Test. Do verb worksheets. Read The Giver.

Sept. 17-21

Monday	Gram: Do Possessive Nouns/Plurals of Nouns worksheets/grade in class. Vocab.-review Unit 4 words. Homework: Voc.- do page 54 and 55 (#1-20 only). Students will read essays if time allows. Vocab. Test is Friday/ Grammar Test is Monday.
Tuesday	Vocab.: do Page 55 (#1-20) only. Homework: do vocab. Flash cards with Unit 4 words. Gram: Read Identifying Compound Nouns-do exercises 2.14 and 2.15.
Wednesday	Vocab.: Check flash cards. Do page 56. Start reading A Just Judge.
Thursday	Vocab.-Grade page 56. Do page 57. Finish reading A Just Judge. Homework: Do 2.16 on page 41 in Grammar.
Friday	Vocab. Test over Unit 4. When test is over, read the definitions for Unit 5 words and write them in your book on pages 58-60. Do Punctuation Review Worksheets. Finish all assignments not completed in class as homework. Grammar Test is Monday.

Sept. 10-14

Monday	I will be going on the 8^th grade Field Trip so there will be a substitute for me all next week. M You may email me but I will be unable to respond until I return. Today- Vocab. Test over Unit 3. Grammar exercises 2.7 and 2.8. Read Stolen Day in Literature pages 81-84. Finish grammar for homework.
Tuesday	Do Vocab. Review pages 43 and 44. In Literature, finish reading story. Check Grammar homework from yesterday. No homework.
Wednesday	Lit.-do questions #1-9. Finish in class and turn in.
Thursday	Gram.-do exercises 2.10 and 2.11. Vocab- do pages 45 and 46.
Friday	Vocab.-pages 48 and 49 up to #8. Gram – read page 37 and do exercises 2.12 and 2.13.

Week of September 4-7

Monday	No School!
Tuesday	Vocab.-Do pg. 38&39 1-20 only; Gram: Discuss Nouns pg. 25-26 and do exercises 2.1 and 2.2. Lit.- Discuss plot and suspense. Read orally Feathered Friend pg54. Homework: Finish Vocab. Assignment and Gram. Assignments listed above.
Wednesday	Check HW. Read about forms of nouns pg. 27,28-do exercise 2.3.Do Flash cards. Lit.- Finish story. Vocab.- check 38,39. Homework: Gram.-do exercise 2.3. (started and class; most students should be finished) If you have time, do your Vocab. Flash cards. (do not miss church to do them).
Thursday	Lit: Answer questions 1-8 on pg. 57.Gram.-Read Possessives of Nouns pg 30. Do Ex. 2.5 in class. Finish all assignments for homework if not done. Flash cards due tomorrow! Vocab. Test on Monday.
Friday	Finish Vocab. pages. Gram.- do pg. 32 in class and grade. Vocab.- Study flash cards for Monday’s Vocab. Test (Unit 3).

Week of August 27-31

Monday	Vocab.:Check page 33. Make vocab. Flash cards. Study for test on Wed./ Gram. – Comma Splice/fused sentences on page 16; do ex. 1.11 a and b./Start rough draft of your story.
Tuesday	Study vocab. Words with a buddy. Gram.: do 1.12 and 1.13 (review and practice). Finish writing final draft-due tomorrow.
Wednesday	Vocab. Test over Unit 2! Turn in final copy of your story. Gram. Review worksheets to study for test-- Grammar Test tomorrow over Chapter 1.
Thursday	Grammar test over Ch. 1. Vocab.-do pages 35 and 36-introduce Unit 3 words. Gram: Discuss Nouns pg. 25-26 and do exercises 2.1 and 2.2.
Friday	No School! Have a nice, relaxing break!

Week of August 20-24

Monday	Vocab. Test today over Unit 1.- Test postponed until tomorrow. Gram.- Do Wkshts. 114/115 in class after test. Finish as homework. Finish reading Rikki-tikki-tavi. HW: Study for Vocab. Test; Lit- do study questions #1-7 on page 13.
Tuesday	Voc. Test today! Introduce Vocab. Words Unit 2 and their meanings. Lit.- Check Study Ques. at the end of story-page 13-#1-7. HW #1-20 page 31 and 32 in Vocabulary Book.
Wednesday	Lit-Writing Assignment pg. 14- review Lesson 4 Writing Handbook in the back of the book. Do prewriting activity. Gram.- Subj/Pred in inverted order pg 10-11. Do Ex. 1.7,1.8. Vocab. – Do Unit 2 exercise pgs. 31/32.
Thursday	Gram.-Chk 1.7,1.8, and discuss recognizing fragments on page 13. Do Gram.Wksht. 124 and 125. Check in class. Make flash cards with vocab. Words. HW: Complete an outline for your story using the info on page 577 and 578 in the back of your Lit. book
Friday	Work on creating a proper outline for your story. Do page 33 in Vocabulary. No homework-have a great weekend!

Week of August 13-17

Monday	Gram: discuss 4 types of sentences/Do Ex. 1.1 and 1.2 in class for a grade. Vocab: Read words aloud/fill in blanks as we go along; Homework- do page 24 and 25
Tuesday	Chk. HW Lit.:Read Short Story Focus pg. 13/ Start Guided Reading/Comprehension aloud Rikki-tikki-tavi pages 2-13 Homework: Make Vocab. Flash cards on index cards or small squares of paper(word on one side, definition on the other). Study for the Vocab. Test on Monday!
Wednesday	Remind Flash cards due on Thursday. Finish reading story. Homework: Study Vocab. Flash Cards.
Thursday	Chk. For Vocab. Flash cards. Lit: Finish reading story. Do Study Questions 1-8 on pg. Gram: Read pg. 8 and do ex. 1.5 and 1.6. Homework-Vocab: Do page 26 and 27 . Vocab. Test is Monday!
Friday	Chk Vocab. Homework. Gram: Read page 7 and 8- Do 1.5 Compound Subjects and Verbs in class and check answers. Read Rikki tikki tavi. Vocab. Test is Monday!