Instructional Handouts
Writing:
First,
Second, and Third-Order Elaboration
Practice
Using First, Second, and Third-Order Elaboration
Power
Point version of Practice Using First, Second, and Third-Order Elaboration
ISAT
Ranking Essays for “The Gift of the Magi”
Writing Projects:
Writing
Project #1 for September/October
Writing
Project #2 – Letters about Literature
Model
Task 2 (Outline) OR Model
Task 2 (Brain Web)
Task 2 Rough
Drafts: Page
1, Page
2, Page
3.
Task 3 During
Reading Worksheet for “Zebra.”
Task 6 Rough Draft:
Page
1.
Task 7 Rough Draft:
Page
1 and Page
2.
Language
Awareness (Grammar and Punctuation):
Fragments: Introduction
·
Fragment
Worksheet – Guided Practice:
Homework for 9/18/9.
Punctuating
Possessives Worksheet
Pronouns and
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement:
·
Maintaining
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Literature/Reading:
Introductory Unit:
Read Magazine,
September 3, 2010, Volume 60, Number 1, pages 12-15, “’You Think You Better
Than Us?’”
“The Big Question” and
Genres
Practice
Quiz on Genres
Unit 1: “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto,
pages 26-30
Vocabulary
List for “Seventh Grade”
Word
Sorts for “Seventh Grade”
Cloze-Text
Exercise with contextual sentences for “Seventh Grade”
Antonyms
and Misfit Words for “Seventh Grade”
Vocabulary
Project for “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto
Reading
Pace for “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto
Author
Study for Gary Soto
Analyzing
Plot of “Seventh Grade”
Reading
Check for “Seventh Grade”
On-Line
Vocabulary flashcards and game for “Seventh Grade”
Vocabulary
Review Packet for “Seventh Grade”
·
First-Person
Narrator Reliability
Reading
Practice Test for “Seventh Grade”
·
Answer
Key for Mr. C’s portions of the practice test.
Unit 2: “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes on pp.
62-71
Vocabulary
Project for “Thank You, Ma’am”
Contextual
Sentences for “Thank You, Ma’am”
Vocabulary
Review Packet for “Thank You, Ma’am”
Plot
Analysis of “Thank You, Ma’am”
Reading
Review Jeopardy game for “Thank You, Ma’am”
Unit 3: “Abuela Invents the Zero” by Judith Ortiz
Cofer (Xeroxed Copy)
Vocabulary
List for “Abuela Invents the Zero”
Practice
with Analogies for “Abuela Invents the Zero”
Antonym
Puzzle for “Abuela”
Vocabulary
Workshop for “Abuela”
Practice
Test for Spelling/Vocabulary of “Abuela” and Viv, Vit, Val
Pre-Reading
Problem Email
Problem-Solution
Response Outline, Scaffold, and Rubric
Flashback
and Epiphany Definitions
Plot
Analysis for “Abuela Invents the Zero”
Reading
Review Packet for “Abuela Invents the Zero”
Unit 4: “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” on pages
670-685 of Literature
Suffixes
That Form Adjectives Worksheet
Notes on Genres: Myth, Legend, Fable, Tall Tale
Notes on Cultural Values and “John Henry”
Vocabulary
List for “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
Vocabulary
Project for “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
Easily
Confused Words worksheet
Literary
Terms for “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
Reading
Notes/Stopping Points for “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
Code
of Chivalry and Other Terms
Reading
Review Packet for “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
Reading
Review Jeopardy for “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
Sub-Unit: “from Young
Arthur” retold by Robert D. San Souci, pp. 662-668
Analysis
of Legend
Unit 5: “The Gift of the Magi” Xeroxed Copy and Online Text
Online
Text and Audio Version of “The Gift of the Magi”
Text
of the short story “The Gift of the Magi”
O. Henry’s Biography
and Questions
Vocabulary
List for “The Gift of the Magi”
Vocabulary
Project for “The Gift of the Magi”
“The Gift of the Magi” Games:
Ø “Gift of the
Magi” Vocabulary
Ø “Gift of the
Magi” Definitions
Review of Types
of Irony and Allusion with OUR MISS BROOKS
Literary
Terms: Irony, Allusion, Metaphor,
Simile
Writing: Most
Cherished Possession
Model
Paragraph 1
Scaffold
Paragraph 2
Peer-Response Rubric
Study
Guide for "The Gift of the Magi"
Portfolio
Checklist for "The Gift of the Magi"
Jeopardy
Reading Review for "The Gift of the Magi"
Unit 6: Edgar Allan Poe and “The Raven”
Vocabulary
Project for “The Raven.”
Vocabulary
Review for “The Raven.”
Edgar Allan Poe’s Biography:
Biography
Active Reading Worksheet
Active
Viewing Worksheet for Biography of Poe
Review
of Poe’s Biography
Poetry Lessons and Notes:
Introduction
to Poetry Packet (Reading Poetry
Packet)
Review
for Poetry Test (Answer
Key)
“The Tell-Tale Heart”
On-Line
Text with Vocabulary Support
On-Line
Study Guide with Literary Terminology Support
“The Raven”
Audio Version
of “The Raven.”
Online
Interactive “The Raven.”
Unit 7: TANGERINE by Edward Bloor
PART
1:
Reading
Anticipation Guide for pages 1-4
Introductory
Notes for Tangerine
Vocabulary
Project for Part 1
Vocabulary
Puzzle for Part 1.
Vocabulary
Test Review
Study
Guide for Part 1 of Tangerine
Character
Web for Paul
PART 2:
Study
Guide for Part 2 of Tangerine
Spelling/Vocabulary:
Antonyms
as Contextual Clues: Worksheet and Help
Common
Prefixes and Base Words I
Common
Prefixes and Bas Words, Unit 1, Lesson 3
(Key)
Embedded
Definitions as Context Clues
Connotations
and Denotations (Key)
The Latin
Root Pel and Puls Worksheet
Common Latin
Roots I Packet
(Updated: 9/2/10)
