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English LA 7/8

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This is the page for Mr. Lakes' 7/8 English Language Arts Class.

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Due:

Week 35 Learning Packet and Assignments

There is no skills work packet this week; because of testing I have decided not to do daily motivation this week and opted for just one packet with the assignments and grammar workouts for the week.
 
Week 35 Packet including Grammar.pdf

Due:

Short Story Starter List for 4th Term

This will be a running list of the short story starters (s.s.s) we have in class during 4th term.
 
Week 30
 
Monday 3/18/2024
+You have a friend over one night. You get hungry and decide to make something AMAZING; potatoes.
+Reporters are trained to develop a sixth sense, a nose for when a story smells fishy. And something about this one wasn't right. First of all...
 
Thursday 3/21/2024
+ "You don't have enough points sir."
+ While digging in a cereal box for the toy surprise, a child makes a horrifying discovery."
+ You are the victim of an elaborate scam.
 
Week 31
 
March 25 Monday
 
+“Well if you could accuse anybody of being downright evil, it would be him.”
+During his third night out of town, a traveling businessman discovers a voodoo doll in his room.
+You and a friend set out on a sixth-month adventure, living on their boat while sailing from port city to port city.
 
March 27 Wednesday
 
+Make your own.
+You get stuck on a ski lift with the worst person possible.
+“I knew it was a mistake the moment it was over.”
 
Week 32
 
April 8 Monday
 
+After thirteen years, a missing child is returned to her parents. The weird thing is…she hasn’t aged a day.
+Your computer starts flashing a message on the screen as if it’s trying to communicate.
+Make your own
 
April 10 Wednesday
 
+You become frightened when you notice your younger sibling has started to grow fangs.
+“Gee, let me guess. You’re not authorized to be in here, are you?”
+An ant decides to take his revenge upon the man who stepped on his family.
 
Week 33
 
April 15 Monday
 
+“Tell me what happened right before the crash, ma’am.”
+You wake up to find yourself horribly disfigured after splurging on an expensive face cream that promised “Amazing Results.”
+While walking through a store you see a wanted poster with your best friend’s picture on it.
 
April 17 Wednesday
 
+“Look what I found in the dumpster!”
+Fresh out of college, you roll into a new town to start what you think is your dream job.
+“Why do you have ten cans of Easy Cheese in your cart?”
 
Week 34
 
April 22 Monday
 
+"How am I supposed to go to the bathroom?"
+You are caught cheating when playing a game and the people you are playing with are not happy; not happy at all. In fact, they will probably do something horrible to you.
+"When I took the lid off the shoebox, there was more cash than I had ever seen."
 
April 24 Wednesday
 
+"Well to be honest, I threw it away."
+You get out of bed in the morning and discover that you're a foot shorter than the day before.
+Believing the floating lights in your backyard to be fireflies, you accidentally trap a fairy in a mason jar.
 
Week 35
 
***There are no short story starters this week; instead there is a notebook check!***

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Week 35: April 29- May 3, 2024 Monday - Friday

MONDAY
NO DAILY MOTIVATION THIS WEEK!
NO SHORT STORY STARTERS THIS WEEK!
 
***RISE TESTING ALL THIS WEEK*** So, things are apt to change depending on the day; depending on the testing schedule and what classes I miss each day.
-Finish Reading Act 2 Cyrano
-Finish  Act 2 Reading Guide
-Turn in last week (34) LP packet
-Watch Act 2 Cyrano
-Grammar Workout: 4.4

TUESDAY
-Grammar Workout: 4.5
-Read Cyrano Act 3
-Start Week 35 Learning Packet and activities
-Word Search

WEDNESDAY
-Grammar Workout 4.6
-Cont. Cyrano Act 3
-Mad Lib

THURSDAY
-Cyrano Act 3 Reading Guide
-Complete week 35  packet 
 

FRIDAY
-SHORT STORY NOTEBOOK CHECK!
- Complete packet and turn in
 

Week 34: April 22-26, 2024 Monday-Friday

MONDAY
Daily Motivation: Helping Others- "The fastest route to greater happiness is giving and volunteering."-Arthur Brooks
Grammar Workout: 3.32
-Finish reading Act 1 Cyrano
-Start Watching Act 1 Cyrano Broadway version
-Short Story Starter

TUESDAY
Daily Motivation: Innovation- "You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore." -Andre Gide
Grammar Workout: 4.1
-Finish Watching Act 1 Cyrano Broadway version
-Act 1 Reading Guide 
-Word Search

WEDNESDAY
Daily Motivation: Curiosity- "Curiosity is more important than knowledge."- Albert Einstein
Grammar Workout: 4.2
-Start Reading Act 2 Cyrano
-Short Story Starter

THURSDAY
Daily Motivation: Preparation- "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant." -Robert Louis Stevenson
Grammar Workout: 4.3
-Continue Reading Act 2 Cyrano
-Act 2 Reading Guide
-Mad Lib

FRIDAY
Daily Motivation: Patience- "Have patience with all things, but, first of all with yourself." -Saint Francis de Sales
-Finish Packet 
-Finish Reading Act 2

Week 33: April 15-19, Monday-Friday, 2024

MONDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote-Helping Others-Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.- Sally Koch
Grammar Workout: 3.28
Reward Day for last week

TUESDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote-True Beauty-I can't think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be themselves.-Emma Stone
Grammar Workout: 3.29
-Start Final Unit- Cyrano De Bergerac
    -Edmund Rostand Reading
         +Questions
    -The Real Cyrano Reading
          +Questions
-Short Story Starter

WEDNESDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote-Peace-Peace begins with a smile.-Mother Teresa
Grammar Workout:3.30
-Historical Context
        +Questions
-Short Story Starter
- Mad Lib

THURSDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote-Peace-Inner peace doesn't come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are.- Marianne Williamson
Grammar Workout: 3.31
-Start Reading Cyrano Act 1
-Homework: Reading passage in packet

FRIDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote-Drive-Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.-William James
Grammar Workout: None
-Continue and Finish Cyrano Act 1
-Finish and Turn in Packet 
 

Week 32: April 8-12 California Trip Week

I was gone on the California trip for this week with the 8th grade class. The packet for the week will be in the assignments section. 

Week 31 3/25-29/2024 Monday-Friday

MONDAY
Daily Motivation: Better Together passiton.com
Grammar Workout: 3.24

-SCOPE "Should we switch to the metric system?"

     +Debate Essay Kit (we are not writing an essay, just fill it out for practice.)

-short story starter

HERE IS A LINK TO SCOPE ONLINE!!!

password is: lakes80

TUESDAY

Daily Motivation: Find a quote

Grammar Workout: 3.25

-SCOPE "They Might Be Dangerous"

    +Vocabulary

    +Theme Anticipation Guide

    +Read Story

 WEDNESDAY

Daily Motivation: Love
Grammar Workout: 3.26
 

-"They Might be Dangerous" cont.

     +Close Reading Questions

-short story starter

mad lib

word search


THURSDAY
Daily Motivation:  Find a quote
Grammar Workout: 3.27
 
Finish Packet
 

FRIDAY
 
Reward Day before the break
 

Week 30 March 18-22, 2024 Monday-Friday

MONDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote-"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside you.-Ralph Waldo Emmerson
Grammar Workout:3.22
-Scope-Read "Would you eat this?" and "Gross! Yuck! Ew!"
     +Finding and Using Text Evidence
-S.S.S
 
password: lakes80
TUESDAY
Daily Motivation: None
Grammar Workout: None
-Writing a Persuasive Essay on Utah Compose = Would you eat this?
     +Work Time

WEDNESDAY
Daily Motivation: None
Grammar Workout: None
-Writing a Persuasive Essay on Utah Compose = Would you eat this?
     +Work Time
-If students finish they should work on :
-the reading passage
-Mad Lib
-Word Search

THURSDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote- Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future. -Alice Walker
Grammar Workout: 3.23
-SCOPE: Can you Spot a Scam?

     +Central Ideas and Details

-S.S.S


FRIDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote-You have no control over other people's taste, so focus on staying true to your own. -Tim Gunn
Grammar Workout: None
-Finish up packet to turn in
 

Week 29 3/11- 15/ 2024 Monday - Friday

This week there will be nothing new, we are mainly finishing up things from last week and letting students get any late work turned in by WEDNESDAY (this is the last day I can accept anything). The term ends on Friday.
MONDAY
Daily Motivation: 
Grammar Workout:3.19
-Read Into the Underworld
    +Summarizing
-Pass out progress report

TUESDAY
Daily Motivation:
Grammar Workout:3.20
-Into the Underworld Quiz

WEDNESDAY
Daily Motivation:
Grammar Workout:3.21
-Last Chance Workday

THURSDAY
-Last Chance Workday
    +Reward if no missing work

FRIDAY
Third-term end celebration
 

Week 28: March 4 - 7, 2024 Monday - Thursday

MONDAY
Project Work Day! (projects due tomorrow: Tuesday March 5)
 
TUESDAY

Daily Motivation: Confidence HERE IS A LINK TO PASSITON.COM

Grammar Workout: use Towers of Ice for today

-Short Story Starter in notebook

-Start SCOPE February 2024 issue HERE IS A LINK TO SCOPE 

password: lakes80

Read SCOPE story: Heart Saver

-Summarizing sheet in learning packet


WEDNESDAY

Daily Motivation: Being There

Grammar Workout: 3.19

-Short Story Starter in notebook

-Quiz Heart Saver 

-Mad Lib

-Word Search


THURSDAY

Daily Motivation: Loyalty

Grammar Workout: 3.20

-READ - Into the Underworld SCOPE

     +Summarizing Literary Texts 

-SSS- using Into the Underworld- maybe rewrite a scene, or the ending

-Students independently read My Life in a Maya Village

 
FRIDAY
NO SCHOOL!
 
 

Week 27: Feb 26- Mar 1, 2024 Monday - Friday

MONDAY
Daily Motivation: Be a Light (all motivation's are from passiton.com this week. HERE IS A LINK TO THE WEBSITE, but you must still look up the videos yourself.
Grammar Workout:  3.15
Treasure Island Chapter 32
-Summary
-Mad Lib
-Start Word Search

TUESDAY
Daily Motivation:  Kindness
Grammar Workout: 3.16
Treasure Island Chapter 33
-Summary
-Final Project Explained

WEDNESDAY
Daily Motivation:  A Beautiful World
Grammar Workout: 3.17
Treasure Island Chapter 34
-Summary
-Talk about Themes
-Project Work time

THURSDAY
Daily Motivation:  Imagine
Grammar Workout: 3.18
-Project Work Time

FRIDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote
-Project Work Time
-Packets Due
 
 

Week 26: Feb. 20 - 23, 2024 Tuesday - Friday

TUESDAY
Daily Motivation: Turn Back Moment Steve Harvey *(You will have to look these up yourself on youtube if you miss class OR find your own motivation to write about .)
Grammar workout:  3.11 

Treasure Island Chapter 29 HERE'S A LINK TO THE AUDIOBOOK ON YOUTUBE

   -Summary

   -Mad Lib


WEDNESDAY
Daily Motivation: Never Surrender Kobe Bryant Never Rest in the Middle
Grammar workout: 3.12

Treasure Island Chapter 30

   -Summary

   -Word Search

   -Silver's Fatal Flaw


THURSDAY
Daily Motivation: 3 Things to Remember to keep a humble heart Short
Grammar workout: 3.13

Treasure Island Chapter 31

   -Summary

   -Short Story Starter


FRIDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote "Love and Kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference."
-Finish up the packet and turn in
 
 

Week 25: Feb. 2/12-15 2024 Monday - Thursday

MONDAY
Daily Motivation: ***From here on out, if you miss class you will have to find your own daily motivational quote and write about it.***
Grammar Workout: 3.8

Treasure Island Chapter 25  HERE'S A LINK TO THE AUDIOBOOK

   -Summary

  - Word Search

 
TUESDAY
Daily Motivation:***From here on out, if you miss class you will have to find your own daily motivational quote and write about it.***
Grammar Workout: 3.9

Treasure Island Chapter 26

   -Summary

   -Mad Lib

:
WEDNESDAY
Daily Motivation:***From here on out, if you miss class you will have to find your own daily motivational quote and write about it.***
Grammar Workout: 3.10

Treasure Island Chapter 27

   -Summary

   -Short Story Starter


THURSDAY
Daily Motivation:***From here on out, if you miss class you will have to find your own daily motivational quote and write about it.***
Grammar Workout: Thursday Week 25 workout

Treasure Island Chapter 28

   -Summary

   -Finish it all up


FRIDAY
NO SCHOOL
 

Week 24: Feb. 6-9, Tuesday- Friday

MONDAY
NO SCHOOL

TUESDAY
Daily Motivation: Please and Thank You passiton.com videos section
Grammar Workout: 3.4

Treasure Island Chapter 22

   -Summary

-Mad Lib


WEDNESDAY
Daily Motivation:  Love passiton.com videos section
Grammar Workout: 3.5

Treasure Island Chapter 23

   -Summary


THURSDAY
Daily Motivation: You have to motivate yourself-Nirmala Sitharaman-*Youtube (look it up)
Grammar Workout: 3.6

Treasure Island Chapter 24

   -Summary

-Word Search


FRIDAY
Daily Motivation: Two books Steve Harvey Recommends-Vault Empowers-*Youtube (look it up)
Grammar Workout: 3.7

Treasure Island Chapter 25

   -Summary

 

Week 23: Jan. 29 - Feb. 2, Monday-Friday

MONDAY
Grammar Workout: 2.14
-Reward Day from having a sub last Friday

 


TUESDAY
Daily Motivation:  Strength
Grammar Workout:  3.1
Daily Motivation:  Wonder
Grammar Workout:  3.2

-Treasure Island Chapter 20

  -Summary


THURSDAY
Daily Motivation:  Inclusion
Grammar Workout:  3.3
-Treasure Island Chapter 21

   -Summary

-Jim's Journey Coming of Age


FRIDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote-"The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do."-Sarah Ban Breathnach
-Finish work in packet and turn in
 

Week 22: Jan 22-26, 2024 Monday - Friday

MONDAY
Daily Motivation:  Opportunity  ***REMEMBER! All videos can be found on passiton.com but you have to look them up.***
Grammar Workout: ***No Grammar today Copier Broken, will update as week goes on.*** ***UPDATE: copied Grammar work we will start it on Wednesday!***
-Chapter 13-15 Important Scenes packet activity; 3 paragraph essay on TWO of the most important scenes.
-In class work time
-Essay due Friday, January 26 submitted via Utah Compose 
 
TUESDAY
Daily Motivation:  Do Your Part
Grammar Workout:
-In class work time on 3 paragraph essay
*HOMEWORK: Read or Listen to Chapter 16 Treasure Island and write a one paragraph summary.
 

WEDNESDAY
Daily Motivation:  Spread Your Wings
Grammar Workout:2.10-2.11
-Treasure Island Chapter 17
   -One paragraph Summary

THURSDAY
Daily Motivation:  Sportsmanship
Grammar Workout:2.12-2.13
-Treasure Island Chapter 18
   -One Paragraph Summary

FRIDAY
Daily Motivation:  Live Life
Grammar Workout:
-Finish Packet and last minute work on 3 paragraph essay.
 

Week 21 Jan 16-19, 2024 Tuesday-Friday

TUESDAY
Daily Motivation: Caring *REMEMBER* you can find all the videos at passiton.com but you will have to search through and find the actual video for that day.
Grammar Workout: 2.7
-Read Treasure Island Chapter 13
   -Summary
You can find the auidobook version that we listen to in class on youtube here.

WEDNESDAY
Daily Motivation: Determination
Grammar Workout: 2.8
-Read Treasure Island Chapter 14
   -Summary
-Violence Group Discussion in Learning Packet

THURSDAY
Daily Motivation: Caring
Grammar Workout: 2.9
-Read Treasure Island Chapter 15
   -Summary
-Time to work and finish Packet

FRIDAY
Daily Motivation: Opportunity
-Catch-up with Muppet Treasure Island