Our class uses a class magazine called SCOPE. It's full of great informational articles, interesting stories, and activities that will help us learn the skills we need throughout the year in 7th and 8th grade. Students and Parents may access this magazine from home online by using the following link.

 

 

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-Into The Maze of DOOM

    -Make a Playlist for Into the Maze of Doom

 TUESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+Summary of Into the Maze of Doom

+Work on Playlist Assignment

 WEDNESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+Turn in Assignments

 THURSDAY

 NO SCHOOL FALL BREAK

 

 NO SCHOOL FALL BREAK

 

 

Our class uses a class magazine called SCOPE. It's full of great informational articles, interesting stories, and activities that will help us learn the skills we need throughout the year in 7th and 8th grade. Students and Parents may access this magazine from home online by using the following link.

 

 

 

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-Finders Keepers?

    -Essay Kit (We are not actually writing the essay, just filling out the kit)

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-Paired Texts- The Rise of the Internet and The Print Revolution

    -Vocabulary

    -Read Articles ( about 12 mins total for both articles audio)

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-Paired Texts- The Rise of the Internet and The Print Revolution

    -Discussion Questions

+Word Search / Mad Lib

-Finish Packet and Turn in

-Missing Work Report

-No missing work and packet finished and turned in= Reward

 

 

 

Our class uses a class magazine called SCOPE. It's full of great informational articles, interesting stories, and activities that will help us learn the skills we need throughout the year in 7th and 8th grade. Students and Parents may access this magazine from home online by using the following link.

 

 

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+ Strat SCOPE- September 2025 issue

    -The Power of Color

        -Magazine Activity

        -Their, There, and They're Practice

+Mad Lib

 TUESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE- After The Flood

    -Behind the Scenes Video

    -Vocabulary Practice

    -Read Article (15:15 mins for audio)

    -Summary

 WEDENSDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-After the Flood 

    -Discussion Questions

-Work on Word Search

 THURSDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-After The Flood

    -Nonfiction Elements

 FRIDAY

-Finish Packet and Turn in

-Missing Work Report

-No missing work = Reward

 

 

Our class uses a class magazine called SCOPE. It's full of great informational articles, interesting stories, and activities that will help us learn the skills we need throughout the year in 7th and 8th grade. Students and Parents may access this magazine from home online by using the following link. I will post this each week here, so it will be easy to access.

 

 

 

 Monday

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-Delicious or Deadly?

    -Read Article

    -Key Ideas and Details

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+Key Ideas and Details

+3 paragraph essay- this time it may be handwritten or typed-Essay due on Friday.

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE- Delicious or Deadly?

    -Quiz

+Start Reading SCOPE article- The Curious History of Cats

    -Vocabulary and Practice

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+Finish Reading SCOPE-The Curious History of Cats

    -Discussion Questions 

+Reading Comprehension

***3-paragraph essay Due!***

+Partner Quiz on The Curious History of Cats

 

 

Hello and welcome to our 7/8 grade LA Class Website for Mr. Lakes' class. I'm excited to get the year started and meet all of you. I know we will have a great year with lots of fun, learning, and progress.

 

First off, in our class we use a class magazine called SCOPE. It's full of great informational articles, interesting stories, and activities that will help us learn the skills we need throughout the year in 7th and 8th grade. Students and Parents may access this magazine from home online by using the following link. I will post this each week here, so it will be easy to access.

 

the password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 

 

Every week, usually Mondays, I will post the in-class plan for the week and also post the assignments on the assignments page.

 

 

+Welcome- a little about me

+Disclosure

+Tour of Classroom

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+Class Website Tour and short quiz

+Scope- Introduction

     -Meet Gigantopithecus- Grammar- Plurals and Possessives

        -Magazine Activity

        -Possessives Challenge

+Reading Comprehension

 

+SCOPE-Delicious or Deadly?

    -Vocabulary and Practice

    -Read Article (audio is 12:41)