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English LA 7/8 2025-26

Course Description

This is Mr. Lakes' 7th and 8th-grade Language Arts class.

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Week 4 Assignments

These are all the assignments we will do in class for Week 4.
Week 4 Assignments.pdf

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Week 4-September 2-5, 2025

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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
It's the March 2025 issue
 
MONDAY
NO SCHOOL
 
TUESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-When Women Ruled Baseball

    -Discussion Questions

+Work on Mad Lib

WEDNESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-When Women Ruled Baseball

    -Making Inferences

+Work on Word Search

THURSDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-The Creature Conference

    -Root Power

+Work on Word Search

FRIDAY

+Reading Comprehension

+Finish anything in Packet and turn in

 

Week 3-August 25-29, 2025

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

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE: Do Manners Matter?

    -Vocabulary and Practice

    -Read Article (audio 4:36)

    -Discuss

TUESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE: Do Manners Matter?

    -Central Ideas And Details

    -Quiz

WEDNESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE: When Women Ruled Baseball

    -Vocabulary and Practice

    -Video

        -Video Discussion Questions 

THURSDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE: When Women Ruled Baseball

    -Classroom Reading

    -Write Summary

FRIDAY
Finish Packet
 
 

Week 2-August 18-22, 2025

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

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-Delicious or Deadly?

    -Read Article

    -Key Ideas and Details

Tuesday

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+Key Ideas and Details

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

Wednesday

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE- Delicious or Deadly?

    -Quiz

+Start Reading SCOPE article- The Curious History of Cats

    -Vocabulary and Practice

Thursday

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+Finish Reading SCOPE-The Curious History of Cats

    -Discussion Questions 

Friday

+Reading Comprehension

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

+Partner Quiz on The Curious History of Cats

 
 

Welcome! Week 1 Plan

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.
 
Week 1
 
Wednesday

+Welcome- a little about me

+Disclosure

+Tour of Classroom

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

Thursday

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+Class Website Tour and short quiz

+Scope- Introduction

     -Meet Gigantopithecus- Grammar- Plurals and Possessives

        -Magazine Activity

        -Possessives Challenge

Friday
+Reading Comprehension
 

+SCOPE-Delicious or Deadly?

    -Vocabulary and Practice

    -Read Article (audio is 12:41)