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English LA 7/8 2025-26

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

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Week 17: December 1-5, 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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
We are currently using the October 2025 issue in class.
 
MONDAY

Skills Work

S.S.S

Start November Issue SCOPE-

-The Magic of Makeup

   -Magazine Activity

   -To, Too, or Two practice

TUESDAY

Skills Work

S.S.S

-SCOPE-The Blood Red Night

   - Read Article (audio 11:23)

   -Write Summary

WEDNESDAY

Skills Work

S.S.S

-SCOPE-The Blood Red Night

   -Author's Craft

THURSDAY

Skills Work

-Quiz-The Blood Red Night

-Text features

FRIDAY

Finish assignments

Turn in assignments

 

Week 16: November 24-25,2025

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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
We are currently using the October 2025 issue in class.
 
***Thanksgiving Break is this week so we are only in school for Monday and Tuesday.*** 
***There are no assignments for this week.***
***There is no skills work this week.***
 
MONDAY
-Pass out Progress Report
-Work on Missing work
 
TUESDAY
-Work on Missing Work
 
 

Week 15: November 17- 21, 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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
We are currently using the October 2025 issue in class.
 
MONDAY
Writing short stories-consult the day-to-day packet/planner in the assignments section.
 

TUESDAY
Writing short stories-consult the day-to-day packet/planner in the assignments section.
 

WEDNESDAY
Writing short stories-consult the day-to-day packet/planner in the assignments section.
 

THURSDAY
Writing short stories-consult the day-to-day packet/planner in the assignments section.
 

FRIDAY
Writing short stories-consult the day-to-day packet/planner in the assignments section.
 
 

Week 14: November 10-14, 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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
We are currently using the October 2025 issue in class.
 
MONDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

+SCOPE- ALL the Tiny Teeth

   -Vocabulary and Practice

   -Read: All the Tiny Teeth

TUESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

+SCOPE- ALL the Tiny Teeth

    -Conflict

    -Discussion Questions

WEDNESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

-Finish Previous Assignments

+SCOPE-How Candy Took Over America

    -Vocabulary and Practice

    -Short Write Kit

THURSDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

+SCOPE-How Candy Took Over America

    -Quiz

-Finish Assignments

FRIDAY

+Finish Assignments

+Turn in Assignments

 
 

Week 13: November 3 - 7, 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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
We are currently using the October 2025 issue in class.
 
MONDAY
NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
 
TUESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

-SCOPE- The Tell-Tale Heart-Play

    -Vocabulary and Practice

    -Read Play

WEDNESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

-SCOPE- The Tell-Tale Heart-Play

    -Featured Skill- Mood

THURSDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

-SCOPE- The Tell-Tale Heart-Play

    -Discussion Questions

    -Quiz

FRIDAY
Finish Assignments
Turn in Assignments
 
 
 

Week 12: October 27- 31, 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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
We are currently using the October 2025 issue in class.
 
MONDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

+SCOPE-Hiawatha and the Peacemaker

    -Vocabulary

    -Read Articles

TUESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

+ SCOPE-Hiawatha and the Peacemaker

    -Featured Skill Synthesis

    -Journal Entry

WEDNESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

-SCOPE-Hiawatha and the Peacemaker

    -Quiz

-SCOPE-Are You Too Old to Trick-or-Treat?

    -Read Article

    -Essay Kit

THURSDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

+Work Time on Argumentative Essay-Due Tuesday

FRIDAY

+Finish Assignments

   -Work Time

+Turn in Assignments

 
 

Week 11: October 21- 24, 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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
We are currently using the October 2025 issue in class.
 
TUESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

+SCOPE-October 2025 issue-Would You Sleep Here

    -Magazine Activity

    -Comma or No Comma

    -What's a Sentence

+Witches Among Them

    -Read (18:38)

WEDNESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

+Witches Among Them

    -Vocabulary

    -Summarizing

    -Quiz???

THURSDAY

+Skills Practice

+Short Story Starter

+Witches Among Them

    -Key Ideas and Details

FRIDAY

+Finish Assignments

+Turn Assignments in

 
 

Week 10: October 13-15, 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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
We are currently using the September 2025 issue in class.
 
MONDAY

+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
 

FRIDAY 
 NO SCHOOL FALL BREAK
 
 

Week 9: October 6-10, 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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
We are currently using the September 2025 issue in class.
 
MONDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE- Bringing Back the Dire Wolf

    -Read (about 6 min audio)

    - Write Summary

    -Short write Constructed Response for the at the end of the text question

TUESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-Bringing Back The Dire Wolf

    -Quiz

WEDNESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+Catch-up Time

THURSDAY

*All Late Work Due!

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-Into The Maze of DOOM

    -Read Play as a class

    -Summary

FRIDAY

-Finish Packet and Turn in

-Missing Work Report

-No missing work = Reward

 
 
 
 

Week 8: September 29- October 3, 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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
We are currently using the September 2025 issue in class.
 
MONDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-Island Rodeo Queen

    -Vocabulary

    -Read Article (about 19 mins audio)

TUESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-Island Rodeo Queen

    -Discussion Questions

WEDNESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-Island Rodeo Queen

    - Featured Skill: Narrative Fiction

THURSDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-Island Rodeo Queen

    Narrative Fiction Writing Time-Utah Compose

FRIDAY

-Finish Packet and Turn in

-Missing Work Report

-No missing work = Reward

Week 7: September 22-26, 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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
We are currently using the September 2025 issue in class.
 
MONDAY
+Skills Practice
+Reading Comprehension
= SCOPE-Finders Keepers?
    -Scavenger Hunt
 
TUESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE-Finders Keepers?

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

WEDNESDAY

+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)

THURSDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

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

    -Discussion Questions

+Word Search / Mad Lib

FRIDAY

-Finish Packet and Turn in

-Missing Work Report

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

 
 
 

Week 6- September 15-19, 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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
We are currently using the September 2025 issue in class.
 
MONDAY

+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

 
 

Week 5-September 8-12, 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.
 
The password is: lakes80 (it's all one word no caps) 
It's the March 2025 issue
 
MONDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE: How I Became Stink Daley (audio 19:46 mins)

    -Vocabulary and Practice 

    -if time work on Mad Lib

TUESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE: How I Became Stink Daley

    -Discussion Questions 

    -Word Search

WEDNESDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+SCOPE: How I Became Stink Daley

    -Featured Skill Character 

    -Personal Essay explained; Use Outline

THURSDAY

+Skills Practice

+Reading Comprehension

+In-class writing time for personal essay

FRIDAY

+Finish Packet and Turn in

+Writing time in class- Essays Due Monday

 
 
 

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