Lesson Plans for Friday, December 4

8th Grade:

1. Final Copy of Essays are due today
2. Review Verb Notes
3. Do 2a and 2b

*Start memorizing the 20 Linking Verbs


7th Grade:

1. Do Packet Page 3a and 3b
2. Take the 20 Linking Verb Quiz
3. Action and Linking Verb Worksheet

Lesson Plans for Thursday, December 3

8th Grade:

1. Hand in Punct Rewrites
2. Discuss Verb Notes
3. Do Packet Page 1a and 1b


7th Grade:

1. Do Packet Page 3a and 3b
2. Study for Linking Verb Quiz w/partner

*Verb Worksheet

Lesson Plans for Thursday, December 3

Lesson Plans for Wednesday, December 2

8th Grade:

1. Do Rewrite (from Punctuation Review)
2. Work on Conservation Essay


7th Grade:

1. Review Verb Notes
2. Check homework
3. Do Action/Linking Verb worksheet

*Start memorizing the 20 Linking Verbs

Lesson Plans for Tuesday, December 1

8th Grade:

1. Copy Verb Notes from board
2. Work on Conservation Essay



7th Grade:

1. Review Verb Notes
2. Check homework page
3. Discuss Linking Verbs
*Do Packet page 2a and 2b

Lesson Plans for Monday, November 30

8th Grade:

1. Revise Conservation Essay
2. Peer Edit Essays



7th Grade:

1. Copy Verb notes from board
2. Discuss Verb Notes
3. Discuss Action Verbs in particular
4. Do WS 1a and 1b

Lesson Plans for Friday, November 20

8th Grade:

1. Type Conservation (starting Final Copy)


7th Grade:

1. Draw for Dramatization Group

2. Practice skit with group

Lesson Plans for Friday, November 20

Lesson Plans for Thursday, November 19

8th Grade:

Work on Sloppy Copy of Conservation Essay



7th Grade:

1. Finish filling out the Fable Worksheet (Brown)
2. Do "A Modern Fable" worksheet

*Work on poster

Lesson Plans for Thursday, November 19

Lesson Plans for Wednesday, November 18

8th Grade:

1. Begin writing Conservation Essay Sloppy Copy


7th Grade:

1. Read the "The Dog and His Reflection"
2. Read "The Hare and the Tortoise"

* Number the commas and list all of the prepo phrases in the two stories

Lesson Plans for Tuesday, November 17

8th Grade:

1. Slogan exercise (with magazaines)
2. Come up with 20 slogans for the
conservation essay
* Find more notes on their own time


7th Grade:

1. Decorate Fable Folder
2. Do "The Ant and the Dove" worksheet
using dialogue

Lesson Plans for Monday, November 16

8th Grade:

1. Discuss Conservation Essay & natural resources
2. Look up notes on computer, info.etc.


7th Grade:

1. Make a folder for Fable papers
2. Discuss the Fable Poster
3. Read three fables in groups of three

*No homework

Lesson Plans for Friday, November 13

8th Grade:

1. Work on Conservation Essay



7th Grade:

1. Read two fables aloud to a partner
2. Write a paraphrase on one
3. Critique paraphrases

Lesson Plans for Thursday, November 12

8th Grade:

1. Work on Conservation Essay
2. Research topics on computer
3. Read information from box


7th Grade:

1. Fable Unit
2. Read aloud "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"
3. Do a practice paraphrase

*Read some Fables from the list

Lesson Plans for Wednesday, November 11

8th Grade:

1. New Writing Assignment: Conservation Essay
2. Discuss Requirements
3. Read Sample Papers

*Take notes on conservation topics

7th Grade:

1. Parts of Speech Worksheet
2. Grade homework
3. Introduce Fable Unit (discuss activities)

*No homwork

Lesson Plans for Tuesday, November 10

8th Grade:

1. Conventions WS
2. Check and record
3. Take Memory Card Quiz (Parts of Speech)

*No Homework

7th Grade:

1. Parts of Speech (copy notes from board)
2. Parts of Speech WS

*Parts of Speech WS II

Lesson Plans for Monday, November 9

8th Grade:

1. Parts of Speech Memory Card (copy notes from board)
2. Parts of Speech Worksheet

*No Homework


7th Grade:

1. Do Conventions WS from Winnie the Witch Letters
2. Hand back Winnie Letter

*No homework