Mean McMurrin
7th Grade English
Reader's/Writer's Notebook
Exposition and Research Notebook

Date Title
Page #
 11/18  Reading, Writing, and Thinking Like a Reporter
 1
 11/18  What We Know About the Northridge Earthquake
 2
 11/19  Interview: Significance of the Northridge Earthquake
 3
 11/19  Interview Notes
 4-5
 11/23  QW: What Yuma Found Significant
 6
 11/23  Somebody/Wanted/But/So "Lessons and Kindness"
 7
 11/25 What Makes an Event Significant
 8
 11/30  Vocab List #6
 9-10
 11/30  Meaningful Vocab Sentences
 11
 12/2  Visual Questioning
 12
 12/3 What We Know About Hurricane Katrina
 13-16
 12/7  Vocab List #7
 
 12/7  Meaningful Vocab Sentences
 
   My Quiz Scores
 
   QW: What the Reporters Want Us to Know
 
   Sources the Reporters Used
 
   Organization of a News Article
 
   My Research Topic
 
   Reporter's Note Page
 
   Using Context Clues
 
   Vocab List #8
 
   Meaningful Vocab Sentences
 
   QW: What the Reporters Want Us to Know ("Katrina Takes a Toll on Truth")
 
   Adequate, Accurate, and Appropriate
 
   Bias & Stereotyping
 
   Context Clues: Compare and Contrast
 
   Bibliography  
   Practice Context Clues
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Bone Black Comprehension Questions  Write Like: First Person to Third Person
Reflect on Inquiry-based Discussion
 9/9  Academic and Personal Goals
 1-2
 9/10  House Diagram
 3
 9/11  House Story
 4
 9/14  Vocab List #1: Narrative Terms
 5-6
 9/14  Meaningful Vocabulary Sentences
7
9/15
QW: Remembering a narrative 8
9/15
Characteristics of a Good Narrative 9
9/16
Bone Black Comprehension Questions
9/17
Significant Sentences: Character in Bone Black 12
9/18
First Person or Third Person (Notes)
13
 9/18  Write Like: First Person to Third Person
9/21
Vocab List #2 15-16
9/21
Meaningful Vocab Sentences

9/22
Sensory Details: Bone Black

QW: Relationships in Bone Black


Nouns: Concrete or Abstract?


My Life Timeline

"Amigo Brothers" Comprehension Questions
   My Quiz Scores
 
   Common and Proper Nouns
 
   Significant Sentences: Relationships in "Amigo Brothers"
 

QW: Antonio and Felix's Shared Dream



Plot Flow Map


Vocab List #3

   Plot Mountain
 
   Meaningful Vocab Sentences #3
 
   Figurative Language
 
   Figurative Language in "Amigo Brothers"
 

Reflection: Point of View in "Amigo Brothers"
 10/12 Vocab List #4  
10/12 Meaningful Vocab Sentences
10/13 Active vs. Passive Voice
10/13 Discovery Writing
10/14 "Everything Will Be Okay" Comprehension Questions
"Everything Will Be Okay" Reaction
10/16
Character Analysis

10/19
Significant Sentences: "Everything Will Be Okay"

10/20
My Reaction to "Everything Will Be Okay"

10/22
Reflection on Inquiry-based Discussion

10/22
QW: Theme of "Everything Will Be Okay"

10/23
Analogy

10/29
Plot Flow Map: Personal Narrative

10/29
Rough Draft #1: Personal Narrative

10/30
Sensory Details: Personal Narrative

11/2
Vocab List #5

11/2
Figurative Language: Personal Narrative

 11/2  Meaningful Vocab Sentences
 
 11/3 My Introduction
 
 11/3 Personal Narrative
 
 11/3  Draft #2
 
 11/9 Narrative Unit A-Z  
 11/9  Narrative Unit: Final Reflection
 
 11/10  Reflect on My Academic and Personal Goals