Mean McMurrin
7th Grade English
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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