5/30 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday- Free Rice time! You can choose your category.

2. Learning Farm-Practice makes perfect. Work on the Summarizing Informational Texts. 

3. Homophones-You are to use your by, bye, buy homophones to create sentences. You need to create 4 sentences for each word. Each sentence should use the word correctly. You will be creating a total of 12 sentences.

4. NC Write-It's time for our last NC Write of the year!. Head over and complete the prompt titled 7th Grade Review.

5. Hunting Discussion - Is all Hunting ethical?

Look at the following links about hunting. On a piece of paper, tell me what you think about hunting. Do you think that it is ethical? Did any of the links change your mind? If you disagree with the opinions found in  the links, tell me why.

• You Call This Hunting?
• Fair Chase
• A Real Hunter
• Hunting in Africa
• Supporters of Fair Chase Hunting

6. WW2-Head over to the Wikipedia entry on WW2 battles. Take some time to review the battles. When you have finished reading, pick 6 battles that you thought were the most interesting/important. On a sheet of paper, put the details of each of your six battles in your own words. Who fought in the battle? When and where was it fought? What was its significance?

7. WW2 Project-Keep working on your map project.

5/29 Thursday

1. Article Review-Read the following article. After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Norman Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:

-What was the article's main idea?

-What text structure did the article use?

-Write a brief summary of the idea.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Keep working on your Act-it-Outs

3. Homophones- Our second set of homophones is by, buy, and bye. Take a few minutes to read some basic rules for by, buy, bye, and then attempt some practice sentences. Finally, try this multiple choice practice quiz to check for understanding.

4. Learning Farm-Keep working on Main Idea and Supporting Details

5. NC Write-It's time for our last NC Write of the year! Head over and complete the prompt titled 7th Grade Review.

6. WW2-Let's keep looking at WW2.

5/28 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Let's play our games.

Switchword.
Word Confusion
Joy Words
Before and After
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Act-it-Out-Take this time to work on your weekly vocab. project.

3. Homophones-You are to use your to, too, two homophones to create sentences. You need to create 4   sentences for each word. Each sentence should use the word correctly. You will be creating a total of 12 sentences.

4. Learning Farm-Use this time to quietly work on Learning Farm. Work on Main Idea and Supporting Details.

5. NC Write-It's time for our last NC Write of the year!. Head over and complete the prompt titled 7th Grade Review.

6. WW2-Today We will look at some videos about the major battles of the war.

7. WW2 Project-Keep working hard!.

5/27 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-In your Norman Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Make sure to date your post, fully explain your answer, and use complete sentences.



2. Weekly Vocabulary-This is our LAST set of Weekly Vocabulary Words! Take a few minutes and get familiar with them.

1.  brackish -- slightly salty
2.  brandish -- To wave or exhibit something in a dramatic or threatening way
3.  circumference -- The boundary of an area, an object, or a geometric figure, especially a circle
4.  commotion -- Noisy activity or confusion
5.  concoction -- Something that has been prepared by putting several things together; a mixture of ingredients

3. Act-it-Out-I may be crazy for bringing it back.....but it's time for Act-it-Out! Pick a group and start brainstorming.

4. Homophones-Today we will look at to, too and two. First, please take a few minutes reviewing the basic differences between these three words.  Next,  take a look at these flash card examples. When you are ready, do the following  practice activity on a piece of paper.

5. Learning Farm-Let's improve those scores.

6. WW2-Continue working on your projects.

5/23 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday- Free Rice time! You can choose your category.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-I will be picking up the 3-2-1s in about 10 minutes.

3. StoryBird-Finish those stories!

4. Synonym Sentences-Rewrite the following sentences on a piece of paper. Replace the underlined word with an awesome synonym.

5. Learning Farm-I will let you know what topic we will cover today.

6. WW2-We will continue looking at WW2.

7. Weekly Project-You are to create a project which will show the impact WW2 had on the countries who fought. Pick 8 countries and on a sheet of paper, you are to do the following:

1. Draw a picture of the country

2. Draw and color the country's flag

3. Include the following information about each country

a. What side they fought on

b. Leader of country

c. Number of soldiers killed

d. Number of civilians killed

5/22 Thursday

1. BONUS-The first student who correctly emails me with the answer to the following question will receive 5 bonus points on their next quiz or assignment! This should be in your OWN WORDS and not copied and pasted.

What were the names of all 7 dwarves from the Disney movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarves?

2. Article Review-Read the following article. After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Norman Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:

-What was the article's main idea?

-What text structure did the article use?

-Write a brief summary of the idea.

3. Weekly Vocabulary-Keep working on your 3-2-1s.

4. StoryBird-Make that story perfect!

5. Learning Farm-Continue working on the Learning Farm. I will let you know what subject to do.

6. NC Write-Work on your Free Writes. 

5/21 Wednesday

1. Game Time-It's game time! Holy smokes look at all those games!

Switchword.
Word Confusion
Joy Words
Before and After
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Keep working on your 3-2-1s.

3. StoryBird-Make that story perfect!

4. Learning Farm-Continue working on the Learning Farm. I will let you know what subject to do.

5. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answer.

Do you think it is right for a country to go to war? What are some of the reasons why you think it would be ok for a country to go to war?

6. WW2-We will continue looking at WW2.

7. Weekly Project-You are to create a project which will show the impact WW2 had on the countries who fought. Pick 10 countries and on a sheet of paper, you are to do the following:

1. Draw a picture of the country

2. Draw and color the country's map

3. Include the following information about each country

a. What side they fought on

b. Leader of country

c. Number of soldiers killed

d. Number of civilians killed

5/20 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative! The mood for your story should be depressing.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Keep working on your 3-2-1s.

3. StoryBird-Make that story perfect!

4. Learning Farm-Continue working on the Learning Farm. I will let you know what subject to do.

5. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answer.

How could the United States have gotten out of the Great Depression?

6. World War 2-Today we begin our unit on World War 2.

5/19 Monday

1. Warm-Up-In your Norman Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Make sure to date your post, fully explain your answer, and use complete sentences.



2. Weekly Vocabulary Words-Your words for the week are dismal, dispel, eavesdrop, egregious, ember, emerge, engross, exasperation, exhilarate, falter. You are responsible for finding the words' defintions on Quizlet's list of 100 words every middle schooler should know.

3. Weekly Vocabulary Project-Use your words to create a 3-2-1.
Write each word 3 times
Write each word and definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (make sure you underline the vocabulary word)

4. StoryBird-We are going to use the website Storybird to create a short fictional story. This should be fun and interesting! Your story should contain a plot, a setting, have conflict, and have dialogue between characters. Head over and take a look at the Storybird explanation. This has a good overview of the tool. 

5. Learning Farm-The EOGs are fast approaching, so let's review!

6. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answer.

How could the United States have gotten out of the Great Depression?

7. World War 2-Today we begin our unit on World War 2. 

5/16 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday- Free Rice time! You can choose your category.


2. Weekly Vocabulary-Take this time to finish your puzzles.


3. MDG Map-Finish up those maps......I hope they are pretty!


4. Reading Passage-We are going to work on a short reading passage.


5. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and work on the prompt titled, Free Write 5/16


6. Great Depression Project-Keep working on your Great Depression writing assignment.

5/15 Thursday

1. Article Review-Read the following article. After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Norman Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:

-What was the article's main idea?

-What text structure did the article use?

-Write a brief summary of the idea.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Work on your puzzles.

3. Compare and Contrast-Continue working on your Three Little Pigs Venn Diagram. In case you forgot, here are the directions again:

We are going to practice our comparing and contrasting skills! First, read THREE LITTLE PIGS FABLE. Next, read the wolf's version, the so-called TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS. When you have finished both, you will create a Venn Diagram which compares and contrasts the two stories. For an example, look at this VENN DIAGRAM. Complete your Venn Diagram on paper, filling in your circles with as many good details as possible.

4. Most Dangerous Game Map-Keep working on those maps.

5. Great Depression Survivors- It is fascinating to hear people who lived through the Depression discuss what it was really like. Watch the following video. It may give you some inspiration for your Weekly Assignment.

6. Great Depression Weekly Project-For this assignment, you are going to try your best to get into the minds of the people who experienced the Great Depression. You will pick 5 pictures from the following 8. They are all pictures of people from the Great Depression. Once you have picked your 5 pictures, you are to create a Google doc titled "Great Depression Project." You are going to write (at least 7 sentences each) 5 stories based on the pictures you have chosen. Each story needs to be written in First Person. You can create your story in any way that you see fit but they must be tied to the Great Depression and be school appropriate. In your doc, paste your photo and then write your story. Do this for each picture and story. Here is the link for the pictures.

5/14 Wednesday

1. Game Time-It's game time! NEW GAME ALERT!!!! Take about 5 minutes and try out our new game, Switchword.

Word Confusion
Joy Words
Before and After
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Take this time to work on your crossword puzzles.

3. Most Dangerous Game Map-Keep working on your Ship Trap Island maps. here again are the directions:

You are going to create a map of Ship-Trap Island. You can find the story here. Your map should be creative, colorful, and contain important places from the story. Your map must have at least 6 spots marked on them and each spot must correspond with something from the book. You must also reference the spot in the story where your places are mentioned. This will need to be written on the back of the map.

4. Compare and Contrast-We are going to practice our comparing and contrasting skills! First, read THREE LITTLE PIGS FABLE. Next, read the wolf's version, the so-called TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS. When you have finished both, you will create a Venn Diagram which compares and contrasts the two stories. For an example, look at this VENN DIAGRAM. Complete your Venn Diagram on paper, filling in your circles with as many good details as possible.

5. Great Depression Weekly Project-For this assignment, you are going to try your best to get into the minds of the people who experienced the Great Depression. You will pick 5 pictures from the following 8. They are all pictures of people from the Great Depression. Once you have picked your 5 pictures, you are to create a Google doc titled "Great Depression Project." You are going to write (at least 7 sentences each) 5 stories based on the pictures you have chosen. Each story needs to be written in First Person. You can create your story in any way that you see fit but they must be tied to the Great Depression and be school appropriate. In your doc, paste your photo and then write your story. Do this for each picture and story. Here is the link for the pictures.

5/13 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative! The mood for your story should be exciting.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Keep working on your Crossword Puzzles.

3. Compare and Contrast Review-We will review our passage from yesterday. 

4. Most Dangerous Game Map Activity- You are going to create a map of Ship-Trap Island. You can find the story here. Your map should be creative, colorful, and contain important places from the story. Your map must have at least 6 spots marked on them and each spot must correspond with something from the book. You must also reference the spot in the story where your places are mentioned. This will need to be written on the back of the map.

5. Compare and Contrast-We are going to practice our comparing and contrasting skills! First, read  THREE LITTLE PIGS FABLE. Next, read  the wolf's version, the so-called TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS.
When you have finished both, you will create a Venn Diagram which compares and contrasts the two stories. For an example, look at this VENN DIAGRAM. Complete your Venn Diagram on paper, filling in your circles with as many good details as possible.

6 Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Remember to fully explain your answers.

What do you already know about the Great Depression? Do you know of anyone who lived through the Depression?

7. Great Depression-Today we will begin looking at the causes of the Great Depression. 

5/12 Monday

1. Warm-Up-In your Norman Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Make sure to date your post, fully explain your answer, and use complete sentences.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Here are your words for the week. Take a few minutes to get familiar with them.

3. Vocabulary Crossword-We are going to use our words to create a crossword puzzle. We have done this before and I expect the results to be better than the first time. Remember to write your clues on the back of your paper. Your clues should be challenging but not impossible. Here is a reminder of what a crossword puzzle should look like.

4. Compare and Contrast-Today we are going to begin looking at comparing and contrasting stories and informational text.

5. Compare and Contrast Activity-We are going to practice our new skills.

6. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Remember to fully explain your answers.

What do you think could have been done to avoid another world war? Be sure to provide details.

7. League of Nations-Today we are going to look at the League of Nations.

5/10 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday- Free Rice time! You can choose your category.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Finish your 3-2-1s.

3. Most Dangerous Game-Today is the last day to read our story.

4. MDG Review-When you have finished reading, I want you to write a review of our short story. Your review should tell me whether you liked the story or not. If you liked it, tell me why. If you did not like it, tell me why. Your review should be written on paper, use complete sentences, and provide lots of details to support your opinion. It should contain at least 100 words. 

5. NC Write-Keep working on your persuasive essay.

6. WW1 Essay-Keep working on your imperialism essay.

7. WW1 Essay 2-Head over to NC Write and complete the prompt titled, World War 1 Essay 2. 

5/8 Thursday

1. Game Time-Since we missed our game time yesterday, let's play today!!

Word Confusion
Joy Words
Before and After
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Keep working on your 3-2-1s. 

3. Most Dangerous Game-Finish up your story.

4. NC Write-Keep working on your persuasive essay.

5. WW1 Quiz Review-Let's take this time to review our quiz.

6.NC Write-You are going to complete a WW1 essay on NC Write. Head over to NC Write and complete the essay titled World War 1 Essay 1. 

5/5 Monday

1. Warm-Up-In your Norman Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Make sure to date your post, fully explain your answer, and use complete sentences.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Here are your new words for the week. Take a few minutes to get to know them. 

3. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-Use all of your words to complete your 3-2-1 assignment. Here are the instructions:

Write each word 3 times
Write each word and definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (make sure you underline the vocabulary word)

4. NC Write-Keep working on your Persuasive Essay.

5.  Most Dangerous Game-This is our last week reading our story. Get to work!

6. WW1 Review-Take this time to review for your quiz.

5/2 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday- Free Rice time! You can choose your category.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Finish your 5x5x5s.

3. Comic Strip Creator

Below are 3 different comic creator websites. Check out all 3 sites and spend some time exploring. Once you have looked around, create at least 1 strip on each site.

Marvel Kids Comic Creator
Lego City Comic Creator
Strip Creator

After you have finished creating your strips, send me an email titled "Comic Strips." In your email you need to rank from best to worst the different comic strip creator sites. Have fun!

4. Most Dangerous Game-This is a good chance to catch up on your reading.

5. FitBrains-Let's play!

6. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answer.

Who was Franz Ferdinand and what impact did he have on World War 1?

7. WW1 Websites-Go to the following World War 1 websites. Read the information contained on the sites. When you have finished, create a fact sheet containing 20 facts you have learned form the sites. Be sure you write in complete sentences and pull facts from all 3 sites. Here are the websites:

Link

Link

Link

5/1 Thursday

1. Article Review-Read the following article. After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Norman Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:

-What was the article's main idea?

-What text structure did the article use?

-Write a brief summary of the idea.


2. Analyze the Quotes-Read the following quotes. In your Language Arts Google doc, analyze each quote. What do you think the speaker meant? Why do you think this? How does this quote relate to you? Remember to write in complete sentences and to fully explain your answers.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them

No one can confindently say that he will be living tomorrow

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live

3 Most Dangerous Game Activity-You are going to write 3 journal entries, one each from the viewpoint of the following characters. These should be written on paper.
1. Rainsford
2. General Zaroff
3. Ivan
These journal entire should summarize what has happened before and give each characters' opinion on the events that have occurred so far.
Each journal entry should be at least 5 sentences long.

4. Most Dangerous Game-We have a lot to read before next week so get going!

5. NC Write-Keep working on your persuasive essays. 

6. WW1 Review-We are going to continue reviewing WW1

7. WW1 Game-Follow the link to our WW1 game called, Trench Warfare.

Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live

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No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow
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No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
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