Mrs. Hayes
7th Grade ELA
Cooper Middle School: The Hidden gem of cobb county
There will be an optional online help session this morning at 11 am. To access the online help session, click on the link below to access the meeting via Zoom. You may use a computer, tablet, or phone to access the help session.
Jamie Hayes is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Mrs. Hayes's ELA Help Session 3/23/2020 Time: Mar 23, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting--use this link! https://us04web.zoom.us/j/169111356 Meeting ID: 169 111 356
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Students with internet access
Monday 3/23/20 GSE7RL4/GSE7L5: Figurative Language Figurative Language Review
Tuesday 3/24/20 GSE7L5: Connotation/Denotation
And I must weep alone.”
Wednesday 3/25/20 GSE7L4: Vocabulary in Context, Prefixes, Suffixes, Root Words
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Thursday 3/26/20 GSE7L1: Phrases and Clauses; Simple Sentences, Compound Sentences, Complex Sentences, Compound-Complex Sentences Grammar Review
Log into Quill.com To access Quill:
Friday 3/27/20 Quiz in CommonLit over “Truth” by Nikki Grimes. You can access the quiz via GoogleClassroom or Clever. Homework
Students with limited internet access Monday 3/23/20 GSE7RL4/GSE7L5: Figurative Language Figurative Language Review
Tuesday 3/24/20 GSE7RL4/GSE7L5: Figurative Language ELAGSE7W3: Writing Narratives
Wednesday 3/25/20 GSE7L5: Connotation/Denotation ELAGSE7W3: Writing Narratives Complete the original narrative started on Tuesday
Meaning in my story: the word “bark” is used to describe the sound that my dog made when the I took him on a walk. Other meaning: The word “bark” can also be used to describe the wood on the outside of trees that protects the tree trunks and branches. Thursday 3/26/20 GSE7L1: Phrases and Clauses; Simple Sentences, Compound Sentences, Complex Sentences, Compound-Complex Sentences Review of Tone and Mood
Friday 3/27/20 Quiz in CommonLit over “Truth” by Nikki Grimes. You can access the quiz via GoogleClassroom or Clever. If you cannot access the quiz while school is out, you will make it up when we return to school. Homework
Students with Internet Access Monday 3/23/20 GSE7RL4: Figurative Language Figurative Language Review
Tuesday 3/24/20 GSE7L5: Connotation/Denotation Tone and Mood Review Connotation/Denotation
Wednesday 3/25/20 GSE7L4: Vocabulary in Context, Prefixes, Suffixes, Root Words Vocabulary in Context and Prefixes, Root Words, Suffixes
To access BrainPop
Thursday 3/26/20 Tone and Mood Review
Friday 3/27/20 Quiz in CommonLit over “Truth” by Nikki Grimes. You can access the quiz via GoogleClassroom or Clever. If you cannot access the quiz while school is out, you will make it up when we return to school. Homework
Students with Limited Internet Access Monday 3/23/20 GSE7RL4: Figurative Language Figurative Language Review
Tuesday 3/24/20 GSE7RL4/GSE7L5: Figurative Language ELAGSE7W3: Writing Narratives
Wednesday 3/25/20 GSE7L5: Connotation/Denotation ELAGSE7W3: Writing Narratives
Thursday 3/26/20 Tone and Mood Review
Friday 3/27/20 Quiz in CommonLit over “Truth” by Nikki Grimes. You can access the quiz via GoogleClassroom or Clever. If you cannot access the quiz while school is out, you will make it up when we return to school. Homework
Hello!
While we are digital learning, I will place the week's assignments on the class blog by 9am each Monday. I am posting all assignments for the week at once so that families who need to share the family computer among multiple people will be able to complete work as the computer is available. There are also two different sets of assignments--one for students who are able to work online and another for students who need to work predominantly offline. You may complete the assignments at your own pace throughout the week, but you should take the Friday quiz as your last activity of the week. The digital platforms we are using are ones that we have used throughout the school year and reminders about the log in process and passwords for each can be found in my blog post from Thursday 3/12/2020. Beginning this week, we are moving into reviewing previously covered standards to ensure that we remember everything that we learned this school year; you will already be familiar with these concepts that we are now applying to new texts. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to me via e-mail at [email protected]. I will be checking my e-mail throughout the day to support you in your digital learning. Even though we are digitally learning this week, the Quarter 3 grades will still be available in the StudentVue/ParentVue portal later this week. Respectfully, Jamie Hayes 7th Grade ELA Cooper Middle School Option 1: Internet Access Monday: 3/16/2020 Tone and Mood: ELAGSE7RL4
Theme: ELAGSE7RL2
Interaction of Text Elements: ELAGSE7RL3
Plot Elements: ELAGSE7RL3/ ELAGSE7RL5
Quiz in CommonLit over this week’s standards
Option 2: Limited Internet Access Monday: 3/16/2020 Tone and Mood: ELAGSE7RL4
Theme: ELAGSE7RL2
Interaction of Text Elements: ELAGSE7RL3Read “Arachne” on pages 61-64 and answer questions 1-5 In SpringBoard.
Thursday: 3/19/2020 Plot Elements: ELAGSE7RL3/ ELAGSE7RL5 Friday: 3/20/2020 Quiz in CommonLit over this week’s standards
Use the following links to access the GA Department of Education Online Milestones Study Guides and Resources
https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Documents/Milestones/Study-Resource%20Guides/EGA025_GR07_ELMA_SG_0001_20200218.pdf https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Documents/Milestones/Assessment%20Guides/GM_GR07_Assessment-Guide_11.20.19.pdf As we prepare for digital learning in the following weeks, here is a list of the online learning platforms that we have used this year and a reminder of how to log on to each platform.
USATestPrep website: usatestprep.com school code: Cooper38 username: firstname.lastname password: lunch# Google Classroom website: classroom.google.com username: [email protected] password: lunch#0 Clever (Portal to access Quill, Springboard, and CommonLit) website: www.clever.com select "log in as student" (make sure that Cobb County School District shows as the district name) Login: lunch# Password: lunch# Go to the J.Hayes class page to access learning apps Use the following PowerPoints and resources to review how to write an informational essay.
informational_essay_writing_scaffold.docx informational_explanatory_essay_deployment-thesis_statement.pptx informational_explanatory_essay_deployment-introduction.pptx informational_explanatory_essay_deployment--introductory_paragraph_review.pptx informational_explanatory_essay_deployment--body_paragraphs.pptx body_paragraph_remediation_.pptx In preparation for the Milestones, students are competing in a virtual Race to the Milestones competition via USATestPrep. Students have a series of folders in their USATestPrep account filled with assignments to help them prepare for the upcoming Milestones assessment. All of the assignments are set to unlimited attempts until the student has reached a mastery level of 80% or higher. Students may watch videos and read notes in USATestPrep for immediate assistance on lessons in which they struggle before reattempting the questions. The assignments can be completed in any order. Students may check their progress at any time by viewing their mastery bubbles under 7th grade ELA. The contest is open now until we take the 7th grade ELA Milestones assessments.
Prizes recognizing student achievement will be awarded in the following areas:
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This week we are continuing our study of writing informational essays. Homework
Wednesday 3/11/2020 is an early release day and students will leave school at 1:30. Help Session There will be a help session before school at 8:15 am focusing on informational writing. Students need to see Mrs. Hayes for a pass to attend the help session. Milestones Review Sessions You may sign your student up to stay after school to use the school computers to practice for the GA Milestones. Sessions are available Monday-Thursday after school. More information and the sing up link are available on the Cooper website. http://www.cobbk12.org/Cooper/ Writing on Demand Next Wednesday 3/11/2020, students will take a practice writing assessment for the GA Milestones called Writing on Demand. They will write an informational essay. End of Quarter 3 Friday 3/13/2020 is the end of Quarter 3. Have a GREAT Week! Respectfully, Jamie Hayes 7th Grade ELA Cooper Middle School This homework is a completion of work that should have been done in class, but was not because the class did not remain focused throughout the lesson.
Read the following exemplar essay. This is a level 1 essay. Write a paragraph explaining why it is a level 1 AND how it can be improved to become a level 3(Proficient) or level 4(Distinguished). This analysis paragraph is due on Wednesday 2/25/2020 at the beginning of class. Hint: Think about the essay elements we discussed in class and what elements are missing from this exemplar. ~Mrs. Hayes Expository Essay Exemplar #2 One common way animals protect themselves is by changing color to blend in with their environment. A good example of this is the snowshoe rabbit. This rabbit turns from brown in summer to white in winter. “Its change in color makes it hard for predators to see the rabbit in dry summer grass and winter snow.” Cuttlefish also change color to blend with their surroundings. Without the ability to change color, some species of animals would probably be extinct by now. A more unusual way animals avoid attack is by giving off a chemical that smells bad or clouds the surroundings. “The skunk defends itself by releasing a foul-smelling chemical from glands found beneath its tail.” Because the chemical can severely sting eyes, and the smell is enough to send predators hurrying away, any animal that tangles with a skunk surely won’t do it twice! An octopus squirts a dark, inky fluid in front of its attackers. The ink clouds the water and lets the octopus escape. Perhaps the most amazing way animals protect themselves is by releasing a tail or another body part to get away when captured. When a limb is trapped, these animals simply release it and go. A salamander’s tail will fall off to allow escape, and a starfish’s detached arm will grow into a new starfish! The gecko, a tropical lizard, can drop its tail, which then “keeps moving to distract the attacker.” After the animal escapes, the lost body part will grow back. Wouldn’t it be amazing if humans possessed the ability to regrow parts? |
AuthorMrs. Hayes has been teaching 7th grade at Cooper Middle School since November of 2015. Before coming to Cooper, she taught on both the middle and high school levels. Archives
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