Text Types and Purposes
ELA.W.7.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Activity | Page |
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What's Playing? | 9 |
Glass Half Full? Glass Half Empty? | 10 |
Putting Pencil to Paper | 11 |
Sign-Up Day | 12 |
The Power of Three | 13 |
Interview Me | 14 |
I Moustache You a Question | 15-16 |
Each "Piece" of the Lesson | 17-18 |
Whooo Was Listening? | 19 |
It's Cool to Be Square | 20-21 |
Lesson Blog | 39 |
Student Teacher | 41 |
Ready, Set, Go! | 42 |
Fast Food Information | 45-46 |
Earth and Sky: Your World Today | 54 |
A Penny for Your Thoughts | 56 |
Text Types and Purposes
ELA.W.7.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Activity | Page |
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Create a Comic | 31 |
Production and Distribution of Writing
ELA.W.7.6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources.
Activity | Pages |
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Electronic Notes | 77-78 |
Ask Me. Tell Me | 79-80 |
Comprehension and Collaboration
ELA.SL.7.2: Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
Activity | Page |
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Text Your Message | 6 |
There's An App for That! | 7 |
Search and Find | 8 |
What's Playing? | 9 |
Glass Half Full? Glass Half Empty? | 10 |
Putting Pencil to Paper | 11 |
Sign-Up Day | 12 |
The Power of Three | 13 |
I Moustache You a Question | 15-16 |
Each "Piece" of the Lesson | 17-18 |
Whooo Was Listening? | 19 |
It's Cool to Be Square | 20-21 |
Weighing In on What I Know | 22-23 |
From the Beginning to the End | 24 |
CD Case | 25 |
Formative Assessment: Let's Roll | 26-27 |
From Room to Room | 28-29 |
Words, Sentences, and Illustration | 30 |
Create a Comic | 31 |
KWQ | 32 |
A Drop in the Bucket | 33 |
Path of Information | 34 |
Pin It | 35 |
Up and Down | 36 |
Invited to Learn | 37 |
Knowledge Collage | 38 |
Lesson Blog | 39 |
New School Mascot | 40 |
Student Teacher | 41 |
Ready, Set, Go! | 42 |
A World Without Words | 43 |
Three and Three | 44 |
Fast Food Information | 45-46 |
Lesson Thermometer | 47 |
Assessing with Poetry | 48 |
How Funny Are You? | 49 |
Translation, Please | 50 |
Make the Quiz | 51 |
The Rule Book | 52 |
The Alphabet Page | 53 |
Earth and Sky: Your World Today | 54 |
Drop Off a Note or Two | 55 |
A Penny for Your Thoughts | 56 |
Find Five Facts | 57 |
Names and Facts | 58 |
Sing It, Don't Say It | 59 |
Find Four | 60 |
Show and Tell | 61-62 |
Billboard Bonanza | 63 |
No Talking Allowed | 64 |
Respond Alphabetically | 65 |
Beat the Teacher | 66-68 |
Who Thinks Like I Do? | 69 |
Give the Signal | 70 |
Zombie Lesson Virus Pencils | 71 |
Design Team | 72 |
Group Challenge | 73 |
Freeze | 74-75 |
Right, Left, Cross | 76 |
Electronic Notes | 77-78 |
Ask Me. Tell Me | 79-80 |
Comprehension and Collaboration
ELA.SL.7.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Activity | Page |
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Interview Me | 14 |
Find Five Facts | 57 |
Names and Facts | 58 |
Sing It, Don't Say It | 59 |
Find Four | 60 |
Show and Tell | 61-62 |
Billboard Bonanza | 63 |
No Talking Allowed | 64 |
Respond Alphabetically | 65 |
Beat the Teacher | 66-68 |
Who Thinks Like I Do? | 69 |
Give the Signal | 70 |
Zombie Lesson Virus Pencils | 71 |
Design Team | 72 |
Group Challenge | 73 |
Freeze | 74-75 |
Right, Left, Cross | 76 |
Knowledge of Language
ELA.L.7.3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Activity | Page |
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Text Your Message | 6 |
There's An App for That! | 7 |
Search and Find | 8 |
Weighing In on What I Know | 22-23 |
From the Beginning to the End | 24 |
CD Case | 25 |
Formative Assessment: Let's Roll | 26-27 |
From Room to Room | 28-29 |
Words, Sentences, and Illustration | 30 |
KWQ | 32 |
A Drop in the Bucket | 33 |
Path of Information | 34 |
Pin It | 35 |
Up and Down | 36 |
Invited to Learn | 37 |
New School Mascot | 40 |
Three and Three | 44 |
Lesson Thermometer | 47 |
Assessing with Poetry | 48 |
How Funny Are You? | 49 |
Translation, Please | 50 |
Make the Quiz | 51 |
The Rule Book | 52 |
The Alphabet Page | 53 |
Drop Off a Note or Two | 55 |
Text Types and Purposes
ELA.W.8.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Activity | Page |
---|---|
What's Playing? | 9 |
Glass Half Full? Glass Half Empty? | 10 |
Putting Pencil to Paper | 11 |
Sign-Up Day | 12 |
The Power of Three | 13 |
Interview Me | 14 |
I Moustache You a Question | 15-16 |
Each "Piece" of the Lesson | 17-18 |
Whooo Was Listening? | 19 |
It's Cool to Be Square | 20-21 |
Lesson Blog | 39 |
Student Teacher | 41 |
Ready, Set, Go! | 42 |
Fast Food Information | 45-46 |
Earth and Sky: Your World Today | 54 |
A Penny for Your Thoughts | 56 |
Text Types and Purposes
ELA.W.8.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Activity | Page |
---|---|
Create a Comic | 31 |
Production and Distribution of Writing
ELA.W.8.6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
Activity | Pages |
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Electronic Notes | 77-78 |
Ask Me. Tell Me | 79-80 |
Comprehension and Collaboration
ELA.SL.8.2: Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
Activity | Page |
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Text Your Message | 6 |
There's An App for That! | 7 |
Search and Find | 8 |
What's Playing? | 9 |
Glass Half Full? Glass Half Empty? | 10 |
Putting Pencil to Paper | 11 |
Sign-Up Day | 12 |
The Power of Three | 13 |
I Moustache You a Question | 15-16 |
Each "Piece" of the Lesson | 17-18 |
Whooo Was Listening? | 19 |
It's Cool to Be Square | 20-21 |
Weighing In on What I Know | 22-23 |
From the Beginning to the End | 24 |
CD Case | 25 |
Formative Assessment: Let's Roll | 26-27 |
From Room to Room | 28-29 |
Words, Sentences, and Illustration | 30 |
Create a Comic | 31 |
KWQ | 32 |
A Drop in the Bucket | 33 |
Path of Information | 34 |
Pin It | 35 |
Up and Down | 36 |
Invited to Learn | 37 |
Knowledge Collage | 38 |
Lesson Blog | 39 |
New School Mascot | 40 |
Student Teacher | 41 |
Ready, Set, Go! | 42 |
A World Without Words | 43 |
Three and Three | 44 |
Fast Food Information | 45-46 |
Lesson Thermometer | 47 |
Assessing with Poetry | 48 |
How Funny Are You? | 49 |
Translation, Please | 50 |
Make the Quiz | 51 |
The Rule Book | 52 |
The Alphabet Page | 53 |
Earth and Sky: Your World Today | 54 |
Drop Off a Note or Two | 55 |
A Penny for Your Thoughts | 56 |
Find Five Facts | 57 |
Names and Facts | 58 |
Sing It, Don't Say It | 59 |
Find Four | 60 |
Show and Tell | 61-62 |
Billboard Bonanza | 63 |
No Talking Allowed | 64 |
Respond Alphabetically | 65 |
Beat the Teacher | 66-68 |
Who Thinks Like I Do? | 69 |
Give the Signal | 70 |
Zombie Lesson Virus Pencils | 71 |
Design Team | 72 |
Group Challenge | 73 |
Freeze | 74-75 |
Right, Left, Cross | 76 |
Electronic Notes | 77-78 |
Ask Me. Tell Me | 79-80 |
Comprehension and Collaboration
ELA.SL.8.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Activity | Page |
---|---|
Interview Me | 14 |
Find Five Facts | 57 |
Names and Facts | 58 |
Sing It, Don't Say It | 59 |
Find Four | 60 |
Show and Tell | 61-62 |
Billboard Bonanza | 63 |
No Talking Allowed | 64 |
Respond Alphabetically | 65 |
Beat the Teacher | 66-68 |
Who Thinks Like I Do? | 69 |
Give the Signal | 70 |
Zombie Lesson Virus Pencils | 71 |
Design Team | 72 |
Group Challenge | 73 |
Freeze | 74-75 |
Right, Left, Cross | 76 |
Knowledge of Language
ELA.L.8.3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Activity | Page |
---|---|
Text Your Message | 6 |
There's An App for That! | 7 |
Search and Find | 8 |
Weighing In on What I Know | 22-23 |
From the Beginning to the End | 24 |
CD Case | 25 |
Formative Assessment: Let's Roll | 26-27 |
From Room to Room | 28-29 |
Words, Sentences, and Illustration | 30 |
KWQ | 32 |
A Drop in the Bucket | 33 |
Path of Information | 34 |
Pin It | 35 |
Up and Down | 36 |
Invited to Learn | 37 |
New School Mascot | 40 |
Three and Three | 44 |
Lesson Thermometer | 47 |
Assessing with Poetry | 48 |
How Funny Are You? | 49 |
Translation, Please | 50 |
Make the Quiz | 51 |
The Rule Book | 52 |
The Alphabet Page | 53 |
Drop Off a Note or Two | 55 |
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