Course: Ms. Mirenda's 7th Grade ELA Class

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Ms. Mirenda's e-mail address is: michellemi@students.susd12.org

Tips for cleaning and repairing laptops: http://tinyurl.com/Cleanyourlaptop
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Lesson Plans for Teacher and Students, ISS and OSS
Lesson Plans for teachers and students.

If you are absent, in IFS, or in OFS please complete the Bell Work for the days you are absent. Check your G-Drive or G-Mail for assignments that I emailed.
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Beginning of the Year
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Bellwork
Bellwork
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The North and South Poles (Close Reading)

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Essay Writing
Strategies for writing an essay
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The Giver Unit
Common Core Objective

ELACC7RL1: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text syas explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

ELACC7RL3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact

ELACC7RI10: Read and comprehend literature in the 7th grade text complexity proficiently, with scaffolding.

ELACC7RI2: Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

ELACC7RI3: Analyze the ineractions between individuals, events and ideas in a text (how ideas infulence individuals or events, or how individuals infludence ideas or events.)
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Perseverance Unit

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Famous African Americans

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Quizzes or Tests

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ACE Strategy Questions
Use the ACE Strategy to answer comprehension questions about each story we read.
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Context Clues August 13-24, 2012

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Describe a Character Aug 27-Sept 14

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Draw Conclusions Aug 27-Sept 30

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Prefix and Suffix August 13-24, 2012

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Select section Elements of Poetry Aug 27-Sept 14

Elements of Poetry Aug 27-Sept 14
Standard: I can identify the elements of poetry and use mood and tone to draw conclusions
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Propaganda (Persuasive) Technique
Reminder to self...TV Commercial Homework sheet during election and Super Bowl
PO 1. Determine the author's specific purpose for writing the persuasive text. PO 2. Identify the facts and details that support the author's argument regarding a particular idea, subject, concept, or object. Formative # 4 PO.3 Describe the intended effect of persuasive strategies and propaganda techniques (e.g., bandwagon, peer pressure, repetition, testimonial, loaded words) that an author uses.
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Theme

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ECCAPP

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Multiple Meaning Aug 13-Aug 24

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Mississippi Trial Courage Unit

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Emancipation Proclamation

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AIMS Review

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Cesar Chavez Evidence Based Claims
Writing Evidence Based Claims (EBC) for Cesar Chavez's Commonwealth Club Address.
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Elements of Literature (Fiction)

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A Long Walk to Water

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Expository Text

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The Doctor's Cure

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Period 2-3 Forum

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Period 2 and 6 Forums
After you watch the student's story, evaluate the dystopian characteristics by responding the the forum questions
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