Menu Directions for 7th-grade English Class
Every menu comes with many parts that need to be completed. These are the directions to do so. Many of these things will be done directly in your notebook, but everything will always be listed in Google Classroom and Calendar.
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For Menu Cycle 15 - due FRIDAY, May 23
-read/log 240+ pages (beyond The Outsiders)
+ 2 predictor responses
+2 connector responses
-1960's background research and presentation
-10 post-its: 5 direct characterization, 5 indirect characterization
For Menu Cycle 14 - due FRIDAY, April 25
-read/log 240+ pages (fiction and non-fiction)
+ 2 summarizer responses
+2 passage picker responses
-WaR: charts, infographics
-4 Argument Seeds
-Two arguments on a posterboard
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For Menu Cycle 13 - due FRIDAY, March 28
-read/log 240+ pages (no responses)
-spic/spec on a flower
-4 Argument Seeds
-15 post-its: 5 crystallizing your claim, 5 author's argument, 5 I wonder
For Menu Cycle 9 - due FRIDAY, February 21
-Read/log 240+ pages of fiction and nonfiction
+2 illustrator reading responses
+2 passage picker reading responses
-4 Summaries
-15 post-its: 5 bias, 5 fact & opinion, 5 statistics &figures
-informational essay (typed, rough + final drafts)
For Menu Cycle 8 - due FRIDAY, January 31
-Read/log 240+ pages of fiction (fiction AND nonfiction)
+2 word finder reading responses
+2 biographer reading responses
-WaR Heart: emotional timeline (fiction book only)
-2 Boxes & Bullets and 2 Summaries
-10 post-its: 5 main idea, 5 author's purpose
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For Menu Cycle 7 - due FRIDAY, January 17
-Read/log 240+ pages of fiction (beyond WSAS)
+2 summarizer reading responses
+2 predictor reading responses
-longwrite
-heartbreak + hope literary essay
-10 post-its: 5 direct character, 5 indirect character
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For Menu Cycle 6 - due WEDNESDAY, Nov 20
-Read/log 240+ pages of fiction
+ 2 biographer reading responses
+2 locator reading responses
-The Giver book bag
-NoRedInk: QWs, flow quote
-10 post-its: 5 plot elements, 5 theme
For Menu Cycle 5 - due October 31
-Read/log 220+ pages of fiction
+ 2 problem solver reading responses
+2 passage picker reading responses
-longwrite
-NoRedInk: The Giver quick write
-10 post-its: 5 round/flat, 5 static dynamic
For Menu Cycle 4 - due October 18
-Realistic fiction essay (rough, final, 3-5 pgs)
For Menu Cycle 3 - due October 11
-Read/log 240+ pages of fiction
+ 2 illustrator/visualizer reading responses
+2 questioner reading responses
-BOOk review
-conflict
-dialogue
-10 post-its: 5 narrator, 5 setting
For Menu Cycle 2 - due September 27
-Read/log 240+ pages of fiction
+ 2 word finder reading responses
+2 connector reading responses
-Latin/Greek root (mono/uno) apple
-plot diagram
-character traits
-setting
-NoRedInk THREE activities
For Menu Cycle 1 - due September 13
-Goal setting letter to Mrs. Woods
-Read/log 100+ pages
+ 2 summarizer reading responses
+2 predictor reading responses
-"I Am" poem
-brainstorm 3 to 5 realistic fiction story ideas
-1 NoRedInk: diagnostic
-library review quiz
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