Friday, May 29, 2026

6th ELA: Esperanza Rising Final Project (Symbolism Poster) class work time, Poster Presentations.
7th ELA: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Read Ch. 14-20, Paragraph Reflection, Final Comprehension Quiz.

Friday, May 22, 2026

6th ELA: Esperanza Rising Comprehension/Vocab Quiz, Start final project - E.R. Symbolism Chapter Poster (brainstorm, rough draft, start final draft).
7th ELA: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Write summary Ch. 4-8, Read Ch. 8-13, turning point summary write Ch. 10/11).

Friday, May 15, 2026

6th ELA: E.R. read Ch. 8-13, vocab Ch. 8-13, class discussion and review.
7th ELA: Novel intro - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Read Ch. 1-7.

Friday, May 8, 2026

6th ELA: E.R. Read Ch. 6-8, Ch. Onion Activity (Choose Happy), Vocab Ch. 6 & 7, and Star Testing.
7th ELA: Watch The Giver film, The Giver novel vs. film review, and Star Testing.

Friday, May 1, 2026

6th ELA: Readworks Memory Activity, State Testing, E.R. Read Ch. 5 Cantaloups & Ch. 5 Vocab.
7th ELA: The Giver - Alternate Ending Final Project Due. Present The Giver Alternate Ending Projects.

Friday, April 24, 2026

6th ELA: Esperanza Rising: Read Ch. 3 & 4, vocab Ch. 2-4, Ch. 1-4 comprehension and character development assignment (posted on G.C.)
7th ELA: The Giver: Read Ch. 23 to end the novel, vocab Ch. 19-23 and Q10, Final Project- write an alternate ending to The Giver (brainstorm, rough draft, final draft MLA format).

Friday, April 17, 2026

6th ELA: (State Testing), Esperanza Rising Novel introduction activity, Read Ch. 1-3, Vocab, and writing prompt.
7th ELA: (State Testing), The Giver - Vocab Quiz Ch. 15-18 & Q9, Read Ch. 19-22.

Friday, April 10, 2026

6th ELA: Spring break writing activity, The Grapes of Wrath Movie Review, and Children of the Dust Bowl comparison.
7th ELA: Spring break writing activity, Read The Giver Ch. 17 & 18, Vocab Ch. 15-18 Study Guide.

Friday, March 27, 2026

6th ELA: Finish reading Children of the Dust Bowl, Weedpatch Camp/School Graphic writing project, CotDB Vocab & Content Quiz.
7th ELA: Read The Giver Ch. 12-14, Complete Vocabulary Ch. 11-14, and create a study guide, Ch. 10-14 Vocab Quiz and Q6 & Q7 writing prompt.

Friday, March 20, 2026

6th ELA: Children of the Dust Bowl Read Ch. 6-9, Vocabulary, Stock Market Crash Cause & Effect Writing Prompt.
7th ELA: The Giver Read Ch. 9-11, The Giver Q3, Q4 & Q5 writing prompts, Vocabulary Quiz

Friday, March 13, 2026

6th ELA: Read Children of the Dust Bowl Ch. 4 & 5, CotBD Ch. 1-5 Vocab Quiz and Content Quiz.
7th ELA: Read The Giver Ch. 5-8, The Giver Dear Diary Activity and Ceremony of Twelve Activity, Ch. 7 & 8 Vocab Quiz.

Thursday, March 5, 2026

6th ELA: Children of the Dust Bowl Novel - Read Chapters 1-3, and Writing Prompts "What Stuck with You", and "Dear Diary Entry".
7th ELA: The Giver Novel - Read Chapters 1-5, Ch. 1-4 Vocab Quiz, Writing Prompts Q1 & Q2 on G.C.

Friday, February 20, 2026

6th ELA: Introduction to Children of the Dust Bowl class novel activities, & Dust Bowl Research and Record.
7th ELA: Introduction to The Giver class novel, Utopia Brochure project, & 100 Days in school Letter to Future Self.

Friday, February 6, 2026

6th ELA: The Westing Game film review, compare and contrast questions/class discussion, and a summative writing prompt.
7th ELA: StA writing project - final class presentations, Star Reading test, introduction to next class novel The Giver, and writing prompt activity.

Thursday, January 29, 2026

6th ELA: Read TwG Ch. 28-30, Create & Post Ch. 22-30 Vocab Study Guide, Summative Novel Questions Q1 & Q2 TwG on G.C.
7th ELA: StA Novel Sequel / Prequel Final Draft Composition and Class Presentations.

Friday, January 23, 2026

6th ELA: Read TwG Ch. 23-27, update character chart, update vocab.
7th ELA: StA Ch. 26-30 Vocab & Content Quiz, StA Final project (prequel/sequel) brainstorm, outline, rough draft.

Friday, January 16, 2026

6th ELA: Read TwG Ch. 21 & 22, Review Ch. 18-21 Vocab & Update character chart, Create vocab study resources, TwG Ch. 18-21 Vocab & Content Quiz.
7th ELA: Read StA Ch. 26-30, Review Ch. 26-30 Vocab & Update character chart, Create vocab study resources.

Friday, January 9, 2026

6th ELA: New Year Graphic Writing Project, Novel Study - TwG Review Chapter 17, Read Ch. 18-20.
7th ELA: New Year Graphic Writing Project, Novel Study - StA Review & Read Ch. 24 & 25.

Friday, December 12, 2025

6th ELA: The Westing Game (TwG) - Read Chapter 15-17, G.C. - vocab. quiz & Book Summary Ch. 1-17.
7th ELA: Surviving the Applewhites (StA) - Read Chapter 19-22, G.C. - Comp. quiz, vocab. quiz.

Friday, December 5, 2025

6th ELA: The Westing Game (TwG) - Read Chapter 9-14, G.C. - vocab. quiz.
7th ELA: Surviving the Applewhites (StA) - Read Chapter 12-18, G.C. - Comp. quiz, vocab. quiz.