Bryon “Kc” Coulter

bcoulter@houstonisd.org

281-368-2140 x 371

 

Common goals bring us together, education sets us apart.

 

Please email Mr. Coulter if you have any questions or comments about the course or an individual student.

 

All agenda items are subject to change at any point in time.

 

 

Planning Period:  Mon. thru Fri. 3:00 – 4:00 / Rm. F100B

 

 

 

English 7th-8th

 

Date

Daily Learning Objectives

Processing (P)/

Thinking Link (Skill-Streaming)

 

Daily Agenda

Vocabulary

Mon.

08/29

 

7th

ELA.7.14B

The student will: Develop drafts by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g., sequence of events, cause-effect, and compare-contrast), ELA.7.16A Write a personal narrative.

Revising

ELA.7.14C Revise drafts to ensure precise word choice and vivid images.

 

8th

ELA.8.2B Use context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar words, ambiguous words, or words with novel meanings.

ELA.8.2E Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus to determine the meanings, syllabication, pronunciations, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words.

7th and 8th

The student will read age appropriate reading materials.

 

Then participate in an exercise that requires a level of high order thinking strategies.

7th

The student is expected to create a document using grade level and higher vocabulary wording.  The first draft will be revived if necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8th

The student is expected to draft a document using high level wording.  Unfamiliar wording will be researched with aid materials.

Linguistic Roots Affixes

Ambiguous words.

Enhance Comprehension

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tues.

08/30

 

Continued

 

 

Continued

 

 

Wed.

08/31

 

 

Continued

Review for quiz

 

 

Continued

Review for quiz

 

Thurs.

09/01

 

Quiz

 

 

Quiz

 

Fri.

09/02

Analyze the results from the quiz.  The objective is to check for understanding.

Q&A

Regarding test taking strategies.

The student will be exposed to their strength and any weakness as to quiz results.

 

 

 

Upcoming Quizzes, Tests, Projects and Important Dates

 

Students are to be prepared each day before the start of each class. Binders, Notebooks, Pencils, etc. are to kept on the student’s desk.

 

Quiz 09-01-2011

 

Additional Information

 

Textbook: 7th & 8th

TEA Objectives