Mrs. Lay's Class News
7th Grade ELAR
Overview of May 23-26
Hello Reynolds Parents!!!
I hope everyone had an amazing weekend! We have a ton of exciting things happening this week! This week, we will be working on our Capstone Project which will be 50% of our final exam grade. In addition, the students have their Unit 4 and 5 test on Tuesday. This test will cover the concepts and skills taught during both units 4 and 5, including: summarizing, paraphrasing, inferencing, using context clues, analogies, unit vocabulary, comprehension, mood, foreshadowing, text structures, main idea and details, etc.Part Two of the project is due, Thursday, May 26th: Song Paragraph, Inspirational Narrative, and Expository Letter
The students are welcome to come in before or after school to work on their project.
Weekly objectives:
I can apply my knowledge of EVERYTHING I have learned in 7th grade ELAR to complete the Capstone Project!
Important Dates
5/26- Capstone Project Due
5/24/16- Unit 4/5 Test
5/31-6/3- Semester Exams
Unit 5 Academic Vocabulary Words
Analogies
Inferences
Questioning
Rhetorical Devices
Paraphrase
Synthesize
Mrs. Ashley Lay
Email: aklay@prosper-isd.net
Website: http://www.prosper-isd.net/Domain/674
Phone: 469-219-2165 (72228)