Mrs. Gustafson's Seventh Grade English/language arts Class
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Study Habits
"Which Study Habits Can You Improve?"
1. Take the assessment.
2. Print out your results or write them down.
3. Tape them on a clean page in your interactive notebook.
4. This is for you benefit and will fit a lesson later on.
Go to this link:
http://www.educationplanner.http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/kind-of-student.shtmlorg/students/self-assessments/kind-of-student.shtml.
Personal Learning Style Assessment
Please go to this web site and take your personal learning style assessment to determine what type of learner are you. When you know your learning style it helps you to study for tests, homework and know how to help yourself as a student.
One of the important tools in your toolbox.

Learning Style:
http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml.http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml
Steps to take after you know your learning style
1. Print your results
2. Tape your results in the front of your Interactive Notebook (5 subject spiral).
3. Teacher Conference, sign up for a teacher conference on my sheet outside my door.
4. If no times fit your schedule, write your name, period on the blank sheet of paper. I will call to schedule a different time that works for both of us.
One of the important tools in your toolbox.
Learning Style:
http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml.http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml
Steps to take after you know your learning style
1. Print your results
2. Tape your results in the front of your Interactive Notebook (5 subject spiral).
3. Teacher Conference, sign up for a teacher conference on my sheet outside my door.
4. If no times fit your schedule, write your name, period on the blank sheet of paper. I will call to schedule a different time that works for both of us.
You are now ready for teacher conferences for Writing and Reading.
Monday, October 12, 2015
Interactive Notebook
The following items are on their own page.
Number your pages.
1. Five Subject Notebook
2. Every entry is on a clean/new page.
3. Name and Date on every page.
4. Stickers on your page indicate a white board lesson to match.
5. Create a graphic organizer for each passage.
6. Identify signal words for each passage.
7. Write your biography in this notebook.
8. Autobiography is written in this notebook.
9. Fiction
10. Non-Fiction
11. Genres
12. What did you learn today?
Short Stories
1. Character(s)
2. Setting
3. Conflict
4. Rising Action
5. Falling Action
6. Resolution
7. Solution
8. Theme
9. What did you learn from the story today?
10.
Vocabulary
Write the passage, novel, story at top of page.
Do NOT mix words from different stories.
1. Signal Words in every chapter
2. Words I do NOT know
3. Dictionary definition of every word I do NOT know.
4. Include a drawing of the words meaning.
5. Write a sentence either from the dictionary or write your own.
6. What did you learn today?
Writing Prompts
1. Number and date each prompt.
2. Copy or paste each prompt.
3. Write your response to the prompt.
4. Doodles are okay but leave a caption for your doodle.
5.What did you learn today?
Poetry
1. Give credit to author and publisher/date.
2. Reproduce the poem to make it your own.
3. Analyze your poem with colored pencils
4. Write a summation of your poem and label correctly.
5. What type of poem; ABAB, AABB, ABBA, etc.
6. What did you learn today?
Middle School Motor-Mouth Minute
1. write down the correct words for your group.
2. Name your group.
3. Date your submission.
4. What did you learn today?
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