7th Grade Homeschooling Week 15: Europe, Colonial Women,and The Lottery

Time to get back into the groove post CNY break! She has a new Mandarin book which she does independently. She will be finishing her American 6th-grade Geography book which does a very good job of giving an overview of global geography and world cultures. I need to find a 7th-grade geography book or something that goes into more depth of the same subjects.

Geography: Europe (pgs 152-162): Ancient Greece and Rome, Europe and Russia’s Governments: Bronze Age: Persians and Greeks, Alexander the Great, Totalitarianism,

The Cold War, Fall of Communism, EU, Brexit

Writing: Research and write an essay about:
1.)Minoan Art
2.) Your favorite important woman in early America

Science: Chapter 9, Lesson 1 (pdf pg. 113) The Musculoskeletal System

Practice Test/ Video/ Quizlet/ Project

History: A Young Person’s History Chapter 6, “The Women of Early America”
(handout + Quizlet) Videos: Anne Hutchinson and Anne Bradstreet,

Sojourner Truth, Crash Course #16, #31

Spanish: Learning Spanish, Lesson 1 pg. 4-8

Review Games:  LOS NÚMEROS (1-50)

Reading: “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson "The Lottery" worksheets Day 1 and 2,

Lottery Day 3 final[1].docx/Vocabulary/Intro to Irony /The Lottery with Irony Questions /

Quizlet/Test/Writing Prompts

"The Lottery" Vocabulary List (words are in the order that they appear in the story): 

1. assembled – gathered
2. boisterous – rowdy, loud
3. reprimands – punishment, repercussions
4. surveying – viewing
5. reluctantly – unwillingly
6. jovial – jolly, joyful
7. scold – a person who is constantly scolding or reprimanding with loud and abusive speech
8. paraphernalia – personal belongings, items associated with a specific activity
9. shabbier – fallen into disrepair
10. perfunctory – performed merely as a routine duty
11. interminably – unending
12. disengaged – to free from attachment
13. petulantly – with unreasonable irritation
14. stoutly – bulky in figure
15. daintily – delicately, in a lady-like fashion

Resources:
https://betterlesson.com/lesson/630036/musculoskeletal-system
https://study.com/academy/exam/topic/the-musculoskeletal-system-study-guide.html
https://www.pinterest.com/explore/skeletal-system-activities/
https://www.brighthubeducation.com/middle-school-english-lessons/34014-the-lottery-by-shirley-jackson/
https://www.elacommoncorelessonplans.com/category/the-lottery
https://betterlesson.com/community/lesson/303552/the-lottery-by-shirley-jackson
https://www.elacommoncorelessonplans.com/how-to-win-the-lottery-in-the-classroom-with-the-lottery-movie.html

Postcards and Topic Sentences

Review: What makes a complete sentence, parts of a sentence, basic punctuation and subject/verb agreement

Grammar: 

1. Adjectives: Identify, game
2. Articles (the, a, an)

Writing: Students will be taught to write topic sentences , supporting sentences , and an introductory or summary paragraph that contains an introduction , supporting details , and a conclusion. 学生将学习如何写主题句、支持句，以及文章中的段落（包含介绍主题、支援主题的细节及结论） 。

1. Topic Sentences: Main Idea (More exercises, activity). Summarizes the main point of a paragraph and tells the reader the main idea.

Exercise: Look at the picture and write a topic sentence.

Writing Problems:  TOPIC + MAIN POINT

WRONG: I will tell you about fast food.

RIGHT: Fast food is bad for your health.

Topic/Subject	Television's effects on children
Topic sentences:	Ex 1. Television hurts children because it teaches them violence.
	Ex 2. Television can improve a child's knowledge.

Write a topic sentence for each subject.

1. Smoking cigarettes
2. Foreign travel
3. Space exploration
4. Rock music (or rock musicians)
5. Studying a foreign language  

2. Theme vs. Main Idea

3. Supporting Sentences (signal words, video, practice, 2, 3, )

Writing a Postcard 明信片:

Standard postcards have five simple parts.

1. The greeting 問候；招呼；迎接
2. A sentence about WHERE you are
3. One or two sentences about WHAT you are doing or have done
4. A closing 結束的，結尾的，收結的
5. A signature 簽名

When students follow this formula, their postcard will look like the following.

Dear _____, 
I am in _________. We are having a great time. Yesterday we __________. Monday we ___________. Wish you were here. 
Love, _________

A Class:

Reading Comprehension: Class Field Trip

Reading Skills:

1. Classifying
2. Analogies
3. Following Directions (Recipes)
4. Recalling Details

B Class:

Reading Comprehension:

A. Sojourner Truth 索傑納·特魯思

Vocabulary: slavery, owner, separate, slave, remain

Video: Women on US $

B. Spiders

Vocabulary: creepy, eight-legged, creature, sticky, strand, lab, cable, bridge

C. Venus 金星 (維納斯)

Vocabulary: twin, degrees, surface, atmosphere, through, trap (v.)

D. Dogs

Vocabulary: wild, ancestors, wolf, pack (of animals), behave (v.)

[-F to -V in the plural click here for list:]