Grade 7A ELA-Unit Plan

March
Monday
16
Introduction to
News. Who
watches it, reads
it, etc.
Introduction to
creating our own
class newspaper

Tuesday
17

Wednesday
18 Features of a
Newspaper. In
groups exploring
Newspapers and
creating lists.

23 Discuss topic
choices and as a
groups decide
where each
article is going
to be placed.
Which section
our newspaper
will have.

24

25 Mini-Lesson
on Headlineshow to write an
effective
headline.

30
Activity to look
at newspapers
and find an
article similar to
your own and
look at how it is
laid out and
done
Give them the
article to work

31

Thursday
Friday
19 Discussion of 20
creating ads,
articles, comics,
etc. Explain
what will be
required for each
choice and that
mini-lessons will
happen
throughout the
creation process.
Think about
section, topic for
Monday.
26 Mini-Lesson 27
ConclusionsWorking on
Article

Begin working
on Articles

1. Working on
2 Working on
articles
articles
Working on
AoW
Finalizing article
rubric

on-article of the
week
April
Monday
Easter Monday

Tuesday
7

Wednesday
8 Working on
Articles & AOW
Due

Thursday
9 Working on
articles

Friday
10

13 Working on
Articles, ads,
etc.
AOWs
Present the idea
of creating
obituaries and
classified. If
there is interest
ask if they wish
for those to
option with the
ads and comics.

14

15
*An overview of
what obituaries
and classifieds
look like
Working

16 WorkingFormatively
assessing
application of
information for
whichever task
they are working
on.

17

20
Last work day,
articles must be
submitted
beginning of
class on
Wednesday.

21

22
Articles Due.
All articles.

23
Compiling and
creating any
additional ads,
comics, etc.

24

27
Compiling the
newspaper-in its
entirety.

28

30

1 Council Day

Start discussing
putting the
newspaper
together and
how that is
going to work.
29
A lesson on
properly
punctuating and
paragraphing
dialogue