Quarter Two, Semester One 2010-11 School Year
STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THE SCHOOL SPELLING BEE, PLEASE SEE ME ASAP! We will hold small spelling bees in class to determine top spellers who will go on to school spelling bee, county, state, and possibly beyond!
Welcome to the Seventh Grade Language Arts Class!
You will need:
A WRITING UTENSIL (every single day)
BINDER for organizing
AR Book
WEEK FIVE
Quarter Two
Nov. 29-Dec 1, 2010
I). AR/SSR Students need to contine reading and logging. I check logs weekly. Students receive 5-10 points on Fridays and $100 DeWittsky Dollars. Upon completion of novel, students hand in their logs and the required PLOT GRAPH (or FACT SHEET if non-fiction) and take the AR Tests. Some students have alternative reading options which must be approved between student/teacher/ and parents or guardians. The AR papers are worth 100 SUMMATIVE points each quarter. THEY ARE ALL DUE BY JAN. 18, 2011. Students should hand this work in as completed.
II). Groups are finishing up their Outsiders skits and will begin a COMPARISON (expository) paper comparing their own lives with that of The Outsiders. The papers will be worth 60 summative points and scored using the new 8th Grade Holistic Rubric for Expository Writing that Nevada proficiency tests are using.
III). Writing Activities: Students will be determining use of TONE and MOOD in The Outsiders and create a well-written page discussing MOOD in one poem which paralles the novel.
IV). Students are answering questions pertaining to Literary Terms that are found in S.E. Hinton's writing (author of The Outsiders).
V). OUTSIDERS VOCAB: incredulous, nonchalant, reckless, roguish, sagely, contempt, unfathomable, defiance, aloofness, gallantly, gingerly, imploringly, gallantly, premonition, ruefully, contemptuously. Define, discuss, utilize...
COMING UP: Science Fiction genre (Twilight Zone episode) "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street". Students will select parts and read as a class. Some students can "Take the Challenge". They will read the play on their own. Complete a plot summary. Begin to research a specific topic relating to "Monsters on Maple Street" and create a power point presentation which I can use to show all classes. Students must be individuals who will work well on their own, have never been a problem in the hallway, and are not ones to ask the leave the room often. I'm looking for dependable and independent students who are willing to challenge themselves. There are a limited number of topics to research.
