Student and Parent Information
Grading
Late and Make Up Work Policy
Book Talk Rubric
Parent Letter 2013
Literary Analysis Guide
Literary Analysis Worksheet 1
Literary Analysis Worksheet 2
Literary Analysis Worksheet 3
Free Reading Log Assessment
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Quarter 2: The Guardian Film Guide
Quarter 4: Yellow Star Reading Guide
Late and Make Up Work Policy
Book Talk Rubric
Parent Letter 2013
Literary Analysis Guide
Literary Analysis Worksheet 1
Literary Analysis Worksheet 2
Literary Analysis Worksheet 3
Free Reading Log Assessment
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Quarter 2: The Guardian Film Guide
Quarter 4: Yellow Star Reading Guide
Book Due Dates
Book Reports/Projects are due on these dates for each independent reading book.
QUARTER 1 BOOK DUE DATES:
Book 1: September 9
Book 2: September 27
Book 3: October 17
QUARTER 2 BOOK DUE DATES:
November 8
November 27
December 19
QUARTER 3 BOOK DUE DATES
January 27
February 14
March 11
QUARTER 1 BOOK DUE DATES:
Book 1: September 9
Book 2: September 27
Book 3: October 17
QUARTER 2 BOOK DUE DATES:
November 8
November 27
December 19
QUARTER 3 BOOK DUE DATES
January 27
February 14
March 11
Daily Assignments:
Students will be required to read independent free reading books daily outside of class for 20 minutes Monday-Thursday and 40 minutes over every weekend. Students may use AAT time for free reading and will need to get their AAT teachers signature on their reading log to show that they read during AAT.
Weekly Plans: Please click on the link below
Iowa Core: Year long student goals:
IA.2.: Read on-level text, both silently and orally, at an appropriate rate with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RL.7.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
RI.7-10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
QUARTER 1:
August 19-August 30 Story Plot Terms Story Plot Diagram Cornell Note Taking
September 2-9 Skill Builder Activities edmodo: classroom blog
September 16-27
September 30-October 11
QUARTER 2:
October 14-24
Nov. 4-8
Nov. 18-29
Dec. 2-Dec 20
QUARTER 3:
Poetry Unit: Jan. 6-31
Feb 3-March 7
QUARTER 4:
Holocaust/Yellow Star
IA.2.: Read on-level text, both silently and orally, at an appropriate rate with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RL.7.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
RI.7-10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
QUARTER 1:
August 19-August 30 Story Plot Terms Story Plot Diagram Cornell Note Taking
September 2-9 Skill Builder Activities edmodo: classroom blog
September 16-27
September 30-October 11
QUARTER 2:
October 14-24
Nov. 4-8
Nov. 18-29
Dec. 2-Dec 20
QUARTER 3:
Poetry Unit: Jan. 6-31
Feb 3-March 7
QUARTER 4:
Holocaust/Yellow Star