Transcript Welcome to 6th grade Reading - What's up in 7C? | Pin Oak

WELCOME TO 7TH GRADE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
PIN OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL
Barbara Baltazar, 7C
[email protected]
713-295-6500
This class encompasses the reading and
writing requirements for 7th grade.
DRESS CODE
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Student ID
ID is part of being in
uniform.
Must visibly carry it on your
person through out the
school day.
Extra/replacement ID $5.00
Polo Style Shirts
Royal Blue
Gray
White
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Charger Days
School T-Shirt
Pants
Denim, Khaki, Navy
Pants, Shorts, Skirts
Shorts and Skirts must be
longer than finger tip length
with hand down by your
side
Shoes
Closed toed shoes only
NO flip flops or open toe
sandals
No high heels
GRADING
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60% Daily: Class Work, Homework,
Formative Assessments (quizzes)
40% Major: Summative Assessments
(Tests and Projects)
TUTORIALS
Tutoring is managed through team time
during the school day.
GRADING AND REPORT CARDS
Academic Subjects
Conduct
90–100 = excellent
E = excellent
80–89 = good; above average
S = satisfactory
75–79 = satisfactory; average
P = poor; below average
70–74 = passing; below average
U = unsatisfactory
below 70 = unsatisfactory; failing
Six-Week Grading Periods
First Grading Period:
August 26 to October 4
Second Grading Period:
October 7 to November 8
Third Grading Period:
November 11 to December 20
Fourth Grading Period:
January 7 to February 14
Fifth Grading Period:
February 17 to April 4
Sixth Grading Period:
April 7 to May 29
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
AND ELIGIBILITY
State’s “no pass/no play” law:
•eligibility for participation during the first six weeks of the
school year is determined by a student’s grades from the
final grading cycle of the previous school year.
•After the first 6 weeks, a student who receives a grade
lower than 70 (or the equivalent) in any academic course is
ineligible to participate during the first three school weeks
of the next grading period.
•During that time the student may continue to practice or
rehearse with other students but may not take part in any
competition or public performance.
GRADE SPEED
• All students are required to have a PS Connect account to access
and view grades and progress on Grade Speed.
•Grade Speed is in real time – so as soon as grades are entered you
can view them.
CODES IN GRADE SPEED
• M – missing assignment – a zero is calculated into the average
until a grade is entered by the teacher.
•E – exempt – the student is not responsible for this assignment and
no grade is calculated into the average.
•0 – a grade of zero is entered if the assignment was not turned in
and is no longer accepted for a grade.
DAILY SUPPLIES FOR
ENGLISH CLASS
 Planner/Agenda
and ID
 5-subject spiral notebook (class notes)
 2 Composition Books (reader/writer notebook)
 Independent Reading Novel (everyday)
 Red pens, pencils, highlighter, sticky notes,
glue stick, scissors.
WRITING FOCUS
Variety of sentence structures, rhetorical devices,
editing and revision techniques
 Develop personal narratives, expository essay, poetic
and persuasive pieces
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STAAR Testing Dates:
Writing – April 1st and 2nd: required to write three one page
essays and answer multiple choice questions on revision/edition and
grammar usage.
Reading – April 23rd: required to read several select passages and
2 paired passages to answer multiple choice questions.
TEA website: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/
READING FF
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READING
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Use a variety of reading strategies to enhance
comprehension, critical thinking and literary
analysis
 Context clues and use of strategies to determine
meaning
 Improve independent reading interest, stamina
and fluency by reading in larger chunks across
genre
 Connect reading comprehension to writing
through written responses
 Identify and use literary elements
 Recognize text structure and author’s purpose
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INDEPENDENT READING
REQUIREMENTS
Standing assignment: 30 minutes of reading 5
days a week.
 Record and track reading in comp book
 15-30 minutes reading in class each class day
 Receive one independent reading grade/6 weeks
as a daily grade (60%)
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WHERE CAN I GET BOOKS TO READ?
 School and Local Library books
 Class library
 Online Scholastic Book orders
INDEPENDENT READING
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Experiencing Literature by Genre Reading
Genre
Realistic Fiction
Reading
Requirements
4
Historical Fiction
3
Fantasy
3
Science Fiction
3
Mystery/Suspense
4
Non-Fiction: informational
5
Literary Non-Fiction:
Biography, Autobiography, Memoir
Poetry
5
Students Choice
10
Total Books =
40
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INDEPENDENT READING RUBRIC
# books
Grade
7+
105
6
100
5
95
4
90
3
85
2
75
1
50
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QUESTIONS???
Please feel free to email me with any questions you
didn’t get a chance to ask.
[email protected]