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Welcome! 
Room 18
7th and 8th Grade
English Language Arts
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
Tools
For Your Child’s Our Student’s Success…
Community Rules
and Policies
Santa Rosa Technology School
Discipline Standards
Ms. Bennett’s Community
Classroom Rules and Policies
Course Objectives
Parent-Student Work at Home
Acknowledged by
Student/Parents/Guardians
Behavior Standards
Rewards for Positive Behavior
– The Three R’s of Citizenship:
– Respect, Responsibility, Resourcefulness
– 100 Citizenship Points
Consequences for Negative Behavior
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Warning
Warning
Warning
Warning
– Reminder Only
– Behavior Essay
– Citizenship Demerit
- Administrative Referral
Behavior Essay
4 To-Do’s, Full Paragraphs
– Identify the Broken Rule/Behavior
– Write about WHO the behavior
affects
– List three other ways the behavior
should have been done.
– Parent/Guardian Signature
Successful Outcomes
Respectful Behavior
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Better Learning
Higher Understanding of Standards
Longer Retention of Information
Important Reading Continuums
Routines are Important!
 Daily – Classwork and Participation
 Weekly
– Homework
– Testing
– Online Posting (BLOGS)
 Trimester
– District Benchmark Testing
– Course Objectives
– Home Report Cards
Course Outline
 CA English Language Arts Standards
 Common Core Standards for Career &
College Readiness
 7th Grade
 8th Grade
– Reading
• Literacy
• Writing and Speech Structures (Grammar)
– Writing
– Listening and Speaking
Literature Studies
7th Grade –
– Mythology & Epic Heroes
• Beowulf
• RobinHood of Sherwood Forrest
– Fiction & Cultural Heroes
• Ishi, Last of His tribe
• Call It Courage
– Adventure Through Authors
• Call of the Wild
• Banner In The Sky
– Science Fiction & Fantasy
• A Wrinkle in Time
• The Secret Garden
Literature Studies
8th Grade
– Epic Heroes & Authors
• The Old Man in the Sea
– Fiction & History
• Bold Journey with Lewis & Clark
• The Slopes of War
• No Promises in the Wind
– Social Justice Studies
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Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry
Glory Field
Diary of a Young Girl
A Farewell to Manzanar
Materials for Standards Mastery
 Prentice Hall Literature
– Anthology of Literary Selections
– Recommended Grade-level Novels
 Writing Workshops
– Lucy Calkins (Schaffer/Kinsella based)
 Literacy Approaches
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Prentice Hall Grammar
Academic Vocabulary
Digital Media Literacy
Magazines (online and hard-copy)
 Performance-Based Projects
 Integrated Supplementary Materials
Assessment of Learning
 7th Grade
– Trimester Benchmark Standards
– Narrative, Informative, Argument Writing
– CCSS Smarter Balanced State Exams
 8th Grade
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Trimester Benchmark Standards
Narrative, Argument, and Informative Writing
CCSS Smarter Balanced State Exams
Preparation for High School English Standards
Together…
We Can Make A Difference!
If you have any questions about
your child’s progress…
Please call and make an appointment
with the office: (805) 491-3822,
extension 218.
Thank You for offering me the
opportunity to be a part of your
child’s Learning Process! 
Michelle Bennett