7th Grade Reading/Language Arts

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7th Grade Reading/Language Arts

• Ms. Kathryn A. Hopkins
• khopkins_at_summithill.org
• 815.469.4330

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About Me

• Bachelors DePaul University
• 1st Year teaching
• 3rd Year at Summit Hill Jr. High

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About Ms. Kocna

• Bachelors Lewis University
• Masters in Teaching Leadership Lewis
  University
• 4th Year teaching at Summit Hill Jr. High

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Reading Content

• Prentice Halls Literature Timeless Voices,
  Timeless Themes
• The reading curriculum will consist of the
  literature text, independent reading, novels, and
  essays.
• Tests, daily assignments, book reports, reading
  logs, Accelerated Reading Tests, etc. will be
  assigned throughout the year. Point values for
  each will be announced beforehand.
• Students are to have a novel with them AT ALL
  TIMES.

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Books needed for class

• Chains-Laurie Halse Anderson
• Chasing Lincolns Killer-James Swanson
• The Outsiders-S.E. Hinton
• To purchase these books I have set up a classroom
  store on scholastic.com-parents-shop-scholastic
  reading club.
• Our class access code is NCY28

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Language Arts Content

• Prentice Halls
• Writing Grammar Communication in Action
• The Language Arts curriculum will consist of the
  text, a workbook, Vocabulary Workshop workbook.
  writing assignments/essays, journal writing, and
  stem derivatives
• Tests, daily assignments, essays, etc. will be
  assigned throughout the year. Point values for
  each will be announced beforehand.
• Students must ONLY use wide ruled loose-leaf
  paper and wide ruled spiral notebooks.

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Resources for your child

• Ms. Hopkins Please encourage your child to talk
  to me and well set up a time for me to help
  her/him after school.
• Study Hall- Teacher supervised
• Academic Assistance- Monday through Friday after
  school
• Website- www.summithill.org
• SHJH
• Teacher Pages
• Hopkins
• Weekly events are on the website

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Grading Policy

• Homework will be assigned daily.
• All unfinished class work is automatically
  homework.
• Late work is graded as 70 the next day and as a
  0 the second day
• If a student is absent, it is he/shes
  responsibility to get the work they missed and
  complete it upon return.
• Classwork/Homework is 15 of grade.
• Quizzes (Formative) are 40 of grade.
• Tests (Summative) are 45 of grade.

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Stems

• Tuesday/Thursday
• 25 stems per list
• Each list will be broken into fourths for the
  first few lists
• Once the students get acclimated to their lists,
  the list size will be broken down into halves

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Bell Ringers

• Monday through Friday
• Literary Term of the Week
• Ethical Dilemmas
• Quote of the Week
• Video Journal
• Silent Reading
• Written in journal that is kept in class

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Discipline Plan

• Occurrence Chart (Academic/Behavior)
• Occurrence 1-2 verbal warning
• Occurrence 3 parent contact
• Occurrence 4 reflection
• Occurrence 5 detention
• Begin each quarter with a clean slate
• No checks by mid-quarter earns reward
• PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and
  Supports)
• Spartan Spirit

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REMINDER

• Check website on a weekly basis
• usually ready for viewing by Friday afternoon
• Emails sent usually every Friday with weekly
  events