WELCOME TO SEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH

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WELCOME TO SEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH
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CONTACT INFORMATION

• EMAIL julie.needle_at_norwellschools.org
• SCHOOL WEBSITE www.norwellschools.org
• Find teacher pages and click. The team websites
  are there under team pages.
• AR WEBSITE www.hosted147/renlearn.com/8473
• You can check AR titles, student quiz scores, and
  print quiz grade reports here.
• AR BOOK FINDER
• www.arbookfind.com
• You can read summaries, search by genre, and
  choose your novels here.
• ROOM 216
• PHONE [phone] ext. 4216
• LATE NIGHT WEDNESDAY
• BEST WAY TO CONTACT ME EMAIL

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Additional Information

• An AR letter went home today explaining the
  procedures for outside reading. Please read this
  and email any further questions.
• This presentation can be downloaded and printed
  from your home computer through the schools
  website on my webpage.

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x2

• This year I am going to open my x2 grades.
• It is important that you read my grading policy
  so you understand and are aware of my system.
  Most of you have signed this policy already.
• I have 100 students so items will not be posted
  right away. I will post about every 2 weeks.
• If you have questions on a grade, speak with your
  student first, then contact the teacher.

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GRADES
Students will be graded on homework (20),
classwork, participation, and cooperation(10),
Independent Reading quizzes (5), grammar (20),
vocabulary (10), literature/reading
comprehension (10), projects (15), writing
(20). These will be averaged together for a
final grade. Students may ask about missing or
low work at any time. There are occasional
opportunities for extra credit.
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HOMEWORK

• I assign homework Monday-Thursday, I try not to
  assign homework on weekends. I view the weekend
  as a chance for students to catch up on
  Accelerated Reader novels, work on long term
  projects and writing assignments, and to make up
  any missing work.
• The students are expected to bring their agendas
  everyday. I spend 5-7 minutes explaining homework
  and allowing students time to copy homework into
  the agenda. Students may use the homework board,
  the running agenda I keep on my shelf, and the
  homework webpage. Many of this years activities
  can be printed directly from the website if
  needed. Homework is expected to be done
  efficiently, neatly, and to the best of the
  students ability.
• When absent, students may use the LOG FOLDERS to
  check missing work. The students ask questions of
  the log keeper first, then the teacher if
  clarification is needed.
• I will keep a YOU OWE ME WALL for the month
  September, starting October 1, 2011 I will use
  homework slip EMAILS (a one day grace period),
  and starting after Thanksgiving (November 28,
  2011), students must have their homework the day
  it is due or it can be turned in one day late for
  some credit. After one day late all homework will
  be a zero. Exceptions can be made if there is a
  family situation or other issue preventing a
  student from completing an assignment. Please
  make aware of any issues via EMAIL.

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MCAS

• MCAS will be scheduled between March 20th and
  April 2, 2012.
• Tests include Long Composition (March 20, 2012)
  where students will write a five paragraph essay
  on a given prompt.
• Tests also include Language and Literature taken
  over three days. Students will read short
  selections and answer multiple choice questions
  and short answer questions.
• We will work on these skills throughout the year.
• Check www.doe.mass.edu for examples to practice.

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• Curriculum
• READING
• Short Stories
• Miss Awful Arthur Cavanaugh
• After Twenty Years O. Henry
• Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Rudyard Kipling

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MORE CURRICULUM

• Plays
• The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras
  County Mark Twain
• The Monkeys Paw W.W. Jacobs
• The Necklace Guy de Maupassant
• The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington
  Irving
• Novels
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
• The Contender Robert Lipsyte
• Poetry
• Various selections and creative writing

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WRITING GRAMMAR VOCABULARY

• VOCABULARY
• Assigned on Mondays, practiced throughout the
  week, quizzes online on Fridays
• Practice games are linked to teacher pages on the
  school website.
• WRITING
• This years main focus. Writing on the computer
  using word processing is best for assignments.
  Always use 12 font, times new roman, double
  spacing. Our main focus will be five paragraph
  essays based on MCAS writing prompts.
• GRAMMAR
• The main focus this year is learning the usage of
  all parts of speech. Other topics will be taken
  the frameworks and includes the study of
  mechanics, usage, and sentence structure.

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FUN FACTS

• Every term there will be a MCASH raffle.
  Students will earn raffle tickets by doing their
  homework and receiving stamps for the
  assignments. I will draw between 5 and 10 raffle
  tickets each term and small increment giftcard
  prizes will be awarded at lunch.
• If you would like to donate to the raffle, please
  let me know.
• Chi Chi and Charlie are my chihuahuas and the
  mascots of the classroom. Each day, as a
  classroom opener the dogs ask the students to
  perform a task. It is a fun and creative way to
  get class started and make students transition
  from class to class a smooth and stress free
  experience.