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Welcome!. Mrs. Meghann Campbell mecampbell@cbsd.org 267-893-3425 Mrs. Jessica Bishof jbishof@cbsd.org 267-893-3396 7 th Grade Learning Support Teachers. Read180 Rotation Model. Writing Instruction Novel Study 30 minutes. Check out the Family Portal!. Focus Themes- Identity Crisis.
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Welcome! Mrs. Meghann Campbell mecampbell@cbsd.org 267-893-3425 Mrs. Jessica Bishof jbishof@cbsd.org 267-893-3396 7th Grade Learning Support Teachers
Read180 Rotation Model Writing Instruction Novel Study 30 minutes
Focus Themes- Identity Crisis • Vocabulary/Word Study: • Target words • Verb endings • Word families • Story Elements: • Setting • Character • Plot • Theme • Literary Elements: • Rhyme • Repetition • Theme • Grammar: • Correcting run-on sentences • Using correct word order • Writing: • Literature response
Focus Themes- Stolen Childhoods • Vocabulary/Word Study • Target words • Using a Dictionary • Multiple-Meaning Words • Comprehension • Summarize • Grammar: • Using Correct Verb Tense • Using Commas in a Series • Writing: • Expository
Focus Themes-A Christmas Carol • Vocabulary/Word Study: • Target words • Author Background • Application of Story Elements in a Novel: • Setting • Character • Plot • Theme
Focus Themes-When Disaster Strikes • Vocabulary/Word Study: • Target words • Prefixes • Suffixes • Comprehension • Sequence of Events • Grammar: • Correcting Sentence Fragments • Using Capitals • Writing: • Narrative
Focus Themes-Alien Invaders • Vocabulary/Word Study • Target words • Idioms • Using a Dictionary • Comprehension • Cause and Effect • Grammar: • Using Subject and Object Pronouns • Avoiding Double Negatives • Writing: • Persuasive
Focus Themes-The Streets of Harlem • Vocabulary/Word Study • Target words • Multiple-Meaning Words • Latin Roots • Comprehension • Making Inferences • Literary Elements • Similes • Metaphors • Grammar: • Using Subject and Object Pronouns • Avoiding Double Negatives • Writing: • Personal Narrative
Weekly Home Assignments- • Reading passage and comprehension questions that focus on: • Finding the main idea • Recalling facts • Inference • Synonyms/antonyms • Organizing binders and review of assignment book
Course Grades- • Separate grade for English and reading • Grades are determined using the following categories: - Homework - Classwork - Assessments (tests, quizzes, projects, and writing assignments)
Important Sites- • Teacher Sites Homework, important dates for projects and tests, web links, etc. • Parent Portal Grades for completed assignments
Academic Honesty Policy • Academic honesty means avoiding lying, copying, cheating, and plagiarizing in all forms and taking responsibility and ownership of your own work. • Unamiexpects each student’s best and honest effort(s), with learning, not grades, being the primary goal.
Lying – Verbally misrepresenting the completion or location of an assignment. For example, saying any of the following when they are not true: “I left it at home,” “My printer is out of ink,” “I lost my flashdrive.” • Copying – Using another student’s work (authorized or unauthorized) as an aid/tool to complete your own. For example: copying homework and/or classwork, sharing answers to assignments.
Cheating – Giving or receiving unauthorized assistance on any academic assessment (quiz, test, project, report). For example: looking at another student’s paper, using cheat sheets, using electronic aids/devices, discussing assessment content (e.g. “What’s on the science test?”). • Plagiarizing – Passing off the ideas or words of another as one’s own. For example: copying and pasting from a published source, using others’ ideas, words, or images in your paper without citing your sources, turning in someone else’s work as your own.
Consequences…vary by offense (1st-2nd-3rd) • Infraction will be reported to the main office and noted under the Infinite Campus behavior tab. • Parents will be notified of the incident in writing. • Student will be assigned work session(s) to redo the assignment to proficiency for up to full credit/up to 70%/up to 50%). • Assignment must be submitted within 1 week or student will be removed from all extra-curricular activities until work is completed to proficiency. • Results in disqualification from membership or involvement in school organizations (e.g. National Junior Honor Society, Student Council, etc.) • 30 days/60 days social probation (2nd and 3rd offense)
Student Acknowledgement • I have read the above policy. I am aware of what the infractions are and what the consequences may be if I choose to violate the policy. • ________________________ • Student Signature/Date
