Room 18 7th and 8th Grade English Language Arts BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT Welcome! ☺ Room 18 7th and 8th Grade English Language Arts BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT 1

For Your Child’s - Our Student’s - Success… Tools For Your Child’s - Our Student’s - Success… 2

Community Rules and Policies Santa Rosa Technology School Discipline Standards Mr. Borchard’s Welcome Opening Ms. Bennett’s Community Classroom Rules and Policies Course Objectives 3

Behavior Standards Rewards for Positive Behavior The Three R’s of Citizenship: Respect, Responsibility, Resourcefulness 100 Citizenship Points Consequences for Negative Behavior 1st Warning – Reminder Only 2nd Warning – Participation Demerit 3rd Warning – Citizenship Demerit 4th Warning - Administrative Referral 4

Successful Outcomes Respectful Behavior = Better Learning Organization/Routines Higher Understanding of Standards Longer Retention of Information Important Reading Continuums 5

Routines are Important! Daily – Classwork and Participation Google Classroom Weekly Ongoing Assignments/Homework Online Posting (BLOGS) & Reading Logs Trimester District Benchmark Testing Literature/Vocabulary/Response Writing Assessments Q/Zangle Grade Reporting 6

Course Outline CA Common Core English Language Arts Standards 7th Grade - Literacy (Informational) 8th Grade - Literacy (Informational) Reading Writing Written and Oral Language Conventions Literacy Writing and Speech Structures (Grammar) Listening and Speaking 7

Literature Studies 7th Grade – Mythology & Epic Heroes Beowulf Ancient Greek and Roman Epic Heroes Fiction & Cultural Heroes Scope Magazine Plays and Articles Adventure Through Authors Call of the Wild Banner In The Sky Science Fiction & Fantasy A Wrinkle in Time Holt Anthology of Science Fiction

Literature Studies 8th Grade Epic Heroes & Authors Fiction & History The Old Man in the Sea Fiction & History The Giver The Slopes of War Social Justice Studies Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry Glory Field Inside Out & Back Again Diary of a Young Girl A Farewell to Manzanar

Materials for Standards Mastery Holt McDougal (HMH)- Online Materials Anthology of Literary Selections Recommended Grade-level Novels Writing Workshops Lucy Calkins Literacy Approaches Online Blog’s- Diction & Syntax Academic Vocabulary Media Literacy - SCOPE Magazine Online Performance-Based Projects 10

Assessment of Learning 7th Grade Trimester Benchmark Standards Narrative Writing, Persuasive Writing, Literary Analysis & Response to Literature Informational/Explanatory Writing 8th Grade Literary Analysis Narrative Writing, Persuasive Writing Preparation for High School English Standards 11

Together… We Can Make A Difference! If you have any questions about your child’s progress… Please email me or call after 3:00 (805) 491-3822, extension 218. Thank You for offering me the opportunity to be a part of your child’s Learning Process! ☺ Michelle Bennett ☺http://www.pvsd.k12.ca.us/Domain/124 12