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2. WELCOME Mrs. Michelle Miller 7th ELA 7th Pre-AP/GT ELA 8th Interdisciplinary Studies

3. Contact Information

4. About Your Teacher Mrs. Miller – 17th year teaching middle school
10th year at FSMS teaching 7th grade
3rd year teaching IDS
Certified as ELA 4th-8th in Texas with GT and Pre-AP training.
M. Ed. Educational Leadership and Supervision

5. Tutorials Thursday morning from 8:15 to 8:45 By appointment
Ms. Rizvi – Tuesday 8:15 – 8:45
Ms. Perez – Friday 8:15 – 8:45
By appointment

6. Conferences
6th Period: 2:10 to 3:00 on regular days 2:20 to 3:05 on advisory days Before or after school, by appt.

7. 7th Grade ELA Reading Process Writing Speaking/Listening Writing
Grammar, Usage, Mechanics
Literary Analysis
Research
Vocabulary

8. 8th Grade IDS ELA Support Current Events Reading STAAR Practice
Writing
Novel Study
Grammar, Usage, Mechanics
Research
Listening/Speaking

9. Assignments
Daily Assignments: Homework/Classwork, Quizzes, Reading activities, Vocabulary, Binder Checks, Reading Response Log Checks, Journal Checks, etc…
Major Grades:
Tests, Essays, Projects, Journal Rewrites,
Literary Analysis, Reading Log and
Reflections etc…

10. Novels Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale (fall semester)
Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman
(spring semester)

11. Bonus Finding vocabulary words Using vocabulary words in writing
Writing contests
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12. Materials ELA
Binder:
Reading
WOW
Writing
Vocabulary
G.U.M.

13. Materials ELA Reading Journal (Spiral): Reading Log Reading Responses
Reading Vocabulary
Literary Luminary

14. Materials IDS Spiral Binder Literature Current Events WOW’s G.U.M.
Reading Responses
Binder
Literature
Current Events
WOW’s
G.U.M.

15. Textbooks Literature, Holt McDougal www.my.hrw.com
WriteSource, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

16. Library ELA: Every other week on Thursday
Library books are the students responsibility.
Class library – may check out books

17. Students wishing to be reassessed must do so during tutorials.
Retesting
For tests that are below 70%, students have the opportunity to be reassessed for a grade up to a 80%. (should attend a tutorial)
For students who made between 70% - 79% may make test corrections to raise their grade to an 80%.
Students wishing to be reassessed must do so during tutorials.

18. Late Work Policy
Assignments are due at the beginning of the period. If a student fails to turn in an assignment when it is collected, it will be considered LATE.
Students will receive partial credit for assignments turned in late.

19. Make-Up Work
Students need to see me for missed assignment explanation of the assignment.
The number of class meetings that are missed for excused absences is equal to the number of class periods that will be given to make the work up.
If an absence occurs when an assignment is due or on a test day, the student is responsible for turning in the assignment or taking the missed exam upon return.

20. Grading Policy Daily Work (50%) Major Grades (50%)
The weight of each assignment will be announced when the assignment is given.

21. Wish List
Tissues
Hand Sanitizer
Paper Towels
Copy Paper

22. Thanks for Coming! 