1. Meet the Teacher/ Curriculum Night
7th grade English Language Arts
Mrs. Mallory

2. About Mrs. Mallory 25th year of teaching Second year in middle school
Master’s in Educational Administration and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction

3. Our textbook: myPerspectives by Pearson
COPY of BOOK for our class will be in your child’s BINDER
Book available online!!

4. myPerspectives Topics
Broken up into 5 units. Each unit has an essential question that relates to all of the passages
Performance-Based Assessment
Students will individually produce a paper, presentation, or both.

5. 7th grade Units and Essential Questions
Unit 5: How do we overcome obstacles?
Explanatory/Informative Essay
Unit 2: Should we make a home in space?
Argument Writing
Unit 3: What can cause a sudden change in someone’s life?
Unit 4: What effects do people have on the environment?

6. Tradebooks
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

7. Grades
Grades will be posted on ParentVue regularly. Please check student grades there on a regular basis.
Found on Kyrene.org, Parents, ParentVue
In 7th grade the students grades are weighted.
80% of your child’s grade will be assessments, projects, and writing.
20% of your child’s grade will be practice work which is classwork and homework.
Rounding:
Students grades can be rounded up if they are .5% away from the next letter grade and they have NO missing assignments.

8. Materials
One- 2.5 Inch three ringed binder* (will be used in all content areas)
One pack of notebook dividers
Pencils with erasers
Highlighters
1-Marbled COLLEGE ruled Composition Notebook
Reusable water bottle

9. Classroom Wish List
#2 Pencils
Kleenex
Disinfecting Wipes

10. Desert Vista Student Tutoring Available
FREE!
Tuesdays and Thursday 7:30-8:05am

11. 2018-2019 Yearbooks- Don’t wait!
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12. Discipline & Behavior Expectations
7th Grade Refocus Policy
A student who is disturbing class or not following class rules will be given a refocus.
A student can receive only one refocus per day. If a student has already been refocused and is disruptive in any more classes that day, the student will be sent to ISI for a time-out. Parents will be notified of the ISI visit.
A student can receive a maximum of two refocuses per week. The refocuses do not have to be from the same teacher. If a student is considered for a third refocus at any time that week, the student will be instead sent to ISI for a time-out. Parents will be notified of the ISI visit.
If a student has received 6 refocuses total at any point during the school year the student will have a conference with the teachers & administration, and from that point forward the student will go directly to ISI for a time-out instead of being refocused.
Once a student starts to receive ISI time-outs, Akimel A-al’s progressive behavior policy for ISI is as follows:
3 time-outs to ISI results in 1 full day of I.S.I. & meeting with parents, Academic Behavior Specialist, and School Counselor
6 time-outs to ISI results in 2 full days of I.S.I. & meeting with parents and District Behavior Intervention teacher to consider special education services for social/emotional needs
9 time-outs to ISI results in 3 full days of I.S.I.
12 time-outs to ISI results in a 1 day Off Campus Suspension

13. ELA & ALA Work at a glance
End of Selections tests for group and individual texts
Reading Log due every two weeks
Quarterly Spelling Tests
Book Reports will be assigned as long term assignments up to one each quarter
All assignments will be on the calendar and students will be responsible for being prepared and turning assignments in on time.
ELA/ALA students should expect the following type of work
Weekly vocabulary 5-10 words will be tested on through various ways
Reading from text on a daily basis, basic comprehension questions and text structure assignments 2-3 a week
End of Unit Performance Task
Two Mid Unit Performance Tasks
Literary Analysis for Trade book one per quarter

14. Thank you for coming! *More information will come home with your child on Thursday.