Welcome! �

Room 18

7^th and 8^th Grade

English Language Arts

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT

Tools

For Your Child’s -

Our Student’s -

Success…

Community Rules � and Policies

• Santa Rosa Tech Magnet School

Student Handbook

Mrs. Stuart’s Welcome Opening

Parent Platforms for Updates:

Independent Study Program

• Ms. Bennett’s Community

Classroom Rules and Policies

• Student Platforms & Assignments

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Successful Outcomes

• Respectful Behavior �= �Better Learning
• Organization/Routines
• Higher Understanding of Standards
• Longer Retention of Information
• Important Reading Continuums

Routines are Important!

• Daily – Classwork and Participation
• Google Classroom
• Weekly
• Ongoing Assignments/Homework
• Journals & Reading Logs
• Trimester
• District Benchmark Testing
• Literature/Vocabulary/Response Writing Assessments
• Student/Parent Q Grade Reporting

Our Daily Agenda

Weeks At-a-Glance

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

What are Common Core State Standards and How are they Imbedded into ELA?

Materials for Standards Mastery

• Holt McDougal (HMH)-Collections Texts
• Anthology of Literary Selections
• Recommended Grade-level Novels
• Writing Workshops
• HMH, Lucy Calkins, Jane Schafer Models
• Literacy Approaches
• HMH Grammar Handbook- Diction & Syntax
• Academic Vocabulary
• Media Literacy - SCOPE Magazine Online
• Performance-Based Projects
• IXL Progress Assessments
• CAASPP IAB, ICA and State Exams

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Assessment of Learning

• 7^th Grade
• Trimester Benchmark Standards
• Narrative Writing, Persuasive Writing, Literary Analysis & Response to Literature
• Informational/Explanatory Writing
• Bio Project/Coat of Arms/Poetry Portfolios/Sci-Fi Invention Projects
• 8^th Grade
• Trimester Benchmark Standards
• Literary Analysis
• Narrative Writing, Persuasive Writing
• Informational/Explanatory Writing
• Preparation for High School English Standards
• Legacy Tales/Utopian Pres/VIP/SocJust Projects

“PBL” and “UDL” Learning...

PBL - Project Based Learning

All of our novels or essays have project based learning outcomes/products.

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UDL - Universal Design for Learning

All of our Projects have choice, multiple means of expression, and are front loaded with WHY students are doing the work.

Literature Studies

• 7^th Grade –
• Mythology & Epic Heroes
• Ancient Greek and Roman Epic Heroes
• Beowulf: A Tale of Monsters (a novella)
• Fiction & Cultural Heroes
• Scope Magazine Plays and Articles
• Select HMH Collections Texts
• Touching Spirit Bear
• Adventure Through Authors
• Select HMH Collections Texts
• Poetry Studies & Portfolios
• Science Fiction & Fantasy
• Holt Anthology of Science Fiction
• The Giver

Literature Studies

• 8^th Grade
• Epic Heroes & Authors
• The Old Man in the Sea (a novella)
• Poe, Twain, Hemingway, etc.
• Fiction & History
• Select HMH Collections Texts
• Cultural Selections & Dramas
• Inside Out & Back Again
• Social Justice Studies
• Select HMH Collections Texts
• Diary of a Young Girl (HMH)
• A Farewell to Manzanar

Behavior Standards

Rewards for Positive Behavior

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

Together…�We Can Make A Difference!

• If you have any questions about your child’s progress…

Please email me MBennett@pleasantvalleysd.org

• Thank You for offering me the opportunity to be a part of your child’s Learning Process! ☺

Michelle Bennett

☺Ms. Bennett's Room 18 Website :)

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