tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11297768610621599962024-03-05T03:15:27.528-08:00Ms. DiazWelcome to Ms. Diaz’ classroom blog!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-38985796397571577402013-01-09T06:34:00.000-08:002013-01-09T06:34:16.644-08:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Dear
Parents and Guardians,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> I hope everyone had a restful
break. The second semester of school
speeds by and I hope everyone is ready!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> I want to remind students and
parents that reading logs are due every two weeks, the first for this semester
will be handed out today and is due back, with a parent signature on January
22. Students should log their reading
and jot down notes, questions, or connections they’ve made while reading. Parents are encouraged to discuss reading
with students; this helps students make deeper more meaningful connections to
reading, build comprehension, critical thinking and analytical skills. These benefits will be reflected in grades
and STAAR testing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Students also complete a
journal/warm up activity during the first few minutes of class. Every two weeks journals are collected and
graded based on participation. Students
are not accountable for these warm ups when absent, because of this grades for
journals cannot be made up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Students can expect homework in
English class two to three nights a week, please check with your student and
use the database to see when homework is assigned and due. In some cases students will need to take
their text book home to complete work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">State
assessment is also around the corner, students will begin taking STAAR (State
of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness) in early April. The rigor of in class instruction and
homework will increase to help students prepare for testing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Please
contact me should you have any questions or concerns, I can be reached by email
at </span><a href="mailto:adiaz@ssttx.org"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">adiaz@ssttx.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> or by phone at (210) 543-1111
ext. 140. Please have your student
return the bottom portion of this letter with any updated contact information
for a participation grade. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I
look forward to a successful and enriching semester with your student.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Sincerely,
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Amanda
Diaz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Seventh
& Eighth Grade ELAR<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Department Chair<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">For
a participation grade please have parents sign and detach. Return by Friday, January 11, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Name:________________________________ grade/section:_________<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Parent/Guardian
Name/s:___________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">I
have read the above letter and understand its contents in full. My contact information has:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Not changed since the beginning of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Has changed. My new number is
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-25758209642769108042012-12-05T14:18:00.000-08:002012-12-05T14:18:32.224-08:00Second Annual Poetry Night!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Next week, on Thursday, December 13th, the ELA department will be </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hosting our Second Annual Poetry Night. Last year’s event was a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">tremendous success and we hope to top it this year.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Students and families are invited to come out and watch as third </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">through eighth graders read original and favorite works of poetry.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">If your child attends poetry night then he or she will receive extra </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">credit in English class, however even more credit will go to students </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">who read a poem. Students who read a poem will need to submit their </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">poem for approval by Monday, December 10th.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I thank you in advance for supporting this event and look forward to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">seeing everyone there!</span><br />
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<img height="175" src="http://www.shelbytwplib.org/images/poetry.jpg" width="400" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-33961221296223402662012-11-06T13:42:00.000-08:002012-11-06T13:42:21.240-08:00November 16th: Early Release and Parent/Teacher Conferences <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Next Friday, November 16th, is an early release day for students. Students will be released at 12:30. Teachers will be available to meet with parents from 1-4:30 in 15 minute increments. Parents may sign up for a slot in advanced, or come by when available. I have a meeting at 3:30 so my last conference will be at 3:15. If you'd like to book a specific time please email me directly at adiaz@ssttx.org.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I look forward to seeing everyone!</span><br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-33355739529268870342012-09-11T15:21:00.002-07:002012-09-11T15:21:57.357-07:00We're getting in the swing of things! Right now seventh grade is reading and analyzing myths while eighth grade reads poetry and prose pieces focusing around journeys. <br />
Both grades have impending vocabulary quizzes, additional information can be viewed through the school database. <br />
Tomorrow students will receive a print out of their reading levels according to STAR Reading, the software the school uses to measure reading growth. This print out will have students' Grade Equivalent (GE) as well as a Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). The GE will read as a a whole number followed by a decimal, such as 9.3. A student with this GE has a reading level comparable to a ninth grader in the third month of school. The ZPD is a range of numbers which suggest book levels for students to read with in. A student with a GE of 9.3 will have a ZPD of 4.7-9.3, this means the books with reading levels between 4.7-9.3 are ideal for this student.<br />
If you have questions about a student reading results please let me know-these test aren't always exact and students can re-test or another assessment can be given.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-9407149600609088972012-08-27T12:33:00.002-07:002012-08-27T12:33:50.791-07:00Back to School!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Holy Cow-summer is over already and we’re in the second week of school!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems like May was just yesterday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our school year is off to a wonderful start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students are coming in ready to learn and on wonderful behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My seventh grade class, 7B, is a wonderful quick bunch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I of’ course also adore the eighth grade class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve had the privilege of teaching them since sixth graders, and though we’ve lost and gained some students they’re still a stellar group of kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m excited to see them grow and learn, but I’m already dreading saying goodbye to them at the end of the year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I look forward to a positive and productive year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please email me directly (</span><a href="mailto:adiaz@ssttx.org"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">adiaz@ssttx.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">) or call me (210-543-111 ext 140) if you have any questions, concerns or comments.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-43748579237948076482012-05-15T05:48:00.002-07:002012-05-15T05:48:36.677-07:00Eighth Grade Spring 2012 Final Review<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Rhetorical fallacy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Logical fallacy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Loaded terms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Leading questions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Caricatures</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">stereotype</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">cause </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">effect</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">rhetorical question</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">repetition</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">speech</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">factual claims</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">opinions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">common place assertions</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Be familiar with the following works:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">“The Weak Shall Inherit the Gym” by Rick Reilly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">“The Sanctuary of School” by Lynda Barry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">“Educating Sons” speech given by Chief Canasatego</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">“The First Americans” letter by The Grand Council Fire of American Indians</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” Fredrick Douglass</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Fiction:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">myths<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">folktales<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">setting<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">plot<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">conflict types<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">“The Pearl”-be familiar with plot, character motivation, and symbolism<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Media:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Know what media is</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Digital media</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Assessing formality of media</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Know how to assess the role of media</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sound & visual techniques</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-68116985983644944902012-05-15T05:47:00.002-07:002012-05-15T05:47:33.214-07:00Seventh Grade Spring 2012 Final Review<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fiction</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Know the following:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Myths:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Know the traits of myths</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Orpheus and Eurydice”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Icarus and Deadalus”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Phatheon, Son of Apollo”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Epic Tales:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Know traits of epic tales</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Beowulf”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fiction:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What is fiction</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The Last Dog”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The Three Century Woman”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Charles”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Setting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plot sequence</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Conflicts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Character motivation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dialogue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stage directions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cast of characters</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Clara Barton: Battlefield Nurse”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to write an effective summary</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to eliminate “to be-verbs”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Correct use of apostrophes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Proper nouns and titles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Steps in the writing process</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Know the following terms:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Loaded language</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Support</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rhetorical fallacy</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ad hominem</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">stereotyping</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Exaggeration</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Categorical claim</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Testimonial</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">argument</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Counter arguments</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to Aristotle, what are three fundamental appeals to convince a person? </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emotional fallacy </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ethical fallacy</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Policy Speech</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kennedy’s speech </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Poetry and literary language</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Know the definitions and be able to find examples of the following:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Repetition</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Personification</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Figurative language</span></div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-72909111657433597022012-03-16T16:02:00.002-07:002012-03-16T16:02:27.173-07:00Monday is Picture Day<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I hope everyone has enjoyed their Spring Break and is savoring their last weekend of freedom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to remind students that Monday is picture day and a free dress day with the following rules: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jeans should not have tears, rips, holes, or rhinestones</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No profane, violent or inappropriate logos, designs, or references</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No open toe shoes, sandals or high heels</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No hooded sweat shirts</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No skirts, dresses or shorts</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No tank tops or muscle shirts</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Students may wear their uniform pants, nice jeans, Polo shirts, or appropriate t-shirts.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I look forward to seeing all of the students in their own clothes on Monday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-82847251344717388082012-03-07T12:49:00.000-08:002012-03-07T12:49:44.705-08:00Woman's History Month Extra Credit<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Students may create an author study over a female author.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The assignment should be on poster board and include the following: a brief biography of the writer which highlights major events in the author’s life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students will also need to create a timeline of the author’s life as well as the country and the world around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if your author lived during the civil war, women’s suffrage, or the civil rights movement this should be included in the timeline, as major historical events frequently impact a writer’s work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students should also have at least three pictures of the author and events in their life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be photos printed from online or copied from books, or student illustrations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least two sources should be used for the biography (Wikipedia is not a valid source).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All sources should be cited (this includes sources for photos).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here are some recommended authors, however students may choose another female writer as long as she meets the following criteria:</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">She is a writer by profession- not someone who is known for something else and wrote a book.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Her work is appropriate for school.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Students have not already completed an author study on her this year.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">She’s a woman</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Angela Johnson</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sandra Cisneros</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">JK Rowling</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Suzanne Collins</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Louisa May Allcott</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Katie DiCamillo</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Harper Lee</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lorrianne Hansberry</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Louis Lowry</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SE Hinton</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Julia Alvarez</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mary Shelly</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Maria Arbatova</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jane Austen</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leslie Marmon Silko</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-41781927917964458132012-02-29T11:18:00.002-08:002012-02-29T11:18:08.588-08:00Barnes & Noble Book Fair<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Congratulations to this year's 2012 Wax Museum Honorees! These students are invited to compete again at Barnes and Noble for trophies and prizes this Friday on March 2nd. Please come join us from 5:30pm to 7:30pm and vote again to determine the school wide winners! <u>All students at the event will receive extra credit in their English class</u>. Just make sure students check in with their English teacher first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, Barnes and Noble will donate a percentage of money from the purchases made with SST book fair vouchers to our school. Simply use our code <u>#10684116</u> when checking out at any San Antonio area Barnes and Noble or online from March 2nd-4th! Last year our event was a huge success, raising over $450 dollars for our English classroom libraries. Let's make this year's event even better!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-67286610357481983782012-02-12T09:36:00.003-08:002012-02-12T09:36:35.188-08:00After School Work Day for Facebook Projects<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The deadline for students Facebook projects is quickly approaching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To ensure students receive all the support they need I will have another after school work day this Thursday, February 16<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students may drop their projects off in my room before DEAR Time and then come work on them from 3:20-4:10 on Thursday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Students who finish early may also turn in their projects any time before February 21<sup>st</sup> for extra credit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-62422426193197059012012-02-02T13:56:00.000-08:002012-02-02T13:56:42.216-08:00Black History Month Extra Credit<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Students may create an author study over one of the writers below.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The assignment should be on poster board and include the following: a brief biography of the writer which highlights major events in the author’s life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students will also need to create a timeline of the author’s life as well as the country and the world around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, if your author lived during the civil war, women’s suffrage, or the civil rights movement this should be included in the timeline, as major historical events frequently impact a writer’s work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students should also have at least three pictures of the author and events in their life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can be photos printed from online or copied from books, or student illustrations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least two sources should be used for the biography (Wikipedia is not a valid source).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All sources should be cited (this includes sources for photos).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Approved Authors (if you are interested in selecting an author not on this list you should get teacher approval):</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Lucille Clifton</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Maya Angelou</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Octavia Butler</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Langston Hughes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Lorraine Hansberry</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Alice Walker</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Sharon G. Flake</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Christopher Paul Curtis</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Jacqueline Woodson</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Angela Johnson</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Berry James</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Alice Childress</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Ruby Dee</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Eloise Greenfield</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Nikki Grimes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Rosa Guy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Virginia Hamilton</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Joyce Hansen</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Kristin Hunter</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Belinda Hurmence</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Lynn Joseph</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Julius Lester</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Sharon Bell Mathis</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Patricia McKissac</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fedrick McKissac</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Walter Dean Myers</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Vaunda Micheaux Nelson</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Anne Lane Petry</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ethel Footman Smothers</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Eleanora E. Tate</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mildred D. Taylor</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joyce Carol Thomas</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mildred Pitts Walter</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Brenda Wilkinson</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Camille Yarbrough</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-30950331479080309572012-01-20T13:40:00.000-08:002012-01-20T13:42:59.314-08:00Facebook Novel Project<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This year the ELA Department is excited to host our second annual Wax Museum! This is an opportunity for students to showcase their passion for reading with an interactive representation of their favorite novel.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Students in fourth through sixth grade will create a backdrop of a scene from a novel of their choice and stand in front of it dressed as their favorite character. As parents and visitors walk by</span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Students will give brief explanations of their chosen character, novel, and scene they’ve chosen to represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Seventh and eighth grade students will participate as well, however instead of dressing as their character in front of a back drop students will create a poster of a Facebook page for their protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please note students are not being asked to create real Facebook accounts. This project will also be worked on in class and at home.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Facebook novel project deadlines</span></span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tuesday, January 17, 2011:<sup></sup></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Students must have chosen book and protagonist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This should be done over a book the student has read independently, therefore eighth grade students may not choose from “The Outsiders,” or “Al Capone Does My Shirts.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seventh grade students may not choose from “Number the Stars,” or “Freak the Mighty.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students may not use the same book from last year’s wax museum project.<sup></sup></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">January 23, 2012:</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Templates (which were given in class and are smaller than actual project) must be completed and turned in for a grade.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">January 26, 2012:</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">After school workday from 3:20-4:10</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This is recommended, but not required.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">February 23, 2012:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Final project due</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Projects will be displayed in a school wide event and will not be accepted late.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a project is not turned in by this date a zero will be given.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">February 24, 2012:</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">School event</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Students will line the hallways to present their projects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students in 4-6 grade will display Wax Museum projects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Top students will be asked to present at Barnes & Nobles and will have the opportunity to win a prize. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">TBA:</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Barnes and Nobles event</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Imagine if the same technology we have today existed in the novel you are reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Technology has advanced our communication through social networking websites like Facebook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With over 500 million users there is a good chance that if Facebook existed in your novel the protagonist would be a user.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What would their profile look like?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>You will create a Facebook page (on poster board, not a real account) for the protagonist of your novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Research Facebook and try to make the page look realistic.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Requirements</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">:</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Should be on a poster board or something similar in size</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Information section:</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Name</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Age</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Hometown</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Relationship Status</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Family Members</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Occupation</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Biography</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">This should be in first person point of view from the protagonist covering their life throughout the novel.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Profile Photo</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Can be drawn or printed if there are photos</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Interests Section</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Favorite activities</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Music</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">quotes</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Photos Section</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Draw at least three scenes from the book</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Friends list</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Other characters from the book</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Add yourself too!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Wall section</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Comments from friends on the wall</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Your protagonist should comment on at least one friend comment</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">This should also show groups (at least four) that the character is a member of</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Create an upcoming event that your character would attend</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Status Update</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">This should be status updates your protagonist would make throughout the novel</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">Characters should change their relationship status, check in at frequented locations, and use other Facebook features.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">There should be at least five updates throughout the wall comments</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">One from character at the exposition of novel</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">One from character at the rising action stage of the novel</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">One from the character during the climax</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">One from character during the falling action</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";">One from character during the resolution</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Remember, updates are posted with the most recent at the top of the page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make sure your updates and wall comments are in the correct order! * </span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-48780342303504315392012-01-02T08:51:00.000-08:002012-01-02T08:51:53.968-08:00Goodbye 2011 and Hello 2012!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I hope everyone enjoyed their two week break and is refreshed for the New Year. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tomorrow students will return for a new semester and I’m excited to jump right in!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This new semester marks the half way point of middle school for seventh graders and begins the last semester of junior high for the eighth graders and I am eager to help students get the most of this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Seventh grade students will start understanding fiction and drama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will open this unit by examining myths and epic tales.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eighth graders will begin their poetry unit before moving into speeches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow and beginning the end of the year!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-89371626594138278762011-12-06T16:10:00.000-08:002011-12-07T06:43:38.897-08:008th Grade Midterm Review!Following is the review for the comprehensive ELA midterm, which will take place on Wednesday, December 14.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Expository Texts</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is the purpose of expository texts?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> True of False: </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Expository texts often reflect on writers opinions.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Instructions or how-to documents are also known as what?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is “circumlocution?”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is “recursion?”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What are the characteristics of the “Problem and Solution” organizational pattern?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What are the characteristics of the “Description” organizational pattern?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is “Narrative Interspersion?”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What are the characteristics of the “Cause and Effect” organizational pattern?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is “Comparison?”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are the: must haves, might haves, and wont haves, of expository text?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Drama</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Be familiar with “The Diary of Anne Frank”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know the following terms:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Dramatic irony</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Stage directions</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Drama</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Dialogue</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Foreshadowing</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">theme</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Reading</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know what good readers do</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Be able to define, identify and ask the following types of questions:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Literal</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Interpretative</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Evaluative</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Universal</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Be able to define, identify and make the following types of connections:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Textual</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Personal</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">worldly</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know plot elements</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Conflict types</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Protagonist</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Antagonist</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Narration (point of view) styles:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">first person</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">third person limited</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">third person omniscient</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">third person subjective</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">third person objective</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know the author, plot elements, and story of the “The Tell-Tale Heart”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Writing</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know how many steps are in the writing process and its order.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know what happens in each step</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know the purpose of a subordinating conjunction.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know what AAAWWUBIS is.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know the traits and differences of phrases and clauses</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Adjectival clause</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Adjectival phrase</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know what an independent clause is.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know what a dependent clause is.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Sentence types to know:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">simple</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">compound</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">complex</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">complete </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Capitalization rules</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Word Study/Vocab</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know the difference between a root word, prefix, and suffix.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know what languages root words are commonly borrowed from.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know the meaning of the following:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Bio</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">auto</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Tele</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">graph</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Pre-</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Re-</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-ology</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Vocabulary words to know:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Pandemonium</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Foreboding</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Unabashed</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Indignantly</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Disgruntled</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Remorse</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Fortify</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Apprehension</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-76573542775330107122011-12-06T16:08:00.000-08:002011-12-07T06:44:43.280-08:007th Grade Midterm ReviewStudents will take midterms next week. Midterms count as 25% of the students semester grade, yes, one test weights the same as an entire six weeks grading period. Students will take their ELA midterm on Wednesday, December 14. The midterm will be multiple choice and is not designed for students to fail. If a student studies, truly studies, then he or she will do well. Below is the review for the seventh grade midterm.<br />
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Happy Studying!<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Expository Texts</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is the purpose of expository texts?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> True or False: </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Expository texts often reflect on writers opinions.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Instructions or how-to documents are also known as what?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is “circumlocution?”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is “recursion?”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What are the characteristics of the “Problem and Solution” organizational pattern?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What are the characteristics of the “Description” organizational pattern?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is “Narrative Interspersion?”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What are the characteristics of the “Cause and Effect” organizational pattern?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is “Comparison?”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are the: must haves, might haves, and wont haves, of expository text?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Poetry and literary language</span></b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know the definitions and be able to find examples of the following:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Idiom</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Hyperbole</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Repetition</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Refrain</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Personification</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Simile</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Metaphor</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Assonance</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Alliteration</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Figurative language</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Literal language</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Stanza</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Rhyme</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Rhyme scheme</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Be familiar with: author, uses of literary language, rhyme scheme, and message of the following poems:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“The Raven”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“Annabel Lee”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“Gold”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“the earth is a living thing”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“It was a Long Time Before”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“Abuelito Who?”</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“Sleeping in the Forest”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know the following about Edgar Alan Poe:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Date of birth</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Who adopted him?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What happened to Poe in regard to his first love</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know about his wife and their relationship prior to their marriage</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">When did Poe die?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know some of the theories around his death</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Non-Fiction</span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is an autobiography?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is a biography?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is the purpose of reading a biography or autobiography?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">How are messages influenced through media?</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Reading</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know what good readers do</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Be able to define, identify and ask the following types of questions</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo6; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Literal</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo6; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Interpretative</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo6; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Evaluative</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo6; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Universal</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know plot elements</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Conflict types</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Protagonist</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Antagonist</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Mood & tone</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Writing</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know how many steps are in the writing process and its order.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know what happens in each step</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is a participle?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">What is the difference between a regular and irregular participle?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Be able to change participle tense</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know the purpose of a subordinating conjunction.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know what AAAWWUBIS is.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know what an independent clause is.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know what a dependent clause is.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The traits of Ernest Hemingway’s writing</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Word Study/Vocab</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know the difference between a root word, prefix, and suffix.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know what languages root words are commonly borrowed from.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know the meaning of the following:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Bio</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">auto</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Tele</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">graph</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Pre-</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Re-</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">-ology</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Know the definitions of the following:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Terse</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Perception</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Culminate</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Recessed</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Archaic</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Fauna</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Manuscript</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Vigorous</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Evolutionary</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">extravagant</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-67711853405020047062011-11-30T06:34:00.000-08:002011-11-30T06:34:04.706-08:00Extra Credit!Today is Mark Twain's birthday! For extra credit (three points) write down the year Mark Twain was born and his real name. Due by Friday, December 2, 2011.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-49676615777834969192011-11-21T07:01:00.001-08:002011-11-21T07:01:53.865-08:00No tutoring on November 28th.<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span>On November 28, 2011 I will be absent; as a result seventh grade tutoring will be cancelled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students on the mandatory tutoring list were sent home letters to parents on October 31, 2011 and again on November 21, 2011.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students should be picked up at 3:00pm this day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tutoring will resume its normal schedule the following Monday, December 5.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-26086077404832644852011-11-19T21:04:00.000-08:002011-11-19T21:04:41.449-08:00Stand Up to Bullying!November 13-19, 2011 is National Bullying Prevention week and to mark the occasion SST-Discovery held a door decorating contest. Each homeroom class decorated their door and my homeroom, 7B, won third place!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7B, in their "Too Bright to Bully" clothes with our door.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Students chose to create a Lady Gaga likeness, since she often speaks out against bullying. Her famous meat dress was replicated and students created little monsters (which is what she calls her fans) which they signed and placed under a pledge not to bully.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-76324311146663668252011-10-17T08:16:00.000-07:002011-10-20T10:25:48.616-07:00Parent-Teacher Conferences<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hello All!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This Friday, October 21, 2011, is an early release day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students will be released at 12:00.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At one o'clock teachers will be available for 15 minute parent teacher conferences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Parents may schedule a specific time in advance or show up to meet with teachers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Parents are urged to attend to discuss students’ academic performance, behavior, and to meet teachers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look forward to seeing you there!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgdOWctGtn-ffvwneNTUcVAK5rT6Xz91bo3lr5cQA60VikO0zouVYhvIP1KU62OA0liOW6JsFkPKp1te8dJWzO3TZib3seZslYGv273M9iRxz4yc9_uyT8GoDlcVMAntIE_38ZzMkb4YS/s1600/conferences2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgdOWctGtn-ffvwneNTUcVAK5rT6Xz91bo3lr5cQA60VikO0zouVYhvIP1KU62OA0liOW6JsFkPKp1te8dJWzO3TZib3seZslYGv273M9iRxz4yc9_uyT8GoDlcVMAntIE_38ZzMkb4YS/s1600/conferences2.gif" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-52856709842903283162011-09-24T11:10:00.001-07:002011-09-24T11:10:31.757-07:00Science Fair Research Paper<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Because SST-Discovery staff knows that cross curricular cooperation is essential for student success the English department is working with the science department to prepare students for this year’s Science Fair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As part of the Science Fair requirements students must write a research paper about their experiment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year middle school students are covering expository (informational) text first, so they are familiar with what this should look like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will also utilize some class time to work on their paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This paper will be due to English teachers, as a major grade, on October 5, 2011.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For English class students papers <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">must be typed</i> and meet all of the following criteria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>English teachers will grade for structure, grammar, completeness, as well as citation format, but not the validity of the content.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>This is the criteria for the English paper, students may have different criteria for their Science Fair paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Science teachers will discuss this.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Requirements:</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Students may use front and back of pages, but note that Science requires front only.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">12 point Times New Roman font.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either double spaced or have 1.5 spacing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Use single space between sections or parts. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">10 points</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Introduction: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Paper must introduce the purpose of the experiment and have a hypothesis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The student should identify and variables and provide background information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">10 points</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Materials:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> List materials used. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">10 points</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Procedure: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">List steps in chronological order.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Give description of the steps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Photos, drawings, diagrams, etc maybe used to assist in clarity of directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">15 points</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Students need to refer back to their hypothesis and state whether or not data agrees or supports hypothesis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What was learned? <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">10 points</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Work Cited page: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This must have proper MLA citation and include all references and sources. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">10 points </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-78589297501474674402011-09-11T10:11:00.000-07:002011-09-11T10:11:21.754-07:00“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” -Confucius<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Each morning students are given 25 minutes to read, this time is called Drop Everything And Read, otherwise known as D.E.A.R. Time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students read a novel of their choice and have a few moments to reflect on what they’ve read and log their observations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a valuable time for students to grow their reading skills, however for students to improve their reading as efficiently and effectively as possible they need to read 45-60 minutes each day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Because of this students will be required to read an additional 20 minutes a day at home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students will be sent home with a reading log which tracks two weeks’ worth of reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every week day students should log at least 20 minutes of reading and summarize their reading. Parents or guardians must sign this log for students to receive credit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each day of reading is worth two points, so every two weeks students can earn 20 points.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Students may read novels, magazines, or comic books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reading aloud to a younger sibling or reading with a partner also counts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Parents and guardians are encouraged to discuss the materials read with students and to ask questions to help build comprehension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes or no questions should be avoided, instead, ask questions such as: What did you learn or read about?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What do you think will happen next?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Describe the protagonist.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is the conflict?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What about this book reminds you of things you’ve witnessed or experienced?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you think your child is having difficulty with their texts please let me know and I will be happy to conference with him or her and make a new reading recommendation if necessary. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Happy reading!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-15966117788430479572011-08-22T15:56:00.000-07:002011-08-22T15:56:26.648-07:00First Day of School!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hooray- we made it through the first day of school!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though it was a little hectic in the morning all in all today was a success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I enjoyed seeing returning students and getting to know the new ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think we’re going to have a great year.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today students set short term goals for the academic year, and long terms goals for after high school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students wrote these goals on strips of papers which I then turned into a paper chain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The paper chain is now hanging in my classroom and will hopefully serve as a reminder of why hard work and doing your best is important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeHVePxRKC9m76R4-Vc8l0MpYn305fm1B6xiPXG39GmW8UqUPUhm4h944h-N4drkGnCO0VdKUd44ZVbvcOs1AKWYE342oEv9eqx3m-sRwa-vxHxkzKLLl6irlbqPZID6KZXQ1vrsUFwK_/s1600/IMG00565-20110822-1753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeHVePxRKC9m76R4-Vc8l0MpYn305fm1B6xiPXG39GmW8UqUPUhm4h944h-N4drkGnCO0VdKUd44ZVbvcOs1AKWYE342oEv9eqx3m-sRwa-vxHxkzKLLl6irlbqPZID6KZXQ1vrsUFwK_/s320/IMG00565-20110822-1753.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div>Our chain of goals. The giant book will be used later. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129776861062159996.post-5914152315565402432011-08-06T09:34:00.000-07:002011-08-06T09:34:11.354-07:00Meet Steinbeck!<!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal">Today I purchased Steinbeck, a crowntail betta, for my classroom. Steinbeck is an Aquarius, which indicates that he is very masculine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His hobbies include swimming and scuba diving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a loner and prefers to watch activity from a distance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His favorite foods include mosquito larvae, bloodworms and brine shrimp.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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I hope all of make the most of the rest of their time off and I can't wait to see everyone on the 22nd!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0