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English 7 Syllabus |
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Mrs. Massaroni |
2011-2012 |
Goals and Objectives:
Seventh grade ELA is
designed to provide students with the skills needed to
become independent readers, writers, listeners, and
speakers while building upon the skills the students
already possess. To achieve development of reading and
writing, students will complete quarterly independent
readings during the course of the year accompanied with
a project/essay. During class, students will complete a
genre based curriculum while practicing skills geared
toward the NYS seventh grade ELA exam and achieving the
goals of the NYS English Language Arts standards, as
well as the National English Language Arts standards
that New York has adopted.
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Course Textbook:
McDougal Littell The Language of Literature, Junior
Great Books
*NOTE:
There is only a class set of textbooks, so students will
not be assigned a textbook to take home; however, there
is a limited supply of books available for students to
sign out. If in the event the book gets lost, the
student is expected to pay $53.90 for a replacement. |
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In-class Major Readings:
Seedfolks, Esperanza Rising, Nothing But the Truth |
Units:
1. Short
Story
2. Poetry
3. Novels
4. Plays
5. Folktales |
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Supplies: |
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Pens (standard blue or black ink for class work. For editing essays, please
have a red, green, or purple pen) |
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Highlighters |
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Index cards |
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4. |
One
2 inch binder with 5 sections exclusively for
English (No spiral notebook paper please. All work
submitted should be polished, professional, and exhibit
pride and ownership.) |
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Four (4) folders with pockets |
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One Marble notebook |
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An assignment pad should be used every day. I recommend
you use your Agenda Books. |
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Grading Policy:
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Homework: |
10% |
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Homework that is collected will be graded for correctness
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Late homework is only
accepted the following day and can receive no more
than half credit. After one day, homework will not be accepted
for credit.
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Homework that
is essential to the class discussion or class
assignments will NOT be accepted late, earning a 0.
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Please take advantage of the Homework Hotline and use
your planner to record assignments and due dates.
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Quizzes: |
15% |
(Reflect homework; there are no retakes) |
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Classwork & Writing: |
30% |
(Late papers lose 10 points a day from the earned grade) |
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Tests: |
20% |
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Long-term Assignments: |
25% |
Each quarter students will be
assigned an independent novel assignment. They will have
approximately 6 weeks to complete the novel as well as
the accompanying project. For more information on these
assignments, please refer to the 'Independent Reading'
link. |
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*NOTE:
Remember! Each student is responsible for completing and
submitting his or her own assignments on time! In the
case of absences, students will have one day for each
day they are absent starting the day they return to make
up and submit any work that they have missed. This also
applies to tests and quizzes.
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Anticipated Assignments for all English 7 Classes: research
project, and independent readings with projects.
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