Language Arts: Ms. Togami

Kyrene School District: Pueblo Middle School

Ms. Togami

7th Grade Language Arts

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Welcome! This year in Language Arts expect to improve your reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. Come each day ready to learn, think critically and engage in activites.

Just as any performance, sport, or discipline in life requires practice, so it is with the skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening; that is classroom learning sometimes extends into practice at home.

Check the homework site frequently to stay updated on current activities and assignments. Most importantly, learn a lot and have fun!

Pueblo Middle School Home Website

Online Textbook: Holt Website (http://my.hrw.com/)

Writing/Reading Standards

Classroom Policies & Procedures

Team Policies

Falcon Team Website: Calendar, Major Assignments, Events, etc.

**I will be adding some assignments this week, so if you print this out early...check later in the week!!

Class Objectives this week:

	know and identify the 6 traits of writing
	describe character and conflict in fiction book
	define the characteristics of Personal Narratives
	Brainstorm ideas for personal narrative and generate an outline
	spell correctly
	ALA--understand roots and meaning of words

Mon	Tue	Wed	Th	Fri
Spelling Packet pg. 5 Bring L.A. binder and 6 dividers ALA: Vocab definitions and explain how word relates to its root	Spelling pg. 101 (2nd page) Brainstorming (pre-writing) sheet *see attachment ALA: Spelling/Vocab--Use each word in context in a sentence	Write spelling pattern at the top of the page and each word 3x each Brainstorming (pre-writing) sheet *see attachment ~~study for mini 6 trait quiz~~ moved to next week ALA: Vocab—PowerPoint or pictorial representation of Word Brainstorming sheet	Spelling Pre-test, signed (study words) Reading Check-Up Conflict Section completed	Read Civil War book, work on Reading Check-Up-(final due September 9th)

Reading Check-Up 1 & 2

*1st Reading Check Up due September 9th

Sample Paper

*2nd Reading Check-Up due September 30th

Brainstorming (pre-writing) sheet

Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer/Outline Sheet

A.L.A.=Advanced Language Arts (Period 4)

*L.A.=Language Arts (Periods 1, 2, 6)

Archived Homework (old stuff in case you were absent)

Web Page of the Week

Hilarious and Informational check out Uncle Jay Explains the News! (parents may find this interesting too:-) The latest episode is right here.

Current, interesting articles: www.tweentribute.com

Way cool compilation of recent news articles, time and color coded http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/

District Tutor List for the 2010/2011 School Year!

The list is located in two locations:

On the Human Resources homepage, under Contact Us, General Information http://www.kyrene.org/hr/Hrwebpage/ContactHRStaff/contact_hr_gen%20info.htm

and under Programs and Services on the KSD main webpage (it may take a day or two) http://www.kyrene.org/ksdportal/

Structured English Immersion

click here to see the Reading Log

1. New Reading Log: See Personal Goals on back

Variety: 2-3 genres (for example: science fiction, biography, poetry, realistic fiction, fantasy, historic fiction)

Quality: Reading Level of 5.0 or above

Quantity: approximately one 200 pg. book every 4 weeks (about 4 per quarter)

*Parent Signatures on completed books

Recommended Language Arts Websites:

http://www.thewritingsite.org/resources/genre/descriptive.asp

English Language Learning Websites:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/vocab/index.htm *Vocabulary

http://www.wordchamp.com/lingua2/Home.do

*Homework and assignments are subject to change!