Elizabeth+-+English+7

Teacher: Elizabeth Huston Email: trcs.eliz@gmail.com Website: N/A Class/es: 701, 702


 * Special Note**: ** I encourage students to attend parent/teacher conferences with their family so that they may contribute to the conversation about their achievements and struggles. **

Homework Policy: 1. ** Seventh graders are expected to read thirty minutes every night! ** 2. Late homework is not accepted!

Assignment || **Every Monday!** || 3-6 pages of writing that should be shown to your Reading/Writing Lab teacher. || writing prompts: http://www.adammaxwell.com/writers-tools/writing-prompts-generator/ || Assignment || **Every night!** || 30 minutes of reading in your independent reading book or other text such as a newspaper or magazine. || sites that review and recommend YA books: http://www.readingrants.org/ http://youngadultbookreviews.com/ http://penguinbtl.blogspot.com/ || [] ||
 * **HW#** || **Due Date** || **Details** || **Resources** ||
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 * || 3.19 || Reading Response #1 ||  ||
 * || 4.2 || Reading Response #2 ||  ||
 * || 4.2 || Finish essay on "The Champion" and "Victory!" ||  ||
 * || 4.4 || Finish graphic organizer and short answer questions about "Not-So-Great Expectations" and "What Do You Expect?" ||  ||
 * || 4.5 || Vocabulary Sheet #1 ||  ||
 * || 4.16 || i-ready practice should be complete! ||  ||
 * || 4.16-4.18 || Reading Response #3 ||  ||
 * || 4.23 || Vocab sheet #2 || Use words from your IRB or from the Flocabulary 7th grade word list:
 * || 4.23 || Vocab sheet #2 || Use words from your IRB or from the Flocabulary 7th grade word list:
 * || 4.23 || You must have a book with you for your Independent Reading Project! ||  ||
 * || 4.23-5.13 || Keep up to date with your pages and post-its for your Independent Reading Project! ||  ||
 * || 4.24 || Get your progress report signed! ||  ||
 * || 5.1 || Vocab sheet #3 due ||  ||
 * || 5.1 || Feature article sheet due ||  ||
 * || 5.2 || Reading Response #4 due ||  ||
 * || 5.7-5.13 || Finish your IRB ||  ||
 * || 5.7-5.13 || Gather ideas, facts and quotes for your feature article. Article proposal sheet due 5.14! || [[file:trcsmshw/Feature.article.proposal.doc|Feature.article.proposal.doc]] ||
 * || 5.16 || There is no mid-May reading response due because of your IRB projects. However, if you'd like to turn one in to compensate for a previous failing grade, I will give you credit for it! ||  ||
 * || 5.18 || Second draft of feature article due. With the article you must turn in two alternative leads! || [[file:Common Types of Leads.doc]] ||
 * || 5.25 || Third draft of feature article is due! || [[file:third.draft.checklist.doc]] ||
 * || 6.1 || Vocab sheet due. Use words from your IRB or the 7th grade flocabulary list! || [[file:Vocab.sheet.doc]] ||
 * || 5.23 || Fact/quote sheet due. You must have at least three of each! ||  ||
 * || 6.6 || LAST reading response of the year due! ||  ||
 * || 6.8 || Final draft of feature article due! || [[file:article.learningtargets.doc]] ||