Mr. Lazaro
Literature 8 and Language Arts textbooks can be accessed on-line at https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp.
SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) will be every Wednesday and Friday. Students are required to have a book to read on these days. No magazines, comic books, picture books, etc. All books must be age-appropriate and acceptable for school. Parents should be aware of the book their child is reading. The objective of SSR is to promote an individualized reading initiative. Students will be required to complete various novel study exercises that will be evaluated quarterly.
Vocabulary is essential for the growth of knowledge and critical reasoning. The vocabulary in this class will be cumulative. The student will be responsible for the vocabulary list in its entirety. The list will grow weekly by 10 - 15 words. At the end of every third lesson, there will be a exam where each student will demonstrate recognition of the vocabulary word by matching it with its definition. The tests will grow throughout the year to a limit of 120 words being tested. The most recent 30 words will appear on each test with a random selection of 90 of the previously examined words intermingled. By the end of the year, each student will have been exposed to and hopefully mastered the use of 300 vocabulary words.
Week of May 21
Monday: Grammar Review. Storytelling
Week of May 14
Monday: Chorus and Band Fieldtrip. Research Paper using Easybib.com. Storytelling (sharing short stories with the class -- public speaking).
Week of May 7
Monday: Research Paper using Easybib.com. Storytelling (sharing short stories with the class -- public speaking).
Outline due 5/7/12
Rough Draft due 5/9/12
Final Draft due 5/14/12
SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) will be every Wednesday and Friday. Students are required to have a book to read on these days. No magazines, comic books, picture books, etc. All books must be age-appropriate and acceptable for school. Parents should be aware of the book their child is reading. The objective of SSR is to promote an individualized reading initiative. Students will be required to complete various novel study exercises that will be evaluated quarterly.
Vocabulary is essential for the growth of knowledge and critical reasoning. The vocabulary in this class will be cumulative. The student will be responsible for the vocabulary list in its entirety. The list will grow weekly by 10 - 15 words. At the end of every third lesson, there will be a exam where each student will demonstrate recognition of the vocabulary word by matching it with its definition. The tests will grow throughout the year to a limit of 120 words being tested. The most recent 30 words will appear on each test with a random selection of 90 of the previously examined words intermingled. By the end of the year, each student will have been exposed to and hopefully mastered the use of 300 vocabulary words.
Week of May 21
Monday: Grammar Review. Storytelling
Tuesday: Grammar Review. Storytelling
Wednesday: SSR: Grammar Review. Storytelling
Thursday: Grammar Review. Storytelling
Friday: SSR: Grammar Review. Storytelling. Collect books.
Week of May 14
Monday: Chorus and Band Fieldtrip. Research Paper using Easybib.com. Storytelling (sharing short stories with the class -- public speaking).
Tuesday: Research Paper using Easybib.com. Storytelling (sharing short stories with the class -- public speaking).
Wednesday: Wednesday: SSR: Research Paper Due. Peer scoring. Revision?
Thursday: Vocabulary Exam
Friday: SSR: Vocabulary Exam
Week of May 7
Monday: Research Paper using Easybib.com. Storytelling (sharing short stories with the class -- public speaking).
Tuesday: Research Paper using Easybib.com. Storytelling (sharing short stories with the class -- public speaking).
Wednesday: SSR: Research Paper using Easybib.com. Storytelling (sharing short stories with the class -- public speaking).
Thursday: SSR: Vocabulary Lesson 27. (Peer reading). Research Paper
Friday: Gettysburg
Outline due 5/7/12
Rough Draft due 5/9/12
Final Draft due 5/14/12
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