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WELCOME TO 7TH GRADE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTSPIN OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL
Barbara Baltazar, 7C
This class encompasses the reading and writing requirements for 7th grade.
713-295-6500
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DRESS CODE
Student ID ID is part of being in
uniform. Must visibly carry it on your
person through out the school day.
Extra/replacement ID $5.00
Polo Style Shirts Royal Blue Gray White
Charger Days School T-Shirt
Pants Denim, Khaki, Navy Pants, Shorts, Skirts Shorts and Skirts must
be longer than finger tip length with hand down by your side
Shoes Closed toed shoes only NO flip flops or open toe
sandals No high heels
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GRADING
60% Daily: Class Work, Homework,Formative Assessments (quizzes)
40% Major: Summative Assessments (Tests and Projects)
TUTORIALSTutoring is managed through team time during the school day.
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GRADING AND REPORT CARDS
Academic Subjects Conduct
90–100 = excellent E = excellent
80–89 = good; above average S = satisfactory
75–79 = satisfactory; average P = poor; below average
70–74 = passing; below average U = unsatisfactory
below 70 = unsatisfactory; failing
Six-Week Grading Periods
First Grading Period: August 26 to October 4
Second Grading Period: October 7 to November 8
Third Grading Period: November 11 to December 20
Fourth Grading Period: January 7 to February 14
Fifth Grading Period: February 17 to April 4
Sixth Grading Period: April 7 to May 29
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EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND ELIGIBILITY
State’s “no pass/no play” law:• eligibility for participation during the first six weeks
of the school year is determined by a student’s grades from the final grading cycle of the previous school year.
• After the first 6 weeks, a student who receives a grade lower than 70 (or the equivalent) in any academic course is ineligible to participate during the first three school weeks of the next grading period.
• During that time the student may continue to practice or rehearse with other students but may not take part in any competition or public performance.
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GRADE SPEED• All students are required to have a PS Connect account to
access and view grades and progress on Grade Speed.• Grade Speed is in real time – so as soon as grades are
entered you can view them.
CODES IN GRADE SPEED• M – missing assignment – a zero is calculated into the
average until a grade is entered by the teacher.• E – exempt – the student is not responsible for this
assignment and no grade is calculated into the average.• 0 – a grade of zero is entered if the assignment was not
turned in and is no longer accepted for a grade.
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DAILY SUPPLIES FOR ENGLISH CLASS
Planner/Agenda and ID 5-subject spiral notebook (class notes) 2 Composition Books (reader/writer
notebook) Independent Reading Novel (everyday) Red pens, pencils, highlighter, sticky notes,
glue stick, scissors.
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WRITING FOCUS Variety of sentence structures, rhetorical
devices, editing and revision techniques Develop personal narratives, expository essay,
poetic and persuasive pieces
STAAR Testing Dates:Writing – April 1st and 2nd: required to write three one page essays and answer multiple choice questions on revision/edition and grammar usage.
Reading – April 23rd: required to read several select passages and 2 paired passages to answer multiple choice questions.
TEA website: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/
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READING FOCUS Use a variety of reading strategies to
enhance comprehension, critical thinking and literary analysis
Context clues and use of strategies to determine meaning
Improve independent reading interest, stamina and fluency by reading in larger chunks across genre
Connect reading comprehension to writing through written responses
Identify and use literary elements Recognize text structure and author’s
purpose
READING FOCUS
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Standing assignment: 30 minutes of reading 5 days a week.
Record and track reading in comp book 15-30 minutes reading in class each class day Receive one independent reading grade/6
weeks as a daily grade (60%)
WHERE CAN I GET BOOKS TO READ? School and Local Library books Class library Online Scholastic Book orders
INDEPENDENT READING REQUIREMENTS
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INDEPENDENT READING Experiencing Literature by Genre
Reading Genre Reading Requirements
Realistic Fiction 4
Historical Fiction 3
Fantasy 3
Science Fiction 3
Mystery/Suspense 4
Non-Fiction: informational 5
Literary Non-Fiction: Biography, Autobiography, Memoir
5
Poetry 3
Students Choice 10
Total Books = 40
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INDEPENDENT READING RUBRIC
# books Grade
7+ 105
6 100
5 95
4 90
3 85
2 75
1 50
0 0
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QUESTIONS???Please feel free to email me with any questions
you didn’t get a chance to ask.