Books Not Allowed for the Outside Reading Assignment

Books Not Allowed for the Outside Reading Assignment

Updated List of Books Not Allowed for the Book-of-the-Month Projects

For Ms. Dorsey’s English Classes

Books Not Allowed for the Book-of-the-Month Projects
Book	Why isn’t it allowed?	Directions for the Student
A book you’ve already read	We want you to experience many kinds of books.	Don’t read it for a book project.
A Long Way to Water	Read as a 7th grade class book	Don’t read it for a book project.
And Then There Were None	Read as a 8th grade class book	Don’t read it for a book project.
Anthem	Read as a 9th grade class book	Don’t read it for a book project.
Book of Three	You may read it as a class or in a small group.	Ask your teacher.
Book Thief	Read as a 9th grade class book	Don’t read it for a book project.
Books below a 700 lexile level	May be too easy for you	Ask your teacher.
Books less than 100 pages long	You can do more than that!	Don’t read it for a book project.
Books that were read to you in elementary school	You’ve already experienced it.	Don’t read it for a book project.
Books with “mature” material	May be inappropriate for seventh grade	Ask your parent or guardian and your teacher.
Captain Underpants	Too young for you	Don’t read it for a book project.
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer	Read as a 8th grade class book	Don’t read it for a book project.
Collections of short stories or poems	Most likely won’t work for your project	Notice what genre you are supposed to read, and if confused ask your teacher.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid	May be too young	Ask your teacher.
Diary of Anne Frank	Read as a 8th grade class book	Don’t read it for a book project.
Getting Away with Murder	Read as a 9th grade class book	Don’t read it for a book project.
Goosebumps series/other R.L. Stine	Too young for you	Don’t read it for a book project.
Graphic Novels	May not work for your project	Ask your teacher.
How They Croaked	Read as a 7th grade class book	Don’t read it for a book project.
“I Survived” Books	May be too easy for you	Ask your teacher.
Ice Story	You may read it as a class or in a small group.	Ask your teacher.
Novels written in poetic form	May not work for your project	Ask your teacher.
Phineas Gage	Read as a 8th grade class book	Don’t read it for a book project.
Reading Literature class books	Because you are reading them for another class (and you love to read anyway)	Don’t read it for a book project.
Stand Tall	You may read it as a class or in a small group.	Ask your teacher.
The Giver	You may read it as a class or in a small group.	Ask your teacher.
The Outsiders	Read as a 7th grade class book	Don’t read it for a book project.
To Kill a Mockingbird	Read as a 9th grade class book	Don’t read it for a book project.

For lists of Recommended Books from Ms. Dorsey, search for  “recommended books” on the class blog, or look under "Required Reading."

This page is about books not allowed for the outside reading assignment

September 11/12, 2012 Tuesday/Wednesday

Check the seating chart. There are a few changes.
1.  Individual Reading Time (or -- today only -- quietly finish your commonly confused words poster) -- 10 minutes

2.  Computer lab 211 to take the district writing test.
We will also finish the SRI (reading test) and finish your MyAccess assignment from August 29/30.
If you have extra time, you may quietly read or finish your poster. 

SRI and Lexile Levels

Announcements:  

• Make sure you're caught up on your composition book entries.  See the tab for Assignments above for a list of the entries you should have.   We'll check them on September 13/14  -- this week. 
•  Are you reading a novel for the first book report of your Basic 8 assignment -- Due September 18?  This is an Edmodo assignment.   

  Grading for Basic 8 Book #

• Sign up for your book for Basic 8, Book #1! The sign-ups will be passed around again today.
• If you are absent, check this blog for posts about the day(s) you missed.  Also, the tab for Assignments is helpful 
• We'll send in another book order this Friday, the 14th, so if you're interested, get your order in, either online or turned in to Ms. Dorsey with a check.  

September 7/10, 2012 Friday/Monday

Announcements

Are you reading a novel for the first book report of your Basic 8 assignment -- Due September 18?  This is an Edmodo assignment.   

Grading for Basic 8 Book #

Sign up for your book for Basic 8, Book #1! The sign-ups will be passed around again today.
If you are absent, check this blog for posts about the day(s) you missed.  Also, the tab for Assignments is helpful 

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To Do: Pick up your composition book and reading log.  Begin quietly reading your novel. (Composition book check this week!)

1. iRead and fill out reading log. 
          Are you prepared and on task?


2. iWrite  (We will check your composition book for a grade in class on this Thursday and Friday, September 13/14. Catch up if you need to.  See the tab aboe for Assignments.)
Place Matters—Setting  September 7/10, 2012

Describe your favorite place. Why is it your favorite? What happened there? Is this place in the past or present? (Lots of details, please!)

3. iWriteRight/ iSpellRight  
Finish your mini-posters for your Commonly Confused Words, if needed.
      

4. iLearn  -- The Outsiders    
Setting, Character, Plot  
In what ways do we learn about a character? 
How do we learn these things about the characters?

• What the narrator says
• What other characters say about him
• What the character says
• What the character does
• What the character thinks 

   Setting: What settings have we seen so far in The Outsiders?

General/Overall and Specific

Setting in The Outsiders:  
"Hinton modeled the book's setting on her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, although she never refers to the city by name. The novel is most likely set in the mid-1960s, the time period during which it was written, although, again, Hinton makes few explicit references to external historical events that might fix the book in time."  -- http://www.enotes.com/outsiders-qn/setting
Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1960's

If you are absent, catch up on this reading during Cavetime or after school, or on your own if you have or can borrow a copy of the book.

             A1 --  to Chapter 2, page 23 (7:38)
             A3 --   to Chapter 2, page 23  6th paragraph (7:00)
             A4 --  to  Chapter 2, page  22, top (4:36)
             B7 --   from page 14,  two-thirds down (26:29) to chapter 2
             B8  --  from page 14, two-thirds down (26:29) to Chapter 2, page 23, top of page  6:33)

 

       

FYI          
5.  Your Basic-8 Book Assignment due Sept. 18
Read a novel, over 100 pages, at or near your own reading level (or 7th grade or over if yours is higher).  Type up this report:
         1) Title, Author, Number of Pages
         2)  Setting (place and time) and a list of important characters
         3)  A brief summary of the book, beginning to end, leaving out spoilers.
          4)  Rate the book and explain why.
          5)   Make a connection to the book. (to self, to world, or to another text) 

typed, handed in on Edmodo

See the assignment sheet and grading sheet for more details. These links may help.

Edmoto Student Sign-Up

Basic 8 Reading Assignment 1.doc

Grading for Basic 8 Book #1

See the example with your assignment sheet.

September 5/6, 2012 Wednesday/Thursday

Announcements

Are you reading a novel for the first book report of your Basic 8 assignment -- Due September 18? 
Happy Birthday, Madison Morris! 

Sign up for your book for Basic 8, Book #1! The sign-ups will be passed around today

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To Do:  Pick up your composition book and reading log.  Begin quietly reading your novel.

1. iRead and fill out reading log.   15 minutes +
           Are you prepared and on task?   
              If you are absent, ask a teacher for a make-up reading log.

 Focus  Learning Targets for today:  

• You will need to know the correct use and spelling for your Seventh Grade Commonly Confused Words.   The test will be on  October 17/18,  but learn them as soon as you can, and use them correctly in your writing. 
• You will need to know and give examples for the five major ways we learn about a character in a book.    The test will be on October 3/4.  
• You will need to be able to recognize setting in a book or story.   The test will be on October 3/4.

2. iWrite   5 minutes +
  
Label this "Getting Along"  
          and add today's date  September 5/6, 2012

Prompt:  Why do different groups of people not get along?  Explain why you think they dislike or even hate each other, and give some examples of conflicts you’ve noticed. (school rivalries, clique disagreements,  rich vs. poor, family feuds, war)  

3. iWriteRight/ iSpellRight  20 minutes +
       Create mini-posters for your 
                Commonly Confused Words
      Receive handout:  confused words chart.doc
 If you are absent, you may download the chart.  When you come back, ask Ms. Dorsey for the mini-poster assignment. 

4. iLearn  -- The Outsiders    

• Setting, Character, Plot  -- Characters-- Use the chart in your composition book.
• Keep an eye on setting, too.    Create a page in your composition book to keep track of Settings in The Outsiders.

If you are absent, catch up on this reading during Cavetime or after school, or on your own if you have or can borrow a copy of the book.
         A1 --  Page 11 at the top  (19:57) -- page 16, 2nd paragraph (29:36)
             A3 -- Page 8 halfway down (14:48) -- page 14, two-thirds down (26:29)
             A4 -- Page 11 at the top (19:57) -- to top of page 16 (29:05)
             B7 --  page 6 to page 14,  two-thirds down (26:29)
             B8  -- Page 9, after 2nd paragraph (16:24) -- page 14, two-thirds down (26:29)

 

How we learn about a character:   
 

• What the narrator says and how he says it  
• What other characters say about him
• What the character says
• What the character does
• What the character thinks

FYI:         
5.  Your Basic-8 Book Assignment  -- Due September 18
Read a novel, at least 100 pages, that you haven't read before, not on the DO-NOT-READ list, at or near your reading level, or 7th grade or over if your level is high.   
Basic 8 Reading Assignment 1.doc
Type this book report: 
         1) Title, Author, Number of Pages
         2)  Setting (place and time) and a list of important characters
         3)  A brief summary of the book, beginning to end, leaving out spoilers.
          4)  Rate the book and explain why.
          5)   Make a connection to the book. (to self, to world, or to another text) 

See the assignment and grading sheet for more information.

typed, handed in on Edmodo

Grading for Basic 8 Book #1

August 31/September 4, 2012 Friday, Tuesday

Have a Happy Labor Day on Monday, September 3!

On September 4, we will begin using the school schedule WITH CaveTime.

 Tuesday – Friday w/ CAVE Time

Time	Period	Minutes
8:15 – 9:30	1st Period	75 minutes
9:35 – 10:55	2nd Period/Announcements	80 minutes
11:00 – 11:30	CAVE Time	30 minutes
11:30 – 12:00	First Lunch	30 minutes
12:05 – 1:20	3rd Period  if you have 1st Lunch	75 minutes
11:35 – 12:50	3rd Period  if you have 2nd Lunch	75 minutes
12:50 – 1:20	Second Lunch	30 minutes
1:25 – 2:45	4th Period	80 minutes

August 31/September 4

Announcements

1. Are you reading your Basic 8 book #1? 
2. You may finish the Paragraph assignment on MyAccess, but DO NOT begin the other prompt that is posted there.  It is a district test that we will take during class.  If you open it before that, you may no be able to take the test and will receive a zero on the grade. 
3. Next/This  week we begin Cavetime.  See the Cavetime Schedule (above on this post). 
4. Hope you have/had a Happy Labor Day on Monday, September 3!

  August 31, 2012 /  September 4, 2012
Pick up your composition book/Reading Log.

1. iRead  -- Be on task,  and fill out your reading log.  If you have been absent, check in the bottom wire basket for your class, then, if one is not there, ask for a make-up reading log.

2. iWrite --
 Socioeconomic Gap     August 31, 2012/ September 4, 2012
In The Outsiders, there is a gap between two cliques. The Socials seem wealthy, and the Greasers very poor. Think about your family’s lifestyle. Do most of your friends have similar backgrounds, or are some much more wealthy and some much poorer?   Explain.

3. iWriteRight   in your composition book
Title Capitalization and copy these reasons to capitalize. 
 Capitalization

4. iLearn  -- The Outsiders    
Setting, Character, Plot  -- Characters:  See the bottom of this post.
We did a character portraits activity.
         A1 -- Page 6 - Page 11 at the top  (19:57)
         A3 -- Page 6 - Page 8 halfway down (14:48)
         A4 -- Page 6 - Page 11 at the top (19:57)
         B7 -- Page 6 - not read today
         B8  -- Page 6 -Page 9, after 2nd paragraph (16:24)
         
5.  Your Basic-8 Book Assignment
Basic 8 Reading Assignment 1.doc  Due September 18

         1) Title, Author, Number of Pages
         2)  Setting (place and time) and a list of important characters
         3)  A brief summary of the book, beginning to end, leaving out spoilers.
          4)  Rate the book and explain why.
          5)   Make a connection to the book. (to self, to world, or to another text)

typed, handed in on Edmodo

Grading for Basic 8 Book #1

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You will create a chart in your composition book for some of the main characters, and fill it in as the narrator describes each.

Today we filled in part of this chart.  If you are absent, see a classmate for the information filled in by your class, or read the book up to the page indicated above for your class, and fill in your own information.

Characters in The Outsiders
Character’s Name	Description (age, looks, personality, etc.)
Darry/Darrel Curtis
SodaPop Curtis
Two-Bit Mathews
Steve Randle
Dallas/Dally Winston
Johnny Cade
Narrator/Ponyboy Curtis

How do we learn these things about the characters?

• What the narrator says
• What other characters say about him
• What the character says
• What the character does
• What the character thinks