Friday/Monday, August 24/27, 2018

Announcements and Reminders:                            Don't forget to bring back your Disclosure Signatures with the VIP form on the back filled out.    7th Eng Disclosure Dorsey 2018-2019 Aug.doc If you have it, hand it in to your class top wire basket.     Don't forget to bring your composition book (and other needed supplies).   Link to more information: Welcome to English 7 2018-2019: Needed Supplies and More If you brought your composition book, make sure you have your name and period on the front, then leave it in the black crate for your class period. School Pictures will be on September 6/7.  The seventh/eighth-grade dance is this afternoon (Friday) immediately after school until 4:00.

Targets for Today: I can summarize my life, my personality, or my motto, or something else about me in six words. I understand what is expected for the September book of the month. I can show what I know about reading comprehension.

Today’s  Agenda: If you have your signed disclosure, and have filled out the VIP form on the back, hand it in to the top wire basket.  (Keep the front page.)  If you have your composition book, put your name and period on the front, and leave it in your class black crate.  Monday Schedule :   1.  Prepare to take the Reading Inventory Assessment            in Lab 224  -- the English Writing Lab.    Bring your six-word memoir to finish after you have taken the Reading Inventory.       Write several, then select one to neatly write on a strip of colored paper.   Instructions:    Finish writing your Six-Word Memoir.  Check it with Ms. Dorsey, then write it neatly in ink or marker on the paper strip provided (include your name), and turn in your worksheet to the wire basket provided.  Samples:  Six-Word Memoir   "I'll do it tomorrow.  I swear!"   Ms. Dorsey:  Teaching seventh graders is my fate. You'll very often catch me reading.   Tomatoes and chocolate, but not together.  Try out several on the back of the paper.  Choose one to place on the front. These must make sense.  They must be phrases or sentences, and not just words that don't fit together.   Instructions for the RI  Log onto the computer.  DO NOT open any programs!  Wait for me to bring up the RI test.  When it is up, .  .  Log in to the RI using Username: YourStudentNumber Password:  YourStudentNumberAFjh  (uppercase AF, lower case jh) Taking the RI Test sample question:  2. After finishing the computer test,  finish your Six-Word Memoir assignment.  Hand in both the worksheet and your colored strip.  If you have extra time, read or  play FreeRice Vocabulary or Grammar:   http://freerice.com/#/english-grammar/1936456  or  http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1377 _____________________ 3. Receive your book assignment for September.  See below in the blue colored box.   If time,  4. Take another pretest -- Central Idea  Do not write on the test. Write only on the bubble sheet.          Fill in the circles to answer the questions.           Do not make other marks.  Hand in test paper and bubble sheet.  Friday Schedule:  1. Finish writing your Six-Word Memoir.  Check it with Ms. Dorsey, then write it neatly in ink or marker on the paper strip provided (include your name), and turn in your worksheet to the top wire basket.  Samples:  Six-Word Memoir   "I'll do it tomorrow.  I swear!"   Ms. Dorsey:  Teaching seventh graders is my fate. You'll very often catch me reading.   Tomatoes and chocolate, but not together.  Try out several on the back of the paper.  Choose one to place on the front. These must make sense.  They must be phrases or sentences, and not just words that don't fit together.   Six-Word Memoir:  6-Word Memoir.docx 2. Take another pretest -- Central Idea  Do not write on the test. Write only on the bubble sheet.          Fill in the circles to answer the questions.           Do not make other marks.  Hand in test paper and bubble sheet.  If you have extra time, finish your Six-Word Memoir, if needed, or read.  3. September Book Assignment  -- any genre of novel, prepare for a discussion in class.  See the instructions under Enrichment and Helps below,                            or under the above tab for Required Reading.  4. Book Talks -- Sammy Keyes and. . . . . We did not do this in A2.  5.  Take the Reading Inventory Assessment.    Bring a book to read.  Log in to the RI using Username: YourStudentNumber Password:  YourStudentNumberAFjh  (uppercase AF, lower case jh) Taking the RI Test sample question:  If you have extra time, read or  play FreeRice Vocabulary or Grammar:   http://freerice.com/#/english-grammar/1936456  or  http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1377

If You Were Absent: See above, and below. Six-Word Memoir:  6-Word Memoir.docx

Vocabulary: protagonist:    the main character in a story (usually the good guy) antagonist:     the enemy of the protagonist (usually the bad guy or guys or things)

Help and Enrichment  Book of the Month Assignment English 7 – Ms. Dorsey’s Classes The Assignment:  This year, besides the books we read in class, you will read a book each month.    You will have some time to read in class, but you will also need to read at home (and in the car, and while you’re waiting at the doctor’s office, and so on).   Most months I will assign a particular genre for you to read.   You will select from that genre a book that has 100 pages or more, have Ms. Dorsey approve it,  read it, and complete a different assignment each month based on the book you read.            For this first month, you will be able to select a book from any fictional genre that is written in novel form.  Genres include fantasy, science fiction,  contemporary realistic fiction (including sports, romance, many adventure books, books about problems in life, and others), historical fiction, mystery, Western (usually historical),  and humor.  A novel is a long narrative, normally in prose, which describes fictional characters and events, usually in the form of a sequential story.  – Google Search for “novel, definition, literature” September Book Project:  Students will be graded on the completion of the book and their ability to discuss their novel in depth.  Students need to be prepared to discuss several topics: *summary of the book read  -- leaving out spoilers *ranking it on a scale of 1-10 and  explaining why * particular elements or aspects of literature that we are learning about in class Where to find books:  school media center, classroom library, your home library, A.F. Library – or others, bookstores and used-book dealers, other stores. garage sales. September Assignment Bookmark.docx Updated List of Books Not Allowed for the Book.docx Suggested Books for Seventh Graders.docx See the tab above for Required Reading to find links to lists of recommended books.  1. September/October  Book Assignment Date Due Genre Element or Aspect of Literature September 26/27 We will hold the book discussions on these days. Finish reading your book BEFORE your assigned day.  Be able to summarize it and evaluate it. Any Fictional Genre (a novel) Character  and Conflict       Who is the protagonist?        Who is the antagonist? What is the major conflict?        Which type of conflict is it? How does the protagonist change over the course of the book?   (Avoid Spoilers) Does the antagonist change? Types of conflict: person vs. self person vs. person person vs. society person vs. technology person vs. nature person vs. the unknown/supernatural https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-external-conflict-in-literature-definition-types-examples.html