Thursday/Friday, September 6/7, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Thursday/Friday, September 6/7, 2018 :                           If you have missed or not completed any of the pretests we have done so far for this class, you may arrange to come in before or after school, or complete them during Cave Time.   Intervention Cave Times begin on Wednesday, September 5!     See the post linked here:  About Cave Time On Friday of this week,  all seventh graders will attend an assembly during Cave Time, so don't plan on doing make-up work with a teacher during Cave Time on Friday.   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 They were due by August 31, but you will still receive most of the points for the VIP when it is handed in.  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 Pick up your composition book each time before class, and return it to the crate or drawer at the end of class.  If you brought your composition book, make sure you have your name and period on the front,  then add your folder/computer number to the front.  You will use it today, then leave it in your hanging folder in either the black crate or the drawer for your class.    If you haven't yet, number the pages, front and back.   I am not checking the folders for new composition books, so if you have brought yours late, you'll need to make sure I get a chance to record it.  Remember to choose and start reading your  Book-of-the-Month!  (a novel -- any genre)  Sign up for your book, so it can be approved by the teacher.  Sign-ups are due by September 11. Have your book read by September 26.  See the tab above for "Required Reading" to learn more about the assignment. To check out books from the classroom, see Ms. Dorsey. Great News! You can now check books in and out from our classroom  using a Google form.  1. Sign-in to your CANVAS account to access a link (or QR code) to the form.        If you haven't used CANVAS, you can get to it by  signing in on your school email,  clicking on the apps drop-down (in the upper right hand corner,  and selecting CANVAS.   (Or you can go through alpineschool.org to Canvas and log in.) 2. Select English 7 Dorsey. 3.  Open up the Announcement. 4.  Click on the link, and it will take you to the form to fill out.   School Pictures will be         on September 6/7.  If you wish to purchase photos, bring your order packet back on the day you have your picture taken during math class.  Class Code - GKLJW                   Scholastic Book Orders Order Due Date - 09/14/18 Subject: Our next Scholastic Book Clubs Class Order Due Date is approaching! Dear Families, Thank you to those who have ordered books!  Because of you,  we're receiving new books for our classroom library.    And here's a friendly reminder that your next Book Clubs orders are due by 09/14/18. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: GKLJW Happy Reading, Ms. Dorsey

Targets for Today: I can more wisely use sources on the Internet. I can select and read a book to prepare for the

Today’s  Agenda for Thursday/Friday, September 6/7, 2018: 1. Field trip to the media center. You will learn about Utah's Online Library, a source for many kinds of help for students. Walk quietly.  When you reach the media center, sit down and prepare to listen well, and follow Mrs. Jones' directions.   2. Individual Reading Time         Sign up for your book of the month, if you haven't.          View demo of how to check out a book from the classroom.  A2 Did the field trip and had some individual reading time.  B5 B6 B7 _______________________________________  if time -- or for next time 2.  Writing connected to place: Describe a favorite place.  Help your reader to really see and experience it.  3.  Individual quiet reading 4. Book Talk 4. CSI 5.  More Elements of Literature

If You Were Absent: You could download the plot outline and literary elements page using these links:  literary elements.doc Plot and Literary Elements - Template.doc

Vocabulary:

Help and Enrichment  Media Center Presentation Utah's Online Library What is a database? We used to use encyclopedias. Now there is so much more information online. When you Google something,  the top results that come up are not necessarily the most helpful.  They are the most popular. Explora -- allows you to look at many databases at once.   It give you less hits -- the most useful ones.   It allows you to select the type of source.   It allows you to select information at your own reading level.   It allows you to cite your sources easily. _________________________ Characteristics of descriptive writing 1. Good descriptive writing includes many vivid sensory details that paint a picture and appeals to all of the reader's senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste when appropriate. Descriptive writing may also paint pictures of the feelings the person, place or thing invokes in the writer. In the video section below, watch a teacher use a Five Senses Graphic Organizer as a planning strategy for descriptive writing. 2. Good descriptive writing often makes use of figurative language such as analogies, similes and metaphors to help paint the picture in the reader's mind. 3. Good descriptive writing uses precise language. General adjectives, nouns, and passive verbs do not have a place in good descriptive writing. Use specific adjectives and nouns and strong action verbs to give life to the picture you are painting in the reader's mind. 4. Good descriptive writing is organized. Some ways to organize descriptive writing include: chronological (time), spatial (location), and order of importance. When describing a person, you might begin with a physical description, followed by how that person thinks, feels and acts.