homework and updates for week of 9/28

Progress reports go home this week.  If you have an 80 or less, those reports will need to be signed and returned.

Conferences are also next Thursday and Friday. Please sign up with me.

Late work: If you have not turned in the following pieces, they are officially LATE: memoir, reading reflection, I am From poem. 5 points per day.

Homework:
We are beginning Sold this week. The reading schedule is as follows:
Read 1-20 on block day and/or for homework. Due Friday.
By Monday, 10/5: Read through page 40.

homework for week of 9/21

We have two big deadlines coming up. Please see below for more details.


Independent reading book is due Friday. The expectation is you will have read 200 pages in your book to meet the standard. Please look at your calendar and adjust it so you can meet both your daily goals and your ultimate goal on Friday.


Rough draft of memoir is due Tuesday: If you are behind, make sure you have something by block day.
Final draft of memoir is due Monday, September 28th. See memoir assignment for more details.

Journals 1-4 are due block day: Most of the journals are connected to your memoir. If you have the rough draft, you receive credit for journals 2-4. The other journal is the "I am from" poem we did in class.

Homework for week of 9/14

Your reading goal this week is to get through 100 pages of your book. Please note your daily deadline on your calendar and make sure you are on track.

Monday: Meet daily reading goal; update reading log. Think about an important moment in your life that has impacted you, positively or negatively, and shaped the person who you are today.
Tuesday: Meet daily reading goal; update reading log. Choose a topic for your memoir.
Block day:  Meet daily reading goal; update reading log. Begin writing your memoir. Complete the lead.
Friday:  Meet daily reading goal; update reading log. Work on draft of memoir.
Over weekend: Complete rough draft of memoir.

Homework for week of 9/8

For block day: Bring in independent reading book from home, if you have one you want to read. Bring in something which inspires you, if you have not done so already.
For Friday: Bring independent reading book to class. Bring laptop, fully charged to class.
Due Monday: Complete goal sheet. (You can download sheet under helpful documents on right hand side of page.)Read 15 more pages in your independent reading book. Write one sticky note summarizing what you read.

homework for week of 8/31

For Block Day:
Complete "Portrait of a Reader."(Document available in Helpful Documents on the right hand side of the page.)

Bring in a photo of yourself (it can be recent or one from back in the day) and something that represents inspiration to you. We'll share a few of these each day as a way to get to know each other.

For the weekend:
Bring in your binder, post-it notes, highlighters for Tuesday.

If  you have a book you think would be a good fit for independent reading, bring it in on Tuesday.
If you are presenting your inspiration, see assignment above.

Final exam and portfolio details

You will receive all the materials you need in class, but in case you lose anything, I'll attach them here under helpful documents as well. 

Your final will consist of :

• a cumulative vocabulary exam on units 1 and 2: 40%
  
• portfolio: 50%
  
• response to peers' portfolios: 10%
  

Remember that your portfolio must include the following:

1. 2 page reflective letter to reader
   
2. goal sheet  for second semester
   
3. Reading log, completed for the entire year
   
4. Cover sheet which lists best work and reflects on each piece
   
5. Five pieces numbered consecutively
   
6. Reader form completed by parent, teacher or adult who knows you well.
   

Your final exam will take place on Thursday, June 18th and you must be there for the exam block.  Please see me if you have any questions.

Homework for weeks of 6/1 and 6/9

We have two weeks left of classes before finals. Here are the deadlines to consider:

Final draft of your memoir due Tuesday, 6/9.

Second memoir for independent reading due Friday, 6/12

Journals #21-25 due block day, 6/10 and 6/11

Each night this week, there will be vocabulary homework to complete. Please take time to do this, as 30% of your final will be vocabulary.

I'll post the details for your portfolio at the beginning of next week.

See me if you have any questions.