Latin Roots Link

Hello English Block 2 students! Here is the link you need to go to:



http://www.quia.com/jg/66094.html



Please do each activity (matching, concentration, word search) at least once. Then you may choose to continue an activity again or read your independent reading book.

Grading Information

When viewing grades on Pinnacle it will be helpful to remember the following:

1. Any assignment that is marked Z can still be turned in for credit.
2. An assignment marked with a 0 is too late to be turned in.
3. Warm up sheets can be turned in up to 1 week late. After that Z's will become 0's. (Warm up sheets really shouldn't be late, though, because they are kept in the classroom. Students just have to move the warm up sheet out of their table folder and into the turn in drawer.)
4. Homework is checked in and stamped for a timeliness score on the due date. If it's not complete and in class on the due date, it can still be completed by the date the homework notebook is due (every other Friday). If the notebook is not turned in by the end of the school day on the due date, those homework assignments earn a 0.

*If there is an assignment that has a blank space, that means Ms. Burke is still grading the assignment and the score will be entered soon.

Great Homework Examples

Last week I assigned vocabulary homework assignments in both English and Advanced English classes. There will be many times that we will use these vocabulary formats throughout the year. Here are two great student examples.

Advanced English Students

Click on the link below to go to Ms. Burke's Moodle course:



http://moodle.kalamazoopublicschools.com/login/index.php

Welcome!

Welcome to 7th grade English! You may want to know how our class time will be used. Almost every week we will spend three days (Monday - Wednesday) on writing workshop and two day on reading workshop (Thursday - Friday). Writing workshop will follow this predictable routine:

5 minutes = students complete warm up while Ms. Burke checks to see who is prepared with their materials and/or homework and take attendance.

10 - 15 minutes = mini-lesson

20 - 25 minutes = silent, independent writing time & conferencing with teacher

5 - 10 minutes = sharing with writing partner

5 minutes = wrap up (review learning objective and/or record homework assignment)