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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Information - Grade 7 small medium large August 25, 2009 A synonym for "overwhelming" is "crush" which seems appropriate for how we all felt last year with English. The amount of points was overwhelming for the kids in the amount of work, parents in trying to keep up with all the work, and for me in entering the grades in edline. I felt I was a slave to edline and had little time for anything else other than correcting writing papers. So, over the summer, I have come up with some changes to make everyone's lives much easier. Vocabualry There will be no vocab worksheets, only the two tests for each unit, part A and B of 10 words each, vocab cards each Monday, and the work book which is due the Monday after the B test. The kids can turn in the workbook as soon as they have it done. It is usually returned the next day. The workbook grades are not entered into edline until after that Monday, however. Research paper The final grade is just 82 points this year. I have streamlined the marking rubric as far as the final paper is concerned. The rubric itself is made moreso for the kids as a check-off sheet than it is for me as a marking rubric. That is why it is so specific. Research paper writing if much different that expository writing as you know. In 7th grade, I conference with them through each step until the final draft which they need to proofread themselves or have a peer proofread for them. This is a learning process and the kids need to be weaned off teacher control so that they learn to do things themselves. In 8th grade, they do it all themselves. The final paper will be due October 16. Thank you for letting them do this process entirely on their own. Grammar The only changes in grammar are that the first of the two quizzes will be a pre-quiz and I will not take marks from that quiz but only from the second quiz. There will still be the outline, and I hope to give them time in class to begin that as well as their homework. We will have a week of review tests during which they will have their texts to study, and I hope to begin with the verb unit depending on how their review tests work out. Writing They will be doing a diocese writing essay this year. Most writing is done in 8th grade, but if there is time in April, I will give them descriptive writing essays to do. Poetry Again, May is our month for poetry. They will begin non-rhyming poetry this year. I am hoping to keep the trimester grade points to under 1000 which should be easier for us all to manage. If you have any questions, please e-mail me at jzanotti@stmarygostyn.org. Thank you. Jean Zanotti Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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