8th Grade Language Arts (Period 6) Assignments
- Instructor
- Ms. J. Cosentino
- Term
- 2014-2015 School Year
- Department
- Language Arts
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The second semester, I will only put in the final 100% AR point goal in the gradebook rather than a weekly goal. The due date for all AR points during the second semester is May 29, 2015.
Goals:
7th Grade Honors Period 1 = 100 points
7th Grade Period 5 = 50 points
8th Grade Periods 2, 4, 6 = 75 points
Remember: AR is 10% of your overall grade and is due May 29th
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Students and Parents,
Student behavior has been rather poor lately. I am assigning detentions for a half an hour after school to remind students that we are still IN SCHOOL and rules and consequences have NOT CHANGED. I should also remind 8th graders that more than one U in a class will result in promotion and end of the year activities being taken away.
I will give U's to students who are habitually tardy, disruptive, disrespectful, and who cannot follow directions.
Ms. Cosentino
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Students who need to turn in their interactive notebook can "rebound" their notebooks by turning them in on Friday May 8th. Also, if a student received a low grade for their notebook - they may work on it and turn it in on this day for a higher grade if it has improved.
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Students' AR goal is due on May 29th:
Period 1 = 100 points
Periods 2,4,6 = 75 points
Period 5 = 50 points
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Students read the AR books today and wrote a summary on their reading - they included the AR book title and exactly which pages were read.
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50% of AR points are due on this day by 12:05pm
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The next AR deadline is May 29th: 100% of AR points are due
8th grade: 75 points
7th Honors: 100 points
7th Grade 5th period: 50 points
Please remember this is 10% of your overall grade. If you are an 8th grader please also know that 20% of your English grade in high school is AR.
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Students began their narratives in class. This is homework for students who did not finish during class. The narrative with the plot chart is due on Friday for all classes. Students who are in career day during class MUST turn in the plot chart and narrative by the end of the day.
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Students outlined their narrative using a Plot Chart. The prompt is: Imagine you woke up this morning and you were a super hero. Describe your day.
*students must have a unique superhero name
*students must have a unique superhero power
*students cannot use names of real people in their narrative
click here for plot outline template:
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The following attachment are notes for Narrative writing. Copy the notes to page 42 of the Interactive Notebook.
Watch the following video and outline the plot elements on page 41 of the Interactive Notebook.
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During class students completed this assignment: Read the article "The Psychology Behind Superhero Origin Stories" by Robin Rosenberg
and complete the organizer attached
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This is the last step before writing your argument essay. Use this organizer to outline your essay - the prompt is: Is online or traditional education better for students?
The essay will be written in class Thursday and Friday - and due by the end of class on Friday. All prewriting material MUST be done as well in order to get a grade for the essay.
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Interactive Notebooks were due today
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Students read the following article in class and responded to ten questions. Click the link for the article:
Questions:
1. What does "attrition rates" mean?
2. How did you figure out the meaning of "attrition rates"?
3. In your own words, what does the article say about students who currently enroll in online courses?
4. Cite evidence from the article that supports your answer for #3.
5. What does the article say about student transfer rates for those taking several online courses?
6. What evidence can you cite from the article that supports your answer for #5?
7. According to the article, what do students need in order to succeed in college?
8. What is the author's message in this article?
9. Cite evidence from the text to support your answer in #8.
10. Write a paragraph explaining what you found interesting about this article. What is your own opinion about online college and education?
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Students read the article, "10 Advantages to Taking Online Classes" and answered questions 1-5. See link and questions. This is in preparation for an argument essay students will begin Thursday 3/26/15
Answer the following questions:
1. What are some of the problems or challenges that traditional colleges and universities are facing today?
2. What are some advantages to taking online classes?
3. What is the author's message in this article?
4. Do you agree or disagree with this message? Why?
5. What specific evidence from the article was the best in support of online classes?
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Interactive Notebooks are due on Wednesday 3/25/15. Also, 50% of AR is due on 4/3/15.
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Tutoring is cancelled Monday 3/23/15 and Friday 3/27/15.
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The last day for 3rd quarter tutoring for makeup work will be March 31st - Tuesday from 3:00-4:30.
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Check out this website for Project Lead the Way in Engineer/Design and Biomedical.
When you reach the website then click on "our programs" then "engineering" and/or "biomedical"
The high school offers these programs - please consider registering for one of them!!!!
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Students finished their Benchmark today. Tomorrow we're back to argument writing as we analyze two articles about online classrooms.
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Students will begin writing their benchmark on Thursday 3/5/15.
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Students prepared portfolios for Student Led Conferences on Wednesday 2/4/15. If a student was absent, they need to prepare their portfolios by Wednesday by filling out the Student Led Conference worksheet and attach it to their progress report. This is what will be used to explain grades and behavior on Wednesday.
Attached is the Student Led Conference worksheet and the progress report is in the portfolio.
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Students who attended the Hawaii trip need to pick up their "Valentine's Day" History.com article with organizer and finish their expository essay. The essay is due for these students by Friday 2/28/15 at the beginning of class.
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Students wrote an expository essay determining the central idea in the document "Legal Segregation". This counted as an assessment grade, therefore absent students need to turn this assignment in very quickly. Prewriting organizers should be in writing folders.
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Students read chapter 7 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Students also read the document - "Legal Segregation" and filled out an organizer based on the document's central idea. See below. The document can be picked up in class.
Determine the central idea in the document, “Legal Segregation” from the Alabama State Code written between 1923 to 1940.
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Create an outline to prepare for your expository essay.
- How many paragraphs will you be writing for this essay?
- What will your thesis statement be? Write your thesis statement here:
- What will you be writing in each paragraph?
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Students, an extra credit assignment is on google classroom and is related to the novel that you are currently reading in Language Arts. The deadline for this extra credit assignment is 2/10 - tomorrow.
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During class, students read chapters 5 & 6 of To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Students read chapter 4 of To Kill a Mockingbird in class and answered the following questions:
1. In what specific ways does Scout criticize the school she is attending?
2. Where do you suppose the gum and the pennies are coming from? What makes you think so?
3. Scout has two reasons for wanting to quit the "Radley Game". What are they?
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Students completed two capitalization worksheets in class. See the attachments.
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My 8th graders are reading Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, however, this might be of interest to all of my students!!
If any student wishes to purchase To Kill a Mockingbird, it is 5$ and I can put an order in for you.
read the link:
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Students read chapter 3 of To Kill a Mockingbird and responded to the following questions in class:
To KIll a Mockingbird
Chapter 2
- Scout makes three mistakes during her first day at school. What are her mistakes, and why do they make Miss Caroline so angry?
- Why are the professional people in Maycomb poor at this time?
- What is the WPA and why won’t Mr. Cunningham work for it?
To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapter 3
- Calpurnia lectures Scout on manners when Scout criticizes Walter’s manners and Atticus supports her. What does this tell you about how both Calpurnia and Atticus feel about others?
- Burris Ewell, Walter Cunningham and Chuck Little are all from extremely poor families. However, there are great differences both in appearance and in attitudes, particularly between the Cunninghams and the Ewells. What are those differences and why do you suppose they exist?
- Atticus tells Scout, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb in his skin and walk around in it.” What are some of the things that Scout begins to realize at this point? (p.43)
- Why does Atticus say that the law is rigid for “common folk,” but it is bend in certain ways for the Ewells?
- What is the “compromise” which Atticus suggests?
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Students read chapter 2 of To Kill a Mockingbird in class. They also read "Historical Context" of To Kill a Mockingbird. They then annotated the "Historical Context" document and wrote a THINKING paragraph discussing their impressions.
A link to the article can be found here:
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Students responded to the following questions on Chapter 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird. Absent students must turn these answers in on Monday 2/2/15.
1. Chapter 1 introduces readers to the town of Maycomb, its appearance, its inhabitants, and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence or a paragraph which illustrates each of the following attitudes/ideas. Quote at least a portion of the sentence or paragraph and give the page number.
a. pride in ancestry and "tradition"
b. pride in conformity and distrust of those who are different
c. awareness of differences in social classes
d. narrow span of interest and almost no interest in the world outside of Maycomb
2. Approximately when does the story begin? Show evidence to support your answer.
3. What do we know for certain about Boo Radley?
4. Why is Boo fascinating to the children?
5. Provide a brief summary of chapter 1.
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Students,
If you can, please download the google classroom app. to your smartphone. Also, download google docs. Also, make sure that you have your erusd.org gmail account programmed into your phone. You will be receiving notifications through this account about assignments on google classroom.
We will be using google classroom through smartphones on Wednesday so please make sure you have yours daily.
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Students,
Stamps will ONLY be given for pages in the Interactive Notebooks on the dates designated. This means, those pages need to be done when they are assigned. For example, today I stamped pages 35 and 36. Unfortunately most students didn't complete this simple task of writing down Cornell Notes in proper format, or finishing, and gluing the practice page on page 35. I will NOT stamp these pages as late work for anyone without an excused absence. I will check attendance if students come to me for stamps because they missed them. If you are missing stamps you must see me after school or during lunch to receive them. Remember, your Interactive Notebook is 20% of your grade.
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Students,
As the first semester comes to a close, I am reminding you that I will NOT take missing work without an excused absence during second semester. This is particularly important to 8th graders who want to participate in their promotion activities. Absent work will always be located in the RED Absent Work folder in the front of the room with the absent student's name on it. It is the student's responsibility to pick up their absent work when they return to school. Students will be given the number of days absent to make up the work - three days absent = three days to make up the work. Please do not ask me to make up anything at the last minute to save your grade for promotion. Have a great second semester!!
Ms. Cosentino
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Read the article, "Six Reasons Why Obama'sFree Community College Is a Poor Investment" by Richard Vedder then fill out the graphic organizer attached.
A link to the article is here:
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Fill out the Foreshadowing handout including the paragraph on the back of the paper. This is for the short film Alma
A link to the film is here:
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100% of AR goal is due on January 19th.
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An Assessment tomorrow in central idea. You will read a short passage, prewrite for the central idea and supporting details, then write a paragraph determining the central idea using support in your response.
THIS IS A TEST!
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Students who were absent need to write a THINKING paragraph on the short film Alma. A link to the video is here:
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Students will complete an expository essay comparing the text and film from A Christmas Carol: Stave One Marley's Ghost. A prewriting packet is also due with the essay. If the packet is not turned in completed - the essay will not be accepted and a Zero Assessment grade will be given.
NOTE: The Christmas Carol Essay will be counted as an ASSESSMENT GRADE
you will find the text version of A Christmas Carol here: http://www.stormfax.com/1dickens.htm
part of the film you can find here:
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Happy New Year! Please don't forget your assignment that's due on Monday. You are comparing the similarities and differences between the film and the text of the Marley scene in A Christmas Carol.
Also, I will be collecting your interactive notebooks by the end of the week. Make sure it is complete.
AND remember, I gave all students the opportunity to make up any missing assignments over the three week break. Your missing work is due on Monday. This grade that is due in January is your semester grade and counts toward your overall GPA for promotion. Please email me with any concerns or questions.
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75 AR points are due on 1/20/15
The Interactive Notebook is due on 1/16/15
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Students need to annotate their passage from A Christmas Carol in order to be prepared for group work on Thursday.
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There are many students who are not looking into the "Absent Work" red folder for work when they've been out. It is the student's responsibility to find their absent work and turn it in immediately. Please remember that students can only turn in late or missing work if they have an excused absence.
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All students will turn in their essay on December 1st Monday. Too many students were absent on 11/21/14 so I've extended the due date. I will not take the essay late.
Please see the attachment for the prompt.
8th graders - Expository Essay - The Giver
7th graders - Persuasive Essay - Holes
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Thank you parents for attending parent conference!! Students who need to make up work for first quarter MUST turn it in on November 12th - Wednesday. Students are responsible for getting their materials from me before then in order to complete their work. Again, please email me with questions.
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Stamps pages 15-16 on Plot
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If you have Mr. Aranda please sign up for edmodo this weekend. Here are his codes:
CODE:
Period 1- b3gybn
Period 2- uvb8zk
Period 4- 89m8ws
period 5 - s4qrj2
Period 1- b3gybn
Period 2- uvb8zk
Period 4- 89m8ws
period 5 - s4qrj2
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Complete the Literal, Inferential, Critical worksheet for The Giver Chapter 4
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register with classroom.google.com and put in our classroom code: iki7cvx
We did this in class today - please make sure you successfully register - it's just like edmodo
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Students!!
Soon we will be using google classroom. You need to use your erusd gmail account for this online program. Please find your email account and password and be ready to go online this week! So exciting!!
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Parents and Students,
I'm sending home a progress report for each student. I do not require it to be signed or returned. I'm sending this home for families who have not accessed Parent Portal yet, and I encourage all families, both parents and students, to create portal accounts. This grade is still in progress and only has assessments, homework/classwork and AR in it - the Interactive Notebook has not been graded. If you have any questions, please email me.
Ms. Cosentino
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10.5 AR points due Monday
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Benchmark Exam on author's point of view, purpose, and conflicting arguments/evidence/point of view on Friday October 3rd. The Benchmark will be a constructed response/simple paragraph. Review notes on point of view, purpose etc. as well as constructed response structure. This will not be open notes/book.
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The constructed response paragraph on "Spanking Isn't Discipline" is due at the end of class Friday.
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I've updated the grades for the Assessment - Constructed Response - "Cooler to Be Uncool". I removed the rubric grade 5/4/3/2/1 and changed it to the following:
5=100
4=85
3=75
2=65
1=50
0=0
This should raise grades overall so please check the portal for your updated grades.
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Read the Wonderopolis article on The Great Chicago Fire on Edmodo. Answer the questions at the end of the article.
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First AR point goal is due 9/22 - remember to take AR tests!!
A Constructed Response Assessment will be given tomorrow. It will be open notes and the CS question will be "What is the author's message?" - Students will fill out a graphic organizer and write a constructed response - YOU'LL DO GREAT!!
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Bring earphones daily. :)
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Please be aware that our new Accelerated Reader upgrade will block students from taking quizzes on books that are out of their reading range. Student reading ranges are determined by the STAR test that all students should have taken by now. STAR reading ranges are posted in class.
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Students who receive low grades on homework or classwork writing assignments may revise them for a higher grade. Turn in the original work with the revision. Students may not revise writing assessments.
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I have received a number of assignments that are incomplete. There is now an "Incomplete Work" folder in the front of room where those assignments will be waiting for pickup. Students can finish these assignments but the grade will be lowered by at least one full letter grade. Assignments that are not picked up or are missing by the end of the week will be assigned either after school detention or Saturday School.
After these two opportunities to make up work, the work will no longer be accepted. Incomplete work is the same as not doing the assignment at all. Please use the Student Portal to keep track of your grade.
Also, please ask for help if you think you're falling behind. Students can come in during lunch or after school to work. North Park is also beginning Homework Club in the library very soon.
Have a great weekend!
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Due at the END of class on Friday - a revision of your constructed response on "Refuge-Seeking Kids...". Make sure all prewriting/invention material is included such as the original CS, the annotated article, and the graphic organizer.
Read 60 minutes
STAR test by 9/12
Stamps for pages 5-6 of your Interactive Notebook on Friday 9/12
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This is CLASSWORK and was completed during class on 9/5. If you were absent, this is the assignment with the article.
Write your own constructed response for the CNN article on student refugees. The prompt is: Explain the author's message in the CNN opinion article by Martha Bergmark entitled, "Regfuge-Seeking Kids Face Deportation Hearings Alone".
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read 60 minutes
stamps for pages 5-6 Wednesday
students who are still having trouble with Edmodo can answer the questions on paper and turn it in to your box:
1. what is a constructed response?
2. How long is a CS?
3. what are the steps to writing a CS?
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Read 60 minutes daily
Bring reading material daily
Complete Interactive Notebook pages 3-4 for stamps on Friday
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Complete the three questions about constructed responses in Edmodo.
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These are a list of your Semester 1 Weekly AR Goals:
9/22 = 7%
9/29 = 14%
10/6 = 21%
10/13 = 28%
10/20 = 35%
10/27 = 42%
11/3 = 50%
11/12 = 57%
11/17 = 64%
12/1 = 71%
12/8 = 78%
12/15 = 85%
1/12 = 92%
1/19 = 100%
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Students need to take the STAR test by Friday 9/12. Please take the test during lunch or after school if time is not provided during class. Point goals will be provided to students once tests are completed. Also, I can see the date that the STAR test was taken, so if a student does not take the test by 9/12, I will personally determine their point goal which will be set at grade level. This might mean students may have to earn more points than their STAR test recommends.
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If students can't get on the Edmodo Constructed Response questions I will bring in chrome books next week for you to complete it. I will remove the deadline of 8am while this tech problem is resolved. In the mean time, do everything you can to try to complete the survey. Try doing it on a PC or android device instead of an apple product just to see if that makes a difference. I'm sorry for these the issues. And don't worry about anything!
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Our group code for Edmodo will expire on September 3rd. This means you will be locked out of the group if you don't register by this time. Make sure you register! I'll be posting online assignments on Edmodo soon.
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Register with Edmodo and take the Summary Survey on the Edmodo website
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Scholastic money is due Friday if you'd like to order books.
Stamps for pages 1-2 of your Interactive Notebook tomorrow. Have those pages completed.
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Interactive Notebook check
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Beginning Monday 8/25, students will be given lunch detention for not having supplies. This includes the Interactive Notebook, reading material, agenda etc. Please contact Ms. Cosentino via email if there is ever a problem getting materials.
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Have all supplies ready by Friday 8/22/14; we will be assembling the Interactive Notebook during class
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*Register with Edmodo.com
Simply log into edmodo.com and create an account as a student. You will need a classroom code to do so. If you already have an account, you can register with our class using the classroom code.
The codes are as follows:
Period 1 Honors 7th ELA - 9p5 w v v (no spaces, that's a w and two v's)
Period 2 8th ELA - jdc4ca
Period 4 8th ELA - 9ib36b
Period 5 7th ELA - by42df
Period 6 8th ELA - 7gu5x6
Our class will register together on Wednesday, August 27th during school hours, but students can register on their own at home.
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Rules and Consequences Contract due
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Bring reading material daily beginning 8/21/14
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Read 60 minutes daily