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November 20, 2009
Mrs. Stoler
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
Community Service Requirement
Free Rice + S.A.T. words
For every thousand grains of rice donated, I will give you 10 minutes of Community Service time. Please attach a print out of the screen showing your donation. You may only do this for one hour of your five hours required.
Community Service Ideas
Here is a list of possible service projects you can do to earn your hours. Contact me if you need any help setting something up or if you have another idea.
Service Hours Form
This is the form to mark down your hours. Please keep it to turn in at the end of the trimester.
SYLLABI
6th Grade Syllabus for 09-10 year
Syllabus for 7th/8th grade for 09-10 year

RUBRICS

6-Trait Writing Rubric
Essay Rubric
Project Rubric
Presentation rubric
Powerpoint Presentation Rubric
Step-Up-To-Writing Rubric
PROCESS PAPERS
Process Paper
This one is used for an essay or paragraph, not a story.
Process Paper for stories
Process Paper for a Project
Process Paper for Letter
Process Paper for News Article
WRITING FORMS
Figurative Language Definitions
Compare/Contrast outline
Persuade Me
Here are some worksheets to help you through the process of writing a persuasive piece.
Bibliography Format
This is the MLA format with great color-coding. Make sure you scroll down for further directions in formatting the whole page.
Elaboration Strategies
Introduction Strategies
Introduction/Conclusion Checklist
Elaboration Scoring Guide
Listing vs. Layering Examples
Proofreading Check List
updated with Elaboration strategies

Literature Study Group Worksheets

Below, please find the Literature Study Group worksheets for each of the jobs.

Literature Group Meetings
Here is the form with your literature group members' names and what the various jobs are in case you lost yours or didn't bring it home.
Discussion Director
Artful Artist
Passage Picker
Word Finder
Connector
Journal Writing Descriptions
Here is a page with possible journal writing ideas.
What if...
Used for understanding characters in books. This is the one where you figure out what the character would be like if he/she came to Mac.
Reading Strategies
Included are SOAPSTone, Levels Questions, Yes/No/But, and SIFT
Literary Genres
Description of Various Genres
Plot Worksheet
More Project Ideas
Even more project ideas
Check out Media Center Web Page
Check out MAC's Media Center page for great lists of books to read that prepare students for high school, college and beyond. This is also a great resource for grammar links, encyclopedia sources,etc...

CLASS CALENDAR

Weekly Calendar Nov. 16-20 (pdf)
How are you doing on your community service?
See the bottom left of this page for a copy of the community service form  Service Hour Forms will be due Dec. 7th!.
Journal Rubric
Latest and greatest one
Matthew Henson Compare/Contrast chart
Matthew Henson Questions while reading
Matthew Henson Vocabulary (Clues from Context)
SMART Goals form
Current Events Form
SOAPSTone form
Higher Level Thinking Chart
This chart visually shows the different levels with verbs to help you remember what they are.
Higher Level Thinking Skills
There are question stems and activities for each of the various levels to help you better understand and choose projects that show higher level thinking.
G!SPRITE form
Here's the form you can use to analyze how these various elements are shown through your texts.
List of Tone + Mood words
Here are lists of positive, neutral and negative tone and mood words you can use when trying to decide what the author's attitude is (Tone) and what sort of emotion he/she is trying to elicit from readers (mood).

How to Write a Literary Analysis
Literary Analysis Outline
Proofreading your own essay
This is the form for reviewing your own essay.
Proofreading Sheet for your editor (and you!)

Pink Monkey site
This is is a "G" rated study resource for you to use. What does PinkMonkey offer you? The World's largest library of free online Literature Summaries, with over 460 Study Guides / Book Notes / Chapter Summaries online currently, and so much more.
Spark Notes
This is another site to go to if you want to read more about the book you are reading and read some discussion questions, insights into character traits and themes as well as a reminder to you of what happened in each chapter. (I still expect you to READ your book!)
Ft. Vancouver Regional Library Site
International Reading Association list of best new books
Need a good book suggestion? Check this out! Every year, IRA publishes a young adult's list of the best new books. Here's the link.
ALAN site
This site for ALAN (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE) has a wonderful list of books Young Adults might enjoy. There is a spot for corresponding with authors as well as other students.
Grammar Gorillas Game
This is a little on the elementary side, but it provides a fun way to review your grammar.
The Columbian Newspaper online
Check here for current events and to see how to write different types of articles.
The Oregonian online
Here's another source for news and to see how to write different types of newspaper articles.
CNN.com
BBC.com
This is a British site with a focus on International News. Often there are video clips and great slide shows of pictures of the week.