Mrs. Stoler

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	November 20, 2009


	Mrs. Stoler


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	Challenge Language Arts and Reading 6/7/8

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	I have voice mail, but I sometimes miss checking my phone for messages. If I don't respond to you within 48 hours, please try again or call the office and ask to leave a message in my box. Thanks! I check my e-mail (carol.stoler@vansd.org) several times a day. Feel free to leave me a message to give you a call if you'd like to talk with me personally or just type a message and I'll get back to you that afternoon.




	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.