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Accelerated Reading

*AR goals are based on students reading 4 books at their reading level in one quarter

*AR goal percentage and overall AR testing percentage are recorded as 10% of student's overall quarterly Reading grade.

 

Genre Reports

*These reports are designed to encourage students to explore book genres outside their normal comfort area.  Our overall hope with this program is to broaden your child's knowledge of literature and maybe introduce them to a style of writing that they may not have explored on their own!

*Four new genres are chosen each quarter.

*Genre Reports are worth another 10% of a student's overall quarterly Reading grade.

*Students are required to present two genres to the the class using one of the projects   outline below.  The remaining two genre projects may be turned in without presention.

 

So what's a genre anyway, click here for more.

 

1st Quarter Genres

Biography-Adventure-Informational-Mystery

2nd Quarter Genres

Realistic Fiction-Poetry-Mystery-Folk/Tall/Fairy Tales

Genre Report Options

More Genre Report Options (Part 1) (Part 2)

Genre Report rules and requirements

Genre Report Presentation Request Page

Genre Report Project Page-No presentation

Reading Logs

*Students are required to read 30 minutes every school night.  This reading can be anything ranging from comic books to their AR book from school.  Students need to record their reading on a MONTHY reading log.  This reading log is a significant portion of their reading grade and is due the first school day following the end of the month they read.  Reading logs must be completed with a parent signature to be taken for a grade.  If you child looses their log click on the link below to print off another.

 

Current Reading Log:

November 2008

Novels

Current Novel:

"The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi

Started: Sept. 28

 

Chapter Vocabulary

Chaps. 1-5

Chaps. 6-8

Chaps. 9-12

Chaps. 13-18

 

*   Project Choices- Projects are Due:

 

Past Novels

Starting:

Ending:

The Hobbit" by J.R.R Tolkin

 

 

 

Literature Circles: 3 book choices

 

Novels started: March 3rd

Finish date: March 21st

Letters from Rifka-Historical Fiction

Between the Dragon and the Eagle-Historical Fiction

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World-Non-Fiction

Projects:

Novel based plays in small groups

 

"Tangerine" By Edward Bloor (Novel completed Feb. 1st)

    **Project Choices-Projects are Due: Friday, February 1st!

 

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