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8th Grade Reading Syllabus

7th Grade Reading Syllabus


	Grading Scale


	6^th Grade Reading Loop Syllabus

RESOURCES

Wild Side books – short, high-interest, non-fiction stories

		Read one story per week & complete reading skills questions

	VOCABULARY

Receive words, discuss, & complete supplementary activity with new words on

Monday (due Tuesday)


	VOCABULARY TESTS FRIDAY!


READING SKILLS/OBJECTIVES
			Fact vs. Opinion Ex. 1-9
		Point of View Ex. 19-27

		Finding the Main Idea Ex. 1-9
		Summarizing Ex. 19-27
		Analogies
		Reference Materials

	READING REQUIREMENT


There will be a skills FINAL TEST on
the first four skills!

Three books per quarter; three dates will be set and you must turn in a book
report or an AR TEST on or before each deadline! Books must be near


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grade level & at least 75 pages unless approved!

Complete an AR test or book report on each

Must earn an 80% or better on either report or test

Will read one book per quarter together in class for literature circles; this
counts as one of the three books, but the student must complete an AR test

		or report by one of the three deadlines.

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7^th Grade Reading Loop Syllabus

	TEXTBOOKS

Critical Reading Series books – short, high-interest, non-fiction stories

Read one story per week & complete reading skills questions

Skimming and Scanning I – helps students become better readers, find main

ideas & facts in paragraphs, graphs, schedules, dictionaries, etc.

note: all of these books remain at school


	VOCABULARY


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Receive & discuss new words on Monday


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Receive supplementary practice with words Tuesday (due Thurs. unless

otherwise stated)

VOCABULARY TESTS FRIDAY

READING SKILLS/OBJECTIVES

Inferences Ex. 1-8

Drawing Conclusions Ex. 18-25

Finding the Main Idea Ex. 10-18

Summarizing Ex. 28-35

Using Context Clues Ex. 1-9

Fact vs. Opinion Ex. 10-18

Point of View Ex. 28-35

Analogies

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

There will be a figurative language FINAL TEST at the end of the quarter!


	READING REQUIREMENT- (graded approximately one week before quarter ends)

15 AR points earned; books must be near grade level & at least 75 pages unless approved!

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May do a book report on books as well = 5 points or AR point value

Must earn an 80% or better on reports and AR tests
Will read one book together in class for literature circles (may or may not be an AR book)

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	8^th Grade Reading Loop Syllabus

TEXTBOOKS

Critical Reading Series – short, high-interest, non-fiction stories

Read two to three stories per week & complete reading skills questions

Skimming and Scanning II – helps students become better readers, find main

ideas & facts in paragraphs, graphs, schedules, dictionaries, etc.

*note: all of these books remain at school

VOCABULARY (occasionally or every-other week)

Receive & discuss new words on Monday

Receive supplementary practice with words Tuesday (due Thurs. unless otherwise stated)

	VOCABULARY TESTS FRIDAY!

		READING SKILLS/OBJECTIVES
		Inferences
		Drawing Conclusions
		Summarizing
		Using Context Clues
		Analogies
		Main Idea

REVIEW FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ENHANCE FIGURATIVE LANG.

	Simile
	Metaphor
	Personification
	Hyperbole


	* Idiom
		* Denotation & Connotation
		* Symbolism
		* Imagery

You will have a figurative language FINAL TEST at the end of the quarter!


	READING REQUIREMENT- (graded approximately one week before quarter ends)

18 AR points earned; books must be near grade level & at least 100 pages unless approved!

	May do a book report on books as well = 5 points or AR point value
	Must earn an 80% or better on reports & AR tests

Will read one book together in class for literature circles ( may or may not be an AR book)


	GRADING SCALE: GRADING PERCENTAGES:

	93-100 = A
	84-92 = B
	74-83 = C
	65-73 = D
	64 or below = F

	30% Daily Work/Homework
	30% Reading Requirement
	40% Tests


	CORRECTIONS: Correcting daily work grades of a D+ or below will improve grade.


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