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6th 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!

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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

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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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7th Grade Reading Loop Syllabus

TEXTBOOKS

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

Read one story per week & complete reading skills questions

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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)

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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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8th 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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