Welcome To Language Arts

6A - 6B -7A

Mrs. Vaccarella

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    "Mini Book Club"          

Students will be working in groups for the last book report.  This project focuses on many life skills such as:

-working well with others

-meeting deadlines

-respecting others' opinions

-making decisions as a group

All members of the group will be reading the same book.

Students will be typing a script and acting out their favorite scene from the their book.

Each group will turn in a 20 word glossary with each word defined and used in a meaningful sentence.

Each member of the "Book Club" must participate in the scene.

Each member of the club will evaluate their peers on a scale from 1-10. This will be done anonymously.

*All "Book Club" meetings will be held in class.

Due dates are as follows:

April 14th- index card with members' names, title of book, author & # of pages.

May14th- Typed glossary and sentences.

June 14th- Evaluations of members and typed out scripts.

June 14th - 18th -Presentations of acted out scenes.

 

Take a look at last month's Biography book report pictures!

Click here!

 

 

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Looking for a good book to read?

Click here for books recommended by your fellow classmates!

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Extra Credit in Grammar-

Do online exercises from www.phschool.com   

 6th Grade web code = eak-6002

7th Grade web code= ebk-7002

Complete all exercises for the chapter and print them out.  If you do all the exercises for the chapter they will count for FIVE POINTS extra credit on the chapter test.

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Grading Scale

Tests 40%           Quizzes 30%     

  Homework 20%        Participation 10%

 

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Contact Information

E-mail - mvaccarella@stjosephprek8.org

Phone - 609-567-2400 Ext. 175