DOBERT ELA 7

*** IMPORTANT UPDATE – ADDED MARCH 19, 2020 ***

Round 2 chromebook pick up for our Lowrey families!

This is only for Lowrey Students! If your family does not have a working computer, and is in need of a chromebook, then please come to Lowrey’s main doors, tomorrow Friday March 20th between the times of 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM. If you already picked one up, please don’t come again.  One chromebook per household! All parents will need to sign a consent form to insure chromebooks will be returned in the same condition they were given. All parents and students are responsible for the chromebooks. They must be returned once students return to school. 

*** IMPORTANT UPDATE – ADDED MARCH 19, 2020 ***

Lowrey School will be distributing chromebooks to families in order to support their child’s remote learning. Each chromebook was checked and cleaned by administration and personnel to ensure that they are safe to be used. Please note that chromebooks need a working internet connection.   If your family does not have a working computer and is in need of a chromebook, please come to Lowrey’s main doors, tomorrow Thursday March 19th between the times of 11:30 AM and 3:00 PM. One chromebook per household! All parents will need to sign a consent form to insure chromebooks will be returned in the same condition they were given. All parents and students are responsible for the chromebooks. They must be returned once students return to school. 

PLEASE KEEP A NEAT, ORGANIZED BINDER OR FOLDER OF ALL YOUR WORK AND BE READY TO TURN IT IN ON APRIL 13TH!

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A CHAPTER BOOK TO READ!

• If you don’t have a book at in your house, you could borrow from a family member or read an online book.

• Read your book 20-30 minutes per day. You will have to write some reading logs for your book.

IXL FOR WEEK 1 – DUE BY SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2020 11:59 PM:

ELA 7TH GRADE N.1, N.2, N.3, AND N.4 – Your SmartScore must reach 80 on all four.

MONDAY – READING

Carefully read and annotate “Deadly Hits”. If you cannot print the article, please write your annotations on a piece of paper.

After you have read the article, please complete the “Text Structures” assignment. Again, if you can’t print, please write your answers on a sheet of loose leaf.

TUESDAY – WRITING

Write a CER using evidence/quotes from the “Deadly Hits”article. Your CER must have TWO quotes and TWO reasonings.

PROMPT: In what ways has the sport of football become safer in recent years?

WEDNESDAY – VOCABULARY

Please answer 1-5 for Exercise 79. Please look up ALL the four choices before you choose your final answer. As you know, you will NOT earn an A+ if you just fill in the answers. Maybe you could make 5 flash cards for 5 of the WRONG answers. Just an idea – feel free to be creative.

THURSDAY – M-STEP PREP

Please go to the Dearborn Public Schools Student Portal page and follow the M-STEP links until you get to the online sample items – LIKE WE DID IN CLASS!

Make sure you take time to RE-READ the “Life in the Food Chain” text.

Please answer 1-6. You will have to write your answers on a sheet of loose leaf paper.

FRIDAY – READING LOG #1

Please find a quiet place in your home. Read your library book or chapter book for at least 30 minutes. SET A TIMER! Write your start time and your stop time on your paper. After you finish reading, please write at least a half page summary about what you read. YOUR MOM OR DAD MUST SIGN THIS READING LOG!

SATURDAY – EXTRA CREDIT – COMPOSITION BOOK

If you did not bring your composition book home, you can write this on a sheet of loose leaf paper.

PLEASE WRITE AT LEAST ONE FULL PAGE – NO SKIPPING LINES.

CHOICE 1 – Watch the “100 Writing Prompts for grades 6-8” YouTube video then pick one. THEN WRITE!

http://www.spencerauthor.com/prompts/

CHOICE 2 – If the video is not working for you, choose one of the prompts from Mrs. Sorenson’s list. THEN WRITE!

DEAR STUDENTS …

PLEASE STAY SAFE!

PLEASE CHECK THE BLOG REGULARLY, BUT ESPECIALLY ON MONDAYS.

PLEASE KEEP ALL YOUR WORK NEATLY ORGANIZED IN A FOLDER OR BINDER AND BE READY TO SHOW ME WHEN SCHOOL RESUMES.

I WILL BE CHECKING E-MAIL NOW AND THEN; FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

PLEASE STAY SAFE!

SINCERELY,

MR. NATHAN DOBERT

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PS: If you don’t have internet at home, here is a link to one free month of internet service:

https://www.internetessentials.com/covid19

SUBSTITUTE WORK:

• Carefully read both fandoms articles. YOU MUST ANNOTATE.
• Answer 1-6. YOU MUST USE QAR.
• Answer 7 or 8. YOU MUST USE CER.
• If you answer 7 AND 8, you will earn extra points.

CW1:

Log into the online M-STEP practice test.

Answer number 6.

YOU MUST WRITE ALL YOUR WORK ON A PIECE OF LOOSE LEAF!

CW2:

Find an educational video on YouTube.

• The video must be 3-5 minutes long.
• The video must be about wolves OR any of the fandoms mentioned in the substitute article.
• Watch the video THREE times.
• FIRST TIME – Don’t write anything; just listen.
• SECOND TIME – Write important facts
• THIRD TIME – Write a short summary.

CW3:

SHOW THE TEACHER YOUR HOMEWORK!

If you did CHOICE 1, you should STUDY your flashcards before you show them to the teacher.

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HOMEWORK

CHOICE 1:

Make neat flashcards for the seven fandom vocabulary words. STUDY YOUR CARDS! You will be tested in class.

CHOICE 2:

Study the vocab words then print the vocab sheet and neatly fill in the answers.

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HERE IS THE LINK YOU WILL NEED FOR BOTH CHOICES:

If you want an A+, you must do extra work. If you do BOTH choices, you will certainly earn extra points.

BW:

https://examples.yourdictionary.com/idioms-for-kids.html

CW1:

Ask for the restate paper.

Read the online M-STEP text.

Answer the questions on a fresh sheet of loose leaf.

First student to find the text may skip HALF the questions and wins 5 polar points and may move on to new work.

CW2:

Choose a mini-science book.

Read the WHOLE BOOK. Slowly and carefully read EVERY page.

Close the book and write at least three things you remember from the book. Show the teacher your sentences.

Open the book. Add a neat, colorful illustration to your paper. This should only take 5-10 minutes!

Make at least 3 flashcards and STUDY THEM!

CW3:

Watch and LISTEN to an educational YouTube video that matches with your science book. While you are watching and LISTENING, write important facts on a sheet of loose leaf.

CW4:

Work on IXL or other quiet ELA activity.

BW:

EXERCISE 5

Neatly write AT LEAST 4 complete, correct sentences on a fresh sheet of loose leaf. You must do EXTRA work if you want an A+.

https://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Subject-Verb_Agreement

IF YOU WANT TO KEEP WORKING ON YOUR TEST, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO THIS BW!

CW1:

Take out a fresh sheet of loose leaf.

Start working on IXL ELA 8th grade B.1.

You must write AT LEAST three quotes and the matching themes on your loose leaf.

You must do EXTRA work if you want an A+.

6th hour: First student to go from zero to 90 on IXL ELA 11th grade will earn 3 pp and may start his/her celebration early.

EXTRA CREDIT

Read the Juul article to find Chance Ammiarata’s foundation. Then find the website for that foundation.

Find the “Vaping Dangers” page and read the page.

On a sheet of computer paper, neatly draw and color a tall human body then label it with at least ELEVEN of the facts you have learned from the website. If you have amazing artistic talent with just pencil and shading, you do not have to color your drawing.

BIG, SUMMATIVE 100 POINT TEST TODAY!

• A+ (100 points) Take out your five paragraphs that you have ALREADY finished. Highlight a few words in each paragraph that you could fix or improve. THEN WRITE A NEAT, FINAL COPY OF YOUR FIVE PARAGRAPHS ON A FRESH SHEET OF LOOSE LEAF. Do not skip lines. Use very neat handwriting. Make sure you add an interesting title.
• B+ (87 points) Finish a messy rough draft copy of your five paragraphs. THEN WRITE A NEAT, FINAL COPY OF YOUR FIVE PARAGRAPHS ON A FRESH SHEET OF LOOSE LEAF.
• B- (81 points) Neatly copy Mr. Dobert’s Super CER essay on a new sheet of loose leaf paper. Change around some of the words. Use neat handwriting.
• Staple all your work and hand it in at the end of the hour. If you did the QAR questions on Wednesday, add that to your essay packet for extra points.
• Only ONE student per hour will be allowed to type the essay on Google docs. Please e-mail the teacher and ask permission if you’re interested in this option.
• You may skip this test if you pay 100 polar points or you have a golden ticket.

GOLDEN TICKET:

A golden ticket lets a student skip SEVEN bellworks or homeworks and ONE big test. However, once a test is skipped, the golden ticket is dead and cannot be used again.

• If you wrote your CER for the Kansas City Chiefs, drop your name in the Halloween container. ONE student each hour will win a golden ticket.
• HIGHEST WINTER NWEA READING SCORE IN EACH HOUR GETS A GOLDEN TICKET.
• HIGHEST WINTER NWEA LANGUAGE SCORE IN EACH HOUR GETS A GOLDEN TICKET.
• Top two spelling bee winners in each class each get a golden ticket.

HW:

[loose leaf]

1 – by

2 – bye

3 – buy

NO DEFINITIONS OR SENTENCES! JUST PICTURES!

SKIP HW:

• You will get extra credit and you may skip this HW if you make a video of yourself doing the N’SYNC “Bye, Bye, Bye” dance and e-mail it to your ELA teacher.
• The video must be at least 30 seconds long and the dance must be perfect.

BW: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

EXERCISE 3

https://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Subject-Verb_Agreement

Write AT LEAST three complete, correct sentences. You must do extra if you want an A+.

CW1:

PARAGRAPH 4

• claim – Juul and Big Tobacco use DIFFERENT selling tactics – social media
• quote from Juul article about social media
• REASONING IN YOUR OWN WORDS
• quote from Big Tobacco article about social media
• REASONING IN YOUR OWN WORDS
• final reasoning sentence about how they are DIFFERENT

CW2:

Take out paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 and have them on your table so the teacher can check over them.

CW3:

Juul/Big Tobacco QAR

You only have to answer ONE question, but you must write EVERYTHING on loose leaf.

IF YOU ARE FINISHED WITH ALL OF TODAY’S BW AND CW, CHOOSE SOMETHING QUIET TO WORK ON. IT MUST BE ELA WORK. YOU MAY USE HEADPHONES.