DOBERT ELA 7

MUST BE DONE IN ORDER!

VQFT

Take out an old ELA paper from your folder/binder. Change some of the words. Add better/bigger words. Fix it up! Add to it. Rewrite it with VERY nice handwriting. Add some color. Add graphics/pictures/illustrations. Your NEW paper should look amazing. The new one and the old one must be stapled together.

VQFT

You must have the text for Maniac (pages 6 and 7).

Highlight the following:

• “Jeffrey went right on screaming, his face bright red by now,”
• “everybody could see that this wasn’t part of the show at all,”
• “No one knew it then, but it was the birth scream of a legend.”

Write the question on loose leaf then answer.

QUESTION: Based on your highlighting, what is the THEME of the text?

A The theme of the text is that parents are annoying, but they do love their children.

B The theme of the text is aunts and uncles hate each other.

C The theme of the Maniac Magee text is that it’s ok to be a little weird.

VQFT

On a fresh sheet of loose leaf paper, neatly list the ingredients of a quesadilla.

VQFT

Sit alone. No one should be near you. Keep all your work visible so the teacher can check it. Keep iBlog open. You may use headphones.

EXIT TICKET

[loose leaf] What did Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan have two of?

BW:

A+ = If you have VERY VERY VERY NICE handwriting, neatly copy the report card #1 self sheet on loose leaf.

B = Ask the teacher to print the report card #1 self sheet for you.

CW1:

Take your time and fill out the report card #1 self sheet.

BE HONEST ABOUT YOURSELF!

You MUST add this sheet to your portfolio. It should be on TOP of your stack of papers. Look over your complete portfolio. Make sure you’re ready to show it to your parents.

Remember that your portfolio must be in chronological order if you want an A+.

CW2:

Place the following on your table or desk. These assignments will be added to report card NUMBER TWO.

DO NOT PLACE THESE ITEMS IN YOUR PORTFOLIO.

• ROOTS flashcards and test score (your score is out of 20 on a sticky square)
• HW.maniac
• BW.bio
• CW.freak.out.CER
• HW.animal.babies

CW3:

IF YOU HAVE ALL YOUR OTHER WORK DONE …

Work on IXL. I am trusting you to choose the right level to work on. HOW MANY MINUTES SHOULD YOU DO ON IXL? I am trusting you to decide that. WHAT SHOULD MY IXL SCORE BE? I am trusting you to decide that. AM I ALLOWED TO USE HEADPHONES? Yes.

CW4:

Choose something quiet to work on.

5th HOUR:

• 3 pp or 3 pieces of candy = Take everything off top of chromecart and organize it then have quiet free time. (drop name in Happy Birthday box)
• 3 pp or 3 pieces of candy = Make sure all the books in Mr. Dobert’s library are neatly facing the same direction then have quiet free time. (drop name in Halloween pretzel jar)

YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ PAGES 6 AND 7 BEFORE YOU WRITE THE CER.

Mister Dobert’s CER needs a lot of help!

Trouble at home caused Maniac to freak out during the music concert. In the text it, “Around the time Jeffrey arrived, the stopped talking to each other” (author, page 4). This evidence is important because it indicated that Maniac’s aunt an uncle (Maniac’s parents were dead) did not like each other. Furthermood, the state states, “‘Talk! Talk, will ya! Talk! Talk! Talk!'” (Dobert, page 7). Clearly Maniac is angry because he didn’t hated the music in the concert. This evidence shows why Maniac freaked out.

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HW:

EXERCISE 97

Write your answers on a fresh sheet of loose leaf. If you just do the matching, do NOT expect an A+.

CW1:

On four days this year, you will have to create a portfolio of work to show your parents.

Today is the first day.

You should have StudentConnect open the whole time.

SPREAD OUT AND TAKE OUT ALL YOUR OLD ASSIGNMENTS FROM REPORT CARD #1.

FIRST HOUR: Ask for a green portfolio and a yellow sticky square note.

THIRD HOUR: Ask for a red portfolio and a lime sticky square note.

FOURTH HOUR: Ask for pale blue portfolio and an orange sticky square note.

SIXTH HOUR: Ask for a pale purple portfolio and a blue sticky square note.

Neatly place all your old work into the portfolio.

Neatly write your full name on the sticky square and place the sticky square on the front corner of your portfolio. If your portfolio has an 8th grader’s name on it, cover the name with your sticky square.

ONLY ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE ON STUDENTCONNECT SHOULD BE IN THE PORTFOLIO.

Anything that is not on StudentConnect should NOT be in the portfolio.

If you want an A or A+ = All your papers must be in chronological order. That means the oldest paper should be on the top of your stack of papers then the next oldest, etc. Use the dates that are on StudentConnect, not the dates that are your papers.

CW2:

Turn in your finished portfolio to the teacher then find a place where you are alone. Keep working on today’s BW or choose something quiet to work on. You are allowed to use headphones.

CW1:

Take out a flash card. Neatly write your full name on the flash card. Write your latest NWEA READING score on the card. Write your reading grade level on the card. THIS CARD IS YOUR EXIT TICKET!

CW2:

Log in to IXL. Start working on main idea or theme. YOU MUST BE WORKING AT YOUR LEVEL OR ONE GRADE HIGHER THAN YOUR LEVEL. Keep working on IXL until your score reaches 57. Please ask before you use headphones.

CW3:

Carefully read and annotate pages 6 and 7 from “Maniac Magee”.

NEATLY COPY QUESTION #4 ON LOOSE LEAF THEN ANSWER.

YOU MUST USE QAR.

4 – What happened in the school auditorium?

A sharing

B running

C screaming

D traipsing

E clanging

F singing

G bulging

H giggling

Make neat flash cards for the following then STUDY the cards.

• lunge
• bellow
• smatter
• bulging
• chorus

CER: Why did Maniac freak out?

CW4:

Study your 20 roots flash cards. When you’re ready, ask the teacher to test you.

CW5:

Get back on IXL.

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6TH HOUR ONLY: 2 pp chromebooks, 2 pp ELA books, 2 pp WRITE SOURCE books, 7 pp do all plus chairs – if interested, drop name in Happy Birthday box.

HW:

Neatly copy the questions on loose leaf then answer. RESTATE!

1 – Where is the narrator?

2 – How did his parents travel into the city?

3 – Why did the trolley crash?

4 – What is Maniac’s real name?

5 – Is Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania a real city?

FINAL TEST TODAY – 1OO POINTS

You may pay me 50 polar points to skip this test.

PART ONE – Read the text – “Climbing Skull Mountain”. Scholastic SCOPE, October 2019, pages 28 and 29.

PART TWO – Click the skull vocab link and read over the page. Then complete the vocabulary side of the test paper.

PART THREE – Complete the character side of the test paper. Use the bullets to fill in the clues part of the chart:

• “Jordan ignored me and picked it up anyway.”
• “Back then, I didn’t talk much. My big brother Jordan did enough of that for both of us.”
• “Still, I didn’t want to go – mostly because Mom said it was off limits.” “I just followed him.”
• “when I pulled myself over the fence at last.”

PART FOUR – CER (answer on a loose leaf)

PROMPT: How has Eddie changed by the end of the story?

Color code for higher points if you have time.

The student who scores the highest on this test will automatically earn 13 polar points.

You may search words up on your chromebook during the test.

If you want to use headphones during the test, please ask first.

There will be a special prize for best Hallowe’en costume (one prize every hour).

COSTUME RULES (from Mrs. Sabbagh):

• No masks or full face paint.
• Nothing inappropriate for school (blood, weapons, swear words, etc.).
• Follow school dress code (no slippers, ripped jeans, etc.)

BIG FINAL TEST TOMORROW!

HOW TO STUDY FOR THE TEST:

• Carefully read the game directions.
• Take your time and make sure you 100% understand how to play the game!

EXIT TICKET FROM THE OPPOSITE OF HEAVEN

DO NOT START THIS EXIT TICKET UNTIL THE TEACHER INSTRUCTS YOU TO DO SO.

Take out a fresh sheet of loose leaf paper.

Think of a word for each of the roots then write a sentence for each of the words – 20 total sentences.

You must also use at least three apostrophes somewhere in your exit ticket.

ROOTS: aster, aud, bibl, bio, chrome, chron, cide, cise, cord/cor, corp, cycl/cylo, dem, dent/dont, derm, fac/fact, fin, flex, flu, forc/fort, fract/frag

HIGHLIGHT ALL THE ROOTS AND APOSTROPHES!

A+ = Do NOT look in the Write Source book. You are allowed to use your flashcards. You are NOT allowed to look things up on your chromebook.

B+ = You are allowed to keep the Write Source book open (page 567).

OR YOU MAY PAY ME 20 POLAR POINTS TO SKIP THIS EXIT TICKET.

EXIT TICKET (mini quiz)

[on a fresh sheet of loose leaf]

Make sentences using the roots, and use at least one apostrophe somewhere in your exit ticket.

• flex
• cide
• derm

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*** WORK IN HALLWAY *** (for polar points and extra credit) Write your name on a mini scrap and drop it in the Halloween Pretzel Treats jar. You must be working on the roots cards in the hallway. Mini scraps are near the jar.