Future Reads List

Next Ladder

All right halfway through our year. We have taken some time and examined the books we have read. Now I would like to have us take some time and examine the books we will read in the future.

The Next ladder will help us to focus our reading choices for the rest of the year, and hopefully help us to think of books that we will like to read as the year goes on.

4 steps to complete your next ladder:

1.  Genre: find at least 2 from each of the following genres that might interest you. List book title and author, and write one to two sentences explaining why this book interests you. You can use various book search programs such as goodreads, google books, amazon, or scholastic to find the books on you ladder.

a.  realistic fiction

1.      This is What Happy Looks Like – Jennifer Smith. This book looks interesting because….

2.      The Perks of being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky. This book looks interesting because…

b.  Mystery

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c.   Fantasy

d.  Science fiction

e.  historical fiction

f.     graphic novels

g.  non fiction

2.              High Interest: What books from this list are you thinking you would be most likely to read. Put two stars next to the book, and write one two sentences explaining why these books stood out to you.

     1. This is what Happy Looks Like – Jennifer Smith
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Fountas and Pinnell Assessment

Assessments

This past year as you may know, we implemented Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment to assess our readers.  Additionally, we assess using numerous different assessment tools are to gather information about your child’s progress such as anecdotal records, behavior inventories, work samples, and conferences to name a few.

The Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment is a valuable tool used to assess each child's  instructional and independent reading levels. This is tool is informative as it allows us to look at your child's comprehension, fluency, and reading rate.  Because students are assessed three times yearly, we are able to document student progress through one-on-one formative and summative assessments.

This week your child will have an opportunity to demonstrate his/her reading strengths. I will share the assessment information with you at conferences in March or would be happy to meet with you prior to scheduled conferences.  Please contact me at kvogel@nvps.net or 862-8073.

NOTE:  Your child will take the ACT Aspire English test on January 30.  

Reading Ladder

Reading Ladder

For the final assessment of this marking period, create a reading ladder.  The purpose of the reading ladder is to reflect on the stamina and volume of reading.

https://docs.google.com/a/nvps.net/document/d/1KUaEEtZjCjfxM57uhej6l7FV9LsUUUVA4awHT3ouZC4/edit?usp=sharing

Reading Ladders are due Tuesday, January 13.  No LATE Reading Ladders.

Mrs. Vogel's Venue Vacation Reading

Vacation Reading

What Did You Read Over Break?

We Want to Know.

After spending sixteen days away from each other, share with us your vacation reading life.  Go to the Padlet link http://padlet.com/kvogel23/p470met9a2n2.  Pick a title or two to highlight.  

Due Tuesday, January 6.  

AdvancEd Survey

Advanced Ed Survey

Dear Parents and Students,

You are invited to provide insight and feedback to help us improve our school by taking our AdvanceED Survey.  Please consider helping us with this endeavor.  Student feedback is also important and valuable as we continue to strive toward excellence.  Most students were able to participate in Advisory class.  However, if your child did not, there is a link below.

Parent Survey

http://www.advanc-ed.org/survey/public/section/response/begin?surveyConfigId=314528

Student Survey (Grades 6-12)

http://www.advanc-ed.org/survey/public/section/response/begin?surveyConfigId=314534

Thank you for taking your time to provide valuable feedback.  Go Wildcats!

Happy Reading

A Secret Garden Literary Analysis

A Secret Garden Literary Analysis

Due December 11, 2014

The College Boards recommends the following pieces of advice for writing:

Always have a strong thesis.

Always put quotations around the title of a poem or short story.

Always underline the title of a novel or book.

Always refer to the author by his/her full name or last name only.

Always avoid use of “be” verbs.

Always make the conclusion worth reading by including new insightful analysis, connection to another similar work of literature, and an interesting, yet relevant, ending (a quote if possible).


Additionally pay attention to the following Scholarly Reminders...

Avoid 2nd person (you, your).

Avoid 1st person (I, me, my, we, us, our).

Avoid statements that begin with “I think,” “I find,” “I believe,” “In my opinion,” etc.

Avoid exclamation points! Seriously!!

Avoid contractions (or at least use apostrophes correctly).

Avoid starting or ending any paragraph with quoted information; always begin and end with your own

thoughts.

Parts of Sentence Review Party

According to the Pre-AP structure, students are required to learn the Parts of a Sentence.  We recently learned the following:

Subject
Predicate
Direct Objects
Indirect Objects
Predicate Nouns
Predicate Adjectives

Additionally we studied pronoun usage.  Personal pronouns are arranged the following way:

Nominative Case
Objective Case
Possessive Case

If you would like to retake the Parts of Speech test,  you must attend one of the following Parts of Speech  Party on Thursday, December 4 or December 11.


https://docs.google.com/a/nvps.net/document/d/1lLERM2qu8HeVVMgP_qHXcY17RQyqW7M_V_ozs8Lk7UQ/edit?usp=sharing