Week 3 Reading Schedule

Journals are due on 7/5 this week...click here to review the journal guidelines.

7/3 you are to have finished “Copper Sun.”

Weep Not, Child (the pages must be completed before class on the date they are listed for)

7/4 July 4^th No Classes

7/5 pages 3-65

7/6 pages 67-105

7/7 pages 107-147

Week 2 Reading Schedule

Journals are due on 6/26 this week.

By 6/26 you are to have finished “The Piano Lesson.” I would suggest reading this on the evening of 6/23 (23 pages) and then following the reading schedule below for your next book.

Copper Sun (the pages must be completed before class on the date they are listed for)

6/27 up to page 146 (140 pages)…if you read on 6/24, 6/25, and 6/26, you’re only reading about 47 pages per day.

6/29 up to page 198 (48 pages)

6/30 up to page 248 (46 pages)

7/3 up to page 302 (48 pages)

Journal Entry 1

Your first journal entry is due tomorrow, 6/23.

The Piano Lesson Reading Schedule

The scenes for each assigned day must be read by the beginning of our class on that day.

The Piano Lesson

6/21 Act 1 Scene 1 (28 pages)

6/22 Act 1 Scene 2 AND Act 2 Scene 1 (36 pages)

6/23 Act 2 Scene 2, Act 2 Scene 3, AND Act 2 Scene 4 (20 pages)

6/26 Act 2 Scene 5 (23 pages)

Due to the cancellation of classes on 6/19, you will have to finish this week's book and start next week's book over this weekend of 6/24-6/25.

2017 Grade 8 Weekly Reading List

*A detailed list will be posted for the pages due each day each Friday for the following week*

Week 1: The Piano Lesson

Week 2: Copper Sun

Week 3: Weep Not, Child

Week 4: The Outsiders

Weeks 5-6: Brothers and Keepers

Annotations

As you read:

• Circle unknown vocabulary words
• Underline/highlight powerful phrases or sections
• Record responses to ideas
• Record your reactions to sections
• Pose questions to clarify text meanings
• Pose questions to further class discussions

*Annotations can be done INSIDE of your books as I will be looking at your annotations to ensure you have read.

Journals

One journal entry is due per week.

Tuesday is the day journal entries are due by the start of your class period.

·         Look at the “How to Write an Independent Reading Journal Entry” for guidance.

Click Here: How to Write an Independent Reading Journal Entry

2017 Summer Critical Literacy Syllabus

FAME Academy Critical Literacy

Summer 2017

Mr. Krupitzer

Course Description

At the Intermediate level students demonstrate their ability to read challenging, complex texts closely and cite multiple examples of specific evidence to support their claims.  They are able to recognize the interplay between setting, plot, and characters and provide an objective summary of a text apart from their own reaction to it.  They are adept at stepping back to compare and contrast different interpretations of a topic, identifying how authors shape their presentation of key information and choose to highlight certain facts over others. Students trace how an argument develops within a text and assess the validity of the evidence.  They make their reasoning clear to their listeners and readers and constructively evaluate others’ use of evidence while offering several sources to back up their own claims.  The use of vocabulary has developed to the point where they distinguish between denotative and connotative meaning and analyze the effect of specific word choice on tone.  As growing analyzers, students cite several sources of specific, relevant evidence when supporting their own point of view about texts and topics.  

Grading Procedure

Grades will be based on the percent of total points earned from class assignments, participation and effort.

Letter grades will be based on the standard grading scale:

                90 – 100% =   A            

                80 –  89%  =    B                            

70 –  79%  =    C

                60 –  69%  =    D

                50 –  59%  =    F

Attendance and participation in class are essential. Participation includes being in class on time, taking part in class discussions, and working on assignments productively. Homework will be assigned due to the rigorous and condensed nature of the course.

Assignments are to be completed on time. Late assignments will not be accepted. Grades will be posted at the middle and end of the course. Students are expected to stay one top of their assignments.

Assignments/Participation

Assignments will be turned in to the teacher in class or via Google docs; depending on where the students are to work on their assignment. The book that is being read is expected to be in class each day with the annotations that prove students have read.  Critical Literacy is a student driven course. Students are required to do the necessary work to drive this course forward. Journal entries are due once per week: at the start of class on Tuesdays.

Academic Integrity

Students are encouraged to help one another to enhance the overall learning experience. However, cheating, copying, and plagiarism, are all against school rules, and will result in an automatic zero for the assignment. This includes copying another student’s work and passing it off as your own, allowing another student to pass off your work as their own, having someone else complete an assignment, and finding work from the internet and passing it off as your own.

Class Expectations

Students are expected to bring their notebook, computer, pencil, homework and current reading book to each class. Students are expected to stay in a seat unless given permission to move in the classroom, and through our discussions of literature students are to listen and share in a respectful manner. Students are expected to share ideas and participate to ensure the class is modeled after student ideas.

Technology

As stated in the FAME handbook, cell phones are not permitted to be on or used during the school day. If you are caught using your cell phone, you will be asked to leave. Your laptop computers should be used for school purposes ONLY during class. Social media, cameras, and video are not permitted during class unless approved for academic purposes.

Final Assessment

Students will be receiving instructions for their monologue/wax museum project early this summer, so they can begin to plan accordingly. In short, students will be picking a character or author we have studied this summer, dressing up like that character/author, and writing, memorizing, and performing a monologue as that character/author. We will work on the actual monologues in weeks 5 and 6, and the plan is for students to create a wax museum on Family Day at the end of the summer. More information to come. The recitation of the monologues will be informal (in front of small groups, not large crowds). Also note that this is not an acting challenge. Students will be graded on the content/written monologue, not how they acted the role, however students must speak clearly and audibly. This project is being used to fulfill the speaking/listening standards for English Language Arts in Pennsylvania.

How to reach the teacher:

E-mail: fameacademy.literacy@gmail.com

Blog Addresses for course updates (updated daily)

Rising 7: famekrup7.blogspot.com

Rising 8: famekrup8.blogspot.com

Rising 9: famekrup9.blogspot.com