EOG Boot Camp and other Grading issues
9TH BLOCK – Today you will take notes in one of many ways. You decide which of the these links to use:
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- Context Clue Notes (all 4 types) and Excercise at CSU Pamona
- A Handout with Notes and Examples of the 4 types of Context Clues from ReadWriteThink.org
- Watch a PowerPoint on the 4 Types of Context Clues. : Practice in Context Clues offered in a smooth frame by frame practice session with still snap shots.
- Just click along. Take notes from each slide as needed. Make sure your notes include answers to the following questions:
Personal Daily Reading – You should by this point all have personal novels. Each day when you show up, you are to
- Grab your novel. If you do not have your personal novel, then you have to use a newspaper. and read for a minimum of 15 minutes. Out of this reading, you must:
- By the end of the week, you should have
- Written a short summary of the portion you’ve read over the course of the week.
- Written 1 of each type of Marzano/Bloom question (7 total)
- Written the appropriate answer for each question.
- Write the question into the answer; reword the question in the answer
- Give you answer.
- Provide details and/or information from the reading to support your answer.
- By the end of the week, you should have
Character Recognition – You all begin with 100/100 points in this grade. This new grade is a reflection of how much you take an interest in your own achievement as well as that of others. When the class is supposed to be doing something -say silently reading novels, newspapers, etc. – then you should exemplify the right thing to do by doing that. This grade will be based on the your display of character traits and character building behaviors such as:
- responsibility, open-mindedness, honesty, courage, perseverance, self-honesty, willingness, loyalty, seflless service, faith, integrity, humility, altruism, justice, spirituality, get it?
- You lose 1 point each time I see/talk to you about your not exeplifying character or character building behaviors.
Other Goings On and Options
- Enter the American Library of Poetry Annual POETRY CONTEST
- First, read the rules first.
- Then, enter the contest.
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