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<body background="images/902600rg.gif"> <table border="2" width="100%" height="619"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="2" height="139"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/Ott_Language_Arts.jpg" width="600" height="64"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" height="468" valign="top"> <p><a href="LA_01.htm" target="_top"><img border="0" src="images/Ott_Button(language%20arts).gif" width="100" height="87"></a></p> <p><a href="LA_Adv_01.htm" target="_top"><img border="0" src="images/Ott_Button(Adv-langugae-arts.gif" width="100" height="88"></a></p> <p><a href="Read_01.htm" target="_top"><img border="0" src="images/Ott_Button(read).gif" width="100" height="87"></a></p> <table border="1" width="88%"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <applet code="fphover.class" codebase="./" width="120" height="24"> <param name="color" value="#000080"> <param name="hovercolor" value="#0000FF"> <param name="textcolor" value="#FFFFFF"> <param name="text" value="Ott Home Page"> <param name="effect" value="glow"> <param name="url" valuetype="ref" value="Index_01.htm"> <param name="target" value="_top"> </applet> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <applet code="fphover.class" codebase="./" width="120" height="24"> <param name="color" value="#000080"> <param name="hovercolor" value="#0000FF"> <param name="textcolor" value="#FFFFFF"> <param name="text" value="Book Projects"> <param name="effect" value="glow"> <param name="url" valuetype="ref" value="bookprojects.htm"> <param name="target" value="main"> </applet> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <applet code="fphover.class" codebase="./" width="120" height="24"> <param name="color" value="#000080"> <param name="hovercolor" value="#0000FF"> <param name="textcolor" value="#FFFFFF"> <param name="text" value="Project Samples"> <param name="effect" value="glow"> <param name="url" valuetype="ref" value="BP_Samples_01.htm"> <param name="target" value="main"> </applet> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <applet code="fphover.class" codebase="./" width="120" height="24"> <param name="color" value="#000080"> <param name="hovercolor" value="#0000FF"> <param name="textcolor" value="#FFFFFF"> <param name="effect" value="glow"> <param name="url" valuetype="ref" value="book_projects_Calender.htm"> <param name="font" value="Dialog"> <param name="fontstyle" value="regular"> <param name="text" value="Presentation Schedule"> <param name="fontsize" value="12"> </applet> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <applet code="fphover.class" codebase="./" width="120" height="24"> <param name="color" value="#000080"> <param name="hovercolor" value="#0000FF"> <param name="textcolor" value="#FFFFFF"> <param name="text" value="Homework"> <param name="effect" value="glow"> <param name="url" valuetype="ref" value="Homework_01.htm"> </applet> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <applet code="fphover.class" codebase="./" width="120" height="24"> <param name="color" value="#000080"> <param name="hovercolor" value="#0000FF"> <param name="textcolor" value="#FFFFFF"> <param name="text" value="Tell the Teacher"> <param name="effect" value="glow"> <param name="url" valuetype="ref" value="Feedback_01.htm"> </applet> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/read.gif" width="68" height="61"></p> <p> </p> <p> </td> <td width="80%" height="468" valign="top"> <h1 align="center">Language Arts Course Syllabus</h1> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Text:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1">       </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Language of Literature</i></b>, by McDugal Littell, Inc. ($42.84)<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Course Description</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">                </span>The Seventh Grade Language Arts Program is a literature-based program with emphasis on developing reading, writing, grammar, and critical thinking skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Combining reading selections with the study of vocabulary and the writing process, this program also engages in a series of writing projects which will include, comparing/contrasting, persuasion, personal narrative, research projects, poetry, and other expository and creative assignments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Additionally, emphasis will be placed on grammar, sentence structure, and paragraph formation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Practice on both formal and informal speaking will be afforded through the performing of skits, plays, poetry, monologues, and independent reading project presentations.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Course Outline for the Year:<span style="mso-tab-count:1">   </span><o:p> </o:p> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">First Semester:<o:p> </o:p> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Students read fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama from the following thematic units: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">On the Threshold, Life’s Lessons</i></b>, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Stepping Forward</i></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Using the writing process, students will complete the following:<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">A personal response essay; prepositional phrases; graphic organizers<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p> </i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">A personal experience narrative; vivid details, sensory images, consistent verb tense<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p> </i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">A short story; paragraph unity<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p> </i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">An interpretive paper on literature; subordinate conjunctions and clauses<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p> </i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .75in"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">A research report; using facts and statistics<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p> </i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2">                                </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1">                </span><o:p> </o:p> </span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">                </span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Second Semester</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">:<o:p> </o:p> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Students will read fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and myths and folk tales from the following thematic units:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Meeting Challenges</i></b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Not As It Seems</i></b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Across Time and Place</i></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Using the writing process students will complete the following:<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .75in"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">An explanation or definition<u><o:p> </o:p> </u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .75in"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">An extension of a story; dialogues and quotation marks<u><o:p> </o:p> </u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .75in"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">A critical review; compound sentences; transition words<u><o:p> </o:p> </u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:list .75in"><span style="font-size:9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">An opinion paper; interviewing experts<u><o:p> </o:p> </u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Grading</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">    </span>Quizzes, tests, projects, reports and essays will make up 60% of the grade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Homework, in-class activities and participation will consist of 40% of the grade.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Major Assignments</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>(i.e. essays, reports, projects, etc.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>These assignments will be checked on a due date.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Late assignments will have 10% of the points deducted for each day they are late.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <h1><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><a href="bookprojects.htm">Independent Reading Project</a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal">One independent reading project will be assigned each semester, and comprise 10% of the student’s semester grade. (see reverse and attachment)<o:p> </o:p> </span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> <o:p> </o:p> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><a href="Homework_01-bod.htm">Homework</a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Homework is assigned as necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Homework may take the form of reading, writing, research, grammar practice or studying for tests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Homework will be checked on a due date, and late homework will not be accepted.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p> </o:p> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Provision for Improving Grades</span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Students who have low (73 or below) or failing cumulative grades may ask the teacher for opportunities to improve their grade when all work required to date has been completed and students have demonstrated a legitimate effort to meet all course requirements including attendance.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Scheduled Help Sessions</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Help sessions can be provided during homeroom from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Other times may be arranged with the teacher on an individual basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Please note that advance notice is requested to avoid conflicts.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Teacher/Parent Communication</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">The student is required to keep a list of grades and assignments in his/her agenda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The parent should check this from time to time to keep up with the student’s progress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Grades will be sent home every six weeks, and interim progress reports will be sent home every 3 weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>If a problem arises, parents will be notified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Please note that you may reach teachers by calling Northwestern Middle School and leaving a message if you have questions or concerns. </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">You may also e-mail concerns directly to the teacher.<o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Absent/Make-up work</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>It is the student’s responsibility to request make-up work for an absence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Upon returning to school following an absence, the student should request make-up work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The student must complete make-up work within the time specified by the teacher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>(The student will be given the same amount of time to make up the work as he/she was absent unless other arrangements are mutually agreed upon.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The student will receive the actual grade on the make-up work if the absence was “excused.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Make-up work for “unexcused” absences may be reduced up to 6 points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Make-up work submitted late will receive a zero.</b><o:p> </o:p> </span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </body>