St. Jude the Apostle School

Ms . Dawson 7A Homeroom

Thank you for the many kind thoughts and generous end of year gifts. 7A is ready for the responsibility of 8th grade and being our school leaders. Assignment for summer: Have lots of fun(and read your summer reading)!

EDLINE NOTE: Homework/participation grades change almost daily. I will try to update Edline often but it will not be on a daily basis. H/P grade is 50 points for each half of the 9 week period.

Vocabulary - All Class Sections

ALL CLASSES
One Unit will be covered every two weeks. The Unit will be checked on Thursday for completion as a 5 point homework grade. A Spelling Test will be given on the first Friday for a 40 point grade. The Unit Test will be on the next Friday for a 100 point grade. This schedule will remain the same for the year. If this schedule is adjusted (example-Parish Fair/ holidays) the students will be informed ahead of time.

Cultural Literacy - all classes

ALL CLASSES
One word is given each day. A 100 point test will be given toward the end of each 9 weeks. You should learn these words each day as homework. Do not wait until right before the test to study.

8B Literature

Summer reading: Animal Farm &
Rifles for Watie. Direction sheets were given before the end of school and are also on the school supply web site.

8 H Literature

Summer reading: Animal Farm, Rifles for Watie & The Bronze Bow. Direction sheets were given before the end of school and are also on the school supply web site.

8A Literature

See 8B Literature

Literature 7 H

Summer reading: Banner in the Sky. Choice of two from: Homeless Bird, A Single Shard, The Fighting Ground, Orwell's Luck. Write a book report on one and be prepared to take a test on the other in the first few days of school.

Directions for book report are also on the school supply web page.

literature 7 A

Summer Reading: Banner in the Sky. Choose one from the following and write a report on it. Homeless Bird, A Single Shard, The Fighting Ground, Orwell's Luck. Direction sheets were given before the end of schooland are also on the school supply web page.

literature 7B

see 7A

See 7A

Book List 2010

1) September 28,2110
2) November 18,2010
3) February 18, 2011
4) April 8, 2011
>Honors - You will have as assigned independent book for one of the nine weeks and will be tested on the book. You will choose a book from my list for each of the other three nine weeks periods and write a book report- see below.

Regular - Choose 2 independent novels for the school year-one per semester- and follow the guidelines below for the book report. You may not choose a book we will read in class or that you have read before.
Independent Novel Book Reports
1) Instruction sheet should be attached to your report.
2) Cover Page: name,class section, date,
title and author.
3) 1 page summary, single space, 12 font.
4) paragraph statement telling what
stands out most about the book.
(minimum of 6 sentences explaining
this)
100 point total: On Time 5 points
Neatness 10 points
Directions 10 points
Content 75 points

Ms. Dawson�s Book List 2010 -2011 for Independent Novel Reports
7H & 8 H classes: 1 report each 9 weeks.
7R & 8 R classes 1 report each semester
1.Grade sheet (directions)
2.Cover sheet : student name , class section, author name, book title, date
3.Written portion: one full page, typed, single spaced summarizing the book.(12) font.
4.Paragraph: state what you thought stood out most in the book (literary techniques, plot, characters, etc.) minimum of six sentences.
(4 page total to turn in): Due dates: 1) September 28,2010
2) November 18, 2010
3) February 18, 2011
4) April 8, 2011
If you choose a book which is not on this list, it must be approved, in writing, by your parent and be grade level appropriate.
Note: Students in regular class sections may do an extra book report each semester for up to 15 bonus points. Same rules and deadlines apply to these reports.
1. A Lantern in Her Hand - Bess
Streeter Aldrich
2. White Bird Flying - Bess Streeter
Aldrich
3. Crispin & the Cross of Lead - Avi
4. Crispin, at the Edge of the World
- Avi
5. The True Confessions of Charlotte
Doyle - Avi
6. Nothing But the Truth - Avi
7. The Barn - Avi
8. Persuassion - Jane Austen
9. Charley Skedaddle - Patricia Beatty
10.The Shakespeare Stealer -Gary Blackwood
11. Shakespeare�s Scribe - Gary Blackwood
12. Shakespeare�s Spy - Gary Blackwood
Year of the Hangman - Gary Blackwood
Second Sight - GAry Blackwood
"uchronia"
13. Jane Eyre - Charolette Bronte
14.Where the Lillies Bloom - Vera&Bill
Cleaver
15. Matilda Bone - Karen Cushman
16.Catherine Called Birdy - Karen Cushman
17.Midwife�s Apprentice - Karen Cushman
18. Rodzina - Karen Cushman
19.Incident at Hawk�s Hill-Allan W. Eckert
20. Silas Marner - George Eliot
21. One Eyed Cat - Paula Fox
22. The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke
23. Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
24. Julie of the Wolves - Jean
Craighead George
25.Summer of My German Soldie-Bette Greene
26. * The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest
Hemingway
27. Hoot - Carl Hiaasen
28. Hiroshima - John Hershey
29. Letters from Rifka - Karen Hesse
30. Out of the Dust - Karen Hesse
31. Phoenix Rising - Karen Hesse
32. Stowaway - Karen Hesse
33. Redwall - Brian Jaques
34. Red Scarf Girl - Ji Li Jiang
nonfiction/biography
35. The Road from Home - David Kherdian
36. The View from Saturday - Konigsburg
37. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
38. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis
39. The Magician�s Nephew - C.S. Lewis
40. The Horse and His Boy - C.S. Lewis
41. Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis
42. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader- Lewis
43. The Silver Chair - C. S. Lewis
44. The Last Battle - C. S. Lewis
45. The Call of the Wild - Jack London
46. White Fang - Jack London
47. A Boy at War � Harry Mazer *
48. A Boy No More - Harry Mazer*
49. Heroes Don�t Run - Harry Mazer *
50. Macbeth, A Retelling - Adam McKeown
51. Beware,Princess Elizabeth- C. Meyer
52. Mary, Bloody Mary - Carolyn Meyer
53. Stonewall�s Gold - Robert J. Mrazek
54. Anne of Green Gables- L.M.Montgomery
55. American Plague - Jim Murphy
56. The Boy�s War - Jim Murphy
57. A Single Shard - Linda Sue Park
58. Hatchet - Gary Paulson
59. The River - Gary Paulson
60.*A Long Way from Chicago-Richard Peck
61. * A Year Down Yonder - Richard Peck
62. A Day No Pigs Would Die - R. N. Peck
63. A Part of the Sky - R. N. Peck
64. Elephant Run - Roland Smith
65. All Quiet on the Western Front -
Erich Maria Remarque
66. Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott
67. The Witch of Blackbird Pond -
Elizabeth George Speare
68.The Bronze Bow -Elizabeth George Speare
69. The Pearl - John Steinbeck
70. Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson
71. The Black Arrow - R. L. Stevenson
72. * The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
73. The Fellowship of the Ring - Tolkien
74. The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien
75. The Return of the King - Tolkien
76. Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
77. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
78. Flipped - Wendelin Van Draanen
79. Homecoming - Cynthia Voight
80. Ten Days in November � Irving
Werstein
81. Angel in the Square - Gloria Whelan
82. Homeless Bird - Gloria Whelan
83.The Code of the Woosters� P.G.Wodehouse
84. Girl in a Cage - Jane Yolen &
Robert J. Harris
85. The Devil�s Arithmetic - Jane Yolen
86. The Queen�s Own Fool - Jane Yolan
87.Sword of the Rightful King-Jane Yolan
88. Millicent Min, Girl Genius-Lisa Yee
89.Stanford Wong Flunks Big-time �Lisa Yee
90. Milkweed - Spinelli
91. The Fighting Ground - Avi
92. Mossflower � Brian Jaques
93. Firegirl - Abbott
94. The Cottonmouth Club - Lance Marcum
95. The Sacrifice - Kathleen Benner Duble
96. Blood Red Horse - K. M. Grant
97. Basketball (Or Something Like It) -
98. Black Storm Comin -
99. Night of the Howling Dogs- G.Salisbury
100. Secrets of the Cheese Syndicate-
Donna St Cyr

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