Ms. Hiatt's Web Page
Welcome to seventh grade English. I look forward to getting to know each of you and to working with you this year
Check here regularly to see assignments and their due date. I post assignments on a daily basis, usually at about 3:30 in the afternoon.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Jane Hiatt
. (408) 335-2305
• You may find course information in my syllabus. Here is the syllabus as a pdf: Syllabus.2011.pd
• Here is the Fisher English Department's Language Arts Style Guide. Use this valuable resource to guide you with grammar and conventions in your writing. It also includes an important section about how to write internal citations using MLA format and creating a bilbliograph/works cited page.
• If you are need to see a copy of the Fisher Homework Policy, here it is: Homework_Policy_0910
• And to access the Fisher Discipline Code, here is the link: Fisher Discipline Code
"Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing." ---S. I. Hayakawa
"What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only thing of real consequence is what we do."
---John Ruskin
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QUARTER FOUR, WEEK FIVE
Friday, 5/11/12:
**Speech note cards are due Wednesday, 5/16.. This is a homework assignment, and points will be given for having your cards ready on time. It is also important to have your cards ready because you will be given time to practice in class on Wednesday. If you don't have your cards ready, you will be expected to work independently on your speech while others practice.
**If you want to review the note card tips we discussed in class today, here is the note card handout: SpchNteCrdTips.2011.pdf. Here is a copy of the sample note card styles: PersSpchNtCrdStylSamp.2012.pdf
**Speeches begin Friday, 5/18. As soon as your cards are ready, start practicing!!
Thursday, 5/10/12:
**Comma quiz (practice) tomorrow. Look over the comma rules.
**If you got back feedback on your framework today, then you may begin working on the content of the speech.
**Speech notecards due Wednesday, 5/16.
**Speches begin Friday, 5/18.
Wednesday, 5/9/12:
**Comma Practice 2 due tomorrow.
Monday, 5/7/12:
**Speech framework/outline due Monday. Here is a copy: Spch2Graph.Org.2012.pdf
**If you forgot to turn in your date contract today, please bring it Wednesday.
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QUARTER FOUR, WEEK FOUR
Friday, 5/4/12:
**Signed speech date contract due Monday, 5/7.
**Speech framework due Wednesday, 5/9.
Thursday, 5/3/12:
**Speech topic selection sheet due tommorrow.
**Signed speech date contract due Monday, 5/7.
**Speech framework due Wednesday, 5/9.
Wednesday, 5/2/12:
**Speech topic selection sheet due Friday, 5/4. Spch2.DefTpc.2012.pdf
**Signed speech date contract due Monday, 5/7. SpchDtCont.2012.pdf
**Speech framework due Wednesday, 5/9. Spch2Graph.Org.2012.pdf
Monday, 4/30/12:
**Topic selection for speech due Friday, 5/4. Spch2.DefTpc.2012.pdf
**Be sure to bring two #2 pencils and a book to read to school tomorrowfor STAR testing.
**Get to bed early tonight and have a protein-filled breakfast tomorrow morning. And good luck!!!
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QUARTER FOUR, WEEK THREE
Friday, 4/27/12:
**Giver/Independent Reading Project due Monday.
**Finish figurative language identification sheet.
**Thank about speech topics. Think about what you might want to do for your speech.
Wednesday, 4/25/12:
**Point of View homework due on Friday.
**Giver/Independent Reading Project is due Monday, 4/30.
**Begin thinking about your speech topic and whwat you'd like to do with your speech. Here is a copy of the assignment: Speech2Assign.2012.pdf
Monday, 4/23/12:
**Remember to turn in any paragraph organizers for your project that you want feedback on by Wednesday, 4/25.
**Giver/Independent Reading Project is due Monday, 4/30.
**Comma Practice #1 due Wednesday, 4/25. Here is the practice sheet: CommaPractice 1.2012.pdf
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QUARTER FOUR, WEEK TWO
Friday, 4/13/12:
**If you want feedback on the paragraph organizers for your Giver project, please turn them in either Monday, 4/23, or Wednesday, 4/25. I will return feedback by Friday, 4/27.
**Have a great break!!!
Wednesday, 4/11/12:
**The Giver finall assessment is on Friday. To prepare, review the study guide you received in class on Monday.
**Use the organizer packet to work on your paragraphs for the Giver/Independent Reading Project over break. I will read and give you feedback on any organizer that I receive by Monday, 4/23, or Wednesday, 4/25. I will return these to you on Friday, 4/27. Here is a copy of the two parts of the packet for those of you who were absent today: GiverProj.OrgzrPckt.2012.pdf and GiverProj.VisualPlanSht.2012.pdf
**Don't forget that the entire project will be due the Monday, April 30.
Monday, 4/9/12:
**Review the on-demand writing resources I returned to you in class today. Make sure that you remember the characteristics of each genre in preparation for Wednesday's on-demand writing assessment.
**Project framework (highlighted portions) due Wednesday.
**The Giver final test on Friday. Use study guide to prepare.
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QUARTER FOUR, WEEK ONE
Friday, 4/6/12:
**Period 4---Read pages 1158-174 in The Giver.
**Period 6---Finish reading The Giver.
**Complete the project framework for the Giver/Independent Reading Project by Wednesday. Here is a copy:GiverProjFramwrk.2012.pdf
**In case you were absent today, here is a copy of the project outline that we went over during class. GiverProject.Outline.2012.pdf
Wednesday, 4/4/12:
**Read Chapter 18, pages 139-145, in The Giver.
**Complete the Cost-Benefit chart. Due Friday. Here is a copy of the chart: Cost.BenefitChart.2012.pdf
Monday, 4/2/12:
**Read chapters 13-14, pages 97-117, of The Giver.
**In your vocabulary packet, complete Definitions section and Sentences from the Reading section for the following words: chastised (34), relinquish (42), meticulously (48), and integrity (62). Due Wednesday.
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QUARTER THREE, WEEK NINE
Friday, 3/30/12:
**Read chapters 12 and 13 in The Giver, pages 88-107.
Vocabulary:
**Here are the vocabulary words: palpable (pg.3), distraught (pg.4), apprehensive (pg. 4), and adherence (pg. 12).
** Add the words(with page numbers) to the "Word Knowledge Chart" in the "Word" column and check the box that best represents your current knowledge. Here is a copy of the vocabulary packet if you were absent today: VocabChrt.pdf.
**Find an example In The Giver of how each of the vocabulary wordw is used. Use the page numbers as a guide). Write the sample sentences on the "Words in Sentences" page in the "Sentence from Reading" column.. Write as much as necessary to communicate the word's meaning. Be sure to use MLA citation for the sentences.
**Also find the definitions for each word and write in the "Definition" box on the "Defining the Words" page.
**Do NOT complete the rest of the packet---no examples and non-examples, no original sentences.
**Independent Reading Project will be due Monday, April 30. Here is a copy of the asignment:
GiverProj.Assign.2012.pdf. We will discuss this in more depth in class this week.
Wednesday, 3/28/12:
**Finish reading chapter 11 in The Giver, pages 80-87.
**Reading quiz on Friday.
**Read in your outside reading book.
Monday, 3/26/12:
**Finish reading chapters 9 and 10 in The Giver, 65-79.
**Answer reading questions about chapters 9 and 10. Write thoughtful answers, and answer in complete sentences. Due Wednesday.
**Read in your outside reading book.
QUARTER THREE, WEEK EIGHT
Friday, 3/23/12:
**Read in your outside reading book. No other homework.
Wednesday, 3/21/12:
**Symbolism in The Giver" worksheet due Friday.
**Read in your outside reading book.
Monday, 3/19/12:
**Point-of-view worksheet about chapters 1-4 of The Giver. Do not complete question 2 until you are in class and can use the book. Due Wednesday.
QUARTER THREE, WEEK SEVEN
Friday, 3/16/12:
**Study for the Sentence Structure assessment on Monday. Review all of your materials, and be sure that you understand the mistakes you've been making so you can avoid them.
**Period 4: Finish the predictions about The Giver on the foreshadowing sheet. Due Monday.
Wednesday, 3/14/12:
**Practice with Sentence Structure due Friday.
**Foreshadowing predictions due Friday.
**Sentence structure final assessment on Monday, 3/19.
**Period 4: Answer questions about the dystopia article.
**Period 6: Subordinating Conjunctions due Friday.
Monday, 3/12/12:
Period 4: Subordinating Conjunction Practice worksheet due Wednesday.
Period 6: Answer questions about the fantasy/science fiction genre study article. Due Wednesday.
QUARTER THREE, WEEK SIX
Friday, 3/9/12
**Either complete the pink Sentence Structure Practice worksheet or the alternate sentence chunking worksheet. Due Monday.
Wednesday, 3/7/12:
**Use your vocab cards to study the definitions for clause, independent clause, dependent clause, simple sentence, compound sentence, and complex sentence. Quiz on Friday. You will not be required to take the quiz if you scored
17 or above on the recent sentence structure quiz.
Tuesday, 3/6/12:
**Summary organizer for "Empress Theodora" due tomorrow.
**If you are doing a rewrite for your RTL essay, it is due tomorrow. If you are not doing a rewrite, but have your essay folder at home, please bring the folder and essay to school for your portfolio.
Monday, 3/5/12:
**Review Writing Genre Chart before tomorrow's assessment.
**Prepare summary advance organizer for the "Empress Theodora" article. Organizer is due Wednesday. Do not spend more than 20 minutes o the organizer.
**If you are doing a rewrite for your RTL essay, it is due Wednesday. If you are not doing a rewrite, but have your essay folder at home, please bring the folder and essay to school for your portfolio.
QUARTER THREE, WEEK FIVE
Friday, 3/2/12:
**No weekend homework. :-)
Wednesday, 2/29/12:
**Prepare an advance organizer (essay framework) for a response to literature essay on the story we read in class today---"Amigo Brothers," page 290 of your literature book. Allow yourself no more than 20 minutes to prepare the organizer. Due Friday.
**Answer the "Amigo Brothers" question packet. Due Friday.
**If you are rewriting your response to literature essay, the rewrite is due Monday.
Monday, 2/27/12:
**Choose one of the three on-demand sample narrative promprts you were given in class today. Prepare an organizer for the prompt you choose. Organizer is on the back of the green handout -- Writing a Fictional Narrative. Allow yourself no more than 20 minutes for this assignment. You're trying to practice thinking and organizing under time pressure. Organizer is due Wednesday.
**If you are rewriting your take-home response to literature essay, the rewrite is due next Monday, 3/5. Be sure to turn in your entire response to literature folder, including the original graded essay. If you decide not to do the rewrite, please return your folder with the graded essay in it for your portfolio.
QUARTER THREE, WEEK FOUR
Friday, 2/17/12:
**No homework! Have a great break and think of me getting to grade all of your wonderful response to literature essays! :-)
Wednesday, 2/15/12:
**Typed final draft of your response to literature essay is due Friday. Remember to turn in your edited rough draft along with the final draft.
**You will be writing an on-demand response to literature essay in class on Friday. If you want to be fully prepared, then review the materials we've worked with in class that are in your response to literature folder.
Monday, 2/13/12
**Complex sentence packet due Wednesday, 2/15.
**Sentence structure quiz on Wednesday, 2/15.
**The rough draft of your RTL will be returned with feedback on Wednesday. Final draft is due on Friday, 2/17.
QUARTER THREE, WEEK THREE
Friday, 2/10/12:
**Rought draft for response to literature class is due Monday.
**Rough draft will be returned to you, with feedback, on Wednesday, 2/15. Final draft is due Friday, 2/17.
Wednesday, 2/8/12:
**Bring a flash drive/memory stick to class on Friday so that you can save the work you do during class to take it home with you.
**RTL rough draft due Monday, 2/13.
**RTL final draft due Friday, 2/17.
Monday, 2/6/12:
**Complex sentence worksheet due Wednesday. Here is the worksheet: ComplxSent.SubConj.2012.pdf
**Bring flash drive/memory stick to class on Wednesday. We'll be using the laptops to work on RTL essays during class. If you have a flash drive, you can take your work home with you so you can work on it there.
**RTL rough draft due Monday, 2/13.
**RTL final draft due Friday, 2/17.
QUARTER THREE, WEEK TWO
Friday, 2/3/12
**Create an essay framework for the response to literature essay that you will be writing. The framework is due on Monday. Please treat this assignment seriously and do a careful, thoughtful job. The more effort you put into your framework, then the more feedback that I can give you in preparation for writing your essay. Here is a blank copy of the framework in case you need an extra. RTLFramework.2012.pdf
**The rough draft of a response to literature essay on a story of your choice is due on Monday, 2/13. I will return your rough draft with feedback on Wednesday, 2/15. The final draft is due Friday, 2/17. Here is a copy of the assignment: RTL.EssayAssign.2012. doc. Here it is as a pdf: RTL.EssayAssign.2012. pdf
**We will use the laptops to work on the essay during class on Wednesday and Friday. You will need a memory stick so that you can save your classwork to work on the essay at home. If you don't have a memory stick, try to pick one up this weekend.
Wednesday, 2/1/12
**Complete a framework sheet for a possible response to literature essay about "Two Kinds." You may use one of the themes mentioned in class, or you may come up with your own theme for the thesis statement. At least one of the concrete details in each body paragraph must be a quotation. The framework is due Friday. Here is a blank copy of the framework. RTLFramework.2012.pdf
**Some of you asked for me to post a copy of the conclusion we wrote for the "Lemon Brown" essay in class today. Here it is: LBConclusion.Sample.2012.docx
Monday, 1/30/12:
**Answer questions 4-6 about "Two Kinds," page 28. Answer all parts of the questions and answer with complete sentences. Due Wednesday.
QUARTER THREE, WEEK ONE
Friday, 1/27/12:
**Answer questions 2 and 3 about the story "Two Kinds" which we began reading in class today. The questions are on page 28. Answer all parts of both questions, and answer in complete sentences. Due Monday.
Wednesday, 1/25/12:
**Here is the body paragraph we worked on during class today in case you were not able to finish it during class today. It should be transferred to the white organizer for body paragraph one. LemBrownBdyPgSample.pdf Here is a blank organizer in case you need one: RTLBdyPg1BoxOrg.Blnk.2012.pdf
**After you have made sure your organizer for body paragraph one is complete, write your own body paragraph two. Use the same thesis you were given for body paragraph one to guide you. You may use the topic sentence I gave you (it's on the attached organizer), or you may write your own topic sentence---just make sure that it follows the thesis. Here is a blank organizer with only the topic sentence filled in: RTLBoxOrgBdyPg2.LemBrown.2012.pdf Paragraph 2 is due Friday.
Monday, 1/23/12:
**Answer questions 2-5 at the end of "The Treasure of Lemon Brown," page 484 of the literature textbook. Answer all questions and answer questions with a complete sentence. Due Wednesday.