After each week’s story, please respond, in your reading response document in Google Classroom or on theme paper, to the question. Responses will be checked weekly and will be graded and returned at the end of the trimester. The second trimester reading responses will be due on February 21, 2020.
For the 1/21/2020 Reading Response, students may either choose to respond to the story or may choose a topic related to MLK Day. Options are below.
1/21/2020- The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
How did the stage directions help you understand the teleplay? Record your answers in the chart below which can be pasted into your Reading Response document. You should provide at least two stage directions, their location, and two effects:
| Stage Direction |
Its Effect |
| Example: Fade in on a shot of the night sky (location: Act 1) |
Example: It makes you focus on outer pace |
| 1. |
1. |
| 2. |
2. |
1/21/2020 MLK Day Reflection
1. Write about thoughts and reactions you have to the video we watched. Your response should be at least 4-5 sentences.
Why is MLK Day important? Given how important MLK was to American History, do you think that schools should be open for MLK Day so that students and teachers can celebrate it? Your response should be at least 4-5 sentences.
Find a quote from MLK that is meaningful to you and write a reflection based on this quote and how it applies to your life and perspectives. Your response should be at least 4-5 sentences.
1/13/2020- An American Childhood
Answer one of the following questions. Please respond in your Reading Response document. Your answers should be in complete sentences:
Question 1
What do you think the man who chased Dillard might be like? Use at least two details from the story to help you make at least two inferences about the man. You must provide a direct quote from the provide the page number and line
Question 2 (Challenge question- worth up to 5 extra credit points)
In the first paragraph, Dillard says that when she was growing up, nothing girls did could compare to football. Do research to find out how women’s sports have changed and grown over time in the last 50 years. What team sport might Dillard play if she were growing up today? Provide three options for sports that are now available to women but did not used to be. Please cite your sources in order to receive credit for your response.
1/6 A Christmas Carol
Pick one of the two topics and write about it in at least 4-5 sentences:
Write about the best parts of Christmas break using sensory details (what you saw, heard, smelled, felt, touched)
OR
Write about your New Years’ Resolutions and goals for this year.
11/4/2019- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Answer one of the following questions. Please respond in your Reading Response document. Your answers should be in complete sentences:
Question 1
Both Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and The Last Dog have exciting plots, intriguing settings, and brave main characters. How else are these two stories similar? How are they different? Please provide at least two similarities and two differences. Please respond in your Reading Response document. Your answers should be in complete sentences.
Question 2 (Challenge Question- worth up to 5 extra credit points)
This story takes place in colonial India. Research more about India under British rule, from 1858 to 1947. What are three long-lasting effects that resulted from Britain’s control of India? Please cite your sources in order to receive credit for your response.
10/14/2019- The Last Dog
How does environmental pollution affect the characters’ experience in the world? What is the setting of this story? How does the setting of this story affect its plot? Please respond in your Reading Response document. Your answers should be in complete sentences.
Week of 9/30/2019- Seventh Grade
Answer the following questions using the A.C.E method. Please respond in your Reading Response document. Your answers should be in complete sentences.
1.How does the relationship change between Victor and Teresa in the story?
Answer:
Cite:
Explain:
2. Victor tried many tactics to get Tersa to notice him. Which tactic do you think worked best? Explain.
Answer:
Cite:
Explain:
Week of 9/16/2019- The Dinner Party
Create a plot diagram for The Dinner Party. Use page 30 in your reader or page 4 in your workbook if you need help remembering how to do so. Please respond in your reading response document. Your answers do not need to be in complete sentences and should reflect the diagram we drew together in class.
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Following directions (10 points) | All responses follow the directions as given, including completion on time each week and writing in the Reading Response document. | All responses follow the directions as given but 1 response is late. Writing is completed in the Reading Response document. | One response does not follow the directions as given or 2 responses are late. | More than 1 response does not follow the directions as given or more than 2 responses are late. | Responses are not completed in the Reading Response document. |
| Complete sentences (10 points) | All responses are written in complete sentences unless otherwise stated. | One response contains some incomplete sentences or fragments. | One response contains multiple incomplete sentences or fragments. | Two responses contain incomplete sentences or fragments. | More than three responses contain incomplete sentences or fragments. |
| Content (20 points) | All reading responses answer the questions thoroughly and completely. | One reading response does not answer the questions thoroughly or completely. | Two reading responses do not answer the questions thoroughly or completely. | More than two reading responses do no answer the questions thoroughly or completely. | A response is missing. |
| Mechanics (Capitalization, punctuation, Spelling) (10 points) |
No mistakes in Spelling or capitalization. Periods are used at the end of every sentence. | 1-2 mistakes in Spelling or capitalization. Periods are used at the end of every sentence. | 2-3 mistakes in Spelling or capitalization. Periods are used at the end of every sentence. |
More than four errors in Spelling or capitalization. Little evidence of effort to revise work. Periods missing from the ends of 1-2 sentences. | More than 5 errors in Spelling or Capitalization. Periods are missing from the ends of 3 or more sentences. |
| Clarity (5 points) |
No run-on sentences. Grammar is consistent with current class learning. | No run-on sentences. Grammar is mostly consistent with current class learning; 1-2 errors or less. | No more than 1-2 awkwardly worded or run- on sentences. Grammar is somewhat consistent with current class learning; 1-2 errors or less. | More than 2 awkwardly worded or run- on sentences. Grammar is not consistent with current class learning; 3-4 errors or more. | More than 2 awkwardly worded or run- on sentences. Grammar is not consistent with current class learning; 5 errors or more. |
| Total = /55 points |