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Welcome to Mrs. Oros’Welcome to Mrs. Oros’ 7 7thth grade Language Arts grade Language Arts
Contact Information:Contact Information:[email protected]@katyisd.org
281.234.0903281.234.0903
Imagine, Bel ieve, and Achieve
on the Path to Excel lence
Mrs. Oros’ Mrs. Oros’ Teacher Edmodo CodeTeacher Edmodo Code
Parent Access CodeParent Access Code
1I721L1I721L Imagine, Bel ieve, and
Achieve on the Path to Excel lence
Conference TimeConference Time
Monday – FridayMonday – Friday9:15-9:509:15-9:50
Imagine, Bel ieve, and Achieve
on the Path to Excel lence
Students are Expected toStudents are Expected to be a be a Critical ThinkerCritical Thinker & & Problem Problem
SolverSolver be a be a CollaboratorCollaborator & & LeaderLeader be be AgileAgile & & AdaptiveAdaptive be an be an Effective CommunicatorEffective Communicator (both (both
written and oral)written and oral) take take Initiative Initiative AccessAccess & & Analyze InformationAnalyze Information use their use their CuriosityCuriosity & & ImaginationImagination
What’s New?What’s New?Literature Textbook:Literature Textbook: Holt-McDougalHolt-McDougalVocabulary- Word JunctionVocabulary- Word JunctionTechnology ObjectivesTechnology Objectives
Technology In ActionTechnology In ActionSome of the sites we will useSome of the sites we will use Wiki Wiki www.my.pbworks.comwww.my.pbworks.com Edublogs Edublogs www.edublogs.comwww.edublogs.com Twitter Twitter www.twitter.comwww.twitter.com Glogster Glogster http://edu.glogster.comhttp://edu.glogster.com Wordle Wordle http://www.wordle.nethttp://www.wordle.net Voicethread Voicethread https://katyisd.ed.voicethread.com/https://katyisd.ed.voicethread.com/ Diigo Diigo http://www.diigo.comhttp://www.diigo.com Audacity (for podcasting)Audacity (for podcasting) Animoto Animoto http://www.animoto.com/educationhttp://www.animoto.com/education Xtranormal Xtranormal http://xtranormal.comhttp://xtranormal.com Museum Box Museum Box http://museumbox.e2bn.org/http://museumbox.e2bn.org/ Vuvox Vuvox http://www.vuvox.comhttp://www.vuvox.com
Genre RequirementsGenre RequirementsBook Minimum: 40Book Minimum: 40
FIRST SEMESTERFIRST SEMESTERSummer NovelsSummer NovelsBaseball in April & Other StoriesBaseball in April & Other Stories
by Gary Sotoby Gary SotoThe Outsiders The Outsiders by SE Hintonby SE HintonA Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickensby Charles Dickens
77thth grade Pre-AP/GT novels grade Pre-AP/GT novels
SECOND SEMESTERSECOND SEMESTER Someone Was Watching Someone Was Watching
by David Patneaude by David Patneaude Call of the WildCall of the Wild OR OR White Fang White Fang
by Jack Londonby Jack London And Then There Were NoneAnd Then There Were None
by Agatha Christieby Agatha Christie
77thth grade Pre-AP/GT novels grade Pre-AP/GT novels
77thth grade Pre-AP/GT grade Pre-AP/GT Language ArtsLanguage Arts
grade distributiongrade distribution
50% Major Grades50% Major Grades35% Minor Grades35% Minor Grades
15% Other15% Other
Imagine, Bel ieve, and Achieve
on the Path to Excel lence
Literature TextbooksLiterature Textbooks
Please keep both the Literature Please keep both the Literature textbook and Language books textbook and Language books COVEREDCOVERED and and SAFESAFE at home at home
until the end of the year!until the end of the year!
Imagine, Bel ieve, and Achieve
on the Path to Excel lence
Scholastic Book ClubOnline Ordering Information
Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: GN4Z4