*For questions about missing homework assignments on Jupitergrades.com, students should see Ms. Bellavia at the beginning of periods 1 or 5 in room 213 or during Extended Day (Tuesdays and Thursdays) from 2:40-3:30pm in room 213.*
Homework:
*You should be reading for THIRTY MINUTES and completing one RRL every night*
Important Reminders:- Please remember that after 3 days, late homework will not be accepted and will be graded as a zero.
Ms. Bellavia's Book Recommendations: (a * = a personal favorite of Ms. Bellavia)
"Number the Stars" and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry *
"Fever, 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson *
"Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier *
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series by Jeff Kinney
"Chronicles of Narnia" series by C.S. Lewis
"Summer of my German Soldier" by Bette Greene
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith *
"Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
"The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
"Wait til Helen Comes" Mary Downing Hahn (warning: SCARY but good! If you like scary, you'll love this author.) *
"Catherine, Called Birdy" and "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
"Holes" by Louis Sachar
"The Pinballs" by Betsy Byars
"The Indian in the Cupboard" by Lynne Reid Banks
"Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
"Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" by Judy Blume *
"And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie *
"The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
How to Make Foldables:
Here is a link with directions for making foldables (this website refers to them as "shreddy books"): http://it.pinellas.k12.fl.us/Teachers7/SchaafM/files/E56C8FA9F6A94AD7B649E074626B3FFC.pdf
Reader's Response Template: (You may copy & paste this into a Word document and print it to use as a template.)
Date:_______
Title of Book:__________
Author:_____________
from page ____ to page _____ (you should be reading at least 15 pages a night)
Response:
Text-to-text connection: how does what happened in what I read relate to something else I've read?
Text-to-self connection: how does what happened in what I read relate to something I've experienced or felt?
Text-to-world connection: how does what happened in what I read relate to the world I live in? (events that have happened, things people have done, etc.)
You can also: make a prediction, describe the setting, describe the character's mood and how it changes, etc.
Supply List:
1 3 inch binder (for classwork/homework)
4 Pocket Folders
1 Package of dividers
Blue/Black pens1 pack of colored pens for editing
2 Packages of looseleaf paper
1 composition notebook
Homework:
*You should be reading for THIRTY MINUTES and completing one RRL every night*
Important Reminders:- Please remember that after 3 days, late homework will not be accepted and will be graded as a zero.
Ms. Bellavia's Book Recommendations: (a * = a personal favorite of Ms. Bellavia)
"Number the Stars" and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry *
"Fever, 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson *
"Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier *
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series by Jeff Kinney
"Chronicles of Narnia" series by C.S. Lewis
"Summer of my German Soldier" by Bette Greene
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith *
"Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
"The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
"Wait til Helen Comes" Mary Downing Hahn (warning: SCARY but good! If you like scary, you'll love this author.) *
"Catherine, Called Birdy" and "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
"Holes" by Louis Sachar
"The Pinballs" by Betsy Byars
"The Indian in the Cupboard" by Lynne Reid Banks
"Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
"Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" by Judy Blume *
"And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie *
"The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
How to Make Foldables:
Here is a link with directions for making foldables (this website refers to them as "shreddy books"): http://it.pinellas.k12.fl.us/Teachers7/SchaafM/files/E56C8FA9F6A94AD7B649E074626B3FFC.pdf
Reader's Response Template: (You may copy & paste this into a Word document and print it to use as a template.)
Date:_______
Title of Book:__________
Author:_____________
from page ____ to page _____ (you should be reading at least 15 pages a night)
Response:
Text-to-text connection: how does what happened in what I read relate to something else I've read?
Text-to-self connection: how does what happened in what I read relate to something I've experienced or felt?
Text-to-world connection: how does what happened in what I read relate to the world I live in? (events that have happened, things people have done, etc.)
You can also: make a prediction, describe the setting, describe the character's mood and how it changes, etc.
Supply List:
1 3 inch binder (for classwork/homework)
4 Pocket Folders
1 Package of dividers
Blue/Black pens1 pack of colored pens for editing
2 Packages of looseleaf paper
1 composition notebook