Wood-Ridge Junior-Senior High School Initial First Marking Period Assignment 2016 For student entering Grade 7 in September 2016 Mr. Bogert
Grade 7 English Honors GRADE 7 ENGLISH HONORS STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TWO ASSIGNMENTS: DIRECTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT 1 Read the following non-fiction text below and complete the assignment that follows. This is a 100-point performance based assessment for the first marking period. This assignment is due September 15, 2016 ▪ The Dark Game: True Spy Stories ASSIGNMENT 1 Write a 4 to 5 paragraph letter to the author of your non-fiction text critiquing the book. Use the following questions as a guide: ● How well were the accounts constructed? Was it chronological? (Explain or support) ● Did the book have a clear focus? Was it entertaining? (Explain, use examples from the text) ● Was this an honest portrayal of the subject? (Explain, why or why not) ● What main points about the subject did you agree with? Did you disagree with? (Support) Make sure to use proper letter formatting. This letter must be computer generated. The rubric for the letter component is attached. Make sure to include the title of your non-fiction book in the opening paragraph. DIRECTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT 2 Read the following fictional text below for your class and complete the assignment that follows. This is a 100-point formal assessment for the first marking period. This assignment is also due September 15, 2016 ▪ Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
ASSIGNMENT 2 Complete the “Major Works Data Sheet” ditto attached for your fictional text. The packet should be hand written. The packet includes point values for all questions. Use specific details from the text wherever possible. The ditto packet will be posted on my website if you need another copy. You may use additional space/paper where needed.
Mr. Bogert
Grade 7
Summer Reading
COMMON CORE LITERACY STANDARDS RL.7.1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. RI.7.2. Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. RI.7.3. Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events). W.7.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. RL.7.6. Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. W.7.9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Mr. Bogert
Grade 7
Summer Reading
Wood-Ridge Junior-Senior High School Initial First Marking Period Assignment 2016 For students entering Grade 7 in September 2016 Mr. Bogert
Grade 7 English DIRECTIONS Read the following non-fiction text below and complete the assignment that follows. This is a 100-point performance based assessment for the first marking period. This assignment is due September 15, 2016 ▪ Chew on This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food by Charles Wilson
ASSIGNMENT 1 Write a 4 to 5 paragraph letter to the author of your non-fiction text critiquing the book. Use the following questions as a guide: ● How well were the accounts constructed? Was it chronological? (Explain or support) ● Did the book have a clear focus? Was it entertaining? (Explain, use examples from the text) ● Was this an honest portrayal of the subject? (Explain, why or why not) What main points about the subject did you agree with? Did you disagree with? (Support ) Make sure to use proper letter formatting. This letter must be computer generated. The rubric for the letter component is attached. Make sure to include the title of your non-fiction book in the opening paragraph.
COMMON CORE LITERACY STANDARDS RL.7.1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. RL.7.6. Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. RI.7.1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. RI.7.2. Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Mr. Bogert
Grade 7
Summer Reading
RI.7.3. Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events). W.7.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. W.7.9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Mr. Bogert
Grade 7
Summer Reading
Mr. Bogert
Grade 7
Summer Reading
Mr. Bogert
Grade 7
Summer Reading
Mr. Bogert
Grade 7
Summer Reading
Mr. Bogert
Grade 7
Summer Reading
Mr. Bogert
Grade 7
Summer Reading
