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Welcome to English class 7 th grade red team

Welcome to English class 7 th grade red team. Mrs. Jacqueline M. Fox. All About Me.

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Welcome to English class 7 th grade red team

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  1. Welcome to English class7th grade red team Mrs. Jacqueline M. Fox

  2. All About Me • I grew up in Riverview Park and graduated from Muhlenberg High School in 1992. I continued my education at Shippensburg University where I earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English with a secondary education certification. • I earned my MastersDegree in Education in 2006. • This is my fourteenth year in education and I have been teaching eleven years in Wilson School District.

  3. My Family I reside in Sinking Spring with my husband, Tom and our two children Madeline (age 8) and Jacob (age 5).

  4. My Mission: • My mission is to provide a secure, challenging learning environment which will empower all students to achieve their greatest potential. I BELIEVE: • All students can learn. • All students learn in different ways. • Students will be provided with a variety of instructional strategies based on students' unique intellectual, physical, social, and emotional needs. • The school team, parents and community share in the responsibility for providing a supportive and conducive environment for learning.

  5. English Curriculum • SHORT STORIES • NOVEL STUDY Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick • VOCABULARY Shostak vocabulary workbook (Check out the online resources available!) • WRITING • GRAMMAR Daily MUG SHOTZ (Mechanics, Usage, Grammar) • PSSA PREPARATION • MYTHOLOGY • DRAMA A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

  6. Homework and Grading Policy HOMEWORK All assignments and long term project due dates will be posted on the board daily. Students will have weekly vocabulary homework and quizzes. Please check for an orange vocabulary workbook…it should be coming home daily!! In the event that a student is absent, please check the homework hotline. All assignments are posted daily. You can access the homework hotline through our school website. GRADING Summative assessments (tests, essays, speeches, projects, etc.) Homework (vocabulary lessons, grammar practice, etc.) Other (quizzes, class work, MUG shotz, journals, etc.) **As per district policy, a student’s quarterly grade will be calculated based on the following weighted system: summative assessments (60%), other (30%), and homework (10%).

  7. ****Please be sure to check out the biopoems that your students have written during the first week of English class. They have posted them on their lockers for you to see!! Thank you for coming this evening and sharing in your student’s education!! Contact Information: Phone: 610-670-0810 ext. 4227 Email: foxjac@wilsonsd.org Please feel free to contact me at any time! I am positive that we will have a very successful school year here at Wilson West Middle School!!

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