ATHLOS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY BROWNSVILLE
2015-2016 COURSE SYLLABUS
7th Grade Reading
Teacher: Miss Lopez
Conference Period :
Yolanda Cantu
Principal
Carlos Moreno
Assistant Principal
Room: 317
E-mail: Susie.Lopez@jubileeacademic.org
Classroom website: slopez19.weebly.com
Course Description:
Students will use methods in reading that will facilitate in the development of fluency skills that will motivate them to
become efficient long term readers. Students will connect to prior practices in English Language Arts that will help
develop a clear understanding in oral language, writing, and reading. Students will also engage in an assortment of
activities that will build an understanding on how to make complex inferences and use different texts to support their
understanding. They will be required to use methods that will develop meaning and logigical order within a text or texts
by the use of summarizing, synthesizing, and paraphrasing. During the year students will use their reading skills to make
connections in order to provide textual evidence in a variety of texts and different types of media.
Course Overview
7th Grade Reading
1st 6 weeks Understanding Literary Nonfiction and Poetry
 Reflections of Poetry
 Vocabulary, Text Structures, Oral Reading, AR reading, and Independent Reading
2nd 6 weeks Understanding Fiction and Drama
 Myths
 Investigating Fiction
 Investigating Drama
 Vocabulary, Text Structures, Oral Reading, AR reading, and Independent Reading
3rd 6 weeks: Understanding Informational Text
 Stepping into Procedural text
 Stepping into Expository Text
 Vocabulary, Text Structures, Oral Reading, AR reading, and Independent Reading
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4 6 weeks Understanding Persuasive Text and Media /Formulating Connections Across Literary
Texts
 Understanding persuasive Text and Media
 Formulating Connections Across All Genres
 Vocabulary, Text Structures, Oral Reading, AR reading, and Independent Reading
5th 6 weeks STAAR
 Review
 Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Expository
 Vocabulary, Text Structures, Oral Reading, AR reading, and Independent Reading
6th 6 weeks Generating Research
 Research Paper
 Short Novel
“Together we can make a difference in advancing the status of our community”
4955 Pablo Kisel Road * Brownsville, TX 78520 *Phone 956-509-2690 * Fax 956-509-2326
Jubilee Academic Center does not discriminate against any member of its community on the basis of gender, race, national origin, ancestry, creed,
pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disabilities or handicap in educational
programs or activities.
ATHLOS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY BROWNSVILLE
2015-2016 COURSE SYLLABUS
7th Grade Reading
Yolanda Cantu
Principal
Carlos Moreno
Assistant Principal
Grade Level Rules and Procedures:
Each Student Is Expected to:
Each Student Is Expected to:
 Follow dress code appropriately
 Respect peers ,teachers , staff and school property
 Arrive to class on time
 Bring all materials needed for course
 Be honest...Do your own work
 Use appropriate language at all times
 Obey all rules both in school and classroom
 Turn phone off
 Place all property in cubey before class lecture
 Reference to the requirements of the Student Code of Conduct
Class Supply List:
Website plus …
 (1) box of #2 pencils
 (1) English Dictionary
 (1) Clear Tape
 (1) 2-inch binder
 (1) pack of dividers
 (1)pack of glue sticks
 (1) pack of highlighters one color or multi color
“Together we can make a difference in advancing the status of our community”
4955 Pablo Kisel Road * Brownsville, TX 78520 *Phone 956-509-2690 * Fax 956-509-2326
Jubilee Academic Center does not discriminate against any member of its community on the basis of gender, race, national origin, ancestry, creed,
pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disabilities or handicap in educational
programs or activities.
ATHLOS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY BROWNSVILLE
2015-2016 COURSE SYLLABUS
7th Grade Reading
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Yolanda Cantu
Principal
Carlos Moreno
Assistant Principal
(1) pair of blunt scissors
(1) map colors or 8 crayons
(1) pack or blue or black pens
(1) red pen
(2) composition notebooks
(2) packs of college ruled paper
Supplies might have to be replenished during the school year.
Homework and Testing:
Homework days:
Testing days:
Retesting will take place upon student failure on a major assessment administered during a six weeks grading period.
Six Weeks Tests and Semester Exams do not qualify for retesting. Retesting must occur within (10) days and may raise
the score only to a maximum of (70).
Grading Policy:
Every 6 weeks requirements:
6 Daily works grades = 50%
6 Test grades = 50%
1st Semester Grade:
1st 6 wks = 25%
2nd 6 wks = 25%
3rd 6 wks = 25%
Semester Exam = 25%
2nd Semester Grade:
4th 6 wks = 25%
5th 6 wks = 25%
6th 6 wks = 25%
Semester Exam = 25%
Final Grade:
First Semester average 50%
Second Semester average 50%
Make-Up Work:
“Together we can make a difference in advancing the status of our community”
4955 Pablo Kisel Road * Brownsville, TX 78520 *Phone 956-509-2690 * Fax 956-509-2326
Jubilee Academic Center does not discriminate against any member of its community on the basis of gender, race, national origin, ancestry, creed,
pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disabilities or handicap in educational
programs or activities.
ATHLOS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY BROWNSVILLE
2015-2016 COURSE SYLLABUS
7th Grade Reading
Yolanda Cantu
Principal
Carlos Moreno
Assistant Principal
When a student is absent, he/she must make arrangements for make-up work on the day they return to school. The
teacher and student can decide when the work is due.
Late Work:
If the student does not turn in an assignment on the date it is due, he/she will have 1 opportunity to turn it in on the
next day.
Cheating:
Cheating is interpreted as a procedure which involves the unauthorized giving or receiving help, offering or seeking aid,
or the use of material prepared in advance for use on an assessment. Cheating also involves books, notes or technology
in any form being used during an examination without the permission of the teacher. The penalty is a zero (0) on that
work, and a failure for the semester (which will be recorded as a zero (0) in the teacher’s grade book) if cheating occurs
a second time during the same semester.
PARENTS COURSE SYLLABUS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I have read all policies and procedures on the 7th Grade Reading Course Syllabus.
Parent Signature:_____________________________Date:_________________
Student Signature:_____________________________Date:________________
Mother’s Cell #____________________
“Together we can make a difference in advancing the status of our community”
4955 Pablo Kisel Road * Brownsville, TX 78520 *Phone 956-509-2690 * Fax 956-509-2326
Jubilee Academic Center does not discriminate against any member of its community on the basis of gender, race, national origin, ancestry, creed,
pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disabilities or handicap in educational
programs or activities.
ATHLOS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY BROWNSVILLE
2015-2016 COURSE SYLLABUS
7th Grade Reading
Yolanda Cantu
Principal
Carlos Moreno
Assistant Principal
Father’s Cell #_____________________
Mother’s Email____________________
Father’s Email_____________________
“Together we can make a difference in advancing the status of our community”
4955 Pablo Kisel Road * Brownsville, TX 78520 *Phone 956-509-2690 * Fax 956-509-2326
Jubilee Academic Center does not discriminate against any member of its community on the basis of gender, race, national origin, ancestry, creed,
pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disabilities or handicap in educational
programs or activities.