7th Grade Reading/Language Arts
Ms. Kathryn A. Hopkins
khopkins@summithill.org
815.469.4330
About Me
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Bachelors: DePaul University
1st Year teaching
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3rd Year at Summit Hill Jr. High
About Ms. Kocna
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Bachelors: Lewis University
Masters in Teaching & Leadership:
Lewis University
4th Year teaching at Summit Hill Jr.
High
Reading Content
Prentice Hall’s Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes
 The reading curriculum will consist of the literature text,
independent reading, novels, and essays.
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Tests, daily assignments, book reports, reading logs,
Accelerated Reading Tests, etc. will be assigned throughout
the year. Point values for each will be announced
beforehand.
Students are to have a novel with them AT ALL TIMES.
Books needed for class…
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Chains-Laurie Halse Anderson
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer-James Swanson
The Outsiders-S.E. Hinton
To purchase these books I have set up a classroom
store on scholastic.com-parents-shop-scholastic
reading club.
Our class access code is NCY28
Language Arts Content
Prentice Hall’s
Writing & Grammar: Communication in Action
 The Language Arts curriculum will consist of the text, a
workbook, Vocabulary Workshop workbook. writing
assignments/essays, journal writing, and stem derivatives
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Tests, daily assignments, essays, etc. will be assigned
throughout the year. Point values for each will be
announced beforehand.
Students must ONLY use wide ruled loose-leaf paper and
wide ruled spiral notebooks.
Resources for your child
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Ms. Hopkins – Please encourage your
child to talk to me and we’ll set up a time
for me to help her/him after school.
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Study Hall- Teacher supervised
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Academic Assistance- Monday through
Friday after school
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Website- www.summithill.org
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SHJH
Teacher Pages
Hopkins
 Weekly events are on the website
Grading Policy
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Homework will be assigned daily.
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All unfinished class work is automatically
homework.
Late work is graded as 70% the next day;
and as a 0% the second day
If a student is absent, it is he/she’s
responsibility to get the work they missed
and complete it upon return.
Classwork/Homework is 15% of grade.
Quizzes (Formative) are 40% of grade.
Tests (Summative) are 45% of grade.
Stems
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Tuesday/Thursday
25 stems per list
Each list will be broken into fourths
for the first few lists
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Once the students get acclimated to
their lists, the list size will be broken
down into halves
Bell Ringers
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Monday through Friday
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Literary Term of the Week
Ethical Dilemmas
Quote of the Week
Video Journal
Silent Reading
Written in journal that is kept in
class
Discipline Plan
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Occurrence Chart (Academic/Behavior)
 Occurrence #1-2 verbal warning
 Occurrence #3 parent contact
 Occurrence #4 reflection
 Occurrence #5 detention
Begin each quarter with a clean slate
No checks by mid-quarter earns reward
PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and
Supports)
Spartan Spirit
REMINDER
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Check website on a weekly basis
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usually ready for viewing by Friday
afternoon
Emails sent usually every Friday
with weekly events