Welcome to KLMS Open House
7th Grade ELA
Ms. Zeornes
Ashley.zeornes@pfisd.net
Supplies
• Composition notebook or spiral (remains in class)
• 1 binder with notebook paper
• pens/pencils each day
Grading Scale
90-100 A
80-89 B
70-79 C
Below 70 F
Absences
• When a student returns to school from an absence, they need
to take their parent/doctor’s note to the front office.
• Students will be given 3 days for every day absent to complete
make-up assignments.
Late Work & Point Deductions
Grade-level policy states that the highest grade a student may earn
on late work is a 70%. Assignments must be turned in within the 3
week grading period. For example, if a student has an assignment
from the first week of school, it will be accepted until the 3rd week
of school with the highest possible score of a 70%.
TXConnect is a great resource. If you do not have this set up yet, please see
the front office!
Make-Up Work / Corrections
• Assessments and practice assignments can be
turned in or corrected within a reasonable
time frame for no grade higher than a 70%.
(district policy)
40 Book Challenge
• Students at Kelly Lane have been challenged to read 40 books
by the end of the school year. A reading log has been
provided to your child that stays in class.
• Each student MUST read at least 1 chapter book each 9
weeks. How will they accomplish this? The ELA classrooms
are providing SSR (silent sustained reading) in their
classrooms this year. Therefore, it is mandatory that they
bring a book for SSR.
• Will this count for a grade? YES – Each 9 weeks students will
complete a project from a menu of choices that will count as
an ASSESSMENT grade each 9 weeks.
• Check-Ups Along the Way- Students will have reading or
writing responses throughout the 9 weeks to assess their
progress on the books they are reading.
Pre AP Summer Reading
• All Pre AP students were assigned a summer reading project during
the first week of school. The project to demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of the novel will be due WEDNESDAY SEPT 17. The
following is a list of titles the students can choose from to read and
complete the project. The students will read ONE book.
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How Not to Be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale
The Greatest (Muhammed Ali) by W. D. Meyers
Cesar Chavez (Just the Facts Biographies) by David R. Collins
• *You may also choose a book off the 2014 Lonestar Reading List. This
list can be found on the library website under the “students” tab.*
Calendar
• Every other Thursday is library day
• Every three weeks there will be a curriculum
bundle assessment (sometimes in the form of
a process paper).
• Every 9 weeks a book report will be due (must
be a chapter book). First project due Oct. 15th.
• Writing STAAR March 30 and 31
• Reading STAAR April 22
Email Distribution List
• If you have not received my Friday emails (and
would like to) please leave your name and
email address with me, or send me an email
requesting to be added to my list 
• Thank you for the honor of teaching your
child!
• Ashley.zeornes@pfisd.net
Book Donations
• If you would like to donate 7th grade
appropriate chapter books, I would LOVE to
take them off your hands!