MS. OKPALA’S ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS SYLLABUSAND 7TH GRADE WORLD HISTORY 2020-2021 SYLLABUS

MS. PHILOMENA OKPALA’S 2020-2021 REMOTE LEARNING ENGLISH LANUAGE ARTS COURSE SYLLABUS;SPECIAL EDUCATION ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER;HOLLENBECK MIDDLE SCHOOL 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR.

GRADES: 6-8 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

TEACHER CONTACT INFORMATION:

EMAIL ADDRESS: pco0120@lausd.netPHONE NUMBER: (323) 780-3000 EXT. 128ADDITIONAL MESSAGES:

DAILY ZOOM LINK: https://lausd.zoom.us/j/94195682216Remind App Information: www.remind.com (Requires Class Code after you register online with Parent’s authorization.)

CLASS: Ms. Okpala’s Students Class Code: okpalahms

OFFICE HOURS:1. CONFERENCE PERIOD: PERIOD 3: CHECK SCHEDULE10:15am 11: 15am.2. Mondays: 1:00PM-2:00PM

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BRIEF PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND OF MS. P. OKPALA: TEACHER FOR TWENTY YEARS. SEVENTEEN YEARS AT HOLLENBECK MIDDLE SCHOOL

AND THREE YEARS WITH CATHOLIC SCHOOL MASTERS DEGREE IN EDUCATION FROM LOYOLA

MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES. EDUCATION SPECIALIST DEGREE FROM LOYOLA

MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES. INCLUSION SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION FROM LOYOLA

MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES. BUSINESS DEGREE FROM CALIFORNIA STATE

UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ-HILLS CARSON LAST TEACHER EVALUATION: PERFECT TEACHER

EVALUATION (HOLLENBECK MIDDLE SCHOOL).

PERSONAL QUOTES: 1. “Nothing makes a bigger difference in a child’s education

than having a great teacher. . . “---A. Duncan (U.S. Secretary of Education).

2. “Be Strong Because, Things will get Better. It May be Stormy now, but It may Never rains Forever”

3. “ When You Can’t control What’s happening, Challenge Yourself to Control the Way You Respond To What’s Happening. That’s Where Your Power is!”

PROFESSIONAL PHILOSPHY: I believe in empowering students to achieve academic excellence as well as helping my students acquire good morals and skills which will help them become model citizens. I strongly believe that it is very important to create a positive learning environment for my students and setting high expectations for my students will help them develop positive mindset.

MAIN DIGITAL PLATFORMS:

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LAUSD.ZOOM.US.COM LMS.LAUSD.NET (SCHOOLOGY)

----Check Schoology for all updates and assignments and submit assignments on time.

APPS: HMH FOR READ 180/SYSTEM 44 KAMI FOR READ I80/SYSTEM 44 BRAIN POP

REFERENCE TEXTBOOK FOR ASYNCHRONOUS LESSONS:READ 180 REAL BOOK/READING FOLDER MATERIALS

READING PLATFORMS:1. Readingvine.com (requires student’s registration)2. Readtheory.com (requires students to create username &

password and teacher’s Code:

MS. OKPALA’S 2020-2021GRADING FOR EQUITY SCALE (0-4 POINT SYSTEM)

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GRADING CATEGORIES INCLUDE ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS ASSIGNMENTS:1. CLASSWORK2. ZOOM PARTICIPATION3. WEEKLY TESTS & QUIZZES

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4. INTERIM ASSESSMENT5. END OF WORKSHOP ASSESSMENT6. PROJECT

ZOOM MEETING EXPECTATIONS:

Have a Positive Mindset Set A Goal for Yourself For First

Semester Make A Commitment To Participate

Everyday and Complete Your Weekly Assignments.

Check Your LAUSD Email Login to Make Sure You Have A Correct Login For and Check Your Email Everyday For Your Zoom Lessons Login Information.

Write down All Your Teachers’ Email Addresses

Write Down The Schoology Email Address: lms.lausd.net to Check All Your Assignments and Assessments.

HOLLENBECK MIDDLE SCHOOL-WIDE EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS: (THE 4-Ps)

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1. BE PROMPT—BE ON TIME ALWAYS2. BE PRODUCTIVE--PARTICIPATE IN CLASS3. BE POLITE---TREATE PEOPLE WITH KINDNESS4. BE PREPARED—BE READY TO LEARN EVERYDAY

LIFE SKILLS >SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING: SOCIAL JUSTICE

ZOOM EXPECTATIONS: (HOLLENBECK 4- Ps)1. BE ON TIME & BE PRESENT2. DRESS APPROPRIATELY3. STAY ON MUTE UNTIL IT IS YOUR TIME TO TALK4. HAVE A PENCIL AND PAPER5. RAISE YOUR HAND AND WAIT FOR YOUR TURN TO SPEAK6. SPEAK WITH RESPECT AND BRING YOUR BEST SELF.7. LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING

ENGLISH LANGUAGE OVERVIEWThis comprehensive English Language and Literature Skills Course Outline will help students develop a mastery of reading, writing, grammar and language arts skills through literacy and informational reading thought out selections. Students are expected to read texts regularly, analyze texts, and cite evidence. Reading materials will include fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Student are expected to engage in responsive writing based on what they have read.

OTHER AREAS OF FOCUS THIS YEAR:

LIFE SKILLS >SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING: SOCIAL JUSTICE

SOME OF THE DIVERSITY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND IDENTITY STANDARDS WE WILL INCLUDE IN OUR PROGRAM FOR THIS YEAR WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

Students will respond to diversity by building empathy, respect, understanding and connection.

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Students will recognize their own responsibility to stand up to exclusion, prejudice and injustice.

Students will express comfort with people who are both similar to and different from them and engage respectfully with all people.

Students will express pride, confidence and healthy self-esteem without denying the value and dignity of other people.

Students will interact with their peers in Shared Inquiry

discussions group discussions.

The 6-8 grade English/Language Arts course we will use provides a balance of reading, writing, speaking, listening and language skills.

The 6-8 grade Reading course teaches essential comprehension skills and strategies while students read closely and cite evidence from grade-level fiction and nonfiction to support an analysis of what the materials say.

Students develop a rich vocabulary of complex and sophisticated words and use them to speak and write more precisely and coherently.  

Students will work on improving skills necessary for formal presentations and develop a range of broadly useful oral communication and interpersonal skills.

Students will work together, express and listen carefully to ideas, integrate information from oral, visual, quantitative, and media sources, evaluate what they hear, use media and visual displays to help adapt speech to context and task.

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The skills will include include arguments, informative/explanatory texts and narratives.  

Students are required to draw upon and write about evidence from literary and informational texts.

The students are required to come prepared to class every day.

They are expected to complete all class and homework assignments on time.

If they are absent, they are responsible for making up the work.

They are expected to participate in class.

Materials:

This year we are participating in a remote learning. Students will have access to Chromebooks and most of our work will be done through Zoom meetings( synchronous and asynchronous assignments).

Students will still be required to have a to notebook, pencils and highlighters.

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE FOCUS AREAS OF SKILLS TO COVER FOR 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE COMPOSITION Reading Comprehension Literature Central Idea Main Idea( ) Making Inferences Point of View Story Elements Character Traits Character Descriptions Text Features Cause and Effect Context Clues Drawing Conclusion Fact and Opinion Figurative Language

Editing and Proofing Sentence Patterns Topic Sentences Transition Words Essay Introductions Writing Conclusions Writing Prompts

       PLUS: Spelling Rules Spelling Patterns

GRAMMAR SKILLS VOCABULARY

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Sentence Structure  Parts of Speech Mechanics Parts of a Speech

Word Usage Punctuation Synonyms and Antonyms

Dictionary Skills Phonetics Homographs Homophones Prefixes Suffixes Root Words Shades of Meaning

COMPOSITION –WRITING SKILLS:Writing can be one of the most daunting skills for some students to learn. Over time, however, students of any skill level can learn to write effectively with the right practice and instruction. Students will have a set of different writing worksheets around specific areas like editing and proofing, writing conclusions, choosing topic sentences, and how to use transition words. Some helpful writing worksheets for writing prompts and some fun lined paper themes. Each worksheet available is aligned to common core standards and designed for grade levels Sixth to Eight.

Vocabulary Skills:Vocabulary is a fundamental learning concept but covers many different areas. You will have practice activities to help you improve your vocabulary skills. These will include homophones, prefixes, root words, shades of meaning, suffixes, synonyms and antonyms! They are designed around common core standards and cover a broad range of skill levels from Fifth through Eight Grade.

Grammar Skills:

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Grammar is a fundamental concept that helps students to gain valuable skills in reading comprehension and writing. I have provided grammar worksheets around topics like parts of speech, mechanics, parts of sentences, word usage, punctuation, and sentence structure. You will find practice activities for Sixth Grade through Eight Grade and these worksheets address specific aspects of common core and teach concepts to help you learn.

Reading Comprehension Skills:I have included a variety of reading passages that reinforce comprehension skills. These lesson activities across a variety of skill areas including cause and effect, context clues, literature, drawing conclusions, fact and opinion, main ideas, making inference and more and are common core standard based.

Spelling Pattern Skills: There are some pretty simple rules to follow for most words. The spelling worksheets included are to help you through some of the more difficult spelling patterns.

Spelling Rules:English words offer a challenge to writers. For every spelling rule, there is almost always an exception to the rule. Many times there are even exceptions to the exceptions! However you will learn to spell common words correctly, and the rules will give you good guidance.

OVERVIEW OF 7TH GRADE WORLD HISTORY SYLLABUS.

CLASS DESCRIPTION:

This course will cover medieval and early modern history. Students will study the social, cultural, and technical changes that occurred in

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Europe, Africa, and Asia from 500-1789 A.D. This course is designed to meet the California

Social Studies Content Standards/Common Core Standards for grade 7.

COURSE DESCRIPTION THROUGH THE STANDARDS: ______ ________

7.1 Students analyze the causes and effects of the vast expansion and ultimate disintegration of the Roman Empire.7.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Islam in the Middle Ages.7.3 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of China in the Middle Ages.7.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the sub-Saharan civilizations of Ghana and Mali in Medieval Africa.7.5 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Japan.7.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.7.7 Students compare and contrast the

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geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Meso-America and Andean civilizations.7.8 Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance.7.9 Students analyze the historical developments of the Reformation.7.10 Students analyze the historical developments of the Scientific Revolutions and its lasting effects on religious, political, and cultural institutions.

Common Core State Standards:     History/Social Studies   Grade 6-8 Key Ideas and Details CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1 :   Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.2:  Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.3:  

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Identify key steps in a text's description of a process related to history/social studies. 

Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.4:  Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.5:  Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.6 :   Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts). Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7 :   Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.8:     Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.9:    Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic. Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity:

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 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.10:  

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