WELCOME TO MRS.

MURRAHS
PRE-AP READING CLASS
Sit anywhere for now, and we
will get started shortly!!
Place your planner on the right
hand corner of your desk.
Have a pen or pencil ready to
go.
Place all other items under
your desk.

7th Grade Reading Pre-AP

Personal Autobiography
While I am taking row, complete the personal

autobiography handout that I will pass out.

Answer the questions in a complete sentence

and to the best of your ability.

Index Cards
Write you FIRST and LAST Name on your index card.

Write the name you want me to call you in class.

Write your name in a way that reflects your personality!

Write the SUBJECT and CLASS PERIOD

Place this in the Lower right hand side of index card.

Turn the index card over.

Write two or three complete

sentences telling me about yourself. (Your likes, dislikes,
favorite movie or book, etc.

Index Cards Example

Stacie Murrah
FRONT

Pre-AP Reading
1st Period

BACK

1. I enjoy spending time with my

family watching movies and
going out to eat.

2. Lake Amistad is my favorite

place to be.

What we are going to do in

Reading classin a nutshell.
1. 7th Grade Pre-AP
Reading is designed to
prepare you for the
complex reading
required for the AP
English courses and
testing offered at the
junior and senior levels.

2. 7th Grade reading is a full-year course

that uses various activities to enhance
reading skills such as:
-

reading fluency
vocabulary development
comprehension of literary
texts
theme
- genre
- poetry
- drama
- fiction
- literary nonfiction
- sensory language

3.Comprehension
of informational
texts, such as:
-culture & history
-expository text
-persuasive text
-procedural text

4. We will also study:

reading media literacy

meta-cognitive reading skills
planning research
gathering sources
synthesizing information
organizing and presenting
ideas
- listening/speaking
- teamwork

Themes This Year

Vocabulary

Latin & Greek Bases

Independent Reading Time

Library skills
Genres

Nonfiction

Warm-up/IRT
Lesson

Classroom Activity
Follow-up

Grading Policy
50%
50%

Application & Reinforcement

Evaluation

Tests

Test dates are posted one week in advance. My voice mail is a good source to
check to see if a major project is due or if a test is coming up soon. If you have
internet access at home, please visit my webpage. I will keep information
current on my webpage. Assignments will also be communicated through
Google Classroom.

Daily Work
- Students are expected to have their work turned in on
time!
- Independent Reading Time (IRT) is essential. I will explain
in detail my expectations of this daily grade.
- If an assignment is late, it is the YOUR responsibility to
turn it in to me the next class for a grade of 70.
-You are allowed one late assignments per 9-week grading
period.

How You Can Help Yourself to be

Successful
Keep your binder organized.
Tell your parents what you are learning at school.
Keep your assignments and test dates in your BMSN Planner
Ask me questions when you are unsure of assignment
Set high standard and specific goals for yourself.

Student Code of Conduct

We will abide by the student code of conduct as

stated in your student handbook.

Classroom
Rules

PROMPT

PREPARED

POLITE

PRODUCTIVE

POSITIVE

Bullying
isnt
OK
here

This is our school. We have a right

to
feel safe and not to be hit or teased.

be treated fairly, and with respect.

be accepted for who we are.
be free of negative peer pressure.

What to say instead of

I
DONT
KNOW

CHOICES include

Could you
please
repeat the
question?

CHOICES include

Could I have
some more
information?

CHOICES include

Could I ask a
friend to
help?

CHOICES include

Could you
please
rephrase that?

CHOICES include

Could you give

me some more
time to think?

EXIT TICKET
Take out a sheet of paper. (Raise your

hand if you need paper.)

Write three questions you have about my

class or BMSN.

What does GRIT Mean?

GOAL GETTER
RESILIENT
INTIATOR

TENACIOUS

Lets Have a Great Year

Reading Together!!