1. Welcome to P.S. duPont’s 2017-2018 Open House!
Tracy Selekman
Room 204
English

2. Important information for you!
Homework and project expectations
Student accountability- late notification/HAC score
Presentation of information
Effort

3. Grading Policies 7th and 8th
Summative grades comes from tests, quizzes, essays, verbal presentations, and projects (assessments)
Formative grades comes from homework/class work

4. Our class website/Schoology Agendas E-school
Tools for Success
Our class website/Schoology
Agendas
E-school

5. Year-long theme: Power of the Individual
Curriculum – th
Year-long theme: Power of the Individual
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Seedfolks
Poetry and Short Stories
Scholastic Writing Contest
Jekyll and Hyde
Flowers for Algernon
Informational and Argumentative reading/writing
Research- Year-long service learning project
Animal Farm- Dystopia
Shakespeare- Twelfth Night
Additional four books of choice for review

6. Year-long theme: Significance of the Individual Quest
Curriculum th
Year-long theme: Significance of the Individual Quest
I Will Always Write Back
Seedfolks/class and whole school
Short Stories
Poetry- Scholastic Writing contest
Devil’s Arithmetic and Flares of Memory
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Literature Circles (non-fiction book choices)
Research throughout each unit
Self-selected novel MP 3
Informational and Argumentative reading/writing
Greek Mythology- The Odyssey (Graphic novel)

7. Syllabus is online at all times for you and your children
In addition to the curriculum planned for the year…
Greek/Latin roots
SAT words/Content Vocab
Grammar
Writing contest
Classroom skits
Socratic Seminars/Fishbowl Discussions
Raising social awareness
7th grade Holocaust/Propaganda speaker
8th grade Shakespeare play in May

8. Success Starts with Communication
Questions or concerns about anything?
is the best way to contact me.

9. Questions?