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=For Families of Students in Communication 7 (ESL) with Miss Tori Mazur = My contact information is in your student's planner. Please call school at 336-267-1900 if you have any questions or would like to visit us. During the second semester, I teach with Ms. Rodriguez and Ms. Frank. =General Information - Miss Mazur's Wikispace = ======free icon from @icondrawer.com====== || media type="custom" key="20565372" height="19" align="right" || Places We Create Our Work Digitally: || “All external links are intended for educational purposes only. Asheboro City Schools is not responsible for questionable, controversial content that may be found through links external to this site.” =[|Class Challenges instead of "Rules" prezi]=
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 * = edmodo ||= dropittome || edu.glogster ||
 * shelfari || podbean || pixton comics ||
 * storybird || vimeo || voki ||
 * || NAMS website and ACS website || [|Students Making Videos About Math Topics] ||
 * || NAMS website and ACS website || [|Students Making Videos About Math Topics] ||

Learning Never Stops
Colleges where I learned about life:


 * ===University of Hartford===

lesson learned: go to class or you may lose your scholarship and have to transfer to a less expensive school

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 * ===Western Connecticut State University===

lesson learned: living in an all-girls dorm has advantages

[|http://www.wcsu.edu] ||  ||
 * ===Meredith College===

lesson learned: it's never too late to change your mind about a career and start over again ||  ||
 * ===University of North Carolina - Greensboro===

lesson learned: to master something, you need to study it in-depth (and take the GRE to get into a Master's program) (image from uncg.edu) ||



Solving Challenges Independently

Can you be specific when I talk to you about it?
Keeping Track of our Learning
 * <span style="color: #336699; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What did you learn yesterday? **
 * <span style="color: #336699; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How does it connect to what we learned today? **

<span style="color: #003366; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Leave your Digital Entrance or Exit Ticket on my Wall.
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= What we learned during the first 18 weeks of school: =


 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Focus for the Third Six Weeks of Class:

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Word Study - <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Six Types of Syllables that help us break apart multi-syllabic words

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Suffixes that change a word's part of speech and function within ideas

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading Like Writers with narrative poetry to analyze how language helps us understand Perspective/Point-of-View <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Character and Motivation <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Conflict (Internal and External) <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Figurative Language <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Elements of Fiction and Poetry <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Word Choice ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Grading Policy: Please download this pdf to access grading and writing skills we will practice this year in Communication 7 (ESL). || [[file:communications-7-syllabus.pdf]] ||

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 * **__<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Focus for the Third Six Weeks __**
 * **__<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Focus for the Third Six Weeks __**

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily Warm Up: Analysis of what text says and does not say using a daily comic and tracking thinking to <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">monitor comprehension.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">RL7.1 and RL7.10 || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Vocabulary Strategies:

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Prefixes <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">and Roots <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">L7.4 and L7.6

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Spelling patterns: <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Based on student developmental level <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">L7.2 || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reading like a writer:

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read other people's writing to analyze ideas/details, craft/structure. Discuss observations and take notes on what is important to help us as communicators. Stay focused on discussions.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">All Reading and Listening standards integrated. || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Writing like writers:

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Practice applying new ideas, words, or techniques to writing. Make changes to improve writing after conferences and discussions. Stay focused on writing.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">W7.4, W7.5, W7.6, W7.10 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Focus for the Week of 9/30: ==== || ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How do we organize evidence, or support, to build a strong argument? ====

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reading & Writing Skill Needed: Determine Importance || ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Written Expression: Organizing Ideas for evidence using What-Why-How strategy ====

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Word Study: individual focus based on student needs || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reading skill: Determine Importance || ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Written Expression: Organizing Ideas for Comparison using Cornell Notes ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Focus for the Week of 9/23: ==== || ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How do we organize our analysis of how two different authors present a message on the same topic? ====

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Product: Group Essay comparing/contrasting the editorials

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Word Study: final sounds -ce/-ge/-ve/-se || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Summary
 * ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Focus for the Week of 9/16: ==== || ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How do we communicate "the message", or theme of a long presentation? ==== || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Written Expression:

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Product: Summary statement of the theme presented by the animated short "The Scarecrow"

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Word Study: Complex Consonant Clusters in two-syllable words || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Complex Consonant Clusters ||
 * ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Focus for the Week of 9/9: ==== || ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How do our faces communicate to others? ==== || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Word Study:
 * ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 1.066em;">Focus for the Week of 9/3: ==== || ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 1.066em;">How do people communicate stories over time? ==== || ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 1.066em;">Written expression: informal vs. formal types of writing ==== ||
 * ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Focus for the Week of 8/26: ==== || ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How important is listening in communication? ==== || ====<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Written expression: observational note-taking; completing a survey ==== ||