August 2014
Reading Newsletter, Syllabus,
and Parent Permission Slip
What is reading but
silent conversation.
~ Walter Savage Landor
Inside this issue:
•
Letter from the
department.
•
Reading
Department
Contact
Information
•
Reading Department syllabus and
expectations
•
Adolescent Literature per quarter
and grade level
•
Important dates to
remember
•
Popular adolescent
literature
•
Opportunities!
•
Parent permission
slip.
Resolve to edge in a little
reading everyday, if it is
but a single sentence. If
you gain fifteen minutes
a day, it will make itself
felt at the end of the
year.
~ Horace Mann
Greetings!
Dear Families,
Welcome to a new school year at
Lyman High School. Based upon
your student’s needs, he/she has
been enrolled in an Intensive
Reading class. At each grade
level, Lyman has implemented
research-based programs to
facilitate optimal student growth
and improvement. The Reading
Department teachers are looking
forward to sharing valuable strategies and skills with your student
which will prepare him/her for success with the Florida Standards
and the demands of college and/or
the workplace. Our teachers receive ongoing professional development and enjoy sharing their
enthusiasm for reading which
translates to life-long lessons. In
each of our programs, we incorporate young adult novels as well as
complex texts alongside multimedia to meet the needs of all types
of learners.
Instructional Coach
With the implementation of these
new standards, the reading classes will also be infusing more
writing into the curriculum. Reading provides the opportunity for
students to open a door or look in
the mirror: exploring a new world
or seeing a new reflection of
themselves. In order to provide
this experience, our department
continually reviews current trends
in adolescent literature and
makes selections based on high
interest and rigorous content. We
encourage you to recommend
books to your child and ask him/
her about the books he/she is
reading. Newspapers, magazines and even online sports
articles represent opportunities to
practice comprehension skills in
the real world. Reading is a
social activity, so the more
students talk about the readings,
making connections and asking
questions, the better they under-
stand what they have read.
Please do not hesitate to contact your student’s teacher,
Department Chair, or the Instructional Coach with any
questions or concerns you may
have. We look forward to
working with you this year and
celebrating the academic successes of your child at the end
of the year.
Educationally yours,
Lyman High School
Reading Department
Lyman High School Reading Department
Stephanie Gaudio
[email protected]
(407) 746-2069
Jennifer Boldin
[email protected]
(407) 746-2260
Gina Bonaventure
Rachel Farrell
Christl Forza
Rebecca Groot
Melissa Perry
Jennifer Stanchina
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
(407) 746-2240
(407) 746-2145
(407) 746-2182
TBA
(407) 746-2298
TBA
Department Chair
Teachers
Reading Newsletter, Syllabus, and Parent Permission Slip
Reading Department Grading Policy
20% 9 Weeks Exams
80% Assignments (this includes Tests,
Quizzes, Daily Assignments, etc. which will
be assigned different point values dependent upon the task)
Supplies Needed:
Looseleaf Paper
Pencils
Pens
Highlighters (various colors)
Colored Folders (2 pocket with prongs)
Independent Reading Novel
Tissues
Classroom Rules and Expectations
All students are required to adhere to
Seminole County Public School’s Student
Code of Conduct and Discipline Code. The
Student Code of Conduct and Discipline
Code can be found at http://
www.lyman.scps.k12.fl.us/Portals/100/
assets/pdf/Students/
StudentConductDisciplineCode.pdf
1. RESPECT everyone and their ideas or
questions.
2. PARTICIPATE in class and raise your
hand to speak.
3. FOCUS on your work and do your very
best.
4. COOPERATE with each other to
enhance your learning.
Know classroom routines and procedures,
such as having the appropriate materials
for class. (see supplies needed)
Novel Units by Grade Level and Quarter:
(some novels are shown in more than one quarter due to teachers of the same grade level exchanging units)
Grade Lev1st Quarter
el
Whole Class Novels
2nd Quarter
Novel Choices
3rd Quarter
Whole Class Novels
4th Quarter
Novel Choices
9th
Ironman
Tears of a Tiger
Bronx Masquerade
Disease, Epidemics, Medical Advances
Deadly Invaders
The Hot Zone
The Secret of the Yellow
Death
Finn
Freakonomics
Chew on This
Great and Only Barnum
No Choirboy
Self Discovery, Identity,
Bullying
Touching Spirit Bear
You Don’t Know Me
Bullyville
Crash
10th
Unwind
Twisted
Self Discovery
Street Pharm
Finding Lubchenko
Cheating Lesson
Hope Was Here
Give a Boy a Gun
Please Stop Laughing at Me
Boot Camp
Absolutely True Diary of a
Part-time Indian
Bullying
Speak
Boot Camp
The Battle of Jericho
Give a Boy a Gun
Stargirl
Rules
11th & 12th
The Berlin Boxing
Club
Three Little Words
Overcoming Obstacles
Nineteen Minutes
Impulse
The Burn Journals
Wintergirls
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Berlin Boxing Club
Overcoming Obstacles
Nineteen Minutes
Impulse
The Burn Journals
Wintergirls
Historical Fiction
Abraham Lincoln Vampire
Hunter
Crank
Ripper
Historical Fiction
Abraham Lincoln Vampire
Hunter
Crank
Ripper
Reading Newsletter, Syllabus, and Parent Permission Slip
Popular Adolescent Literature Novels
Important Dates to Remember
Reading/ELA Progress Monitoring Assessments: 9/2-9/22, 11/3-11/21, 2/2-2/23
FSA Writing: 3/2-3/12 (9th, 10th, and 11th grades)
FSA ELA: 4/13-5/8 (9th, 10th, and 11th grades)
9 weeks Exams: 9/29-10/9, 12/1-12/18, 3/2-3/12, 5/13-5/27
FCAT 2.0 Retakes Reading: 10/6-10/9, 3/23-4/10
PSAT: 10/15
ACT registration deadlines: 9/19, , 1/1/7, 1/9, 3/13, 5/8
ACT test dates: 10/25, 12/13, 2/7, 4/18, 6/13
Opportunities for Success!
“To read without reflecting is like
NHS Study Sessions: On Wednesday afternoons, the National Honor Society students are
eating without digesting.“
available in the Media Center from 1:30-2:30 to help your child study. Students can receive help
- Edmund Burke
“Force yourself to reflect on what in any class and there are even opportunities for ACT and SAT test preparation periodically.
you read, paragraph by
Tutoring Sessions: On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, teachers of various content areas
paragraph.”
will assist students with concepts and homework that they may be struggling with to ensure suc- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
cess in those content areas.
Reading Newsletter, Syllabus, and Parent Permission Slip
Parent Permission Slip:
Dear Parents or Guardians,
Your student will have the opportunity to read a selection of novels addressing issues and concerns that teenagers may encounter. One of our goals as a Reading Department is to motivate and engage students in the
reading process by choosing materials that they will want to read as well as applying critical thinking in
complex texts. Reading should be an active process, not a passive one. The topics within some of the selected texts may include but are not limited to:
• Relationships between parents, students, and peers,
• Substance abuse and rehabilitation,
• Choices and consequences,
• Abuse
• Depression, bipolar disorder, and/or other mental health concerns
Please refer to the novel selections in the newsletter if you would like to research the text on your own. We
encourage you to take this opportunity to discuss these issues with your student. If you are uncomfortable or
would like further explanation of the material, please feel free to contact your student’s teacher. If you
choose not to have your student participate, we will be happy to provide a traditional, alternate novel.
*These books are intended for adolescents ages 14-20; they are not adult novels, however we would like to
caution you that these novels may include explicit language and descriptive details.*
Educationally yours,
Lyman High School Reading Department
I, ___________________________________________________, give permission for my student,
____________________________________________________ to participate in reading novels that may
address the topics mentioned above.
__________________________________
Parent Name (Print)
__________________________________
Parent Signature
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Student Name (Print)
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Date
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Student Signature
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Date