7^th Advanced Language Arts Reading Expectations

Quarterly Word Goals

• Students are expected to read 30 minutes a night.
• Students have time in Language Arts to read during the week.
• Each student will have an independent goal of words read to earn each quarter.
• The first quarter’s word goal for all students is 250,000 words.
• The second, third, and fourth quarters’ goals will be sent home, in writing, for students to obtain a parent signature.
• A Word Count Log will maintain the word count for each student.
  • Students need to write the titles of all books being read as well as the word count.
  • Word counts can be found in online searches (arbookfind.com) and/or by doing a word estimate.
    • Word estimate: count the number of lines on one page (L); count the number of words in one line (W); get the number of pages (P); then multiply L x W x P for the estimated word count.
• STUDENTS MUST HAVE A READING BOOK WITH THEM EVERY SCHOOL DAY.