Reading Workshop Extra Credit

STUDENT DATA SHEET

Students can earn up to 50 extra credit points by returning the student data sheet given the first day of class completed with a signature indicating that the parent has read over and reviewed the course syllabus with the student. Students should return it to the extra credit box as soon as it is completed.

PARENT JOURNAL LETTER

Students can earn up to 50 extra credit points by writing a journal letter to a parent the weekend the journals go home and having the parent write one back. Don't worry, parents. I only grade the student's letter. The letter to parents will be graded along with all other journal letters when the journal is next graded.

PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, AND ROOTS

You can add up to 100 extra credit points (which is the equivalent of one letter grade on your report card) by learning the following word parts for the test which will be given each term. The test is cumulative which means the first term will be only the word parts from the first list, but the second term it will include the prefizes, suffixes, and roots from both lists. By theird term there will be three lists and at the end of the year the test will include word parts from all four lists. Take this list with you everywhere and study them whenever you have a few extra minutes--like waiting at the dentist or watching your brother's boring concert (smile). You will be taking vocabulary tests all your life (including tests to get into college) and knowing these word parts will help you figure out the meanings of new words.

FIRST TERM
anti- (against)
aqua, aque (water)
aster, astro (star)
audi (to hear)
auto- (self)
contra-, contro- (against)
derm (skin)
dict (to say)
equi- (equal)
extra- (beyond, outside)
geo- (earth)
-gon (angle)
graph (to write)
hexa-(six)
hyper (over, overly)
-logy (the study of)
magna, magni (great, large)
man, manu (hand)
metr, meter (to measure)
multi- (many)
ped (foot)
phon, phone (sound)
post- (after)
pre- (before)
re- (again)
scope (to look)
scrib, scrip (to write)
spec (to see, to look at)
sub- (under, below, less than)
super- (above, over, more than)
tele- (far)
terr, terra (earth, ground)
un- (not)
uni-, mono- (one)
vis (to see, to look)

SECOND TERM

a-. an- (without, not, wrong)

ab- (from, away from, down)

ad- (near, to, toward)

ante- (before, earlier)

anthrop (human)

arch- (ultimate, highest rank, chief, main)

-arch (ruler)

arthro- (joint)

bio (life)

chron (time)

dia- (through, across, between)

digit- (finger)

em-, en- (in, into)

epi-(upon, over)

im-, in-(in, into, on)

inter- (between, mutually)

intra- (within)

intro (into, inward)

log (word, speech, reason)

macro- (large, long)

mega-, meagalo- (great, large)

micro- (small)

nom (name)

ob- (against, toward, before)

pan- (all)

par-, para- (beside, alongside)

path (to feel, to suffer)

per- (thoroughly, thorough, throughout)

peri- (around)

photo (light)

pro- (forth, forward, before)

sym-, syn- (with, together)

ten, tent (to hold, keep, maintain)

trans- (across, beyond, over, through)

vers, vert (to turn)

THIRD TERM
acer, acid, acri (bitter, sour, sharp)
aero- (air)
amphi- (both)
altus (high, deep)
andro- (man)
anim (mind, will)
atmo- (vapor, gas)
aug, auc (increase)
baro- (weight)
bibl (book)
breve (short)
capit, capt (head)
chlori- (green)
co- (together)
cide (kill)
cosm (world, universe)
corp (body)
bi- (two)
dyna- (force)
dys- (badly, ill)
kilo- (thousand)
gen (birth)
hydro- (water)
idio- (private)
ignis (fire)
penta-, quint- (five)
nox, noc (night)
ortho (straight, correct)
pseudo- (false)
retro- (backwards)
sesqui-(one and a half)
sci (know)
tempo (time)
vice- (in place of)

FOURTH TERM
acro- (high)
anni, annu, enni (year)
belli (war)
chrom (color)
crypto- (hidden, secret)
deca- (ten)
deci- (tenth)
dem (people)
di-. dis- (apart)
-emia (of the blood)
erg (work)
fort, forc (strong)
helio (sun)
hemi-, demi-, semi- (half)
hetero (different)
homo (same)
-iatrics (treatment of disease)
il-. im- (not, against)
liber, liver (free)
loc, loco (place)
medi (half, middle, between, halfway)
mon (warn, remind)
neo- (new)
nox, noc (night)
ortho (straight, correct)
pac (peace)
pedo-, pedi- (child)
paleo- (ancient)
phil (love)
phobia (fear)
poly- (many)
pseudo- (false)
psych (mind, soul)
sed, sess, sid (sit)
tom (cut)

BOOK REVIEW

Students may earn up to 100 extra credit points by writing reviews of books they have read this year. Reviews are intended to "sell" the book to classmates and the best ones will be displayed on this website. You may want to look at the one on Best Books now as an example. They should include:

Title of book
Author and possibly some information about the author
Review of the book, telling enough to entice someone to read it without telling too much
Critique of the book, telling why the student recommends this book
Could also include some artwork and information about the reviewer
Anything else that would convince someone to read this book

You may also want to read a movie review or two in the newspaper as an example and read the section in Write Source 2000 on Book Reviews for more ideas. Book review sections from the newspaper are also posted on the board as examples.

READING LOGS

Students are encouraged to read at home as well as at school. Reading is a skill, just like playing a musical instrument or a sport, and it improves with practice. Students will receive extra credit if they read at home, keep a record of what they read, along with the times they read, and have it verified (signed) by a parent. The more a student reads, the more points s/he will earn.

NEWSPAPER STORY

Students may earn extra credit points by reading and answering the questions for the serial story appearing in the "Gainesville Sun." They should answer the questions on notebook paper, labeling each chapter, and stapling all pages together before putting in the Extra Credit Box by the due date.

NOVEL CONVERSATIONS

In the Daybreak Section of the Sunday "Gainsville Sun" you will find a column by Shelley Frazier Mickle in which she discusses novels, one of which is always designed for students your age. You can earn extra credit by reading the column each week and responding to it. If you actually mail or e-mail your response to her, you will earn even more points. The more weeks you do it, the more points you earn.

MILLION MINUTES OF READING

Every year "The Gainesville Sun" and others sponsor the Million Minutes of Reading program in our district schools. Students will receive information about this in class and I will let them know the due date as soon as I know it. Students keep track of personal reading which is verified by parents. Certificates and prizes are awarded, and in my class, extra credit can be earned. Students can also "kill two birds with one stone" by keeping track of all the reading at home on their reading logs and get credit for that also this term. The more reading that is done, the more credit that is earned.

STAMPS

Students may "buy" 25 extra credit points with 100 stamps.

MORE EXTRA CREDIT INFORMATION

Students should refer to their handout on EXTRA CREDIT IN READING for more information. A copy is also posted by the door in the classroom.

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