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Ms. Dillon

Welcome to Ms. Dillon's 7th-grade Language Arts class at Thompson Middle School! With 17 years of experience teaching over 2,130 students, Ms. Dillon combines her extensive education, including a Bachelor's and Master's from UAB and the University of Montevallo, to create an engaging learning environment. Students will explore critical reading and writing skills while adhering to classroom rules designed to foster respect and responsibility. Each student is encouraged to actively participate and communicate openly, as they prepare for successful academic journeys.

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Ms. Dillon

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  1. Ms. Dillon 7th Grade English/ Language Arts

  2. Family

  3. Daughters

  4. Background • December 27 • Youngest of 4 children • Fort Deposit, Alabama • Greenville High School

  5. Education • Bachelor’s Degree from UAB • Master’s Degree from the University of Montevallo • Education Specialist’s Degree from the University of Montevallo

  6. Experience • This is my 17th year as a 7th grade language arts teacher. • I’ve been at Thompson Middle for all 17 years. • I’ve taught approximately 2130 students in Alabaster. • I’ve raised two children.

  7. Auburn Tigers

  8. Beach

  9. Travel

  10. Pet Peeves • Interrupting • Standing/moving around the room during instruction time • Packing up before the bell rings • Lies • Laziness • Lack of responsibility

  11. Drills • Fire • Tornado • Soft Lockdown • Hard Lockdown

  12. Classroom Rules • I am here to teach. • You are here to learn. • Anything that interferes with #1 or #2 is a problem.

  13. Consequences • Warning • Isolation • Silent lunch/written assignment • Parental notification • Office Referral

  14. Supplies • Journal • Loose leaf paper • Pens/pencils

  15. Daily • Date • Objectives • Journal • Important Dates

  16. Independent Reading Assessment • Independent Reading Assessment • Due once every nine weeks • 100 points

  17. Summer Reading • Due: Monday, September 9

  18. Grading

  19. Procedures • When you enter the room, get prepared for class. • Put your name on all of your assignments. • Turn assignments into the white drawers behind my desk. • Graded assignments will be in the white drawers. Leave them there. I keep all papers. • Check with a friend about missed assignments.

  20. assignments • Answer questions in complete sentences. • Use capital letters appropriately. • Use correct punctuation. • Check your spelling. Dictionaries are in the bookcase. • Answer all of the questions entirely. • Incorporate the question into the answer.

  21. Question • Do you think Victor learns anything from his first day in seventh grade? Is so, what is it?

  22. Not Acceptable • Yeah • I don’t know • No • Go to class no • He go to class and meet s a girla and then faked frensch and she liked hime and he got intruble so he learned to telll the tru so he don’t gets truble

  23. Acceptable • Victor learns that it is important to be himself. He learned that he could impress Teresa more if he really knew French instead of just pretending. • Starts with a capital letter. • Ends with punctuation. • Answers in complete sentences. • Incorporates the question.

  24. Pretest • Clear your desk. • Take out a sheet of paper. • Take out a pen or pencil. • Number 1-19.

  25. Pretest • 1-8 Name the 8 parts of speech. • 9-13 Name 5 genres . • 14-19 Name the elements of a story. • Make sure your name is on your paper.

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