Welcome to Team 7-1!
This year in Language Arts we will be focusing on developing our Reading and Writing skills. The following is an overview of what we will be covering.
Short Stories
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"
"A Retrieved Reformation"
"A Christmas Carol"
"Exploring the Titanic"
"Charles"
Poetry
"Old Age Sticks"
"Casey at the Bat"
"The Quality of Courage"
"The Highwayman"
Novels
"The Cay"
"Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry"
along with Literature Circle Novels
Writing Pieces
*Expository
*Persuasive
*Fictional Narrative
*Literature Response Piece
*Business Letter
*Research paper
Classroom Procedures
~ Each Monday the weekly schedule is posted on the board. It is the student's responsibility to copy it into his/her organizer. If absent on Monday, then the schedule must be copied when the student returns to school. Homework assignments will also be posted on Edline weekly.
~Edline grades will be updated once a week, usually on Monday afternoons.
~ If a student is absent it is his/her responsibility to obtain and make up any missing assignments within three days of returning to school. Exceptions will be made for extended absences.
A complete list of Classroom guidelines is available upon request, and will be distributed to each student.
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