Welcome Class of 2014....
and Welcome to my information blog for Language Arts.
We got off to a great start with super attendance for the Class of 2014. Our opening assembly about the Hale Mission inspires us to do our best.
A = High Academic Standards
B = High Behavior Standards
C = Community Involvement
Equal Students who are College and Career Ready
This past week we took a test on the 8 Literary Elements, 3 categories of Genre and 5 keys to success. We filled out an interest inventory and chose a Fantasy genre novel. We read the story "Charles," completed vocabulary and some reflections on the characteristics of Charles & Laurie.
Study your vocabulary words & make them part of your daily speech. Remember, highlight them if you use them in a paper or in your journal. Show me that you're using them!
This past week's words:
incredulously, swaggering, incredible, cynically, cynic, insolent, renounced
Week of September 2nd to September 6th, 2013
Fantasy novel (you should be reading your fantasy novel at home for at least 15 to 20 minutes per evening). You will have until September 15th to finish.
Due Wednesday, September 4th: 1st research project on your name -- talk to your parents about how you got your name, research your name; follow the instructions handed out and the rubric for scoring.
This week we will be working on grammar exercises from a new grammar book and Simple Solutions. We will listen to "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson and read "The Ransom of Red Chief" by O'Henry.
Study your vocabulary words & make them part of your daily speech. Remember, highlight them if you use them in a paper or in your journal. Show me that you're using them!
GOALS:
Be able to define and identify: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs
Be able to define and identify Point of View and Inferencing.
Follow a format, use precise language and paint a picture of your roots by constructing a poem entitled "I am from...."
