ANNOUNCEMENTS!
9/29 Curriculum Night!
Welcome to our class website! Use this site as a tool for success in Language Arts this year. Click on the tabs ABOVE to find detailed instructions and information regarding homework (daily assignments), projects, and academic/behavior expectations.
What's going on in class right now?
CURRENT UNIT: Elements of Plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
Additional key focus words: character, setting, conflict, theme
LOOKING AHEAD: characterization, protagonist, antagonist
Key classroom resources and activities found below:
9/29 Curriculum Night!
Welcome to our class website! Use this site as a tool for success in Language Arts this year. Click on the tabs ABOVE to find detailed instructions and information regarding homework (daily assignments), projects, and academic/behavior expectations.
What's going on in class right now?
CURRENT UNIT: Elements of Plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
Additional key focus words: character, setting, conflict, theme
LOOKING AHEAD: characterization, protagonist, antagonist
Key classroom resources and activities found below:
Independent Reading Logs
Student response logs are required homework EVERY NIGHT (Mon-Thurs). Students demonstrate key reading strategies like predicting, summarizing, questioning/clarifying, evaluating, and making connections.
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Achieve 3000
We use this interactive online program at least once a week to increase proficiency in reading and analyzing informational text. Check it out!
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Root Words
This is our DAILY WARM-UP. Students learn how to "de-code" words through root word study. Weekly quiz is every Friday covering the four roots of the week and related words.
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