Welcome to Mr Brady's Reading and LA. First, below is a brief overview of what we will be working on each term....
Term 1- The Short StoryOver the course of the first term we will look extensively at the short story form, from its earliest beginnings in Aesop's Fables & The Prodigal Son, to its modern reinvention in Chekov & Hawthorne and finally to contemporary works by Daniel Keyes, Roald Dahl & Kurt Vonnegut Jr.. Through reading, evaluating, analyzing and creating their own short story, students will become thoroughly familiar with this aspect of literature.
Term 2- Drama & PoetryFor term two our focus shifts to plays & poetry. We will again start at the beginning by looking at the birth of drama in ancient Greece and then focus our study around one Shakespearean and one modern work. Students will also survey a selection of poetry and perform with the group Poetry Alive!
Term 3- The NovelOur final term will be spent with the final literary form, the novel. We will read both the modern classic To Kill A Mockingbird, as well as The Count of Monte Cristo.
LANGUAGE ARTS:
Term 1- Review & mastery of the parts of speech. Introduction to Writer's Workshop.Through diagnostics & weekly grammar goals students will work towards displaying mastery of basic parts of speech through a term final. In Writer's Workshop students will work on a combination of assigned essays, including persuasion & research, as well as a selection of free choice essays. All of which will go into a Portfolio for final assessment.
Term 2- Sentence structures, phrases & clauses. Intermediate Writer's Workshop.Through diagnostics & weekly grammar goals students will work towards displaying mastery of sentence structures through a term final. In Writer's Workshop students will work on a combination of assigned & free choice essays, focusing on improving their writing through specific strategies aimed at improving word choice.
Term 3- Common Usage Problems. Advanced Writer's Workshop.For the final term we relax the instruction on grammar by informally going through a series of common usage problems. The focus of the class is almost entirely on the Writer's Workshop where students will be learning specific editing techniques to move their writing to the next level by improving fluency as well as over all conciseness.
Next, here is a list of supplies you'll want to get....
The following is the suggested supply list for Reading and LA this year:
- Two inch or bigger 3-ring binder. ( I hand out a lot of photo copies so you need someplace secure to keep them.)
- White lined paper. (All essays are handwritten at the start of the year.)
- Pencils and pens. ( Your choice; as long as I can read it, it is fine.)
- Composition notebook. ( This will be used as your reading journal.)
- Free Reading book. ( You ALWAYS need one- no exceptions.)
Finally, the first thing we will be working on in LA is a movie review. Over the next few days read a few and look for the types of things authors include. Note the general tone of each review. Here are a few good places to start:
Kurt Loder for MTV Movies
Roger Ebert for the Chicago Sun Times
NY Daily News Movie Reviews
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