General Information
All class info is available on class blog (calendar, due
dates, links, hw etc.)
Calendar is updated every Monday with week’s schedule
and work
Extra help Mon through Fri before school
Weekly activities
Grammar: new topic each week; quiz every Fri
- Semester 1- Part of Speech review & enrichment
- Semester 2- Sentence structures, phrases & clauses
Spelling: 10 words plus roots each week; quiz every Fri
- Semester 1- All spelling words based on roots
- Semester 2- Spelling words based on roots & prefixes
Free reading: 10 mins a day inclass plus Free Reading Fridays
- Semester ~ 75 pgs a week; two appraoch papers
- Semester ~ 75 pgs a week; one appraoch papers
Alternating cycles [ ~ 3 weeks]
Writing Cycles: 3 essays per semesters, all essays handwritten in class to start
- Semester 1- Movie review, Literary analysis [plot], Literary analysis [theme]
- Semester 2- Literary analysis [genre], Literary analysis [author’s voice] Research [Shakespeare]
Literature Cycles
- Semester 1- Short story & poetry
- Semester 2- Drama & novel