Freshmen are working on comprehension strategies in our Friendship Unit. Click on the link https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AdzJ_YwbfD-UZGZzejM4dGJfMzVjOWtxZHJkeAto download a slide show on QAR. QAR is a strategy used to understand the relationship between comprehension questions and their answers. QAR helps the reader gather important details, make connections throughout the text, make inferences about meaning, and make personal connections to the reading. GENERAL INFORMATIONAll summative assessments are scored on rubrics. The link provided below is an actual rubric used in our Symbolism unit. Please feel free to see what rubrics are all about. Personal Symbolism Project Rubric. The course syllabus linked below outlines how students will be addressing the curriculum during freshman English. It includes the ELA standards and the skills and content kids will be working with throughout the year. |

