English Language Arts (ELA)

TEACHERS:

Keisha Rembert Tracy Bywater Dan Verdun

GENERAL INFORMATION:

CLASS OVERVIEW:

ELA focuses on comprehension and structure of informational, literary, and argumentative texts. We will also concentrate on speaking, listening, research, and critical reasoning skills. We will be reading a variety of text such as, novels, short stories, plays, essays, poems, and nonfiction pieces. Our writing pieces will center on style, structure, vocabulary, and writing mechanics. Discussions and oral presentations, as well as, research and reasoning tasks and the research process will enhance every thematic unit.

Unit 1: Defining Moments Unit 2: Every Perspective Tells a Story

Unit 3: We Make the Path as We Walk Unit 4: Born Free and Equal

CLASS MATERIALS:

• Pen, Pencils
• Notebook/Binder
• Personal Reading Book
• Markers/Colored pencils
• Post-its
• Index Cards

* Homework can be found by accessing the individual teacher sites.