Due Friday, August 7
Getting to Know You
Reading Interest Survey
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Handbook Scavenger Hunt
Due Friday, August 14
Silent Reading
IReady Diagnostic
Greek Week 1
Greek Quiz 1
Bearstone 1-2
Students will analyze a variety of literary and expository texts and be able to cite textual evidence when identifying central ideas as well as describe how elements of the piece shape the characters and plot.
Students will determine meanings of words and phrases (rhyme, repetition), how text structure contributes to meaning, and author’s point of view as they compare and contrast a few pieces of written work congruently.
Students will compare and contrast a written story to its multimedia version, analyzing the effects of the techniques used.
Students will write a variety of text types and purposes, including: argumentative, informative and explanatory, and narrative with clear organization and structure while showing a command of the conventions or grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.
Students will strengthen their skills of planning, drafting, revising, editing, rewriting, and finalizing.
Students will use technology to research a question, gathering from multiple sources for the purpose of presenting information they have discovered to their peers. They will write routinely over extended periods of time with multiple tasks and purposes.
Students will engage in collaborative discussions with preparation, goal setting, and responding to questions raised.
McGraw Hill StudySync with Themed Units
Writing:
Explanatory and Informative
Argumentative
Narrative
Core Literature Reading (We will potentially read all of the following books in class):
Bearstone by Will Hobbs
Bat 6 by Virginia Wolff
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang
Farewell to Manzanar by Jean and James Houston
Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Grammar and Mechanics
Easy Grammar Plus
Jane Scheffer Strategies
Step it Up to Writing Strategies
Thinking Maps
Vocabulary Development through Greek and Latin Roots