ELA

6th Grade ELA

For 2nd Quarter, 6th graders will be focusing on informational texts. We will be incorporating a variety of different articles and short stories while we research, have Socratic Seminar discussions, debate, and create our own infographics. We look forward to seeing you at Parent Teacher Conferences in November.

7th Grade ELA

"The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared." -Lois Lowry

Our 7th grade ELA students are diving into some exciting new learning! We’re continuing to build strong reading and writing skills by analyzing texts, finding evidence to support our ideas, and exploring how themes grow and develop throughout a story. Before we jump into our next novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, students will read a few short stories to discover what makes dystopian literature so fascinating. As we read The Giver, students will take a closer look at how characters and their choices shape the plot and how a character’s point of view can change as the story unfolds. This novel provides an exciting unit full of curiosity and great discussions!

Additionally, along the way, we’ll keep building reading comprehension, exploring rich vocabulary (including figurative and technical language), and practicing clear, purposeful writing for different audiences.

8th Grade ELA

The 8th-Grade students are ready to wrap up the 1st quarter! After enjoying several suspenseful stories, they are writing their Summative Writing Assessment and reading their final suspenseful story for their Summative Assessment.

The classes are loving Full Tilt, the whole-class suspenseful novel we read almost daily. We highly recommend you check out this action-adventure book!

In the second half of the month, we'll get started on the 2nd Quarter curriculum which focuses on creating arguments, appreciating perspectives, and writing a research paper using MLA format.

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