Our Classroom Agreements!
OUR CLASSROOM AGREEMENTS will be developed this first week of school.
This is where they will be posted.
Check your Google Classroom
Email with questions!
Check your Google Classroom
Email with questions!
7th grade starts in a reading unit which includes a variety of short stories. Students analyze how the narrative elements relate to each other. For example, how setting affects character and influences the theme of the story. Then we move into a realistic fiction writing unit.
BIG IDEAS:
Narrative Element Review
Figurative Language
Author's Craft / Technique
Fiction focused
8th grade starts in a reading unit which includes a variety of short stories. Students analyze the interactions between characters. This reading informs the writing unit which is a memoir (non-fiction based narrative) that utilizes the same techniques that fiction writers use to bring their stories to life.
BIG IDEAS:
Narrative Element Review
Figurative Language
Author's Craft / Technique
Reading fiction and non-fiction
Non-fiction focus in writing