Blackout poetry is an enrichment activity students can create using their copies of stories we've read or other text.
First Day Procedures
These slides outline the school procedures and rules; we discussed these ideas on the first day.
Character Slides
Extended Response graphic
The graphic organizer above ("ELA Extended Response") explains the parts of the common style of written response in this class. This type of writing is foundational to much of the writing we will compose. To access the full document, click the box above.
Complete Sentences
These slides deal with the pieces necessary to write complete sentences as well as examples.
Nonfiction text structures handout.pdf
Here's a visual chart of text structures. Chronological is not on this list; it is a type of sequence according to time.
Objective Summary
Connotation
These ideas were discussed Sept. 23, and an activity for practice followed.
Verbs
We took notes on this information about Sept. 18. We also highlighted verbs in our Part IV writing, making sure they were all in the same tense (ignoring dialogue).
Tone slides
Four (different) Ways to Start a Sentence
Thesis Statements
Nouns
Context Clues Types Graphic
This graphic gives types of context clues we use to help figure out the meanings of unfamiliar words.