Daily Supplies for Class:

Positive Attitude!

Pencils/Pens

Highlighter(s)

2-Pocket Prong Folder

ELA Composition Notebook

Headphones/Earbuds

Class Novel

Units of Study:

Module One - Journeys and Survival

Module Two - Working with Evidence: Working Conditions Then and Now

Module Three - Slavery: The People Could Fly

Module Four - Screen Time and Developing the Brain

This Year's Texts:

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

Lyddie by Katherine Paterson

The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton

Grade Weights:

40% - Major Summative Assessments (i.e. tests, projects)

30% - Minor Assessments (i.e. quizzes)

20% - Classwork

10% - Homework