Welcome to school year 2011 - 2012
Our theme this year is "Coming of Age" and we will be exploring what this
theme means and the responsibility that goes with being a young adult.
Our focus for the Third trimester will be addressing the following-
The Big Questions
"What Really Matters?" and "How DO You Keep From Giving Up?"
Genre emphasis: Poetry, Short Fiction, Informational Text, Functional
Documents, Research
Reading Skills: theme, thesis, facts and details. research
Literary elements: factual reading, research
Writing: research report, note taking,
Vocabulary: Word Usage, Context Clues, synonyms,context clues
Grammar-pronouns, adverb, complex sentences, conventions
Chapter Book - Freak the Mighty, research report on "Disabilities"
Click onto the Homework, calendar and agenda pages for further information.
Mrs. Mueller