Language Arts

PARENTS AND STUDENTS:  PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE INFORMATION ON THIS WEBSITE 
IS MEANT TO BE A GENERAL WEEKLY OVERVIEW OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN OUR CLASSES.  
THERE MAY BE TIMES WHEN WE TAKE MORE TIME ON CERTAIN TOPICS, THUS CHANGING 
THE PACE OF THE CALENDAR.  THE MOST ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF DAILY WORK CAN 
BE FOUND IN THE AGENDA.  STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO COPY THIS EACH MORNING 
DURING HOMEROOM.    



Week of December 14th:

Monday: Students will begin looking at the problem-solution essay thought 
process by reading a myth and brainstorming solutions to a problem connected 
with the myth.

HW: COMPLETE FRONT SIDE OF PROBLEM-SOLUTION HANDOUT.

Tuesday: Students will complete a blue diamond assessment.

HW: NONE

Wednesday: Students will reinforce grammar concepts from the blue diamond.

Thursday: Students will continue to look at the following grammar concepts: 
subjects and predicates, dependent and independent clauses, subject-verb 
agreement, correcting sentence fragments, identifying parts of speech.
 
HW: NONE

Friday: Students will focus on the problem of "cyber bullying" by reading 
an article and thinking about the severity of the problem and ways that the 
problem can be addressed.

HW: HAVE A SAFE WINTER BREAK!