Welcome to Language Arts! Mrs. Clifford Room 322

Literature The Language of Literature text from McDougal Littell- short stories Close reading Citing information from the text to support answers Novels: Surviving Hitler, The Devil’s Arithmetic, The Cay, The Giver, and The Phantom Tollbooth Independent novels and journals

Grammar Pearson’s “Teaching Grammar Through Writing” Being a Writer program Daily warm-ups Assessments through writing All lessons lead to writing growth

Writing Being a Writer series District-wide Paragraph writing, Expository Nonfiction, Persuasive, Narrative Details and organization Trade books

Grading Policy Grammar, spelling and punctuation will be checked Extended response questions on tests should be answered in a paragraph format First trimester: Homework accepted one day late for half credit

Scales To help students understand what exactly they are learning and WHY it is important To show students HOW we will get there

Chromebooks All graded writing assignments will be typed and submitted to me in Google Classroom Entrance and Exit tickets Quizlet *Vocabulary resource* Research Projects