OPEN HOUSE 7th Grade English – Mrs. Newsom 2nd Semester 2016

What to Expect Students’ focus for 3rd nine weeks will be geared toward: * Understanding Figurative Language * Persuasive writing * Fact and Opinion * Complex Sentence (dependent clauses, punctuation, parts of speech)

CUPS C – Capitalization U – Usage (Grammar) P – Punctuation S – Spelling

Literary Works Small Excerpts – The Book Thief Speech – Americans with Disabilities by Christopher Reeve Nonfiction Documents - New York Times article “Auschwitz Shifts from Memorializing to Teaching” Poetry – “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” “Dream Deferred,” “’Hope’ Is the Thing with Feathers” Artwork – Grim Death,” “The Angel of Death,” “Abstract Death”

Grading 3-4 Major grades (50%) Several Quiz grades (30%) Several Daily grades (20%) Please help me encourage your child to complete all assignments, and to make up work within 5 days after absences.