Reading Curriculum Night Ms. Stirratt Soon to be Mrs. Carlson
Units of Study 1 st Quarter 6 Traits of Writing + 1 Writing Preassessment Narrative Writing Brainstorming Story Elements Closing Elements Body Paragraphs Grammar Verb/Predicate Noun/Subject Prepositions Conjunctions Sentence Types Compound commas/semicolons
Units of Study 2 nd Quarter Proper Grammar Usage Assessment Final Conventions Writing Piece Eight Parts of Speech Nouns/Pronouns Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Direct/Indirect Objects Conjunctions
3 rd Quarter Units of Study Research Social Studies Project (Cause and Effect Essay) MLA in-text citations and Works Cited Page Thesis Statement Compare/contrast usage Analyzing informational texts Analyzing media messages Note-taking strategies Plagiarism laws Drafting process Revising Process
4 th Quarter Units of Study “Bronx Masquerade” Prose and Poetry Writing Poetic Terms Imagery Tone Figurative Language Sound Devices Symbolism
Work Expectations Writing assignments will be posted on the classroom calendar. Students will be required to use Google Docs to write their papers – every student has a school Google account. Grammar work will tentatively be assigned on Tuesdays and due Thursdays.