1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 2015/2016

2. CLASS POLICY HIGHLIGHTS Supplies – 2 composition notebooks by Friday/Monday of next week. (You will need 3 more during the year.) Bring a reading book to class starting next week. Late work is accepted for full credit. Three missing assignments will result in a drop in the citizenship grade. (These can accumulate.)

3. TEACHER TO PARENT AND STUDENT COMMUNICATION Weekly e-mails will be sent home every Monday or Tuesday. I post most assignments on my Web page. Assignments are posted on a board in my room. Students use the “What Did I Miss” folder to make up work from an absence.

4. STUDENT AND PARENT TO TEACHER COMMUNICATION The best way for parents to contact me is by e-mail. If I haven’t responded in two school days, please e-mail again because your e-mail may have ended up in my junk mail folder. You may call me before or after school. Students may always come to my room before (7:40ish) and after (until 3:30) school to get help, make up tests, and ask questions. Students may also e-mail me but please remind them to use a proper tone :>

5. READING Students will read 8 books every term. Requirements:  Read a variety of genres  Write a review for each book on goodreads.com Recommendations:  150 pages +  700+ lexile for 7 th graders  800+ lexile for 8 th graders

6. 7 TH GRADE TERM 1 The theme of our unit is friendship. We will read the graphic novel “Artemis Fowl” together and some short stories as well. Students will do several one-draft essays as pre-assessments.

7. 8 TH GRADE TERM 1 The theme of the unit is the human spirit during World War II. We will be reading fiction and non-fiction about the Japanese Internment Camps and the Holocaust. This will include the novel “Journey to Topaz” and the play “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Students will do several one-draft essays as pre-assessments.

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