1. Language Arts 1 and 2
Contact Information

2. Course Proficiency and Objectives
Provide fundamental language-based activities: reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking
Enhance self-management, critical thinking, decision-making, and problem solving skills, cooperative learning
Introduce authentic literature
Prepare the students for PARCC

3. Course Outline Fall: Literary Terms: Suspense, Discoveries
Short-Stories
Non-fiction texts (biography, Newspaper articles, etc)
Poetry
Authentic Literature: Huckleberry Finn by
Mark Twain

4. Great American Stories: Henry James O Henry
Spring
Great American Stories: Henry James
O Henry
Drama ( a play)
Authentic Literature: Gulliver’s Travel
Spring Independent Reading/Writing Project (Final project)

5. Classroom Expectations
Be prompt
Be prepared
Be respectful
Be ready to learn

6. Grading Total Point System Homework: 10-30 points
Quizzes: points
Tests: points
Journals: points

7. Attendance Policy Maximum absence: 14 per school year.
Absence: Must call attendance office
Tardy: Must call attendance office
If a student is ill during the school day, a parent must come and pick her/him up at the Attendance Office