1. Reading Curriculum Night Ms. Stirratt Soon to be Mrs. Carlson

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 4 th Quarter Units of Study  “Bronx Masquerade”  Prose and Poetry Writing  Poetic Terms  Imagery  Tone  Figurative Language  Sound Devices  Symbolism

6. 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.