ELA Class Update
1st 6-weeks Progress Report
So far this year ...
This is an update on what's been happening in our English/Language Arts class so far this year. You will receive these updates every three weeks (when progress reports or report cards go home). Please use this as a reminder to check up on your student's grade using Power School or ask to see a printed a progress report from your student.
I usually send home printed progress reports (I shrink them to 1/4 of a page to save paper) and request that they be signed and returned for a homework grade. I will accept an email response or a signed note to let me know you've seen the grade if the original PR is lost.
Flocabulary (rotation with Grammar)
Flocabulary is a program designed to teach students new vocabulary words using educational hip hop songs. The words in each unit are chosen to assist students with vocabulary that will be seen and used in everyday life (we like to look for Flocab words in our reading, in newspapers, and on the news). Check out www.flocabulary.com for more information.
Ask your student to sing part of a Flocab song!
Grammar (rotation with Flocabulary)
When we are on a Grammar rotation, I am available for tutoring every morning at 8am. Students should let me day the day before (either in person or through email) so I can have an activity prepared.
They Cage the Animals at Night (TCAN)
Students will take short reading comprehension quizzes on this book. The quizzes are short answer and check for understanding, connections, and some inferential thinking.
There will be a Unit Test on Non-Fiction and TCAN as well as a small group project. Look for more information on these two assignments in the near future (Test on 9/30, Project due on 10/6).
Coming Soon!
Following this, we will study Shakespeare and read The Tempest. I highly recommend that you purchase a book for your student to use and annotate. Here is a link to the version we will use in the classroom: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-tempest-william-shakespeare/1116741622?ean=9781411400764
Edgar Allan Poe
Sherlock Holmes Mysteries by Doyle
The Tempest by Shakespeare
Lauren Winchester
Our class Moodle site is linked here also - there you will find a Google Calendar with all important due dates, quizzes, daily class activities, and homework.
Email: lauren.winchester@ucps.k12.nc.us
Website: http://moodlemid.ucps.k12.nc.us/course/view.php?id=414