1. Welcome! Weekly e-mails are sent via Skyward. To receive them, make sure your Family Access e-mail accounts are up-to-date!

2. About the class • Workshop Style • Researched based • Process not product • Skill building • Authentic • Choice • Conferencing • Writing and reading are integrated

3. Supplies • Composition notebook • Post-its • Highlighters • Three tabs in a binder • Wish List: Sunny D labels and Kleenex

4. 8th Reading • Whole class novels: • The Giver • The Outsiders • Short selections from Literature book as well as The Diary of Anne Frank play

5. 8th Writing • Journal • Personal Narrative • Literary Analysis • Persuasive Essay • Research Narrative (a combination of research and imaginative story)

6. Procedures • Missing work • ZAP • Points deductions • Tutorials – Tuesday mornings/passes • Absent work

7. Welcome! Weekly e-mails are sent via Skyward. To receive them, make sure your Family Access e-mail accounts are up-to-date!

8. About the class • Workshop Style • Researched based • Process not product • Skill building • Authentic • Choice • Conferencing • Writing and reading are integrated

9. Supplies • Composition notebook • Post-its • Highlighters • Three tabs in a binder • Wish List: Sunny D labels and Kleenex

10. 7th Reading • Whole class novels: • Full Tilt • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry • Summer reading due September 18th • Persuasive and Expository texts • Poetry integrated throughout units

11. 7th Writing • Journal • Personal Narrative • Literary Analysis • Persuasive Essay • Imaginative Story • Research will be integrated into curriculum

12. Procedures • Missing work • ZAP • Points deductions • Tutorials – Tuesday mornings/passes • Absent work