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The Roaming Gnomes offers engaging activities such as monthly parties, field trips, and student recognition to promote academic and social success through literature exploration, reading strategies, writing skills, and vocabulary building. The program covers novels, short stories, plays, poems, and independent novels, focusing on literary terms and techniques to enhance students' comprehension and creativity. Classroom activities include Socratic Circles, Lit Circle Discussions, Writing Assignments, Small Group Discussions, and more.
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Joan KeiperLanguage ArtsUndergraduate Degree-Secondary English EducationMaster’s Degree – Education with a specialty in readingkeiperj@eastpennsd.org610-395-8593 (ext. 2618)
The Roaming Gnomes • Fun travel theme • Monthly parties to encourage academic and social achievement • Student recognition • Field trips
LITERATURE Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Poems, and Independent Novels
Reading Comprehension • Reading Strategies • Concluding • Inferring • Connecting • Predicting • Synthesizing • Monitoring
Literary Terms and Techniques • Studied in context and used in students’ own writing pieces • Imagery • Metaphors and similes • Symbolism • Theme • Conflict • Mood and tone • Personification • Point of view
Classroom Activates • Socratic Circles • Lit Circle Discussions • Classroom Blogs and Forums • Reading Zone • Journaling • Writing Assignments • Small Group Discussions • Oral Presentations • Research • Essential Questions • Author’s Style Web 2.0 Projects
Writing • Concentration on Writing Process • Prewriting, drafting, editing, • conferencing, publishing • Prewriting – Webspiration • Journaling • Five paragraph essay • Writing assignments are integrated into literature study • (Essential Questions)
Grammar • Study is integrated into literature and writing • Parts of Speech • Sentence Structure • Verbals • Complements • Punctuation • Games
Vocabulary • Separate vocabulary book • Test every other Friday usually • On line practice sites for on level • Some vocabulary from stories and novels