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WELCOME TO ENGLISH!

WELCOME TO ENGLISH!. MRS. ERIN AULT SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH ENGLISH DEPARTMENT TEAM LEADER NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED, ELA. Remind 101. Take out your phone. Follow the directions on the handout. Will be used only for “emergency” updates or changes to homework. . Website – IT’S NEW.

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WELCOME TO ENGLISH!

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  1. WELCOME TO ENGLISH! MRS. ERIN AULT SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH ENGLISH DEPARTMENT TEAM LEADER NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED, ELA

  2. Remind 101 • Take out your phone. • Follow the directions on the handout. • Will be used only for “emergency” updates or changes to homework.

  3. Website – IT’S NEW • aultenglish.wordpress.com • – Following the blog gives you quiz updates, announcements, and general class information. • Homework – listed weekly • Documents – hyperlinked within the text • Links for resources and online study tools.

  4. ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS Common Core Anchor Standards: Reading, Writing, Language, Speaking, and Listening • Units are theme driven • Anchor text • Nonfiction • Fiction • Multi-media • Rigorous standards

  5. 6th Grade UNITS OF STUDY • Heroes: Folklore, Myth, and Legend • The Hobbit: selected chapters • Myth – tales from the Odyssey • Native American folklore and legends • GT: Sword in the Stone: selected chapters • GT: Prince and the Pauper: selected chapters • Courage • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry • GT: Selected Primary source documents • GT: Selected Poems • Coming of Age • Red Scarf Girl • GT: Selected Primary source documents

  6. GT 7th Grade UNITS OF STUDY STUDENT-FACILITATED LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP • Thrills and Chills: Mystery and Suspense • Selected short stories by Edgar Allen Poe • Selected short stories by Sir Arthur Conon Doyle • GT: Prince and the Pauper: selected chapters • Facing Injustice: Memoir • Farewell to Manzanar: Japanese Internment • Excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank and Unbroken • Perseverance: Historical/Realistic Fiction • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain • The Pearl by John Steinbeck • EXTENSION TEXTS – complex and rigorous • Poetry • Nonfiction • Connections to the political, social, and historical implications

  7. English Binder/Section • Class work/Process Pages • Study Guides/Notes • Tests/Quizzes • Vocabulary • Book Clubs

  8. Homework • Assigned and graded weekly. • Due: one writing assignment and two vocabulary words. • Handouts with expectations available on a table along with an example.

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