Reading and Language Arts –Eighth Grade                                             Mrs. Paige Wolcott

Class Description:

This class will provide an opportunity to explore language arts while participating in daily writing and reading workshops. Students will be actively writing every day in class. They will master the writing process and become proficient in the skill of self-evaluating their own material. Students will also participate in daily grammar and writing skill-building activities that may be directly applied to students’ current writing. ...

Reading and Language Arts – Seventh Grade                                          Mrs. Paige Wolcott

Class Description:

This class will approach language arts from a modified whole-language point of view. Each quarter will be separated into specific units of literature (short stories, poetry, drama, novels, etc.). The units will be designed to teach specific styles of writing and elements of grammar usage that will enhance the study and comprehension of the selected literary work. Students will build their vocabulary knowledge and ...

Reading Workshop: Extra Class Period

Each student is required to have an approved novel of his/her choice in English class daily.

Class Procedures and Expectations

1. Silent Reading:

During the extra class period, students will be required to read from this novel for the first 25 - 30 minutes of class.

***If a student fails to have the book in the extra class period, he/she will read from a selection of non-fiction material provided by the ...

Due - Monday, Feb. 6

- DGP for Monday

Due - Tuesday, Feb. 7

- DGP for Tuesday

- Progress Report Signed

Due - Wednesday, Feb. 8

- DGP for Wednesday

Due - Thursday, Feb. 9

- DGP for Thursday

- Journal Entry

- Vocab Quiz Unit 7

Due - Friday, Feb. 10

- DGP for Friday

- 3rd Draft of persuasive essay due Monday: with other drafts labeled with strategies