• Grading Policy (approximate percentages)

    • Summative Assessments (Tests, Projects, Major Writing Assignments)  45%
    • Formative Assignnments (Daily Tasks, Classwork, Quizzes, Quickwrites)  40%
    • Homework 10%
    • Citizenship (Class Participation, Group Participation, Preparedness) 5%

  • Required Materials

    • Folder/Notebook or binder
    • Pen or pencil (only blue or black ink)
    • Silent Reading Book
    • Charged Chromebook

  • DAILY INSTRUCTION:

     

    1. Word of the Day (Daily Warm-Up)

    2. Amplify ELA: Daily lessons follow a unit theme with a focus on developing their own ideas based on a content rich text. Often daily work will end with a Solo reading assignment to engage students with the text independently.

    • UNITS OF STUDY:

      • Perspectives and Narrative

      • Liberty and Equality

      • Science and Science Fiction

      • Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet

      • Holocaust: Memory and Meaning

      • The Space Race Collection

    3. Independent Reading: Students will be required to read a school appropriate and age appropriate novel, and will be asked to ensure they have a book to read AT EVERY CLASS. Students will journal twice a week and keep track of what they read on a log.

    4. Grammar: Grammar lessons will be delivered bi-weekly, and students will incorporate what they learn into their daily reading and writing. 

  • Textbooks

    • Amplify 

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