WELCOME TO ENGLISH!

MRS. ERIN AULTSIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE ENGLISHENGLISH DEPARTMENT TEAM LEADERNATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED, ELA

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

Website – IT’S NEWaultenglish.wordpress.com

– Following the blog gives you quiz updates, announcements, and general class information.

Homework – listed weeklyDocuments – hyperlinked within the textLinks for resources and online study tools.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTSCommon Core Anchor Standards:

Reading, Writing, Language, Speaking, and Listening

Units are theme drivenAnchor textNonfictionFictionMulti-media

Rigorous standards

6th Grade UNITS OF STUDYHeroes: Folklore, Myth, and Legend

The Hobbit: selected chaptersMyth – tales from the OdysseyNative American folklore and legendsGT: Sword in the Stone: selected chaptersGT: Prince and the Pauper: selected chapters

CourageRoll of Thunder, Hear My CryGT: Selected Primary source documentsGT: Selected Poems

Coming of AgeRed Scarf GirlGT: Selected Primary source documents

GT 7th Grade UNITS OF STUDYSTUDENT-FACILITATED LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP

Thrills and Chills: Mystery and SuspenseSelected short stories by Edgar Allen PoeSelected short stories by Sir Arthur Conon DoyleGT: Prince and the Pauper: selected chapters

Facing Injustice: MemoirFarewell to Manzanar: Japanese InternmentExcerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank and Unbroken

Perseverance: Historical/Realistic FictionThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Pearl by John Steinbeck

EXTENSION TEXTS – complex and rigorousPoetryNonfictionConnections to the political, social, and historical implications

English Binder/Section

Class work/Process PagesStudy Guides/NotesTests/QuizzesVocabularyBook Clubs

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