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Happy New Year!!!! Welcome back!! Sharks are busy with novel studies and learning to use our new Promethean boards. This month is very busy with a field trip reward on January 19th, and the close of the second quarter. All work for The Giver from second and third blocks is due on Friday, January 8, 2010. First and fourth blocks are beginning The Giver on January 6, 2010. All students will begin blogging on Thursday, January 7, 2010. The New Year will be a great one!!! I am attaching a syllabus for second semester. Sylvia C. Hipp Language Arts Eighth Grade Southeast Middle School email: hippsc@rss.k12.nc.us 704-638-5561
Conferences times are flexible, and planning time is 9:00-10:30 daily. Second Semester Course Content: Novels: Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Assignments include vocabulary words, study guides, and literary analysis papers. If you are able, purchase your own copies. It is helpful to be able to write in the novels. Short Stories: We will read several O. Henry stories for sure, but at this point I do not know how much time we will have before EOG testing begins. Poetry: Various poems will be studied which include all types of subjects and structures. Projects: Personal collections and poetry slam. WordSkills: Lessons 26-30 Grammar focus: Compound and complex sentence construction, subject-verb agreement, and correct punctuation. Student-Led Conferences during third nine weeks. Date has not been set. Grading policies are based on the Rowan-Salisbury guidelines. Discipline expectations: Be respectful. Be responsible. Be ready to learn. Supplies: Paper, pencil, agenda, and binder.
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