Mr. Eric Beers
English Teacher
House 5
C.T.A. Vice-President
Concord Middle School
835 Old Marlboro Road
Concord, Massachusetts 01742
1-978-341-2490, extension 6274
e-mail: ebeers@colonial.net

GRADE 6-to-7 Summer Reading: Tangerine by Edward Bloor
2010-2011 School Supplies and Home Resources:
  • For School: One 100-page Composition Book; Pencils, pens, and one highlighter; A flash drive to take work home.
  • For Home: Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary; Novels representative of cultures outside of the United States.
    In COMPOSITION, students will write on a regular basis. While the focus is narrative writing, students will use the multi-step Writing Process to write expository pieces - from Open-Response paragraphs to multi-paragraph essays. Students will also write poetry, and will engage in writing research papers in conjunction with the study of Literature. Students will master the Writing Process as a tool to create their pieces.
    In LITERATURE, students will read teacher-directed novels and will be expected to complete out-of-school reading as well. Much of the in-school reading will focus on fiction representing cultures around the world. At the start of each term, students will receive an Outside Reading Assignment. Students are expected to read outside of school.
    In LANGUAGE students are expected to master an understanding of sentence types and kinds, clauses and phrases, the 7 main parts of speech, and punctuation. At the start of each class period students will have a 5-10 minute mini-lesson on grammar. Students should expect formative and summative quizzes on sentence structures and grammar. Students will have a midterm and final test on grammar.