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Mr. Eric Beers
GRADE 6-to-7 Summer Reading: by Edward Bloor 2010-2011 School Supplies and Home Resources: 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. |