Welcome to Advanced Language Arts

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Welcome to Advanced Language Arts
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Reading Curriculum

• Text Fiction and non-fiction selections in
  Elements of Literature
• Novels The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
• As You Like It by William Shakespeare
• The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
• Independent Reading Requirement
• 1st Quarter 500 pages minimum
• 2nd 4th Quarters 500 pages minimum ?

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Writing/Language Curriculum

• Text Elements of Language
• 1st semester Parts of Speech review
• 2nd semester Phrases, Clauses, Sentences
• All year Punctuation
• Six Traits of Good Writing
• Ideas
• Organization
• Voice
• Word Choice
• Sentence Fluency
• Conventions
• Writing Formats Expository Essay, Persuasive
  Essay, and Business
• Letter
• ALA Vocabulary from Classical Roots

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Finishing an assignment begun in
classorPracticing concepts learned in
classorIndependent Reading 20-30 minutes
Homework