We are off to a great start!

Thank-you, parents, for doing your homework and adding yourselves to our distribution list! The students in ELA will begin their year with a unit of study on the short story and the personal narrative. Our objectives will be to learn the structure of a story plot, to write a personal narrative, and to improve our reading comprehension by making personal connections to the stories and memoirs we are reading. During the week of August 29th, we will study the short story, “Seventh Grade,” by Gary Soto, diagram its plot, and use our knowledge of plot structure to plan and create a first draft of a personal narrative. The students will be evaluated on their comprehension of Gary Soto’s short story and on their prewriting and rough draft of their personal narrative.