Since our last descriptive essay, we have been in the study of a novel concentrating heavily on reading comprehension, vocabulary and grammar. The class is starting an essay now on theme in regard to A Wrinkle in Time. The theme paper requires some analysis of the author's message, with my guidance, of course. Students will have to verbalize possible messages from this novel and then put one message into words in a sophisticated method. The students will be working in class for some of this writing with the laptop computers and some time at home for polishing and editing. This way, I am closely involved with the writing process and can offer help as the students move along, and they should begin relying less on help from home. During our work on this formal writing assignment, we practice grammar and sentence structure quite specifically. In our language arts class, we have a blend of written expression, verbal expression, mechanics, basic comprehension, vocabulary building, and more.
Thank you for partnering with me in this process. I am enthusiastic about the new year starting.
Holes and A Single Shard are two novels you might want to purchase ahead of time as we will study them this semester.
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