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This week we will begin reading Jack London’s Call of the Wild. This book is being read citywide. We will also begin researching for our essay on the effe...

This week we will begin Unit 2 in our vocabulary study.  We will also begin our unit on The Call of the Wild by Jack London.  We will start by reading about the...

This week you will be finishing your first Vocabulary Unit.  We will be taking a district test on comprehending grade level text. You will be given a passage to...

This week you will be reading about the problem of bullying. You will be identifying text-type, citing evidence, summarizing, finding author’s purpose and...

Welcome Back! This week you will revise and edit your essay on rocks. The typed final copy is due on Friday and will count for a Science grade as well as Langua...

This week we will be looking at comparing and contrasting.  Students will compare and contrast Martin Luther King Jr. to Ruby Bridges. They will also be writing...

This week we will begin our unit  on the Civil Rights Movement.  You will be analyzing events that occurred as well as comparing  Martin Luther King Jr. and Rub...

This week we will practice and  presenting our, “I Have a Dream” speech and continue our study on the Civil Rights Movement.  The district writing p...

This week we will be examining the life of Martin Luther King Jr. You will then begin to compose your own ” I Have a Dream” speech that you will del...

This week we will be begin looking at memoirs. You will be reading ” The Red Guards” a memoir set during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.  You will ...