Welcome to BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT Mr. Williamson English

Period 1 EXPOSITORY WRITING Students will learn to write informative essays that will help them pass state and college exams. It will also help them apply to schools and seek employment.

WHAT IS EXPOSITORY WRITING? Exposition is a type of oral or written discourse that is used to explain, describe, give information or inform. The creator of an expository text can not assume that the reader or listener has prior knowledge or prior understanding of the topic that is being discussed. Since clarity requires strong organization, one of the most important mechanisms that can be used to improve our skills in exposition is to provide directions to improve the organization of the text.

Period 5 ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Raising reading and writing achievement in Grades 9–12. Designed to support struggling readers meet the rigorous expectations of the new Common Core State Standards and experience success on the new assessments

Studying poetry, prose, fiction and drama from around the world Period 6 WORLD LITERATURE Studying poetry, prose, fiction and drama from around the world

What do they all have in common? and READING, of course!!!

Good grades are the result of hard work. What do we expect? Good grades are the result of hard work. Be on time. Be prepared. Be cooperative. Be polite. Do your best.

GRADING 100 - 90 A 89 - 80 B 79 - 70 C 69 – 60 D 59 and below F