1. OPEN HOUSE 7th Grade English – Mrs. Newsom
2nd Semester
2016

2. What to Expect
Students’ focus for 3rd nine weeks will be geared toward:
* Understanding Figurative Language
* Persuasive writing
* Fact and Opinion
* Complex Sentence (dependent clauses, punctuation, parts of speech)

3. CUPS C – Capitalization U – Usage (Grammar) P – Punctuation
S – Spelling

4. Literary Works Small Excerpts – The Book Thief
Speech – Americans with Disabilities by Christopher Reeve
Nonfiction Documents - New York Times article “Auschwitz Shifts from Memorializing to Teaching”
Poetry – “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” “Dream Deferred,” “’Hope’ Is the Thing with Feathers”
Artwork – Grim Death,” “The Angel of Death,” “Abstract Death”

5. Grading 3-4 Major grades (50%) Several Quiz grades (30%)
Several Daily grades (20%)
Please help me encourage your child to complete all assignments, and to make up work within 5 days after absences.