1. Miss Bartram’s English Language Arts Room 609
At Ridge Road Middle,
We Fly Higher than the Rest!

2. Warm-Up #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=ajjGtsjI7CM
Watch this short video.
Explain in 1 paragraph what you think the conflict is in this video.
Is it an Internal Conflict or an External Conflict?
Remember Paragraph Structure:
-Topic Sentence
-3 Supporting Sentences
-Conclusion Sentence
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3. Daily Routines Daily Warm-Ups, Vocabulary Menu (10-20 Minutes)
Turn in Papers (5 Minutes)
Mondays: Notes, Direct Instruction (25 Minutes)
Tuesday-Thursday: Classwork, Projects, Activities (30 Minutes)
Friday=Assessments, Bring Your Own Technology,
Weekends: Homework Non-Fiction Article Summaries
Student Folders/Notebooks
Raven Way Block Rewards
“We Fly Higher Than The Rest” Recognition

4. Classwork Stories, poems, novels, speeches, articles, etc.
Reading: Fiction and Non-Fiction
Stories, poems, novels, speeches, articles, etc.
Literary terms and concepts
Vocabulary Work
Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes
Important Common Core terms
Writing Skills
Daily Warm-Ups, Essays, Paragraph Structure, Sentence Structure

5. Homework Classwork that doesn’t get done in class
Sustained Silent Reading-EC Summary
Reading Project Due October 15th
1-2 Informative Articles Weekly
Paragraph Summary

6. Other Literary Resources
Novels-2nd Quarter
Media-YouTube, Movies, Short Videos, Music, etc.
Scholastic Newsmagazine-received twice per month***$10 subscription- please pay online (see handout)
Online textbook!! You will receive information on how to access.

7. Parents’ Jobs
Look at your child’s agenda every evening to see what homework is to be done, or what they need to study in order to prepare for weekly assessments on Friday.
me with questions/concerns. Please be patient, as I teach 115 students each day.
Scholastic Reader $10
Ridge Road Website
Online Payment

8. Helpful Tools & Resources
1. Go to my school webpage for updates:
2. Remind 101 Text Code:
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3. Study Tools:
3. Online Textbook: