Grade 7
Students will continue to work on their editing skills. This week students will focus on hyphens, commas, and quotation marks.
Another focus this week will be explanatory writing. Students will learn the qualities of an effective introduction and apply what they learn to their writing.
*There will be an error-embedded passage quiz on Friday.
Grade 9
Students will wrap up Night this week. Students read an excerpt from a story about the Hitler Youth organization and chose one of three essay prompts. The essay/questions are due on Tuesday. On Tuesday and Wednesday, students will read a story about survival in Auschwitz and compare it to Elie's experience. Thursday will be used for review purposes. Students will take a test on the book on Friday.
