Mrs. Davidson
LANGUAGE ARTS



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Belvidere South Middle School has a new Language Arts program this school year.  Reading and English classes have combined for a one hundred minute block schedule.  The teachers use the 4 Block Reading Curriculum:

 
 
Self – Selected Reading
Guided Reading
Working with Words
Writer’s Workshop

First Semester

  Guided Reading Novels
  Fiction
Memoir
Short Story
Informative non-fiction
Greek Myths
Mystery
Biography
Nightmare Mountain
Flipped
Sharks


 
  Writing Workshop Read Aloud
  Expository essay
Descriptive essay
Compare/contrast essay
Free Response paragraphs
Because of Winn Dixie
The Wall
Greek Myths
Stripes
  Reading  
  Self – Selected books
Student Conferences
Conference Questioning
Grammar and writing mini – lessons
Vocabulary Strategies
Etymology
Roots and Affixes
     

Second Semester

  Guided Reading Novels  (Chosen by teacher)
  Fiction 
Science Fiction
Poetry 
Folktales
Myths
Historical Fiction
Non Fiction
Maniac Magee
Strider
Mop Moondance and the Nagasaki Knights
The Barn
  Writing Workshop Reading
  Persuasive essay 
Memoir 
Poetry
Self selected writing
Free response paragraph
Self – Selected books
Student conferences
Conference Questioning
Grammar and writing mini-lessons
Vocabulary Strategies
Etymology
Roots and Affixes
  Read Aloud  
  Adam of the Road
The Rough Faced Girl
The Dog of Pompeii
Martin Luther King Jr. - A Biography
 

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