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The Belvidere South Middle
School Language Arts program consists of Reading and
English combined for a one hundred minute block
schedule. We use the Four Block Reading Curriculum and
the Four Square Writing Method combined with the Six Traits
Writing Curriculum.
Topics covered and
reviewed throughout the year are as follows.
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Fiction |
realistic, historic,
science, mysteries, folklore, and other short stories |
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Nonfiction |
autobiography,
biography, expository essay, feature story, informative,
interview, journal, letter, newspaper article, author
study, and personal essay |
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Poetry |
concrete, free
verse, and narrative |
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Drama |
plays |
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Vocabulary/Grammar |
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Novels |
Zach's Lie,
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Maniac Magee,
others |
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Essays |
expository,
descriptive, narrative, persuasive |
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Self-selected
reading and writing |
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