ELA/SS Year Overview

ELA/SS Year Overview
  • Article of the Week and Current Events are posted on Friday.  AOW annotations, AOW written response, and current events sheet are due the following Friday (approx. 7-8 Article of the Weeks per quarter).
  • Students are required to complete 30 minutes of Membean (vocabulary building) with an option to earn an additional 15 points if they complete 45 minutes of Membean.
  • Grammar, Greek/Latin Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Academic Vocabulary are year-long.
  • Writing Instruction:
    • Daily: quick writes to support learning (journal response, exit tickets)
    • Weekly: Organized thinking in on-demand essays, responses (short answers), AoW responses
    • Monthly: polished writing improved through an extended editing/revision process