Language Arts NewsLetter 
Week of November 28th 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Welcome Back!    

Cycle 2B Instruction:

6th-grade focus standards:

6.RL.3.2

6.RN.3.3


The Big Ideas: 

Author’s Perspective

Narrator’s Influence


7th-grade focus standards:

7.RN.2.1

7.RV.2.3


The Big Ideas:

Inference

Connotation/Denotation


8th-grade focus standards:

8.RL.2.1

8.RV.2.3

8.W.6.2a


The Big Ideas:

Inference

Connotation/Denotation




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"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."

  –P.J. O’Rourke

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Anchor Charts: “They help students know (and be able to verbalize) what they are accomplishing.”

  —Scott C.

 
 

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6th Grade: 

Cycle 2B Mini-Assessment: analyze your data and identify strategies and resources that worked with your students. 


7th/8th Grades: 


Cycle 2B Mini-Assessment: analyze your data and identify strategies and resources that worked with your students. 




 
 
 
 
 
 
  • Cycle 2B mini-assessments will be on Canvas and ready for you by Wednesday morning. 
  • SRI assessement window for Highland:   December 5th through December 23rd
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

The Top Five Reasons We Love Giving Students Choice in Reading

 
In the article "The Top Five Reasons We Love Giving Students Choice in Reading”, the authors present researched based arguments for giving our students choices when it comes to reading. The five reasons are listed below. Please click here to read the full article.
  1. Choice Empowers Students
  2. Valuing Student Choices Values the Student
  3. Choice Leads to Real and Meaningful Conversations
  4. Choice Helps Establish and Deepen Relationships
  5. Choice Leads to Independence
"Now that we offer choice, our conversations are about books students enjoy reading, and the discussions are exciting and passionate.”


 
 
 
 
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