Reading & Writing 1: Junior High (NW)

Class Year:  2020-2021
Time:  Wed 11:30 am - 01:30 pm;
Teacher:  Jennifer Jones
Tution:  $500 / Year or $50 / Month for 10 Months
Supply Fee:  $40 / Year Due Upon Registration
Location:  PREP North West (Cypress)

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NOTE:  A / /student must be at least twelve years old by September 1, 2020 to register for / /this class for the 2020-21 school year. / /

Seventh grade is a great time for students to / /sharpen the skills they have been taught and add some new ones to challenge / /their active minds. This class is designed to do just that through the four / /areas of language study:  reading, / /writing, listening, and speaking.

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Students will learn a good deal of new vocabulary as / /well as comprehension strategies and will also begin to analyze literature / /while delving into discussions of the themes of some excellent novels.  These include The Secret Garden (Burnett),Where the Red Fern Grows (Rawls), Prince Caspian (Lewis), My Side / /of the Mountain (George), A Wrinkle in Time (L’Engle),and Number the Stars (Lowry). Even if some students have read one or more of these books already, / /they likely have not truly studied them or been required to think deeply about / /the themes. Also, when a book is re-read and discussed with peers, a fresh / /perspective often arises, causing a "mundane”book to come alive or an already loved book to be that much more treasured.

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Using the WriteShop 1 curriculum, students / /will have the opportunity to master that blank page by learning to construct, / /edit, and revise paragraphs written for different purposes including description, / /exposition, and narration.  Additionally, / /we will use The Grammar of Literature from Royal Fireworks Press to give / /the students a thorough review of grammar concepts as well as new ways to make / /their writing more mature and sophisticated.

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As we read and write together, we will hone / /listening and speaking skills through in-depth discussion not only of the / /novels but also of the students’ writing samples. The / /students will also be required to give the class periodic presentations based / /on the novels and to recite at least one poem from memory.

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Parents provide the novels (any paper edition / /that is not simplified or abridged), WriteShop 1 (student book only), The / /Grammar of Literature: Student Book (ISBN 978-0-88092-870-0), a thesaurus, / /and a good hard-copy dictionary, preferably Webster’s / /or another title that has stood the test of time.

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Withdrawal fee after October 1 is two months’tuition.

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