Reading & Writing 2: Junior High (NW)

Class Year:  2020-2021
Time:  Wed 09:30 am - 11:30 am;
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 thirteen years old by September 1, 2020 to register / /for this class for the 2020-21 school year.

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Reading and Writing 2 will build on the work the / /students have done in Reading and Writing 1. In this on-level eighth grade / /class, the novels we study will be more complex but still fun, and they will / /provide ample opportunity for deep thought and reflection on the themes. One of / /the works we will read is non-fiction, giving us an added dimension for / /analysis.

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We will study five novels and one play. The novels (and one play) for this class are: The Bronze Bow (Speare), The Wind in the Willows (Grahame), The Miracle Worker (a play by Gibson), Tom Sawyer (Twain), The / /Hobbit (Tolkien), and The Hiding Place (Ten Boom). We will also have / /some time at the end of the year to study a bit of poetry containing some of / /the same themes as the novels.

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Each novel unit will include comprehension / /assignments, vocabulary activities, instruction in literary terms and devices, / /and a novel-based final project that students will present to their classmates. / /For writing, we will continue in the WriteShop series with WriteShop 2 which / /will still focus on strong paragraph development but will also require the / /students to write longer pieces. The spring semester will offer instruction and / /practice with persuasive communication and essay writing. For grammar, we will / /use Magic Lens (Volume 1) from Royal Fireworks Press.

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Parents provide the novels (any paper edition / /that is not simplified or abridged), WriteShop 2 (student book only), 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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