Dewar Language Arts- Week of Jan. 18
What are we learning this week in Language Arts?
Students will read closely and pick out key details in a reading passage.
Students will practice academic discourse: listening carefully and presenting relevant information during a discussion.
Students will orally present a position for or against a topic by stating relevant arguments or claims.
Students will use commas in a series of phrases and to separate introductory information.
What are we doing this week?
Monday
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
Written assignment – Debating Game Topic 5
Read “Exploring the Attic – Scenario" and take notes of important details, clues, and unanswered questions
Wednesday
Meet me on Zoom! 1st Interactive Encounter
Oral assignment – Debating Game Topic 6 flipgrid
Thursday
Oral assignment – Debating Game Topic 7 flipgrid
Grammar notes on 2 more comma rules: series of phrases and introductory information
Friday
Oral assignment – Debating Game Topic 8 flipgrid
Grammar Assignment 2 – practice using the new comma rules
As always please email with any questions!