Language Arts

September 2025

6th & 7th Grade are beginning some activities and reading about the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and then are set to begin some grammar and sentence structure review and citing text evidence. They will be starting their weekly vocab sheets next week with quizzes to follow the following week. Their next unit is a reading unit with some creative writing, such as Riki Tiki Tavi, the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and writing Halloween stories in October.

8th Graders are reading Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. So far they are doing an excellent job of comprehending and applying prior knowledge and experiences to the text. They will next be practicing how to cite text evidence and arguing points in literature with short stories, and may have some creative writing thrown in later in October

English I and II are beginning their short story units. They will be actively reading, with comprehension questions, short vocab activities and class discussions, they will also be writing reflective and descriptive essays to apply what they learn in literature to their everyday lives.

English III students are starting to build their resumes and will be able to continue to add on throughout the next couple of years. They will later be reading The Yellow Wallpaper written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and applying the Feminist Theory to their comprehension of the book. They will also be learning how to write a Book Review and will be asked to write one over The Yellow Wallpaper with a feminist perspective. This unit coming up is all about the ability to apply a theory/different view to a text and analyze the different effects of that theory. 

The English Literature class will be updating their resumes and start with some Mock Interviews. They will then begin their first speech which is a persuasive /argumentative speech.. Seniors will also be working on Narrative essays that can be applied towards scholarships or interviews. They will later begin practicing MLA writing while citing sources correctly within research papers in the MLA style and will also start comparing different literature works.

Mrs. Wehar