Green Team Language
Arts II
Curriculum:
Non-fiction
Units: Over Coming the Odds, Civil Rights, and The Holocaust. Students
will explore these units through reading, writing, and speaking activities.
Develop persuasive, expository,
and descriptive writing skills.
Read and discuss nonfiction
with attention to purpose, main idea, audience, author's style.
Examine author's persuasive
techniques.
Identify, define, and use vocabulary
contained in a structured program.
Grading Policy:
| HOMEWORK | 33.3% |
| QUIZZES / TESTS | 33.3% |
| PROJECTS | 33.4% |
Required Materials:
1. Spiral notebook to use as a
journal
2. a section in your 3-ring binder for papers, tests
and quizzes
3. pen or pencil
Class Rules:
Be courteous and respectful to others
Be on time
Come prepared with all
necessary materials
Be on task
Planned Activities:
Daily
Journal
Writing
CMT Test Preparation
Persuasive
Writing
Biographies
Civil
Rights
The Holocaust
Overcoming Obstacles