mherrera_syllabus
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Truman Middle School2015 -- 2015 School Year7th Grade Cougar ELA Syllau!Contact Information:Michelle "errera michelle#herrera$a%!#edu &&cougar!la#&eely#com &&remind#com'(oin'127)*+ Cla!!room ,-2 -505. )/+-/0/0 e0# 5)1)+"ello1 My name i! Michelle "errera and you &ill e in my 7th grade Language Art! cla!! thi! !chool year# 2 am honored to e a %art o3 your academic %rogre!! and am e0cited to get to 4no& you andyour %arent!#Going eyond the &orld o3 reality into the &orld o3 the imagined1 learning 3rom and celerating &ith the &ritten &ord are among the mo!t 5aluale endea5or! one can undergo inli3e#The &or4 &e &ill do in thi! cla!!room &ill do (u!t that#,eyond reading im%ortant literary &or4! and in3ormational te0t!1 a! &ell a! de5elo%ing your &riting !4ill!1 you &ill e0%lore im%ortant to%ic! and theme! that are rele5ant to your li5e! no& and in the 3uture#The to%ic! &e &ill encounter thi! !chool year are in3luenced y current e5ent!'i!!ue!1 ho&e5er the material &e &ill !tudy range! 3rom im%ortant hi!torical document! to literary &or4! y Sha4e!%eare and 6ic4in!on# 7ur cla!! &ill e centered around a 3e& ma(or interconnected conce%t! that &ill uild u%on eachother -- 2dentity1 "atred 8 9re(udice1 :ar1 and "ealth# Thi! !eme!ter &e &ill %rimarily 3ocu! on de5elo%ing analytical !4ill! and u!ing narrati5e &riting techni;ue!#