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Class Info

Reading & Writing 2 (NW)

Class Year:  2021-2022
Time:  Wed 10:00 am - 12:00 pm;
Teacher:  Jennifer Jones
Tuition:  $500 / Year or $50 / Month (August - May)
Supply Fee:  $50 / Year - Due Upon Registration
Location:  Northwest (Cypress)

NOTE:  A student must be at least thirteen years old by September 1, 2021, to register for this class for the 2021-22 school year.

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.

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.

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, I will provide weekly exercises that review parts of speech and cover more complex sentence structures.

Parents provide the novels (any paper edition that is not simplified or abridged), WriteShop 2 (student book only), Rodale’s The Synonym Finder or other thesaurus, and a good hard-copy dictionary, preferably Webster’s or another title that has stood the test of time. The teacher will provide any short stories or poems.

The withdrawal fee after October 1 is three months’ tuition.