Mr. Galbraith Mrs. Freeman Mr. Niles Mrs. Mrs. Shafer Mrs.
Students read short stories, novels, plays, and poetry.
They study parts of speech, grammar, capitalization, punctuation, simple sentences, and compound sentences. For vocabulary development, students review word roots, prefixes, and context clues. Composition work includes paragraph development and business and social letters. Students read literature ranging from ancient Greece to 20th Century South Africa. Grammar, punctuation, complex sentences, and compound sentences receive special emphasis.