The winner gets to pick from the candy basket. When the student reaches a goal level, they get to choose a prize from the big prize box. The goals of this class are to increase writing proficiency and mechanics skills, mastery of grammar elements and to improve spelling. During this time they will write creative short stories, five paragraph essays, and poetry. This unit will require homework.
Spelling is an important part of our English program.
The students will complete a formal spelling lesson each Monday. These are phonics-based lessons, designed to teach strategies to spell difficult words and the rules behind them. A pre-test will be given each Monday, and the final test will be given each Friday. The tests are worth 14-20 points each. The students will be graded on a 100 point grading scale.