During grading period one (13 August - 21 September), we studied the following topics:
- literary devices (connect to literature)
- vocabulary (2 lessons due per week)
- grammar (commonly confused words [such as their, they're, there] , run-ons and fragments)
- textbook workshops (literal comprehension strategies, interactive reading strategies, and effective listening)
- poetry ("Some Like Poetry" , "All" , "Also All" , "Success is counted sweetest" , "Conscientious Objector" , "Making a Fist")
- essay ("Style")
- autobiography (Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave)
- written autobiography (rough draft and final copy)
- peer editing skills
- written response to literature and citing literature within a written response
- narrative presentation (presentation of autobiographical essay)
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