By the end of the year, students can:
- Independently read a wide variety of young-adult-appropriate texts including non-fiction, magazine articles, newspaper articles, novels, poems and reports.
- Independently write all content in main lesson books
- Accurately summarize main lesson presentations
- Manage a variety of writing forms including announcements, invitations, press releases, directions, letters to the editor, etc.
- Write successful essays
- Proofread their own and classmates’ work with a focus on punctuation, grammar, and spelling
- Imitate the style of a particular author or poet
- Interpret Literature
- Use narrative structure in short story writing, including point of view
- Comfortably use reference materials for independent research projects
- Summarize a story or event orally and in writing
- Retell a story from the point of view of a particular character
- Demonstrate beautiful handwriting
- Demonstrate a wide range of vocabulary in writing and speaking
- Give poised, confident oral presentations