MIDDLE+SCHOOL+LANGUAGE+ARTS

**2011 - 2012**

[|Literacy Day 2012 - Natural Disasters Website]
**2010-2011** Note: We are in process of updating resources for current school year. Scroll down to see resources from last year.
 * || 6TH GRADE ELAR ||
 * || Exploring Literary Nonfiction and Poetry ||
 * || Exploring Fiction and Drama ||
 * || Gathering Information ||
 * || Persuading Others ||
 * || Generating Connections ||
 * || Formulating Questions ||


 * || 7TH GRADE ELAR ||
 * || Unit 1 Understanding Literary Nonfiction and Poetry ||
 * || Unit 2 Understanding Fiction and Drama ||
 * || Unit 3 Gaining Information ||
 * || Unit 4 Influencing Attitudes ||
 * || Unit 5 Formulating Connections ||
 * || Unit 6 Providing Evidence ||


 * || 8TH GRADE ELAR ||
 * || Unit 1 Analyzing Fiction and Drama ||
 * || Unit 2 Analyzing Nonfiction and Poetry ||
 * || Unit 3 Drawing Conclusions about Expository Text ||
 * || Unit 4 Supporting Viewpoint ||
 * || Unit 5 Deeper Connections ||
 * || Unit 6 Reliability and Validity ||

Language Arts (2009-2010) [|Ray Bradbury] [|Lois Lowry] [|S.E. Hinton] [|Carol Matas (Daniel's Story)] [|Natalie Babbitt (Tuck Everlasting)] [|Gary Paulsen] [|Anne Frank House] [|Paul Zindel (The Pigman)] [|Avi] [|Daniel Keyes (Flowers for Algernon)] [|Edgar Allan Poe] [|Ray Bradbury] [|Gary Soto] [|Roald Dahl] [|Rudyard Kipling] [|Langston Hughes] [|S. E. Hinton] || [] || [|The Titans] [|Other Gods] [|The Myths] [|The Creatures] [|Places] [|Heroes] [|Ancient Greece for Kids] [|Online activities & Quizes] [|MythWeb] [|MythMan] || Colons Commas Dashes Exclamation Points Periods Question Marks Semicolons || Ideas for Presenting Your Research Citing Sources Copyright & Plagiarism -- Rules ( HCISD) Evaluating Sources Research Assistance Adverbs Conjunctions Interjections Nouns Prepositions Pronouns Subjects Verbs || Word Play (Word games and puzzle solving tools) Puzzle Choice (different sorts of online and printiable word puzzles) Fun Stuff - word puzzle games || Clauses Combining Sentences GRAMMAR CHECKER Sentence Types Transition Words [|Scholastic How To Resources] || Facing History – [|http://www.facinghistory.org] What was the Holocaust? [] Oral interviews – [] Videos – [] Life in Shadows: Hidden Children in the Holocaust [] Children during the Holocaust [] Hidden Children and the Holocaust []
 * **Abbreviations** || Abbreviations ||
 * ** Author's Websites ** || [|Robert Lipsyte] (The Contender)
 * **Capitalization** || ​Capitalization ||
 * **Communication Technology** || Communication Technology ||
 * **Comprehension** || Main Idea ||
 * **ESL** || [|Learning Vocabulary] []
 * **Greek Mythology** || [|The Olympians]
 * Note Taking || Note Taking ||
 * //** Punctuation **// || Apostrophes
 * Researching || Internet Research Tips
 * A+ Research & Writing**
 * Research Paper Strategies for Struggling Writers**
 * How to Write a Research Paper**
 * Writing Research Papers: A Step-by-Step Procedure**
 * Basic Steps in the Research Process**
 * Research Paper Rubric (pdf** ||
 * //**Sentence Parts**// || Adjectives
 * Sequencing || Sequencing ||
 * Spelling || **//Spelling//** ||
 * TAKS READING Review || TAKS READING REVIEW ||
 * ** Vocabulary ** || Confusable Words
 * ** Writing ** || Sentence Structure
 * Research**
 * Holocaust Websites**

Just gathering thoughts....for further editing... General websites for ideas... @http://www.quia.com/shared/eng/ [] [|http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/] index http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm really good place for ideas! [] -interactive writing prompts. Let You Wishes be a Writing Prompt

McDougal Textbook Online -- []

Fun Brain - []