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Welcome, Parents! Mrs. Hickner-Johnson’s Room. Welcome to Reading!. Mrs. Hickner-Johnson 7 Gold. Units of Study 1 st Quarter. 6 Reading Strategies Preview/Predict Asking Questions Connecting Inferencing Visualizing Summarizing. Nonfiction Fact/Opinion Main Idea Supporting Details
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Welcome to Reading! • Mrs. Hickner-Johnson • 7 Gold
Units of Study 1st Quarter 6 Reading Strategies • Preview/Predict • Asking Questions • Connecting • Inferencing • Visualizing • Summarizing Nonfiction • Fact/Opinion • Main Idea • Supporting Details • Propaganda Techniques • Subjective/Objective • Types of Writing • Technical Writing • Class Novel: Tuesdays with Morrie
Units of Study 2nd Quarter Fiction • Narrative Texts • Conflict • Point of View • Setting • Mood • Theme • Novel The Outsiders Short Stories • Plot • Flashback • Foreshadowing • Characterization • Irony • Theme • Predictions • Inferences • Written 55 Fiction Assessment
3rd Quarter Units of Study • MAP/MCA Testing test prep Poetry Unit • Forms of Poetry • Drawing Conclusions • Imagery • Tone • Figurative Language • Denotation/Connotation/Idioms • Sound Devices • Symbolism • Novel • Bronx Masquerade (Linked in Writing)
4th Quarter Units of Study • Units Reviewed • MAP/MCA Testing Drama Unit • Play Reading and Dramatizations • Skits • Greek Mythology • Shakespeare
Work Expectations • Reading every night, at least 15 minutes. • Journals assigned on Weds. Due Fri. • Book Conferencing Requirements • 3 books each quarter – 1 of which comes from the required 7th grade list. • Other assignments will vary. These are updated and available through Moodle.