Language+Arts

= = =**Language Arts **= = =

Over the course of this school year we will be exploring the wonder and virtue of books, and stories. We will read all year in many different ways: as a whole class, individually, in pairs, and so on. I want you to be able to pick literature that you would like to read, so that everything is interesting to you. Reading and writing consist of an ability to decode words and sentences and continue to learn as you go. My goal for you is to be able to read and comprehend with a hope that you will begin to love reading and writing. Only you can hold yourself back, so go explore and love the books you read. Use this page to track what you read all year and to share what you read with other students.

** Assignment: **
You will use this page and discussion thread to track what you are reading all year long. Each student will need to start a post on the discussion in which they will put down the book in which they are reading, and the author that it is by. As we read all year you will continue to update your book list, writing recommendations as you go. You will also be selecting some of these books to write book reports on and selecting them for other assignments. Requirements: Remember to pick books that will challenge you, every book you are reading must be approved by me to make sure that it is challenging enough for your reading level. This assignment should be easy as long as you continue to read throughout the year. So have fun reading and remember to update your lists.
 * You must update your list throughout the year, and keep it up to date. By the end of the year you should have at least 15 books on your list
 * Each book in your list should contain a recommendation written by you for other students. It needs to be a minimum of 3 paragraphs about why you would or wouldn't recommend the book.
 * One book from your list should be chosen as a book report that will be completed and then presented to the class. More information on the book report will be given later, just keep in mind that you will need to pick a book for that assignment.

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