jonesenglishfund

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===This class is designed for students who feel they need a little extra help in honing their reading and writing skills. As everyone knows, the best way to improve skills is to practice, practice, practice! In this class we will be paying special attention to spelling and grammar rules, reading strategies, and writing reminders. We will be writing and sharing our work with each other, and we will be helping each other progress toward the 11th grade benchmark goals. ===

===Last year, the State of Utah replaced the Language Arts curriculum with a new curriculum. This new state Core Curriculum for Language Arts is aimed more at helping students improve their skills in critical thinking, real-world writing, and application of literature to the students' everyday experiences. What this means to students is that more of an effort will be placed on helping students develop writing strategies that will aid in their development of expressing their thoughts clearly, and with any luck, students will be able to more easily make the connections of reading, writing and literature to their lives beyond high school. ===

===As it translates to our class, we will be doing more writers' response papers when we read, and we will be developing our reading and writing strategies that suit the needs of classes across the curriculum in addition to reading and discussing traditional literature. Our focus will be placed on recognizing how reading and writing works in our everyday lives. If you show up and pay attention, your skills will improve, and you'll find that English is NOT the enemy! ===

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