This Week in Language Arts

Welcome back from spring break!
This week in language arts, we'll be doing some work to prepare for the Alaska Standards-Based Assessments (SBAs) in Reading and Writing.  We'll talk about the content of the tests, and we'll discuss test-taking strategies.  The SBAs will take place during the week of April 8th.  For more information, here's a link to the Alaska Department of Education's website.

Contest for Extra Credit

Here's a link to the Juneau Human Rights Committee's Essay Contest, which ends on Friday, March 22nd.  Entrants earn extra credit in either language arts or history--for your choice of third or fourth quarter.
Have a wonderful spring break!

This Week in Language Arts (and a New Contest!)

This week in language arts we'll be critiquing rough draft essays (the literary analysis essays of Shakespeare's Macbeth).  We'll also be wrapping up the Macbeth Project.  The end of the quarter is right around the corner (the end of next week).
Also, for all the poets, there's a new contest sponsored by Write Young AK.  You can check out the details here.