Over the next few weeks we'll be digging into the first unit of the Juneau School District's adopted Springboard curriculum. There's a link to information about Springboard on the sidebar of this website. The first unit is called "The Challenge of Heroism." Some of the goals in the unit include the following:
- To create an original illustrated narrative based on the Hero's Journey archetype
- To analyze and synthesize a variety of texts to develop an original definition of "hero."
- To analyze and evaluate expository texts for ideas, structure, and language
- To develop expository texts using strategies of definition
We'll also be doing a review of some important grammar concepts, beginning with a review of the eight parts of speech. Students will be taking notes, practicing individually and in groups, and taking short quizzes on each part of speech. Here's a link to the notes for all of the packets; it's a concise summary students and parents may use as a reference. We'll begin next week with a review of nouns and pronouns.
Again, thanks to everyone for helping us all get off to a great start!
