Language Arts: September 29th through October 3rd

Over the next two weeks, students will be working on a creative project that reflects their understanding of some of the key literary concepts we've been studying--primarily in the SPRINGBOARD books--since the beginning of the school year. Students will be writing scenes follow a character of their creation through a variety of steps in the Hero's Journey Archetype. An overview of the steps to completion for the project can be found here. Here's a map of the hero's journey for students to use as they brainstorm, and here's a guide to the reflection essay they'll write at the end. I've enjoyed reading students' creative work in their writing notebooks thus far this year, and I look forward to seeing where they take their narratives over the course of this project.

Also, we'll continue our study of the parts of speech. Students will be studying prepositions--and some will make preposition comic strips as part of a "Your Choice" activity. They'll finish up with conjunctions and interjections.