Mrs.

Ward Honey Creek Middle School 2019-2020

ENGLISH ENRICHMENT
“Literature is no one’s private ground, literature is common ground; let us trespass freely and fearlessly and find our own way
for ourselves.” - Virginia Woolf

GROUP Rules Course Description

Get along The purpose of this class is

to promote higher level
thinking and problem
Respect Others solving . The material will be
challenging but doable.
On Task Behavior
Topics Covered

Use quiet voices To promote higher level thinking, we will be covering

some intense topics. During our course work, you will be
asked to write about a personal topic. Please share only
Participate what you are comfortable sharing. We will also be
reading about some graphic historical events. Please let
Stay in your group Mrs. Ward know if they make you uncomfortable.

Groups
Group work will be an central part of our lessons.
Working together will allow us to extend our thinking
and learn to work with others. If you are a distraction to
your group you will be required to complete the work
independently.

Grades
Your grades will be posted on Schoology. We will be setting
Supplies up a new class for you to join in addition to your English
class. Most work should be finished in class. If you are on-
• Folder task, you should not have homework for enrichment. A 10%
• Book deduction will be taken from late assignments.
• Homework Leaderboard/Class Shop
AP will not be given out during Enrichment and the
Class Shop will not be available to Enrichment students.
 Mrs. Ward Honey Creek Middle School 2017-2018

Agenda

Personal Narrative
• This I Believe Essay

Higher Order Thinking

• Jamestown Colony Passage
• Higher Order Thinking group project
• Flip Chart
• Bloom’s Taxonomy Question Frame

Dismissal Witches! Nonfiction book

• Journals/Reader Response
Late bus riders must • Dictionary (15 words)
remain in the class • Character Tracker
until the late bus • Tone worksheet
bell. Leaving early • Hysteria research (Schoology)
will result in a • Internet Scavenger Hunt (Schoology)
penalty • Test

ALL chairs are to be Nonfiction Analysis

put up on all days • 2-3 nonfiction articles
but Wednesdays.
“The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
Late bus riders are to • Summarizing worksheet
stay seated until • Short Response response
their dismissal bell. • WB p. 205
• Literature book p. 585
Phones/devices may
be used after the Group Presentation
3:15 bell. • Literature p. 587 prompt
• 5 minute presentation