Welcome to ELA! My name is Miss Curry, and I am so thrilled to be teaching 6-8 ELA here at Holy Angels. As a Diocese of Rockville Centre graduate myself, I find it so rewarding to be working here after four years teaching in the Diocese of Bridgeport in Connecticut.
If you ever have any questions, please feel free to message me through Class Dojo or contact me via email at kcurry5573@holyangelsregional.org .
Year-Long Themes
6th: Characters and Identity
7th: What It Means to Be a Hero
8th: Good vs. Evil
Current Explorations in Class - Trimester 1
6th Grade: The Core of a Character - Students begin the year reading The Lightning Thief. This year is all about learning true literary analysis: we will be reading to find meaning and understanding the WHY in their texts. Students will learn how to write for analysis by expanding on literary elements they learn in class and discover in their texts. Students will ask themselves the question: Why are characters the way that they are?
7th Grade: The Hero's Journey - The Outsiders is a text students will never forget, which is why we will start the year reading the novel! After their extensive work on learning how to analyze literature and put that analysis into words, 7th graders will be working on expanding on these skills. We will continue to explore the ways in which we become better readers and writers. Students will discover that heroes aren't always what we imagine.
8th Grade: The Power of Perspective - In their biggest year yet, 8th graders will look at one of literature's most poignant themes: the power struggle between good and evil. We begin the year by continuing our full study of Suzanne Collin's universe by reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Students will quickly see that who tells us the story will influence the way we read it and will explore this idea in their RTLs and class discussions
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All parents are free to message me on Class Dojo during my office hours of 7:30AM - 5:00PM
If you have not been aded to the Class Dojo and would like to be, please email me at kcurry5573@holyangelsregional.org and I can send you the sign up link.If students have questions, they should message me on their own through Google Classroom. On their classroom page, they will see a section labeled "Miss Curry Questions", which they can message at any time. I am constantly checking these messages and will get alerts all day; I have no office hours for students and will respond ASAP
All students must have the following for each class:
* Chromebook (fully charged)
*1 inch binder
*Marble Composition Notebook
*Independent Reading Novel
*Pencil Case with:
*Pens (Blue and Black ink only)
*Highlighters
*Post-It Notes