New York State ELA Assessment

Students have been preparing for the upcoming NYS ELA assessment by reviewing strategies to analyze fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.  After Spring Break, students will be reviewing the methods to use when creating a complete short response answer as well as an extended response answer. 

The NYS ELA assessment is April 16th, 17th, and 18th.

Spring Break 2013

Mrs. Earl would like to wish all of her students and their families a relaxing and fun Spring Break!

Students of the Week

Congratulations to the Students of the Week for 3/18-3/22!

Period One - Be A.

Period Two - Patricia R.

Period Four - Jordan H.

Period Five - Eve L.

Answering a Blog Question

Earn a Homework Pass!

You can earn a homework pass when you come back from Spring Break by answering the question below before midnight on March 31st, 2013.  Be sure to leave your name with your response and be sure that your response is in complete sentences.

Question:  Describe what you can do over break to help prepare for the NYS ELA test on April 16th, 17th, and 18th.

Helping You Analyze Poetry

Having trouble analyzing poems in class or on your homework?  Take a look at this short video which breaks down the strategies to poetry analysis.  Although we have covered them in class, here is just another way to look at and utilize them in breaking down a poem.

Investigating Poetry

Analyzing poetry can be very difficult for students.  In an effort to help make the process easier, students can use the directions below to create a poetry road map.  The details in the road map can help students to answer questions later on.