Lengua y literatura de cuarto grado IV: misiones en inglés

In this 8-week course, we will quest together to achieve fourth grade level ELA (English Language Arts) skills corresponding to national standards. 

Knowing that each student comes from a unique background -- that includes schooling history (and recent policy changes), regional standards, personality, online engagement, individual talents, (among other things) -- I will especially strive to connect with each learner in a personal way. 

Conscious of these individual differences, I will help each learner make connections between skills they have already learned with the next level of reading, writing, spelling, punctuation, and grammar (wherever that next level may be). 

I will also help each learner to connect with our classroom of peers in the way that feels comfortable. I do this by creating an open, attentive, and supportive classroom environment where each learner is welcome to choose to share and collaborate in his or her own way. 

This course is can be used as the primary ELA curriculum or a supplemental course. Although it is titled part four (of four), students are welcome to join at any time without prerequisites. This course has a flexible refund policy, which means that you can receive a pro-rated refund if you need to withdraw at any time. 

Although students will be expected to complete writing projects outside of class, additional homework for our non-class school days is optional. Please let me know if you would appreciate assignments for your learner on independent study days. All homework that is submitted will receive feedback and encouragement.

Course topics by week: 
Week 1: Quest for Strong Paragraphs: review of writing paragraphs, complete sentences: simple, compound, and complex
Week 2: Quest for Reading Comprehension: reading, class discussion, answering comprehension questions, literature genres, setting, characters, conflict, plot, inferences
Week 3: Quest for Writing: begin first writing project: narrative, story maps, writing process, point of view, characters
Week 4: Quest for Story Improvement: narrative writing project revising and editing, reading for theme, predictions
Week 5: Quest for Poetry: poems, limericks, narrative poems, lyric poems, figurative language
Week 6: Quest for Short Essays: reading, class discussion, answering comprehension questions with short essays, nonfiction text features, writing summaries
Week 7: Quest for a Self-Led Project: plan, write, and revise a final project
Week 8: Quest for Editing: review of the past seven weeks through proofreading and editing exercises