First Quarter

     Grammar

     Handwriting

     Introduction to the novel:  Pigman

     Writing:  Enhancing sentences through     introduction to a 5 paragraph essay.

     Vocabulary

Second Quarter

     Grammar

     Selected Short Stories

     Romeo and Juliet

     Continue 5 paragraph essay work

     Vocabulary

Third Quarter

     Grammar

     Literary devices through the study of the novel

     The Contender

     Animal Farm

     Vocabulary

     Continue 5 paragraph essay work

Fourth Quarter

     Grammar

     Study of the novel

     The Wave

     Freak the Mighty

      5 paragraph writing

     Vocabulary