During Middle School ELAR, we will be reading novels.  Each quarter, we focus on a specific writing element (expository, narrative, descriptive, and persuasive) along with vocabulary, grammar, and editing. 

6th Grade:
1st Qtr – D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
2nd Qtr – The Devil’s Arithmetic
3rd Qtr – Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
4th Qtr -- Where the Red Fern Grows


7th Grade:
1st Qtr – The Giver
2nd Qtr – Chains
3rd Qtr – The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas
4th Qtr – The Outsiders

8th Grade:
1st Qtr – Animal Farm
2nd Qtr – Glass Menagerie
3rd Qtr – Inherit the Wind
4th Qtr – To Kill a Mockingbird