Welcome to Language Arts!
Hello, My name is Ms. Younker. I am very excited to get to know each of you as we explore the elements of language arts together! This website has many features and tools that I hope will be very helpful to you. You can email me from the Home Page, the Student Page, or the ALL About Me page. I created a class forum on the student page for you to use to contact me or other classmates with questions or help when we are not in class. This will help keep the communication on-going. You will also find a calendar with due dates on the student page as well as a class rubric. I created several links that you will find useful. I will expect you to use these tools as often as you need. Sometimes our assignments will come from our class webquest, the link for that is also on your student page. There is a page for your parents to keep in touch with me through a forum as well. Scroll down for more useful information and the email contact form. Check out my All About Me page to get to know me a little better!
This subject area is important for many reasons. According to the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association, students should be "knowledgeable and proficient users of language so that they may succeed in school, participate in our democracy as informed citizens, find challenging and rewarding work, appreciate and contribute to our culture, and pursue their own goals and interests as independent learners throughout their lives" As a species we advance through communication of our ideas.
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