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  • Class Links
    • What We're Working On
    • Extra Credit
    • GHS Daily Announcements
    • Seminar Information
  • Contact
  • Updates
  • For Parents
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Speaking & Listening
  • Language Skills

State Language Standards

Our class language skills come from the Michigan Common Core State Standards. This year, we will be developing the following language skills:
  • Demonstrates command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
  • Applies knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
  • Utilizes appropriate strategies for understanding new vocabulary in context.
  • Demonstrates understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Word of the Day
​Extra Credit

Every day there will be a new word of the day posted on our board.  Use the word of the day in a sentence, find it in song lyrics, find it in a book, and you'll earn a point of extra credit. Write down the sentence where you found or used the word of the day and bring it for the next class period to earn a point of extra credit.
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Address

Grandville High School
4700 Canal Avenue, SW
Grandville, Michigan


Telephone

616-254-6079

Email

jward1@gpsbulldogs.org

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