8 English
Areas of Study…
- Writing – Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, Research
- Edgar Allan Poe
- William Shakespeare
- Poetry
- Sentence Structure
- Punctuation & Capitalization
- Analyzing Writing & Text
Grading…
50% Assessments & Writing Projects
25% Quizzes
25% Homework & Daily Assignments
Google Classroom…
All writing assignments, including rough & final drafts, will be completed in Google classroom/documents.
Daily Language Review…
Weekly, you will complete daily language reviews focusing on punctuation, capitalization, conventions, and grammar. A DLR quiz will be given at the end of each week.
IXL…
IXL will be used to teach, reinforce, & review concepts. Assignment expectations & grading guidelines will be given with each assignment.
Corrections…
Students may correct any homework assignment for the 1st two quarters. The corrected paper will be graded and averaged with the original assignment score. The result will be the final score. Corrections will not be accepted once the current unit of study is complete and 3rd & 4th quarters to prepare for high school.