8th Grade Language Arts

Class Overview
In this class we will:
strengthen reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills
practice creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication
read and write extensively across multiple genres
utilize technology to research and publish student work
value risk-taking, struggle, and perseverance

Core Texts
Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
The Diary of Anne Frank (play by Hackett and Goodrich)
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
A Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare
selected short stories, poems, and expository texts (from McGraw-Hills StudySync curriculum and
other sources)

Grades/Homework
The Language Arts grade is broken down as follows:
60% Assessments (final drafts of writing, tests, and quizzes)
10% Membean Vocabulary (program use and quizzes)
15% Process work
15% Independent Reading (see guidelines on teacher website)

Your nightly homework will often consist of reading from a class novel or from a book
that you have chosen for independent reading.

Grades will be updated regularly on PowerSchool. We recommend that you check your
grades at least once a week.

Independent Reading
Students should have an independent reading book with them at all times during the school day.
Independent reading grades will be based on multiple factors, including written reading responses,
completion of page goals, and book projects. Students are expected to:

read a minimum of 50 pages per week

log completed books on the teachers website
log at least 800 pages by the end of 1st Trimester (early November)

Ms. Brandy Jenson Ms. Tari Gaffney

bjenson@mvwsd.org tgaffney@mvwsd.org
tinyurl.com/cmsjenson mstgaffney.weebly.com
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Clase general
En octavo grado Artes del Lenguaje, nuestro principal objetivo es proporcionarle con la lectura, escritura,
conversacin y habilidades que necesitan para tener xito en la escuela secundaria de pensar. Nuestros textos
bsicos incluirn al menos cuatro de los siguientes: Bronx Masquerade, Despus, El Diario de Ana Frank, La
Perla, El sueo de una noche de verano, y le ganamos a la calle. Tambin vamos a leer muchos cuentos, poemas
y selecciones expositivas. A lo largo del ao nos centraremos en la escritura expositiva, incluyendo prrafos y
ensayos de anlisis de informacin, argumentativos y literarios.

Suministros que necesita (para esta clase)

una seccin de carpeta o carpeta para documentos L.A.
papel de hojas sueltas / aglutinante
varios lpices y bolgrafos
marcadores multicolores

Grados / Tarea
El grado de Lengua y Literatura se desglosa de la siguiente manera:
60% Evaluaciones (borradores finales de la escritura, pruebas y concursos)
10% Vocabulario Membean (utilizacin de programas y quizze
15% de trabajo de proceso
15% Lectura Independiente (vanse las directrices en el sitio web del maestro)

Lectura independiente
Usted debe esperar un promedio de 20 a 30 minutos de LA tarea cada noche.
Su tarea cada noche a menudo consisten en la lectura de una novela de clase o de un libro
que ha elegido para la lectura independiente.
Las calificaciones se actualizan regularmente en PowerSchool. Se recomienda que compruebe su
grados por lo menos una vez por semana.

Ms. Brandy Jenson Ms. Tari Gaffney

bjenson@mvwsd.org tgaffney@mvwsd.org
tinyurl.com/cmsjenson mstgaffney.weebly.com