Welcome to Back to School Night

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Welcome to Back to School Night

• English 8
• Mrs. Egleston
• Room 214
• peglest_at_hartdistrict.org

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Standards Based Curriculum

• Reading
• Writing
• Language Conventions
• Listening and Speaking

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Reading 1.1

• Analyze idioms, analogies, metaphors, and similes
  to infer the literal and figurative meanings of
  phrases.

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Word of the Day

• Each Monday there is a the new list of 5 words
• We practice them throughout the week in various
  ways including hearing them used in classes and
  on the morning announcements
• Every two weeks we take a quiz over the
  definitions and spellings

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Word of the Day

• Incipient (adj.) a beginning or early stage
  just begun
• Serenas incipient party plans included a live
  band and some carrot cake.

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How much homework time will my child need?

• That can vary from child to child.
• We suggest that students will need to spend 30
  minutes per day per class.
• Four team classes two hours
• That can be broken up during the
  afternoon/evening hours
• Best time to memorize is just before going to
  sleep

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Accelerated Reader

• Hundreds of titles to choose from in our library,
  the public library or our local bookstores
• Each student is required to earn 10 points a
  quarter
• Any additional points earned will go towards
  extra credit

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What if my child needs to miss a class?

• Upon returning to class, student needs to get the
  Agenda Book and copy ALL agenda items for the
  day that they missed. (Remember that class can
  not be re-taught in two minutes.)
• The student needs to make up any reading/class
  work/homework that was missed.

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Thank you for coming to our 2007-2008 Back to
School Night

• If you have any questions about tonights
  presentation or anything else that I might be
  able to help you with, please dont hesitate to
  call or email.
• pegleston_at_hartdistrict.org
• Watch for our team website coming soon.