7th - 8th Grade Open House

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7th - 8th Grade Open House

• Grimmer Middle School

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8th Grade Advanced - English/Reading

• Indiana Academic Standards
• ISTEP Spring
• Materials
• Curriculum
• Contact Information

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8th Grade Advanced - English/ReadingIndiana
Academic Standards

• Std. 1 READING Word Recognition, Fluency, and
  Vocabulary Development
• Std. 2 READING Comprehension (Focus on
  Informational Materials)
• Std. 3 READING Literary Response and Analysis

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8th Grade Advanced - English/ReadingIndiana
Academic Standards (cont.)

• Std. 4 WRITING Process
• Std. 5 WRITING Applications (Different
  Types/Their Characteristics)
• Std. 6 WRITING Conventions (Sent.
  Structure, GSP, Capitalization)
• Std. 7 LISTENING/SPEAKING Skills, Strategies,
  and Applications

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8th Grade Advanced - English/ReadingISTEP

• Grade 8 ISTEP A Parent and Student Guide
  (online)
• ISTEP InfoCenter
• ISTEP Questions and Answers (QA)
• Grade 8 ISTEP English/Language Arts Academic
  Standards
• www.doe.state.in.us

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8th Grade Advanced - English/ReadingMaterials

• Writing Equipment
• Black, Blue, Red Ink Pens
• No. 2 Pencils
• Markers/Colored Pencils
• Notebook/Lined Paper
• 2-Pocket Folder

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8th Grade Advanced - English/ReadingMaterials
(cont.)

• Textbooks
• Vocabulary, Sadlier-Oxford Voc. (Level C)
• Grammar/Composition, Great Source Write Source
  9th Grade and Warriners 9th Grade
• Literature, Holt Elements of Literature

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8th Grade Advanced - English/ReadingCurriculum

• Vocabulary Schedule
• Grammar Mastery of Verbals, Clauses
• Composition Research Paper MLA style,
  3-source minimum, 5-paragraph papers
• Composition Narrative, Expository

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8th Grade Advanced - English/ReadingCurriculum
(cont.)

• Literature
• Comedy/Drama Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About
  Nothing, Pygmalion
• Fantasy/Science Fiction Anthem, Downsiders,
  Enders Game, Fahrenheit 451, On the Beach, The
  House of Scorpion, Watership Down

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8th Grade Advanced - English/ReadingCurriculum
(cont.)

• Literature
• Historical Fiction/Nonfiction A Tale of Two
  Cities, The Hiding Place, The Diary of Anne Frank
• Fiction Pigman
• Legends/Myths Antigone, Beowulf, The Once and
  Future King
• Poetry Immortal Poets of the English Language,
  Spoon River Anthology
• Short Stories Selections from adopted text
• Accelerated Reader (TBD of semester goal each
• 9 wks)
• Special Projects

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8th Grade Advanced - English/Reading - Focus

• Vocabulary
• Novels
• Drama
• Literature Circles
• LCSpeaks
• Poetry
• Accelerated Reader

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8th Grade Advanced English/ReadingCurriculum
(cont.)

• Grammar
• Composition
• Vocabulary
• Literature
• Participation
• Directions
• (Grades calculated by weight/percent)

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8th Grade Advanced - English/Reading Curriculum
(cont.)

• Grading Expectations
• English
• Homework/Classwork - 20
• Grammar Assessments - 30
• Writing Assessments - 50

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8th Grade Advanced English/Reading Curriculum
(cont.)

• Grading Expectations
• Reading
• Accelerated Reader 20
• Homework/Classwork - 20
• Reading Assessments - 40
• Vocabulary Assessments - 20

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Contact Information

• Via email (check daily _at_ end of day)
• Plan 5th Period