8th Grade Language Arts

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8th GradeLanguage Arts

• Gustard
• Small
• Make sure you have a PEN and Paper. Be in your
  seats and ready to focus.

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What to Expect in 8th Grade
August 9- September 30 Informational Texts Expository Writing Research
October 3-November 18 Narrative Fiction
November 28-January 20 Informational Texts Persuasive Writing Research
January 23-March 8, 2012 Technical Writing/ Informational Texts
March 12-March 30 Poetry CRCT Review
April 9-April 30 Response to Literature Literary Analysis
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School Supplies Checked on Monday

• 1 package of lined paper
• 5 blue/black pens
• 4 dividers
• Markers/Colored Pencils
• 1 package copy paper
• 1 container of hand sanitizer
• 1 box of tissue

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Rituals and Routines

• Come in and begin Independent Reading
• If you are late, sign the Tardy Book, or you will
  be marked absent/skipping
• Record reflections
• Begin Mini-lesson and work period
• Closing

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What happens in the Mini Lesson?

• Teacher centered
• Lectures, note taking, Power Points, etc

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What happens during the Work Period?

• Student Centered
• Can be independent or collaborative
• Independent silent
• Collaborative accountable talk
• Participation and Class work 40 of your grade!
  Class work is due on the day it is assigned stay
  on task

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Parallel Groups
Gustard
Small
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Heading

• Name
• Date
• Period
• Assignment
• Points will be deducted if your paper is without
  a heading.

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Helpers

• Each Month 2 students will be selected to help.
  At the end of the month (if they perform well)
  they will receive an incentive
• Table washers
• Pass out and collect materials
• Sweep
• Organize classroom library

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Bonus Bucks

• Earn Bonus bucks by
• Bringing supplies
• Answering difficult questions in class
• Being a helper
• Bonus assignments online
• Redeem for bonus points, grades and at the end of
  each semester the Bonus Bucks store (if you dont
  need it for your grade)

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• Show Respect
• Raise your Hand
• Come prepared
• Be on time
• Be Clean
• Complete assignments
• Silence during announcements
• Tuck and Pull
• Stay on Task

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Consequences

• Silent Lunch
• Phone Calls
• Relocation
• ISS/OSS

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Expectations

• 25 Book Campaign (1st Fridays)
• Assignments are neatly written in pen
• Revisions allowed on all assignments
• No make-up work without excused absence
• No late work without parent signature. 10
  deduction daily
• Pass the CRCT and go to HIGHSCHOOL
• Any questions? Missing work? Go to website
• http//gustard.pbworks.com

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Today

• Opening Begin Independent Reading and record in
  reading logs.
• Quick write What are your expectations for 8th
  grade?
• Quiz Rules, Rituals, and Routines

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Quiz

• 1. If you are late for class, what should you do?
• 2. What writing utensil must you have in class?
• 3. When you finish an assignment, what should you
  do with it?
• 4. When you have an independent assignment, what
  must you do?
• 5. When you have a collaborative assignment, what
  must you do?
• 6. When are your homework assignments due?
• 7. What do you have for homework each month?
• 8. What is the first thing that you should do in
  class after you come in and sit down in your
  desk?
• 9. What are the two tests that you must pass in
  8th grade?
• 10. What heading should you always have on your
  work?

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Flex

• Opening Get your folder. Be sure you have a pen
  and paper for today! Write this quickwrite on the
  back of the one from yesterday.
• Quickwrite What are you really good at? Write
  about your strengths. Use as many details as
  possible such as
• How you got involved in it
• How you knew you were really good at it
• What some of your experiences are

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TodayCreate an ACRONYM with your name using
three ADJECTIVES for each letter

• Gregarious, gracious, genuine
• Unique, underestimated, unpresumptuous
• Smart, serene, sarcastic
• Tenacious, tempered, true
• Artistic, amiable, athletic
• Respectable, resourceful, refined
• Discerning, diligent, demulcent