Ms. Isom's 8th Grade Language Arts Website
Important Dates:
2008-2009 School Calendar:
August 8: Registration Day
August 11: First Full Day of School
September 1: Labor Day
October 13: Fall Break
November 4: Election Day
November 26-28: Thanksgiving Holidays
December 19: 11:15 Dismissal
December 20 -January 4: Winter Break
January 6 : Return to School
January 19: Martin Luther King Day (No School)
February 16: President's Day (No School)
March 23-27: Spring Break
April 10: Spring Holiday (No School)
May 20: Last Full Day of School
May 22: Grade Card Day
TCAP WEEK! APRIL : GET PLENTY OF REST AND RELAX! GOOD LUCK!
Class Assignments: SEPTEMBER 2008
Reading and Grammar:
"Broken Chain" p.3 in your Holt Reader.
TEST on Broken Chain 9/03
Dol Week 3
Finish Capitalization. Test on Tuesday 8/26
*Vocabulary Word for the Week:
*Computer Lab:
*Library: Book Fair August 25 - 29
*EXTENDED SKILLS - READING:
So Far from the Bamboo Grove
Read Ch. 1-5
8/25/08 ******Email me and I will give you extra credit for the first six weeks.
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Lincoln Heights Middle School
8th Grade Supply List
* 1 box of tissue
* 1 pack lead pencils
* 1 box colored pencils
* 2 red grading pencils
* 1 pack red pens
* 1 hand sanitizer
* 2 dry erase markers
* 4-3 ring binders
* 3-1 subject spiral notebooks
* 1 folder with clasps
* 1 pack loose leaf notebook paper
* 1 set of headphones
* 1 pack of copy paper
* 1 small hand-held pencil sharpener
Supply List for my Class=
* Loose leaf paper
* Black/Blue and Red pens
* Pencil and Paper
* Folder or binder (1 inch) just for language arts work
Classroom Rules:
1. Follow Teacher Directions the first time given.
2. Raise your hand and wait to be called upon by the teacher.
3. Be in your seat with materials ready to work when class begins.
4. Keep you hands, feet, and inappropriate comments to yourself.
Ms. Isom’s 8th Grade Language Arts Class Syllabus
Objectives
Reading
The following areas of study will be covered this year in reading during extended skills:
Fiction: setting, character, plot, theme, conflict, point of view, drawing conclusions, inferences
Nonfiction: point of view, sequence, fact and opinion, main idea, author’s purpose
Drama: plot, sequence, conflict, flashback, foreshadowing, cause and effect
Poetry: sound techniques, figurative language, imagery, mood, tone
Novels: Anne Frank - Mrs. Isom's Extended Skills
Writing
Personal/Narrative
Descriptive Writing
Expository Writing - Writing Assessment Test
Persuasive Writing
Research
Elements of Language
Capitalization
Punctuation
Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences
Nouns
Verbs
Pronouns
Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
Adjectives and Adverbs
Clauses and Complex Sentences
Subject-Verb Agreement
Class Expectations
Every student should read daily, either a book of choice or the assigned reading for class.
Every student should bring the needed supplies to class each day.
1. Folder with pockets and prongs, which will be your class notebook
2. Spiral bound notebook for writing assignments in class
3. Red grading pencils, paper, pencils, hand-held pencil sharpener
Every student will be allowed to make up missing assignments due to absences (ex. If your child misses two days, he or she will have two days to make up the missing work).
Students should report to class on time with materials and immediately begin working on daily work. Daily work includes two daily oral language (DOL) sentences to be corrected and written for handwriting practice. We will then continue with the day’s lesson.
Grades
Homework and daily assignments will count once.
Weekly DOL quizzes count once.
Tests will count twice.
Journals are graded once during the six weeks and will count twice.
Please feel free to contact me anytime. My email address is bisom@hcboe.net
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