Syllabus: 8Th Grade Language Arts
Mrs. Tonya Brown-MAED/CI-R
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Number: 910-628-8290 (during planning period9:25-10:25)
First I would like to welcome everyone back. I hope you had a wonderful summer. This year I have some very exciting and thought-provoking things planned for the students.
Standards Overview:
Reading Literature
Reading Informational Text
Speaking and Listening
Writing
Language
We will be completing all of these standards throughout the school year using a variety of methods. We will be reading novels, fiction and non-fiction, short stories, and poems, as well as informational text throughout the year. The students will be keeping Writing Practice Notebooks tokeep track of how their writing has progressed throughout the year.
I require that students’ writing and all class/homework assignments be written in cursive. If turned in and not written in cursive, points will be taken off the final grade.AR will still be a very intricate part of our classroom. Students are expected to read novels (assigned and leisure) take the AR tests for those novels and pass with 80% or higher in order to receive credit for the book. AR tests maybe included in your grades during the 9 wks. ALL AR tests will be taken in my classroom. Students are not allowed to take an AR test at home or in another teacher’s classroom unless given permission to do so by me.I am also requiring that students read at least four novels on their reading level each nine weeks.
Students will have several independent as well as group projects they will have to complete throughout the school year. Some media projects will be given such as power points and digital storyboards.
Grading Criteria:
- 30% Final Assessments(Projects)
- 30% Class Work/Participation
- 10% Quizzes/Homework
- 30% Writing Notebooks
Percentage grades will be given and assignments will be given and checked almost daily. Writing notebooks will be graded every nine weeks and periodically checked. Independent novel studies and/or independent reading projects will be due every nine weeks and periodically checked.
Absences: YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR MISSING WORK!!! Any notes missed or the homework assignments can be found on the teacher website or from a classmate.Students will have up to 2 days to complete missing work, until that assignment is turned in, the grade will be an INC (incomplete) after the 2 day grace period, those assignments will not be accepted and the INC will become a zero.
Important Dates:
1st 9 wks. (Novel must be fiction, more than 3 AR points on your ZPD)
Independent Novel Study Due: September 11, 2015
Independent reading project Due: October 9, 2015
Writing notebooks 1st 9wks due: October 15, 2015
2nd 9 wks. (Novel must be fiction, more than 3 AR points on your ZPD)
Independent Study due: November 19, 2015
Independent reading project due: December 16, 2015
Writing notebooks 2nd 9wks due: January 8, 2016
3rd 9 wks. (Novel must be non-fiction, more than 3 AR points on your ZPD)
Independent Study due: February 10, 2016
Independent reading project due: March 10, 2016
Writing notebooks 3rd 9wks due: March 17, 2016
4th 9 wks. (Novel must be a classic, more than 3 AR points)
Independent Study due: April 22, 2016
Writing notebooks 4th 9wks due: June 5, 2016
*These dates are subject to change as well as subject.
Extra Credit: I do not give extra credit.
*Please try to attend school everyday. Parents, if your child is absent please send a note back to school when the student returns. Please sign below and return. Again, welcome to my class and let’s have a great year.
I have read and understand the academic and behavioral expectations set by Mrs. Tonya Brown.
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Sincerely,
Mrs. Tonya Brown-MAED/CI-R