2020-2021 Syllabus

Which of these is NOT a skill you will learn in 8th grade ELA?

• Using and understanding figurative language

• Writing summaries

• Write using formal English

• Compare & contrast texts to TV shows/movies

• Write essays in a group

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What website is our "home base"?

• Google Classroom

• Blackboard

• Quizzizz

• Google Meets

• "Home base" is at our homes since we are learning from home

The * next to individual student names on the groups chalkboard means what?

• That person is the group leader for the day

• That person is failing ELA

• That person has an A in ELA

• That person does not have to participate in group work

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

If you are absent from class one day, where do you check for your missed work?

• The Agenda Slide Deck. Look for the day that you missed

• Google Classroom

• Your email. Mrs. Kotula will send you a personal email every time you are absent

• The "IN BIN"

• The "OUT BOX"

The website Newsela...

• Is like Google Classroom

• Is to help build skills in reading information like the news

• Is our "home base"

• Is instead of Wordly Wise. It helps us with vocabulary

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Where can you check your in-progress grades?

• Infinite Campus

• Google Classroom

• Blackboard

Where can you check your final grades?

• Infinite Campus

• Blackboard

• Google Classroom

What is the consequence for breaking a rule once?

• Email to parents

• Sent to counselor

• Verbal warning

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

If you plagiarize something from the internet, what will happen?

• You will receive a 0 and will not be able to make it up

• You will have one chance to make it up

• Nothing happens

• You will fail ELA

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the late/redo policy?

• Late/redos must be done within the month the assignment was given.

• Late/redos are not accepted at all.

• Late assignments will lose 10%. No redo assignments allowed.

• Late/redos can be turned in whenever.