Ms Garcia's 8th Grade Syllabus Review

By the end of Middle School, students should have read how many words?

• One million words

• Five hundred thousand words

• Two millions words

• Two millions words

In 8th Grade, I am expected to write texts that are ____ words long.

• 300 - 500

• 500 - 700

• 700 - 1000

• 500 - 800

What type of essays will you be writing in 8th Grade?

• Narrative

• Informative

• Persuasive

• Argumenttive

For the Narrative part of the curriculum, students will have to...

• Identify rhetorical devices

• write a novel about themselves

• memorize a poem for the class

• understand figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

For the Research/Exposition part of the curriculum, students will...

• Use evidence from the text to defend their ideas

• Find multiple sources on their own to support their ideas

• Explain the importance of a topic of their choosing

• Argue for or against a specific topic

In the Persuasion section of the curriculum, students will learn how to...

• use Rhetorical Devices to support their argument

• evaluate the credibility of an author's argument

• argue against another student's opinion

• research primary sources 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Students will have to independently read for Book Talks, which...

• Happens three times in the yearRequires students to read a teacher selected book

• Presents parts of their book

• Includes a whole class Book Club discussion

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Learning Target Practices are any tasks that allow students to practice a standard specific skill. The rule for Learning Target Practices is..

• Only one attempt to do it.

• Assigned as homework

• Can be submitted at the end of the semester

• Can be re-attempted and re-submitted, but will lock the Sunday before every grading period and cannot be submitted after they are locked

Learning Target Assessments include...

• Notebook Checks, Essays, StudySync Think Questions

• iReady My Path Lessons, projects, and Book Talks

• StudySync Think Questions, StudySync Comprehension Quizzes, and essays

• StudySync Comprehension Quizzes, presentations, and projects

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

If you do not pass a Learning Target Assessment, when can you retake it?

• After school, on specific dates

• After school, by appointment

• During office hours

• After a parent-teacher conference