Mrs. Bowling
8th Grade Language Arts
VVMS- 602-449-5300
Vista Verde Middle School:
Offering: Title I, IB, AVID, Honors, ELL, Special Education Programs
Week of November 2nd-6th
Objectives:
Students will apply reading strategies and vocabulary development through short stories in the literature book.
Students will produce a character analysis and identify the elements of literature.
Students will practice and review suffixes and contractions.
Students will learn Latin/Greek stems through vocabulary development.
Students will practice and understand vocabulary words from stories in literature book and from vocabulary book.
Students will apply independent reading skills, daily.
Students will write vocabulary sentences of their own.
Students will write a science fiction short story.
LITERATURE:
Short Stories in Literature Book
Vocabulary and Comprehension
Elements of Literature
Character Analysis
Sequencing
VOCABULARY
Vocabulary Lesson 7- Words that focus on kindness
WRITING:
Creative Writing:
Science fiction short story
GRAMMAR:
Practice and review suffixes and contractions.
NOTES:
All notes and written work in Interactive Notebooks.
HOMEWORK:
NO HOMEWORK will be assigned unless work is not finished in class.
Read for 20-30 minutes at home every night. Study spelling words. Test on Friday.
*All class work due on Friday, unless otherwise stated.
LANGUAGE ARTS- 8th GRADE OVERVIEW:
Language Arts focuses on vocabulary, reading comprehension, word study, novels, writing, grammar and spelling. The following is a list of strategies, textbooks, materials and programs that may be used during the year to accomplish our goals:
~ Kagan Structured Cooperative Learning Models
~The Language of Literature textbook
~Six-Way Paragraphs material
~Novels: "Stargirl", "Flowers for Algernon", " Devil's Arithmetic", "The Outsiders"
~Videos from Language of Literature
~6 Traits Writing
~Cornell Notes
~Study Island
~Library Skills
~Differentiated Instruction
~Accelerated Reader
~Expository, Narrative, Persuasive Essays
~Business and Friendly Letters
~Poetry Unit
~Technology
~Thinking Maps
~Building Academic Vocabulary
~ELL Strategies
~Latin/Greek Stems
~Spelling/Vocabulary Strategies
~AIMS Testing
~Quarterly Testing
~Fast For Word Program
~Buckle Down
~Sustained Silent Reading
~Writing of sentences, paragraphs and essays
~Professional Learning Communities
Class work is individually monitored and differentiated instruction is used, so that all students have the opportunity to be successful.
Extension activities are planned for stories and novels that will incorporate research skills and creative projects.
Homework:
Every week, starting week two, students will have spelling/vocabulary words to study for the test on Friday. Absolutely NO HOMEWORK IS GIVEN OVER THE WEEKEND OR HOLIDAYS!! :)
Students will have extension activities and projects that will be completed in class. Students will have a vocabulary unit that they complete every week.
Grades will be posted on POGB weekly.
It is the responsibility of the student to complete and turn in any missing assignments. Assignments for illness will be excused or student will be given an ample amount of time to make-up assignments.