Mrs. L. Edwards
Grade 8 Language Arts
Welcome to an exciting year of exploring reading and writing.  You will also develop speaking and listening skills.

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Second Marking Period

Announcements
Students are currently reading informational texts in order to build their background knowledge.
Congratulations to Sofia who has earned Student of the Month.
Power School grades will be updated the second and fourth Friday of every month.

Required Tasks
Informational paper based on controversial issue

• draft #1 due 12/3/2014
• draft #2 due 12/8/2014
• final draft due 12/17/2014

Performance Tasks

Task #1  Science Fair Board due 1/7/2015
Task #2 (Self-chosen) due 1/14/2015

• SRI (reading level) practice test (will count as quiz grade) TBD
• Reading Test on 11/20/14
District Reading Task (test) and DRP January 2015

Useful web sites:

Vocabulary.co.il (vocabulary)

Quizlet.com (flashcards to study for tests/quizzes)

khanacademy.org (math lessons)

https://owl.english.purdue.edu (online writing lab)

http://connection.naviance.com/betsyross  (college and career readiness)

collegeboard.org  (college readiness)