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Course Description
The emphasis of Eighth Grade Language Arts is based upon the Show-Me Standards of the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) recommended by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Language Arts topics include reading skills, vocabulary, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development, expository and creative writing, literary forms and practical life skill formats of writing and reading. Eighth Grade Language Arts approaches communications through its four aspects: writing, reading, speaking, and listening with an emphasis on reading and writing. Language Arts is believed to have critical value to the students in all areas of life and learning.
Methods of presentation include lecture, classroom assignments, classroom discussion, cooperative work, videos, computer programs, library and internet research, homework assignments and projects.
Course Goals
It is hoped that students will develop a deeper understanding of themselves and the importance of effective communication in today’s challenging and changing world.
Assessment for Learning
My classroom uses an Assessment for Learning concept. Homework is the practice for skills. No points are earned from homework. A student's grade is determined by the grades earned from quizzes, tests and projects.
Reading Requirements and Book Tests
One of the programs that WMDS uses to support reading and reading improvement is Scholastic Reading Counts (SRC). Students will be required to complete three SRC tests each quarter. If a test has not been taken by the end of the school day of the due date, the score for that test will be recorded as a zero. That score will remain zero until the next test/due date. All three tests need to be taken by the last due date of the quarter. No “extra” books will be moved to the next quarter.
Reading Counts Test Dates
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter
September 12 November 4 January 20 March 30
September 29 November 28 February 10 April 20
October 14 December 16 March 2 May 18
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