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8th Grade Language Arts Syllabus
Teacher: Kristine Kandl
Email: Kandl.Kristine@ccsd59.org
Phone: 847-952-5451
It is our belief that children become better readers and writers with daily opportunities to practice and connect to a variety of texts geared to their instructional level. We also encourage students to independently read with a variety of genres. There is a literary focus with each reading selection. Students are encouraged to predict questions, visualize, connect, review and evaluate as they read. Writing prompts connect to what we are reading with narrative, and persuasive essays developed during the year. We want students to understand that reading is thinking.
Goals:
By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
- read with understanding and fluency
- read and understand literature as a representative of various societies, eras and ideas
- write to communicate for many purposes
- use language arts to acquire, assess and communicate information
Requirements:
- All students are required to earn 25 AR points per quarter.
- All students are required to read 150 minutes per week and record these minutes on a reading log, which must be signed by a guardian and turned in every Monday for 5 points. Once all AR points are earned, that student is not required to complete reading logs for the rest of the quarter.
- Students will complete a minimum of three major essays throughout the year.
- Students must come to me before school, or class, to discuss absences/ make-ups.
Homework Policy:
Under the 8th grade policy, all late assignments will be automatically deducted 50%.
Grading Scale:
In 8th grade, we divide our grades by category.
- 25% Reading Homework
- 25% Writing Homework
- 25% Reading Assessment
- 25% Writing Assessment
Tentative Course Curriculum:
Symbolism/ Paragraph Writing
Creative Writing/ Flipped By Wendelin Van Draanen
Mystery Unit/ Whispers from the Dead by Joan Lowery Nixon
Persuasion
Expository Writing/ Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Anne Frank/Holocaust Unit
Argumentative Writing
The Outsiders by S.E Hinton/ Poetry
Discipline:
If tardy or unprepared three times, students owe me time BEFORE school. Any additional offenses will come with further consequences.
I understand all children are unique and have individual needs. Please let me know if there is anything you feel I should know about your student to better fit his/her needs.
8th Grade Language Arts Syllabus
Teacher: Kristine Kandl
Email: Kandl.Kristine@ccsd59.org
Phone: 847-952-5451
It is our belief that children become better readers and writers with daily opportunities to practice and connect to a variety of texts geared to their instructional level. We also encourage students to independently read with a variety of genres. There is a literary focus with each reading selection. Students are encouraged to predict questions, visualize, connect, review and evaluate as they read. Writing prompts connect to what we are reading with narrative, and persuasive essays developed during the year. We want students to understand that reading is thinking.
Goals:
By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
- read with understanding and fluency
- read and understand literature as a representative of various societies, eras and ideas
- write to communicate for many purposes
- use language arts to acquire, assess and communicate information
Requirements:
- All students are required to earn 25 AR points per quarter.
- All students are required to read 150 minutes per week and record these minutes on a reading log, which must be signed by a guardian and turned in every Monday for 5 points. Once all AR points are earned, that student is not required to complete reading logs for the rest of the quarter.
- Students will complete a minimum of three major essays throughout the year.
- Students must come to me before school, or class, to discuss absences/ make-ups.
Homework Policy:
Under the 8th grade policy, all late assignments will be automatically deducted 50%.
Grading Scale:
In 8th grade, we divide our grades by category.
- 25% Reading Homework
- 25% Writing Homework
- 25% Reading Assessment
- 25% Writing Assessment
Tentative Course Curriculum:
Symbolism/ Paragraph Writing
Creative Writing/ Flipped By Wendelin Van Draanen
Mystery Unit/ Whispers from the Dead by Joan Lowery Nixon
Persuasion
Expository Writing/ Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Anne Frank/Holocaust Unit
Argumentative Writing
The Outsiders by S.E Hinton/ Poetry
Discipline:
If tardy or unprepared three times, students owe me time BEFORE school. Any additional offenses will come with further consequences.
I understand all children are unique and have individual needs. Please let me know if there is anything you feel I should know about your student to better fit his/her needs.
