MRS. JERNIGAN 8 TH GRADE HONORS AND 8 TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS

A LITTLE ABOUT MYSELF  I graduated from Brigham Young University.  I taught 9 th grade, 10 th grade, and AP 12 th grade Language Arts last year.  My first year at Willis Junior High and am very impressed with the administration and faculty here.  I am excited to prepare your 8 th grade students for High School.

HOW TO CONTACT ME  Website:   Phone: 480

AN OVERVIEW OF 8 TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS  Reading comprehension  Writing  Quarterly Reading Research projects  Technology Presentations

READING COMPREHENSION  Skills and Strategies for Reading  Preview  Set a purpose  Connect  Use prior knowledge  Predict  Visualize  Monitor  Make inferences

WHAT WE WILL BE READING English 8 Required 1. House on Mango Street (Lit)+ 2. Diary of Anne Frank: A Play (Lit)+ 3. Taming of the Shrew (Lit.) 4. Preamble and First Amendment to the United States Constitution+ *Plus choose one text from the reserved list. Taming of the Shrew (Lit.) Reserved Extended Text - Nothing but the Truth - The Devil’s Arithmetic - House on Mango Street+ - Preamble and First Amendment to the United States Constitution+ - Things Not Seen - Red Scarf Girl - The Diary of Anne Frank - The Diary of Anne Frank: A Play + - Animal Farm - Lord of the Flies - Sophie’s World - Fahrenheit Growing Up Chicana+ - Hitchhiker+ - The Pearl - Taming of the Shrew Companion Short Text for Required TBA Poetry, short stories, nonfiction, informational texts (essays, current events, speeches, etc.), media, etc Teacher’s note: These texts should come from the adopted textbooks and resources for CUSD. Honors 8 Required 1. The Diary of Anne Frank (the book) (Lit) 2. Fahrenheit 451 (Lit)+ 3. Preamble and First Amendment to the United States Constitution+Fahrenheit 451 (Lit) *Plus choose two texts from the reserved list.

WRITING  Creating a hook  How to write a killer thesis  Transitions  Concluding paragraph  Using detail, figurative language  Conventions: punctuation, sentence structure  Editing and peer editing

QUARTERLY INDEPENDENT READING PROJECTS  Quarter 1: from Book to Big Screen  Quarter 2: Book of choice  Quarter 3: Utopian/Dystopian Society  Quarter 4: Classical Literature  These are to be books the student has not read before. It is an independent project, therefore they will be done out of class.

TECHNOLOGY PRESENTATIONS  Students will be using different presentation formats for each of their independent reading projects.

HOMEWORK HELP  Homework hub Monday through Thursday until 4:50 in the media center. At the homework hub students will have access to computers for their school projects and a teacher to help them. The students can take the late bus home at 4:50.  D House: We are each staying an afternoon so the students can come to our room and get help in a specific area.  I will be here on Wednesdays. If your student needs any help in Language Arts, Please have them come in.