Welcome to 8 th Grade Language Arts Ms. Orihuela

Curriculum Objectives Enhancing Essay Writing Skills – Word Choice – Ideas – Organization – Conventions – Sentence Fluency – Voice Cursive Writing Spring Board – Critical Thinking

Classroom Materials Agenda Book 1 ½ inch Binder -Writing Portfolio Pencil Purple Pen Loose Leaf Paper Different color highlighters for color coding activities

Grading Policy All assignments must be completed on time -Lunch opportunities will be provided for students who have incomplete assignments (Tuesdays and Thursdays) Graded assignments include: – Class work – Homework – Writing Portfolios – Agenda – Tests/Quizzes – Projects

Monitoring Tools Pinnacle – n.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fpiv%2fDefault.aspx Agenda Book Wikispaces –

Classroom Tour Word and Quote Wall Classroom Boards Spring Board Workbook Binders

Thank you for coming!