1. Welcome to 8th Grade English
Jamil Clarke

2. One key to student success is keeping in contact -
Website: LMSEnglish8Clarke.weebly.com
Telephone: (757) *
*This is a Google Voice number. Please leave your name and a
brief message and it will be forwarded to me immediately. 

3. What should students bring to class?
Binder/Notebook with 4 designated sections
Spiral/Composition notebook
Blue/Black ink pen
Pencils/Pencil sharpener
Color pencils, markers or crayons
Planner
Highlighter
Pocket folder

4. Optional – USB 2.0 flash drive for tech-based projects
‘Cruzer’ brand flash drives may not be work with school computers

5. How should students organize their binders/notebooks?
Energizers (Writing and Reading)
Reading Activities
Writing Activities
Notes (Writing and Reading)

6. How are students evaluated?
Language (Vocabulary, Oral Communication)
Reading
Writing

7. Unit I outline/pacing guide -
Reading
Writing
Plot (Conflict)
Character Development
Theme
Literary Devices (Foreshadowing, Irony, Flashback, Allusion)
Prewriting & Writing Process
Parts of Speech
Maintaining Verb Tense
Appropriate Punctuation (Dialogue & Comma Splices)

8. A few of the novels we will read this year -
Core
Advance
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Independent Novel Assignment
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Night by Elie Wiesel
Nothing but the Truth by Avi
Independent Novel Assignment

9. Let’s have a GREAT year! 