8th Grade ILA Information
The 8th-grade curriculum focuses on preparing students for high school.  Writing and reading will become increasingly analytical.  We will read a diverse assortment of texts over the course of the year, relying on novels, poetry, current event articles, and our textbook.  Writing skills will continue to be fine-tuned, and there will be weekly in-class essays focusing on one of the components of literature from our current text.  Vocabulary and grammar will continue to be studied in the context of the text we are reading. 

Novels and Text
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Students will make interest driven decisions about other books that they will read this year in Book Clubs.  
Textbook: Glencoe Literature Course 3

• HOMEWORK POLICY
  Students will receive about 2-3 written homework assignments each week in addition to their weekly reading logs.  Once the student misses 3 assignments they will receive an SPS NOTICE form as a warning.  If there is an additional missed assignment, the consequence will be an after school detention. 

• LATE WORK

• MAKE-UP WORK
  When absent, it is your responsibility to find out what homework and classwork you missed.  Please ask to see your grade level notebook to catch up on notes or vocabulary activities.  You have one day for each day absent to make up work.    
   
• GRADING SCALE
  Tests 40%
  Quizzes 25%
  Classwork 20%
  Homework 15%
   
• PARENT / TEACHER COMMUNICATION
  Parent/Teacher communication is essential to a student's academic and behavioral success.  Methods of communication include e-mail and scheduled conferences in addition to the Genesis Portal.   If you have a concern with a grade you see in Genesis, please e-mail me and we can schedule a conference to review your student's assignment.