Welcome to Honors/GATE English 8! Once again, it is time for the start of a new school year. This year holds the promise of new ideas yet to be discovered, creative outlets yet to be explored, and untapped talents yet to be developed. Much of our learning will be project and discussion based, as it is my goal to give you opportunities for discovery, exploration, and development throughout our course of study. Critical thinking (especially while reading and writing), questioning, peer interaction, and self-evaluation/reflection skills will be consistently practiced and developed every day.
Accelerated Reader (AR) has changed a little bit this year. Please see the Accelerated Reader Roadmap for more information. Students need to read an AR book that has a reading level of 3.5+ for 30 minutes 5 nights per week. Students need to earn 30 points at every checkpoint (the first checkpoint is 10/16) and AR logs will be checked weekly on Friday (the first log check is 8/24).
I am so excited to get to know every single one of my students and I know that we will have a successful year!
Accelerated Reader (AR) has changed a little bit this year. Please see the Accelerated Reader Roadmap for more information. Students need to read an AR book that has a reading level of 3.5+ for 30 minutes 5 nights per week. Students need to earn 30 points at every checkpoint (the first checkpoint is 10/16) and AR logs will be checked weekly on Friday (the first log check is 8/24).
I am so excited to get to know every single one of my students and I know that we will have a successful year!
Teacher Planning Day
Tuesday
Teacher Planning Day
Wednesday
Musical Chairs Introductions
Syllabus/Parent Inventory/Chromebook Contract (Due Thursday)
About Me (Due Friday)
Thursday
Chromebook/SpringBoard Textbook Checkout
About Me (Due Friday)
Friday
Writing Diagnostic Article/Notes
About Me Due Today
