Mrs. McDonald’s Grade 8 English Course Overview
2007-2008
TEXTS: Enjoying
Literature (Literature Text—Rental)
Writer’s Choice Grammar & Composition
(Grammar Text—Rental)
Charlotte
Bronte. Jane Eyre. (Abridged
Version)
Harper
Lee To Kill A Mockingbird
Composition
Resource Book
Vocabulary Workshop. Level D\
THEME: The theme of the literature taken
this year will be prejudice and women in literature.
MATERIALS: 2 folders for handouts PC tablet
pens pencils Your thinking caps
COURSE
OBJECTIVES: By the completion of the course, each of you should possess a working
knowledge of reading techniques for a short story, play and novel,
implementation of grade level vocabulary, a basic
understanding of grammar, and the ability to produce a clear, unified and
coherent essay on a literary topic.
METHODS
OF ASSESSMENT: Grades will be based on
quizzes, major tests and regular formal essays and revisions. Vocabulary,
grammar study, reading quizzes, and class participation also figure into
course results along with written reports and oral presentations.
QUARTER
ONE Grammar Review (Parts of
Speech-Parts of a
Sentence)
Discussion/Writing
assignments from Summer Reading (Black Like Me and Anne Frank Remembered)
Short
Story Unit
Reading/Discussion/Writing
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
QUARTER
TWO Grammar-Punctuation/Capitalization/Pronouns
Female
Author Power Point Project & Presentation
Reading/Discussion/Writing
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
CHRIST
QUARTER
THREE Grammar-Verb Tenses/The Phrase/The Clause
Discussion
The Ultimate e Gift
Poetry
Unit
Reading/Discussion/Writing
A Raisin in the Sun by
QUARTER
FOUR Grammar-The Clause/Verbals
Reading/Discussion/Writing
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Novel
Study Unit and presentation
Vocabulary
and Composition Study will be included in each quarter also.
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