mrs. mcghee 8th grade ela
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Email address: [email protected]
Website: Access through AMS homepage
Remind Text (insert code from below) to 81010
Homeroom: @mcgheeshr
3rd Literature: @mcgheelit3
4th Literature: @mcgheelit4
5th ELA: @mcbris5
6th ELA: @mcbris6
⭐ Prepare students for a higher level of education ⭐ Promote critical thinking and writing skills⭐ Improve reading comprehension⭐ Encourage appreciation of literature
Unit 1: Context
Memoir/Informational
Writing: Narrative &
Informational
Unit 3: Success
Writing: Argumentative
Unit 2: Dystopian Lit
Extended Text: Literary
Writing: Argumentative
Unit 4: Georgia
Writing: Informational
Moments That Shape
Identity
ELA 8
⭐ Prepare students for AP level coursework⭐ Expose students to complex literary and informational texts⭐ Enhance reading comprehension and analysis through focus on close
and critical reading⭐ Encourage appreciation of various forms of literature
LIT 9
60%=Summative
40%=Formative
ELA 8
Homework is posted
on the board daily.
Students
Should write in the
agenda. Resources are
posted on website
and/or in Canvas.
Homework is posted
on the board daily.
Students
Should write in the
agenda. Resources are
posted on website
and/or in Canvas. LIT
71%=Summative
29%=Formative(20 % of grade summative grade
71
29
Summative
Formative
LIT 9
Organization is important in ELA because we have multiple areas of focus:
Reading/Literature
Writing
Grammar
Vocabulary
Students are encouraged to maintain a 3
ringed binder with 5 tab dividers for ELA
class.
•USA Test Prep•Quizzes•Shmoop•Quizlet•Newsela•ReadWorks•ReadTheory•Smithsonian
Login info is provided on
websitesor provided in
class:
To access the
BLUE Literature textbook
for 9th grade Honors Literature:
Go to http://www.glencoe.com/ose/
Enter this access code
ABF4C93E00.
To access the
GREEN Literature textbook
for 8th grade Language Arts:
Go to http://www.glencoe.com/ose/
Enter access code
CD057AC6C9.
GENERAL COURSE OF ACTION:
Problem will be addressed with student; reminded of
expected behavior.
Problem will be addressed with student. Parent will be
contacted.
Possible outcomes: --Detention
--Parent conference
--Office referral
Wednesdays------7:45 with Mrs. McGheeThursdays--------- 7:45 with Mrs. BristolFridays------------- 7:45 with Mrs. Woodall Fridays------------- 7:45 with Mrs. Ali
The ELA department gives summative assessments on Wednesdays or Fridays only.
Formative assessments (quizzes, short writings, and checkpoints may be given on any day.)