WELCOME ALL EIGHTH GRADERSTHE MINERS TEACHERS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR.
OPEN HOUSE IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2011 FROM 3-6 P.M.
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SYLLABUS FOR AIG AND REGULAR CLASSES.
Sylvia C. Hipp AIG SYLLABUS Language Arts Eighth Grade First Semester 2011 Southeast Middle School
email: hippsc@rss.k12.nc.us phone: 704-638-5561
- Progress reports will be sent out every three weeks.
- Conference times are flexible. Planning is from 9:00-10:30 daily.
- Language Arts curriculum will consist of short stories, novels, poetry, grammar, research, and vocabulary enrichment.
- Writing is integrated into the study of a particular text and includes creative, autobiographical, and persuasive forms.
- A research paper will be assigned in October, and instructions and research will be covered in class. However, composition will be done out of class. Much more information will follow.
- Visual presentations will also be required for the research project. Some time will be allowed in class, but some time after school may be necessary.
- A field trip is planned in September to see A Comedy of Errors
- Individual reading assignments and projects will also be part of the curriculum.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS COMPLETE HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENTS. CLASS ACTIVITIES AND QUIZES WILL BE BASED ON READING COMPLETED OUTSIDE OF CLASS. INDEPENDENT READING IS ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR THE EXPECTATIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL.
Texts will include but not limited to: 1. The Giver 2. The Outsiders 3.Animal Farm 4. A Midsummer Night’s Dream 5.A Comedy of Errors 6.“Future Tense” 7.“The Bet” 8.“The Veldt” 9.“The Tell-Tale Heart” 10.“The Monkey’s Paw” 11.“The King of Mazy May” 12.“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” 13.“The Ransom of Red Chief” 14.“A Retrieved Reformation” 15.“The Cask of Amontillado” 16. Various excerpts from the writings of Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, and Louisa May Alcott. 17.Various poems by Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Walt Whitman, Frances Ellen Watkins, Paul Dunbar, Robert Frost, Nikki Giovanni, W.W. Brown, Vachel Lindsay, Dorothy Parker
First Semester 2011 Regular Syllabus - Progress reports will be sent out every three weeks.
- Conference times are flexible. Planning is from 9:00-10:30 daily.
- Language Arts curriculum will consist of short stories, novels, poetry, grammar, research, and vocabulary enrichment.
- Writing is integrated into the study of a particular text and includes creative, autobiographical, and persuasive forms.
- A research paper will be assigned in October, and instructions and research will be covered in class. However, composition will be done out of class. Much more information will follow.
- Visual presentations will also be required for the research project. Some time will be allowed in class, but some time after school may be necessary.
- A field trip is planned in September to see A Comedy of Errors
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS COMPLETE HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENTS. CLASS ACTIVITIES AND QUIZES WILL BE BASED ON READING COMPLETED OUTSIDE OF CLASS. INDEPENDENT READING IS ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR THE EXPECTATIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL.
Texts will include but not limited to: 1.The Giver 2.The Outsider 3.A Comedy of Errors 4.“Future Tense" 5.“The Bet” 6.“The Veldt” 7.“The Tell-Tale Heart” 8.“The Monkey’s Paw” 9.“The King of Mazy May” 10.“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” 11.“The Ransom of Red Chief” 12.“A Retrieved Reformation” 13.Various poems by Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Walt Whitman, Frances Ellen Watkins, Paul Dunbar, Robert Frost, Nikki Giovanni, W.W. Brown, Vachel Lindsay, Dorothy Parker,
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