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COURSE/SUBJECT TITLE: Language Arts
LENGTH OF TIME: Full Year (60/65 minutes every day)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Glencoe Literature Course Three forms the core of the reading curriculum for eighth-grade language arts. The anthology integrates fiction and nonfiction texts and engages students in reading, writing, speaking and listening activities. An independent reading program is also a component of language arts for 8th graders; students are required to respond in writing to the books they are reading independently. Supplemental reading materials such as novels, poetry, short stories, textbooks, and magazines are also read.
Also within this course, there is an emphasis on the practice of writing, building upon the 6+1 Traits foundation from previous years. The focus is on crafting well-organized constructed responses and essays to support claims, examine topics, and share ideas both real and imaginary.
KEY VOCABULARY:
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Adjective clause
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Dynamic character
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Oxymoron
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Adverbial clause
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Ellipsis
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Poise
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Analogy
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Exposition
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Redundancy
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Anecdote
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Figure of speech
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Resolution
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Annotation
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Fluency
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Satire
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Citation
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Foreboding
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Static character
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Cliché
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Genre
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Subplot
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Coherence
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Irony
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Symbolism
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Comma splice
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Mythology
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Syntax
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Crisis
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Omniscient narrator
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Theme
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EVIDENCE/ASSESSMENTS
Reading: Formative/Summative Assessments (developed from Glencoe Literature Assessment Materials and Other sources)
Writing: Formative/Summative Assessment Rubrics (Essential Outome based)
English/Grammar: Formative/Summative -Developed from Glencoe and Write Source
Vocabulary: Formative/Summative Glencoe Literature
Speaking and Listening: Formative/Summative Assessment Rubric
TEXTS AND OTHER RESOURCES:
Glencoe Literature Course 3, McGraw Hill 2010
Write Source, Grade 8, Great Source Education Group 2005
Glencoe Course 3 Supplementary Materials
Revised 8/12
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