Welcome to English. My 8th grade classes are fantastic; we will experience a successful year together! "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work"

8th grade concepts covered in chapter 1: kinds of sentences, complete subject/complete predicate, simple subject/simple predicate, fragments, run on sentences, simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, compound-complex sentences, and diagramming.

Fancy words daily- ISEE prep review vocab

Dr. Pepper Diagram day is hosted on the last Friday of the quarter; sentences are assigned at the onset of the quarter.

Homework is not assigned until the end of each class and will reflect what the students have mastered or may need extra practice. Students are instructed to write the assignment in their spirals atop the page.

Monday, Tues., Wed.- grammar days

Thursday- vocabulary

Friday- DEW- Drop Everything and Write

• 8th Grade Spelling Words to know and also for ISEE review
• Extra words to study for ISEE test.
• Great practice for ISEE vocabulary
• Houghton Mifflin English grammar
• Vocabulary Workshop