Welcome to English. My 8th grade classes are fantastic; we will experience a successful year together! "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work"
For over 25 years, I have had the honor and privilege to teach students and most importantly share my faith. Saint Paul School has been my home for numerous years; my own three children all attended Saint Paul from kinder through 8th grade. I feel absolutely blessed that they were able to receive an outstanding education; moreover, I am notably grateful to each faculty member who was part of my "village" in raising my children. What a privilege it is to work in this amazing Catholic community! I hope every student I have taught has taken something positive from my time with them and has used their gifts for His greater glory! Saint Theresa of Calcutta states it best "I can do things you cannot; you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things." In Christ, Denise Ardoin
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