Tuesday, August 24, 2010

English 8 Semester 1 Overview

1. Literature

A. The Language of Literature: including various short stories, poetry, pieces of short fiction and dramatic selections.

B. Living Up the Street

C. The Outsiders

D. Various outside offerings

2. Writing

A. “To Be Young, Gifted and _____________”

B. 1 Response to Literature – Book Review of The Outsiders

3. Vocabulary and Test Preparation

A. The Language of Literature: Test prep. questions after Lit. selections

B. STAR Practice Questions

4. Grammar

A. Parts of Speech

B. Punctuation and mechanics

C. Grammar Workbook Chps. 1-4 with Pre and Post Exams