MRS. JERNIGAN 8 TH GRADE HONORS AND 8 TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS

MRS. JERNIGAN8TH GRADE HONORS

AND 8TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS

A LITTLE ABOUT MYSELF

I graduated from Brigham Young University.

I taught 9th grade, 10th grade, and AP 12th grade

Language Arts last year.

My first year at Willis Junior High and am very

impressed with the administration and faculty here.

I am excited to prepare your 8th grade students for

High School.

HOW TO CONTACT ME

Website: www.cusd80.com

E-mail jernigan.stacy@cusd80.com

Phone: 480

AN OVERVIEW OF 8T H GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS

Reading comprehension

Writing

Quarterly Reading Research

projects

Technology Presentations

READING COMPREHENSION

Skills and Strategies for Reading

Preview

Set a purpose

Connect

Use prior knowledge

Predict

Visualize

Monitor

Make inferences

WHAT WE WILL BE READING

English 8 Required1.  House on Mango

Street (Lit)+2.  Diary of Anne Frank: A

Play (Lit)+3.  

Taming of the Shrew (Lit.)4.  Preamble and First

Amendment to the United States Constitution+

*Plus choose one text from the reserved list. 

Reserved Extended

Text   - Nothing but the Truth

 - The Devil’s Arithmetic - House on Mango

Street+ - Preamble and First

Amendment to the United States Constitution+ - Things Not Seen

 - Red Scarf Girl - The Diary of Anne Frank

 - The Diary of Anne Frank: A Play + - Animal Farm

 - Lord of the Flies - Sophie’s World

 - Fahrenheit 451+ - Growing Up Chicana+

 - Hitchhiker+ - The Pearl

 - Taming of the Shrew

Companion Short Text for Required

TBAPoetry, short stories, nonfiction, informational texts (essays, current events, speeches, etc.), media, etc Teacher’s note:These texts should come from the adopted textbooks and resources for CUSD.

Honors 8 Required1.  The Diary of Anne Frank (the book) (Lit)

2.  Fahrenheit 451 (Lit)+3.  Preamble and First

Amendment to the United States Constitution+

 *Plus choose two texts from the reserved list.  

WRITING

Creating a hook

How to write a killer thesis

Transitions

Concluding paragraph

Using detail, figurative language

Conventions: punctuation, sentence structure

Editing and peer editing

QUARTERLY INDEPENDENT READING PROJECTS

Quarter 1: from Book to Big Screen

Quarter 2: Book of choice

Quarter 3: Utopian/Dystopian Society

Quarter 4: Classical Literature

These are to be books the student has not

read before. It is an independent project,

therefore they will be done out of class.

TECHNOLOGY PRESENTATIONS

Students will be using different presentation

formats for each of their independent reading

projects.

HOMEWORK HELP

Homework hub Monday through Thursday until 4:50 in the

media center. At the homework hub students will have access

to computers for their school projects and a teacher to help

them. The students can take the late bus home at 4:50.

D House: We are each staying an afternoon so the students

can come to our room and get help in a specific area.

I will be here on Wednesdays. If your student needs any

help in Language Arts, Please have them come in.