Welcome to 8th Grade Literature!

Syllabus

Vocabulary-

Students will complete one unit of vocabulary every two weeks. The first week students will correct their assigned workbook pages and take a spelling test on the current words. The second week the students will have a vocabulary test. We are currently working on unit:

Due Dates for Vocabulary For 81 and 82, Respectively:

Workbook pages: Thursday, Sep. 11th/Friday, September 12th

Spelling Test: Thursday, September 11th/Friday, September 12th

Vocabulary Test: Thursday, September 18th/Friday, September 19th

Vocabulary Practice for Level C

* Vocabulary workbooks can be replaced if lost for $5.*

Literature-  The 8th grade will begin their year in literature by studying the genre of short stories. We will look at what makes a short story a short story, the parts of a plot, theme, symbolism, irony, characterization, and conflict, while sampling various authors and writing styles. We will begin with "The Most Dangerous Game" and move into Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Speckled Band".

Class Notes:

Plot Pyramid Points

 Types of Conflict

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