Language Arts: 8th Grade English & English I (9th Grade)

Instructions:

1. Use the checklist as a guideline for staying on task. 
2. Read all the langarts posts (check often for new ones). 
3. Use BrainPOP and other online resources. 
4. Read the assigned books.
5. One-Year Novel counts as English I (1.0 cr)

8th Grade English Checklist: Independent reading  Literal, inferential, and evaluative reading skills - reading skills Literary terms Novel, short story, narrative poetry - dialogue, similes & metaphors, mood & tone Nonfiction - fact & opinion Biographies of great Americans - biography American poets and storytellers - Pablo Neruda, Maya Angelou Creative dramatics - drama Listening and speech activities Advanced dictionary work - dictionary & thesaurus Extended vocabulary Figures of speech - idoms & cliches

Spelling Infinitive, participle, gerund, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, direct and indirect object - parts of speech, diagramming sentences Kinds of sentences and their parts Functions of sentence elements Writing simple business letters Report writing skills - 5 paragraph essay Improving skills in using basic reference sources - citing sources Inductive and deductive reasoning -  critical reasoning

9th Grade English (1.0 cr) Checklist:

Evaluating material for accuracy Reading the newspaper Analyzing propaganda Advertising Drama and Filmmaking Analyzing poetry Dramatic poetry Using poetry anthologies Novel and short story Folklore and myths Structure of a play Parable and allegory

Interpretation of literature Listening skills Effective discussion techniques and questioning skills Preparing a speech Public speaking and debate The unabridged dictionary Vocabulary Foreign words used in English Grammar Fundamentals of composition Report writing and book report Extended reference skills Special indexes

Assigned Reading

• Jane Austen
• Charles Dickens

Online Resources:

BrainPOP: English, Writing, Poetry, Grammar

Literature: 101 Great Books for College-Bound Readers (pdf)