8th+Reading

== Independent Reading - 10% -Students will be required to independently read 500 pages per quarter. Students will keep an independent reading journal that will be used to conference with the instructor. Students will also be required to journal in the Big Idea Books for each book that he/she reads. == == Quizzes **- 15% - Quizzes will be given weekly for vocabulary and reading comprehension. Students are encouraged to keep up with their vocabulary study as well as the reading assigned in class.**== == Reading Journal **- 20% - Students will be required to keep a reading journal where he/she will respond to the reading in class or his/her independent reading. The journals will be due by the end of the last school day each week. Students are required to be reflective and thoughtful in his/her responses to what he/she is reading.**== ==== == Tests/Projects **- 30% - Unit tests, vocabulary tests, and projects will take place at the conclusion of each unit. Reviewing notes, study guides, and taking the time to study are necessary for success on tests. Projects will be completed with rubrics given for students to follow in order to choose the level of success they desire.**== == Vocabulary **- 15% -** The vocabulary lessons will be due on the second to the last day of the school week. Students are encouraged to create a word bank and study the words as well as their use in order to be successful on weekly quizzes as well as unit tests. The words for vocabulary can be found at the following link 8th Grade Word Wall.== ||
 * ==Students in Eighth Grade Reading will be exploring a variety of different genres of reading including a unit on Holocaust literature. Students will reinforce the skills of predicting, questioning, connecting, and working with inferences to help them become better readers of fiction and non-fiction pieces of text. Activities include daily journal writing, class novels, teacher read-alouds, literature circles, individual novels, vocabulary study, weekly newspaper discussions, and readers theater. Each week, students will be required to reflect to their reading using a journal or a blog.== ||
 * =**Grading**= || == Daily Work **- 10 % - Daily assignments will be given and recorded in daily planners in order for students to make sure that they complete their homework for the next day. Homework is practicing and needs to be complete in order for mastering the content. Writing to Win journals are a part of the daily work grade.**==