Welcome to MRs. Bates La 8
Hello, and welcome to English Language Arts 8. In this classroom we will be following a strict California State Standards guided curriculum focusing on rigor in the classroom. The theme for this year is challenges. The year will be divided into four units, each unit tackling a different challenge. This year we will have a safe, enjoyable, enlightening, and rigorous learning environment for everyone in the classroom.
Absent?Each day is important, in these units we will be building day by day to our final assignments. If a student is absent it is their responsibility to get the work they missed. They will first need to check the class calendar, and the absent folder to see what they missed. Absence is not an excuse for missing work.
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MaterialsStudents only need three materials.
- 3 Ring Binder, students will keep every piece of paper they work on this year. - Composition Notebook. Please no spiral notebooks. - A Sharpened or Mechanical Pencil or Pen. The pencil sharpener does not work that well. Please be prepared. |
UnitsThe units are as follows.
- The challenge of Heroism - The Challenge of Utopia - The Challenge to Make a Difference - The Challenge of Comedy |
HomeworkThe students have one weekly homework assignments
- Progress reports will be sent home every Thursday regardless of grade. They will need to be signed and returned on Friday. - Anything that students do not finish in class needs to be finished at home. |