Language

LANGUAGE ARTS

Texts:  Grade 8 Gage Crossroads, Communicating Skills, Novels and Anthologies

 Literacy is the umbrella term covering a vast range of actual reading and writing practices. 

Reading:

• Literature circles
• Novel studies
• Book talks
• Reading strategies: making connections, asking questions, visualizing, determining important ideas, and synthesizing

 Writing:

• Writing strategies: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and repairing
• comprehension

The Writing Process:

• Ideas
• Rough draft
• Editing and proofreading
• Conferencing
• Good Copy

Media Literacy:

• Inquiry based learning
• Point of view
• Inferencing

Oral and Visual Communication

Helpful Websites:

Tips on how to find a good source for research:

Choosing an appropriate topic

How to find a good source

How to avoid plagiarism

Citing information for works cited/bibliography

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