
8th Language Arts
Course
Outline
Mrs. Jordan
August: Welcome Back!

Introductions and Expectations
Summer Reading Tests
Short Stories begin...
September:
Capitalization and Punctuation
8 parts of speech
Effective paragraphs
three and five paragraph essays
vocabulary
short stories and literary elements
start independent reading program/planning 1st activity
October:

Review Parts of Speech
plurals
three and five paragraph essay
Wrap up Short Stories
vocabulary
Complements
Chains, historical fiction
November:

December:

January:

1st Semester Exams
February:

March:

April:

May:
Poetry
Review for exams!
**** Agenda is subject to change!!