Mrs. McGhee8th Grade ELA

Email address: tmcghee@paulding.k12.ga.us

Website: Access through AMS homepage

Remind Text (insert code from below) to 81010

Homeroom: @mcgheeshr

3rd Literature: @mcgheelit3

4th Literature: @mcgheelit4

5th ELA: @mcbris5

6th ELA: @mcbris6

⭐ Prepare students for a higher level of education ⭐ Promote critical thinking and writing skills⭐ Improve reading comprehension⭐ Encourage appreciation of literature

Unit 1: Context

Memoir/Informational

Writing: Narrative &

Informational

Unit 3: Success

Writing: Argumentative

Unit 2: Dystopian Lit

Extended Text: Literary

Writing: Argumentative

Unit 4: Georgia

Writing: Informational

Moments That Shape

Identity

ELA 8

⭐ Prepare students for AP level coursework⭐ Expose students to complex literary and informational texts⭐ Enhance reading comprehension and analysis through focus on close

and critical reading⭐ Encourage appreciation of various forms of literature

LIT 9

60%=Summative

40%=Formative

ELA 8

Homework is posted

on the board daily.

Students

Should write in the

agenda. Resources are

posted on website

and/or in Canvas.

Homework is posted

on the board daily.

Students

Should write in the

agenda. Resources are

posted on website

and/or in Canvas. LIT

71%=Summative

29%=Formative(20 % of grade summative grade

71

29

Summative

Formative

LIT 9

Organization is important in ELA because we have multiple areas of focus:

Reading/Literature

Writing

Grammar

Vocabulary

Students are encouraged to maintain a 3

ringed binder with 5 tab dividers for ELA

class.

•USA Test Prep•Quizzes•Shmoop•Quizlet•Newsela•ReadWorks•ReadTheory•Smithsonian

Login info is provided on

websitesor provided in

class:

To access the

BLUE Literature textbook

for 9th grade Honors Literature:

Go to http://www.glencoe.com/ose/

Enter this access code

ABF4C93E00.

To access the

GREEN Literature textbook

for 8th grade Language Arts:

Go to http://www.glencoe.com/ose/

Enter access code

CD057AC6C9.

GENERAL COURSE OF ACTION:

Problem will be addressed with student; reminded of

expected behavior.

Problem will be addressed with student. Parent will be

contacted.

Possible outcomes: --Detention

--Parent conference

--Office referral

Wednesdays------7:45 with Mrs. McGheeThursdays--------- 7:45 with Mrs. BristolFridays------------- 7:45 with Mrs. Woodall Fridays------------- 7:45 with Mrs. Ali

The ELA department gives summative assessments on Wednesdays or Fridays only.

Formative assessments (quizzes, short writings, and checkpoints may be given on any day.)