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REMOTE AND FACE TO FACE LEARNING
JANUARY 7TH - 8TH, 2021 (THURSDAY &FRIDAY)

Office Hours

Wednesdays 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Thursdays    8:15 a.m. to 8:45
Fridays         8:15 a.m. to 8:45


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ELA ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL WEEK
1. ELA Choice Board Board
2. Dover Beach and Book Burning Questions
3. Commonlit Responses for the 6 articles.
4. Commonlit Graphic Organizer
5. Education Essay  (Complete 5 paragraph essay: How can education be used to create change?)
    Type and Submit Essay on the Forms Link)

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Welcome to our classroom!

Advanced 8th Grade English Language Arts focuses on the four academic standards: speaking and listening, reading for all purposes, writing and composition, and research and reasoning. Our classroom resources will facilitate high level learning and appropriately match instructional methods with student need.
Our goal is to:
  • Emphasize problem-based learning and inquiry
  • Incorporate advanced research and technology skills
  • Model and encourage intellectual struggle and high level academic discussion
  • Support social and emotional needs
  • Develop and practice creative thinking and creative problem solving skills with a variety of complex topics
  • Incorporate critical thinking skills to successfully argue a point, justify reasoning, evaluate for a purpose, infer to predict and draw conclusions
This class is designed for the student who enjoys reading, discussion and analysis, thinks critically, has strong writing and grammar skills and is self motivated. The Advanced English Language Arts class moves beyond the curriculum expectations of a standard course by offering increasing instructional depth and complexity. Students are engaged in dynamic and high-level learning. ​
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Quick Writes

  • If you could create a soundtrack for your life, what songs would you include and why? Discuss at least two songs and explain why you picked them.​
  • ​Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Imagination is more important than knowledge. Explain your position. ​
  • ​Pick a celebrity or famous figure you admire and imagine swapping places with this person for the day. What would you do? Write a story about your day.
  • ​If you could make one thing (an item or a service) in the world free of charge to everyone, what would you choose and why? How would this change the world?
REMINDERS:
  • Check grade book for missing assignments.
  •  Email (Lauren.Cercone@cobbk12.org).
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Books to Explore

Before We Were Free (Julia Alvarez)
The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim (E. K. Johnston)
Soldier's Heart (Gary Paulsen)
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (Russell Freedman)
Hero (Mike Lupica)
The Once and Future King (T.E. White)
The Killing Sea (Richard Lewis)
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeline L'Engle)
The Alchemist (Paul Coelho)
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