1. Welcome to 8th Grade English
Jamil Clarke

2. Teacher Website
Mr. Clarke's Online English 8 Class ( )

3. Parent Contact Information
If you would like to establish contact with me via , please write –
Your name
The name of your child (children)
The bell the student is in
Your address

4. Point of Success in the Classroom
Students should create the following sections in their binders –
Energizers (Writing and Reading)
Reading Activities
Notes (Writing and Reading)
Simply stuffing papers in binders results in lost work. 

5. Point of Success in the Classroom (Reading)
All students are provided with Literature textbooks to take (and home –
Great for making up work (if absent)!
Great for completing unfinished classroom home!
There’s even a way to access the Literature textbook online!
For novel studies, students are responsible for completing most of the home. 

6. Student Textbook Link
Holt McDougal Online

7. Point of Success in the Classroom (Writing)
Students should already have the following items in class –
Writing SOL notebook
Works in Progress (WIP) folders
These items should be stored in the all times. 

8. Optional – Personal Electronic Devices
At appropriate times students may use electronic devices* to help them with –
Energizers
Vocabulary
Research (Reading & Writing)
* Cell phones, tablets, or any device with internet access (the school uses Wifi )

9. How Are Students Evaluated?
Total points system –
Knowledge & Language: grammar skills, vocabulary, identifying figurative language, and all oral/written language
Reading: fiction, narrative nonfiction, nonfiction, and poetry
Writing: composing, written expression, revising, editing, and research

10. Make-Up Work Policy or the Friendly “0”
Here’s how a “0” works –
Placeholder: lets me know if a student has not submitted an assignment
Reminder: reminds students/parents that an assignment has not been submitted
A “0” is meant to be temporary and will be changed once an assignment is submitted. 

11.  Let’s have a GREAT year!
It can be worked out…it will work out with effort.

12. This presentation is available on my teacher website.
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