Speaking & Listening
How many times do we have to give presentations?
Only twice!
What was your favorite book from last year?
Nice!
How many essays do we write?
Theme Essay
Nonfiction Literature Essay
Persuasive Essay
What was your favorite part of the 7th grade?
Awesome.
What's something you're looking forward to learning in the 8th grade?
I agree, and I'm looking forward to our Zine Project.
What kinds of presentations do we have to give??
A "Prove it's Dystopian" presentation and our "Good News Presentation".
What are Twisted Tales??
Scary Stories and a great way to win a competition.
Who was your favorite 7th grade teacher?
What's another thing you're looking forward to about the 8th grade?
What kind of class discussions do we have?
Socratic Seminar (for whole class discussions.)
Interviews (interview a few peers)
Small Group Discussions (book clubs)
What kind of stuff will we be reading?
Independent reading (YOUR CHOICE, Nonfiction, Dystopian books.)
Short Stories ( Edgar Allen Poe Stories, 2BR02B, All Summer in A Day, Etc)
Dystopian Book Club (Hunger Games and more)
Nonfiction
What's C.L.E.W. stand for?
Claim,Lead In, Evidence, Warrant.
Body paragraph formatting for essays.
What's a project that you liked in the 7th grade?
Nice!
What's something you're looking forward to about the 8th grade?
For me, I'm already looking forward to Fun Town again!
What will we be discussing?
We'll be talking about thing's we've read. (They Called Us Enemy and our Dystopian Book Club Books)
Can I read graphic novels?
Yup! I love graphic novels, plus we'll read They Called Us Enemy (a class read graphic novel)
Sentence Structure (Subject Verb)
Comma and Semi Colon Rules
Parts of Speech (Adjective, Adverb, Interjection, Preposition, Conjunction)
What's a goal you have for next year?
Nice!
What's something you're looking forward to about the 8th grade?
I can't wait to do some cool new project based learning at South Campus next year!
What the heck is a Socratic Seminar?