7^th and 8^th Grade English Course Requirements

 

SUPPLIES: You should gather your supplies as soon as you can.  All notebooks must be ready by the Monday following the first day of school.

 

Blue or black ink pens                          highlighter

3” three-ring binder                               red pen for grading

5 notebook dividers                              wide-ruled notebook paper

 

 

The notebook will count as a grade each six weeks. For full credit, it must be kept in the following order:

 

Course Requirements            >         These are to be kept at the front of the notebook

English Class Policies            >          throughout the year.

Rules for Written Work        >          You will refer to them many times.

 

Divider 1: Warm-ups

Each day you will have a warm-up activity to complete.  You will begin this activity before the bell rings.  You will be given a few minutes in class to complete it, and then we will begin with the day’s assignment.  In the left-hand margin you will write the day’s date for each warm-up.

 

Divider 2: Grammar

In the second section, you will be responsible for any daily board or overhead work relating to grammar. We will focus on specific skills each week and will take daily grades over these assignments. You will be tested on these skills throughout the six weeks.  Once this information has been discussed in class, you are responsible for knowing it for any related activities and for applying it to your daily writing.  Also, you will keep any notes or outlines I give you concerning composition.  You will also need to keep up with all pre-writing, rough drafts, and graded essays.

 

Divider 3: Literature

In this section you will keep all literature related vocabulary, notes, handouts and all literature daily work.

 

Divider 4: Major Tests, Quizzes

In this section you will keep all major tests, quizzes and essays.  It is important to have these in your notebooks to refer to for semester exams.

 

Divider 5: Spelling/Vocabulary

In this section, you will keep all vocabulary and related spelling activities.

 

***Always keep a well-supplied stock of notebook paper in the back of your notebook.