• ENGLISH
     
    Ms. Kavalek
    Team Legacy
    tkavalek@crsd.org
    215- 944-2600
     
     
    WELCOME!
     
    Academic English 8, Honors English 8
     
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    Essential Questions in Honors English 8 and English 8:
    1) How can I use reading strategies to access the meaning of text?
    2) How do I analyze literature and nonfiction?
    3) How does understanding grammar make strong writers and speakers (communicators)?
     
     
    Some Key Expectations for All Classes....
     
     
    ---> Students should carry their assignment books, English binders, post-its, pens and pencils, and a self-selected reading book to class daily.
     
    ---> Students should actively read literature and assigned informational readings using the reading strategies SUMMARIZE, CLARIFY, PREDICT, QUESTION, CONNECT, and TALKING TO THE TEXT.
     
    ---> Students should brainstorm/ map out their ideas for a writing assignment before drafting a piece. Then, they should read their writing ALOUD to proofread effectively.
     
    ---> Students should think positively and seek help or clarification when needed.
     
    *Specific coursework for Honors English 8 and English 8 is outlined on initial course handouts. The list of literature and reading selections is below, but please note that it may change.... Thank you!
     
    Honors= short stories from Currents in Fiction, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson, I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, Night by Elie Wiesel, poetry, Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury; and, if time, A Midsummer Night's Dream 
     
    Academic= Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, short stories from Glencoe, Night by Elie Wiesel, poetry, and I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai.
     
Last Modified on September 28, 2018