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Grade 8 ILA
Mrs. Barbara Jessick
Third Trimester: (March 9th - June 9th)

Grammar

Chapter 6: Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections
Chapter 10: Capitalization
Chapter 11: Punctuation
Chapter 8: Sentence Structure

Writing

Prepositional Phrase Poem

Literature

Selected Autobiographical and Biographical essays from text

Excerpt from Flowers for Algernon

Writing
Research paper
Students will be researching famous people in history.
Meeting the following due dates is essential to creating a high quality project and avoiding a last minute rush. This project spans both the second and third trimester. The remaining due dates listed are those that are included in the third trimester only.

Timeline of Due Dates:

March 8th - 15 Fact note cards
March 16th - 30 to 50 Fact note cards
March 18th - Outline for research paper
March 22nd - First draft of paper
March 24th - Second draft with revisions
March 29th - Final Paper due

Personal Memoir: Details to follow at the end of April

Reading for Pleasure

Students are encouraged to read for pleasure. Classroom charts for both 8A and 8B are posted in the classroom. Please encourage your child to read.

Weight Distribution for Grade 8 ILA - Third Trimester

35% Tests and Quizzes
40% Performance
10% Classwork
10% Homework
5% Final Exams

Please note that there is one ILA grade for each marking period. It is a combination of grades earned in grammar and literature classes.

Spelling

Spelling quizzes will be given on a bi-weekly basis, generally on Thursdays.
There will be four spelling quizzes this trimester. Spelling words are listed below for your convenience.
Dates:
List 11 - March 30
List 12 - April 8
List 13 - April 15
List 14 - April 29
List 15- May 6

Frequently Misspelled Words

List 1

a lot

absence

accidentally

accommodate

accumulate

achievement

acquaintance

acquire

acquitted

advice

advise

advisor

all right

aluminum

amateur

among

analysis

analyze

annual

answer

List 2

apparatus

apparent

appearance

appoint

arctic

argument

ascend

athlete

attendance

balance

beginning

belief

believe

beneficial

benefited

Britain

business

calendar

candidate

canister

List 3

category

cemetery

changeable

choose

chose

college

commission

committee

comparative

conceivable

congratulations

conscience

conscientious

conscious

controversial

List 4

convenient

criticize

definitely

definition

describe

desperate

dictionary

disappearance

disappoint

disastrous

discipline

dissatisfied

ecstasy

effect

eighth

List 5

eligible

eliminate

embarrass

eminent

encouragement

environment

especially

essential

exaggerate

excellence

exhaust

existence

experience

familiar

fascinate

List 6

February

forehead

foreign

forty

fourth

fulfill

genius

government

grandeur

grievous

grief

gypsy

harass

height

heroes

List 7

hindrance

humorous

hypocrite

immediately

incidentally

incredible

independence

inevitable

intellectual

intelligence

irrelevant

irresistible

jealousy

jewelry

judgment

List 8

knowledge

laboratory

laundry

library

license

lightning

liquefy

loneliness

lose

loose

luxury

maintenance

maneuver

manufacture

marriage

List 9

miniature

mischievous

misspell

mysterious

necessary

neighborhood

nickel

niece

ninety

noticeable

numerous

occasionally

occurred

omitted

opinion

List 10

opportunity

optimistic

pamphlet

parallel

paralysis

paralyze

partially

particular

pastime

performance

permanent

permissible

perseverance

personal

personnel

List 11

pharmacy

physical

physician

possession

possibility

postpone

practically

precede

preference

prejudice

principal

principally

principle

privilege

probably

List 12

procedure

proceed

profession

professor

prominent

pronunciation

pursue

quantity

quizzes

recede

receipt

receive

recognize

recommend

reference

List 13

reliable

remembrance

repetition

resistance

restaurant

rhyme

rhythm

ridiculous

sacrifice

salary

schedule

seize

separate

separation

sergeant

List 14

severely

similar

sincerely

sophomore

specifically

specimen

spontaneous

statue

studying

succeed

succession

surprise

technique

technology

temperament

List 15

temperature

tragedy

tries

truly

unanimous

unnecessary

usually

variety

veterinarian

weather

Wednesday

weird

woman

women

writing





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