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Welcome to 8th Grade Language Arts!

It's the beginning of a new school year, and I'm excited to meet my students and get to know each one of them. You'll see that across the top, there are tabs for each of my core classes. Those pages are going to fill up with Book Chats written by STUDENTS (YOU)! You can check out all the cores for inspiration for your next Choice Book. Check back often, and don't forget to comment positively on posts. Your first contribution should tell everyone about your favorite book ever, and say why.
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What's going on in class - September 2017

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Students listening to music to find examples of literary devices.  Our school year is off to such a great start!  The students are working hard and seem engaged in the activities they've experienced so far.  We've been reviewing literary devices such as allusion and flashback.  We're also going a bit deeper by learning about the three types of irony-dramatic, situational and verbal.  Video clips are a great way to show examples of these. "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry have been read so far.  To come is our theme of "Perception vs. Reality" where we'll read stories by Poe as well as look at some current advertising campaigns.  Ask your student about "The Landlady"-quite a plot twist!  We had some great discussions about it and even found a real life example! It was nice meeting so many of you at Open House.  When you have time, please share your words of wisdom to our Shepard 8th graders fo...
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