Mr. Tolosky's 8th Grade ELA Class Website

ptolosky@nccscougar.org

Course Description:

     The 8th grade ELA course at Northeastern Clinton Central School is designed to help students become skilled readers of prose and poetry written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and to become skilled writers who can compose for a variety of purposes.  By their writing and reading in this course, students should become aware of the interactions among a writer's purposes, audience expectations and subjects, as well as the way generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to effective writing.  This course is designed to prepare our middle school students for their 8th grade ELA exam, high school, and beyond.  Daily language review, participation in the 100 Book Challenge, multiple writing projects, and the completing of various mini-lessons and educational activities are designed to help the student acquire a greater facility in written English.  All four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are developed.

My schedule:

1^st - 8:20 – 9:05 - ELA 8

2^nd - 9:08 – 9:48 - Study Hall

3^rd - 9:51 – 10:31 - Prep

4^th - 10:34 – 11:14 - ELA 8

5^th - 11:17 – 11:47 - ELA 8

6^th - 11:50 – 12:30 - Lunch

7^th - 12:33 – 1:13 - Prep

8^th - 1:16 – 1:56 - ELA 8

9^th - 1:59 – 2:39 - ELA 8

Homework:

-  Monday - Thursday:  Complete two steps for the 100 Book Challenge.

-  Friday:  Complete three steps for the 100 Book Challenge.

*  Students will find out about other important assignments and upcoming quizzes and exams daily in class.  These should be clearly marked in their student agendas to ensure the highest chance of success.