Syllabus

Welcome!

Writing & Reading 8 aim to introduce you to key concepts and strategies related to grammar and style as well as strategies for reading and comprehending multiple genres of text. Absorbing and applying these lessons will help you to confidently respond to the unprecedented and accelerating demand for high levels of literacy that have arisen in the 21st century. Everyone is writing and reading more than they ever did in many more arenas than they ever had before the rise and rise of social media on the Internet. 

I will share materials that cover grammatical principles, word usage, writing style, sentence and paragraph structure, and punctuation. I will also introduce you to literature that I find compelling.  This class will challenge you with quizzes and writing activities that will give you strategies to help you to build skills that will enhance the quality of your writing and your ability to read effectively.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successfully completing these courses, students will: 

1. Reliably identify the roles and relationships of words in a sentence. 
2. Demonstrate mastery of grammatical concepts and syntactical strategies and apply this knowledge to produce coherent, economical, and compelling writing. 
3. Critique and edit their own and others’ writing. 
4. Utilize effective reading strategies.
5. Demonstrate comprehension of multiple genres of texts.
6. Develop, apply, and refine speaking skills to communicate key ideas iwhile utilizing media to enhance communication.
7. Identify, locate, and evaluate information.
8. Apply information fluency and practice digital citizenship.

* To see a full listing of the Grade 8 Standards for Language Arts see the Nebraska Department of Education Website.

** I do have a few random class needs.  If you want to help out, let me know via e-mail at evi.wusk@agps.org.