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Curriculum
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Homework and Grades
• Check agenda nightly• Students should expect homework regularly.
Please plan accordingly.• Check grades online. If you have not received
your new login information, please contact the DRMS front office.
• All teachers have websites and emails please feel free to use them often.
AttendanceSee page 3 in the agenda
• Students with chronic unexcused absences will be required to attend Saturday School – no county transportation is provided.
• Excuse notes should be sent in the day student returns to school and should include ID#; student’s first and last name; date of absence; reason for absence; and parent signature. E-mailed notes cannot be excepted.
• Notes sent six days or longer after the absence will not be excused.
• Please DO NOT plan appointments or trips during testing weeks. See page 8 of the CCSD handbook and discipline code.
8th Grade Expectations
• Think “long term” about high school/college• Promotion Guidelines• Talk to high school students/parents,
particularly in 9th grade • Visit colleges/technical schools• Be responsible for self –
NO excuses
Teacher Websites Georgia HistoryMr. Wheeler:http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/kurt_wheeler/site/default.aspxLanguage ArtsMs. Poe:
http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/jill_poe/site/default.aspxMathMrs. Owens:http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/leeann_owens/site/default.aspxReadingMs. Lockrem:http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/kathryn_lockrem/site/default.aspxScienceWagoner:http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/phil_wagoner/site/default.aspx
Additional Teachers Websites REP ReadingMills:http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/mary_mills/site/default.aspx
Special EducationDavis:http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/bridget_davis/site/default.aspxDoyle:http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/randy_doyle/site/default.aspxHarper:Nelson:http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/jessica_nelson/site/default.aspx
Teacher’s E-mail Addresses
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
8S Important Dates 2009-2010
• September 3 – Progress Reports• September 7 – Pictures• September 20-24 – Fall Break• October 8- End of first grading period• October 15- Report Cards• October 29 – Jog-a-ThonCheck your students agenda for the entire list
of important dates including testing dates this year.
We could use your help
• We still need lots and lots of tissues.• Don’t forget the t-shirt orders and money.• We all could use new or used tennis balls.
These are for the bottom of our desks and chairs.
• We need parent volunteer for activities, field trips and assistance with copying.
Ms. Lockrem: 8th grade Reading Yearly Progression of Units
Year Long: Vocabulary Development, Active Reading Strategies, Literary Response
• Utilize a variety of strategies to determine word meanings.
• Study of Greek and Latin roots.• Use a variety of strategies(before,
during, after reading) to demonstrate comprehension of literary text.
• Produce a response that analyzes, evaluates, and interprets a literary work.
• Making and supporting judgments of literary works.
Periodic: Novel Study
• Identify and understand the elements of a novel.
• Plot structure, characterization, theme, and conflict.
8th grade Reading Yearly Progression of Units
August through October: Nonfiction and Functional Text
• Identify and understand the elements of informational text.
• Newspapers, magazines, reference materials, websites, textbooks.
• Connecting to personal experiences through biographical and autobiographical works.
October through December: Plot Structure and Author’s Purpose
• Identify and understand the elements of literary text.
• Stories, vignettes, narrative writings.• Identify and understand point of
view, tone, and mood in literary works.
January through March: Author’s Style and Character Analysis
• Identify and understand author’s use of satire, irony, and figurative language in literary text.
• Identify character traits and different roles in literary text.
March through May: Poetry and Georgia Authors
• Identify and understand the purpose, elements, and themes of different poetic forms.
• Creative writing.• Georgia authors unique contributions
to a variety of literary genres.
Ms. LockremThe Key to Success is
Communication• E-mail [email protected]• Phone 770-345-2832• Parent connect pcxp.cherokee.k12.ga.us• Website
http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/kathryn_lockrem/site/default.aspx
MathMrs. Owens
http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/leeann_owens/site/
default.aspx
Ms. Poe Language Arts
• http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/jill_poe/site/default.aspx
• http://portal.cherokee.k12.ga.us/ps/Eight/E8II.pdf
Mr. Wheeler - Georgia Studies
• http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/kurt_wheeler/site/default.aspx
Are there any questions?
