Welcome to eighth grade English Language Arts and Science. I look forward to the upcoming school year, we have a rigorous academic school year. Students are expected to write at least 8-12 essays in addition to other work given. All classwork is to prepare students for homework and all homework are put in place to support students for test, quiz, and essays. Please keep up with all assignments, if you miss one assignment this may alter your understanding of the overall content. 

The overall grading percentage are as followed, points are given out daily and weekly: 
40% Essay/Papers/Assessments/Projects 
30% Classwork

15% Homework
15% Participation
*Late work may be accepted with points taken off
*No assignments will be accepted after the grading quarter end

 

Books

1984
Fahrenheit 451 
Black Like Me
Between The World and Me

Woman Warrior 

All work is submitted through Google Classroom or composition notebook with Google Docs, HMH work book, TCI workbook, Lexia, and IXL.

Sincerely, 
Somsak Son
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