1. Welcome
8th grade
Language Arts
Mrs. Walsh
Contact info-
walshjen@aaps.k12.mi.us
994-1989 ext. 32430
(direct message line)
645-2567 (cell #)
Student Teacher: John Brady

2. Language Arts
Curriculum
• Taught in a workshop style with time, ownership
and response at center
• Genre studies: science fiction, realistic fiction,
technical writing, research, historical fiction,
holocaust, newspaper
• Vocabulary weekly with a quiz every Friday
• Grammar weekly
• Article of the Week- Stresses informational reading,
critical thinking and persuasive writing techniques.
• I want students to ULTIMATELY LOVE READING
AND WRITING…..This is achieved (usually) through
the CHOICE aspect of Workshop.

3. Writing Workshop
• Will write 3-5 pages of • Revision is stressed
rough draft writing each • Grammar is addressed
week.
through Daily
• Word Generation Language Review, and
(SERP) packets every
other week Write Source materials.
• Will revise and write • Lots of work on
final draft of self- sentence structure and
selected piece for each sophistication of
genre study. language.
• Digital Portoflio of
examples of each
genre

4. Reading Workshop
• Choice novels. Please let me • Classroom read aloud to
know if you have concerns teach reading strategies
about a certain novel your
child is reading. Will be
doing Guided Reading with • Should read for 20 minutes
some of the genre studies. each night and one hour on
the weekend for a total of 140
mins. per week OUTSIDE of
• Will read most of the hour on class. Novels, not
Fridays magazines
• Will be required to respond to • Please sign reading
their reading in writing each calendars. You should have
week in a Lit. Log-this is seen them already! DO
where they learn application NOT sign if student isn’t
of literary terms reading! Please make them
responsible
• Will cover same genres as
writing

5. Late Homework Policy
• All work is due by 3:00 p.m. on the date due.
• Students can use an Oops Coupon for full credit on
one late homework assignment each quarter. Must
be turned in, with the signed coupon, within a week
of the due date.
• All students who are absent will have two days for
each day absent to make up work. It is the
STUDENT’S responsibility to ask for the work.

6. Fall Conferences
• Thurs., Oct. 11,
4-7 p.m.
• Thurs., Oct. 18,
5-8 p.m.
• Thurs., Nov. 15,
5-8 p.m. (by
invitation)
ALL CONFERENCES
ARE ARENA STYLE
FOR 7TH AND 8TH
GRADE

7. Website Info
• Grades are updated WEEKLY on Power School.
Late work may not go in immediately.
• Website:
http://www.teacherweb.com/MI/AnnArbor/Walsh/t.
aspx
• Homework is posted here each Monday or
Tuesday for that week.
• Big projects/assignments will be uploaded
to this site as well.