About+Course

=Information About The Course=

__Course Names__

 * ====English/Language Arts 8====
 * ====Reading 8====

__**//(information on English and Enrichment, grades, class requirements, expectations, policies, class procedures, contact and website links)//**__

 * [[file:About Me Letter.doc]]
 * [[file:Revised Letter to Parents.pdf]]
 * [[file:Course Syllabus 2011-2012.pdf]]
 * [[file:Signature Page 2011-12.pdf]]

__//Test Dates//__
STAAR Reading 8 STAAR Math 8 STAAR Social Studies 8 STAAR Science 8

Retest STAAR Reading 8 and Math 8

STAAR Reading 6, 7 STAAR Writing 7 STARR Math 6, 7

Stanford 10

__//Some Class Notes//__

 * [[file:storyplotterms.pdf]]

__**Some Graphic Organizers**__

 * __Cornell Note-Taking Format [[file:cornellnotetaker.pdf]]__
 * ____T-Chart or Two-Column Notes (for Dialectical Journals) [[file:dialecticaljournal1.pdf]]____
 * ______Venn Diagram [[file:venn1.pdf]]______
 * ________Story Web/Map [[file:storymap.pdf]]________
 * __________Plot Outline [[file:storyplotgraph.pdf]]__________
 * ____________Frayer Model (for vocabulary squares) [[file:Frayer Model.pdf]]____________

______________Related Links______________

 * ____________Houston Independent School District ~ http://www.houstonisd.org____________
 * ____________Public Broadcasting Station ~ http://www.pbs.org____________
 * ____________National Public Radio ~ http://www.npr.org____________
 * ____________** Greek and Latin Roots ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English **____________
 * ____________** in PDF format ~ [[file:Greek and Latin Word Roots.pdf]] **____________
 * ____________** Link to Short Story Generator: http://freeology.com/writing/dynamic_story_starter/ **____________
 * ____________** Link to Dream Symbols/Psychology: http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/ **____________
 * ____________** Link to the Anne Frank Secret Annex: http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/ **____________