Welcome!

Please have a seat anywhere you would like. (Week 1 only)

Have on your desk your summer reading assignments*:

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (1 page front and back)

Book of Your Choice (1 page for the book of your choice)

*If you do not have this assignment with you today, I will let you know what to do momentarily.

English, Grade 8Mr. Migdalias

Welcome to Mr. Migdalias’s class!

Welcome back to Pennbrook!

Welcome back to middle school!

English, Grade 8About Mr. Migdalias

Graduated from West Chester University

A big fan of poetry

Third year teaching at Pennbrook

Poetry Reading, Spring 2010

English, Grade 8What to expect this year

Vocabulary (workbook, Units 1-8)Level C (periods 2 & 4)Level D (periods 3, 7 & 8)

Grammar (all classes)Subject / verb agreementPronoun case/usage Pronoun / antecedent agreementSentence types/structures

LiteratureThe Outsiders (novel; all classes)Our Town (play; all classes)Chains (novel; all classes)“Flowers for Algernon” (pds. 2 & 4)Something Wicked This Way Comes

(novel; periods 3, 7 & 8)A play by Shakespeare (period 8 only)Poetry & short stories (all classes)

Writing (all classes)Text dependentCross text analysisArgumentativeLiterary analysisAnalytical

Edgar Allan Poe

English, Grade 8Mr. Migdalias

Classroom Rules

Follow all directions and procedures.

Keep all hands, feet and objects to yourself.

No profanity, name calling, teasing or putdowns

English, Grade 8Supplies

Pens and pencils

Highlighter

Three ring binder with dividers (enough for 5 sections)

Lined Paper (bell work section)

Let’s have a

great year!

Pds. 2 & 4‘

Take out your agenda / assignment book. ‘

Copy the following into your English / Language Arts Section for today: ‘

Have English notebook prepared and class guidelines signed by next Monday. ‘

If you didn’t today, bring summer reading assignments to class tomorrow. (Due by Friday)

Pds. 3, 7 & 8‘

Take out your agenda / assignment book. ‘

Copy the following into your English / Language Arts Section for today: ‘

Have English notebook prepared and class guidelines signed by next Monday. ‘

If you didn’t today, bring summer reading assignments to class tomorrow. (Due by tomorrow/Wednesday)