8th Grade
Composition Book – 2nd Quarter
Total Points = 290 (2*, 3*) and 285 (4*)
Comp Book Scored on Wed 12/16
Sacred
Writing Time (SWT)
100 - 20 Entries, 5 pts. each (15 entries should
be ½ page or longer to earn credit)
4* only = 19 Entries (95 points)
Word
Study
10 – CRACY (includes root, meaning,
word, say, spell, definition, activity 1-4)
10 - PHOTO
10 - CORP
10 - BENE
10
- DENT
10
- MAND
10 - COGN
Notes
and Activities
5
- “How to Use Text Evidence”
5 “Sample 1 and Sample 2” (glued in,
2 pages)
10 “The Tyger” Poem (stapled in;
close read notes)
10 “The Tyger Summary” – divided
into 6 stanzas
10 “Object Poem” – list of objects
and draft
5
- “There, Their, They’re” (glued in)
5 -
“Your vs. You’re” (glued in)
5
- “Repairing Run-Ons and Ramblers” (glued in)
5 – “Pronoun Power” (glued in)
15 – “Street Music” – list of
settings, list of sounds, draft (draft may be on next page)
10 – “The Blues” – notes (2
sections, 5 bullets each section of notes)
10 – “The Blues Poem” – draft (4
stanzas, 6 lines each)
10 – “List Poem” – draft
10 – “Family Metaphor” – stapled in
and draft complete
5 – “Adverb Endings” (glued in)
