8th Grade Composition Notebook - 1st Quarter

 Here is the 8th Grade Composition Notebook Point Sheet for in-class activities during the 1st quarter.  Every activity has been reviewed as a class and should be 100% complete.  Students will go through their comp book, page by page, on Monday 9/30.  They have until Monday 10/7 to finish anything that may be incomplete or is missing due to absence.  On Monday 10/7, the comp book will be scored.  This gives students the opportunity to earn 100%.

8th Grade Composition Book – 1st Quarter

Score ___/170 Letter Grade ___

Word Study

___/10  p. 1 – doc (includes root, meaning, word, say, spell, definition, activity 1-4)

___/10  p. 2 – clar

___/10  p. 3 – gul

___/10  p. 4 – greg

Journals and Warm-Ups

___/10 p. 35 – “Compound Sentence Structure” (notes on page, sheet on top stapled in)

___/10 p. 36 – “Fors and Nors and Such” (stapled in and totally complete)

___/10 p. 37 – “Commas and Compounds” (stapled in and totally complete)

___/10  p. 38 – “Compound Sentence Review” (stapled in and totally complete)

___/10  p. 39 – “Commas in Dates”  (stapled in and totally complete)

___/10  p. 40 – “Too Vague” (minimum 5 sentence paragraph)

___/10  p. 41 – “Commas in Addresses” (stapled in and totally complete; envelope underneath)

___/10  p. 42 – “Commas in Names” (stapled in and totally complete)

Notes and Activities

___/10 p. 81 – 82 - Research Without Plagiarism Notes (4 sections, 13 bullets)

___/10 p. 83 – F.A.Q’s About Plagiarism (stapled in and sections highlighted)

___/10 p. 84 – Creating a Bibliography (stapled in with 2 handwritten notes sections)

___/10 p. 85 – Bibliography Activity (3 entries)

___/10 p. 86 – How to Cite Your Sources (notes stapled in and sections highlighted)