MRS. STEPHANIE FENIELLO

Welcome to English 8

Personal Background

12 years experience in North Allegheny NASH, NAI, Carson, Marshall

5 years experience in Melbourne, Florida Grades 10-12

7 years experience in business Software Trainer/Business Consultant

Goals beyond English curriculum

Make readers out of your student Independent selections Book talks Audio books Teacher reads

Gain study habits Discuss strategies Practice strategies Require strategies

Why I love teaching 8th grade English

aghastAghast of wind blew open the door.

belittle When you make shrinky-dinks, you belittle them by baking them.

bludgeon At lunch they give you a big bludgeon of

tater-tots.

Honors Placement—Grade 9

Students must consistently attain A’s in their nine-week English grades. 

Students must have an overall QPA of 3.4 or higher.

Students will be evaluated on the successful completion of a writing sample.

Students must receive a recommendation for Honors English placement from their current English teacher based on their overall performance.

Homework Page

Homework PageClass workHomeworkHomework

ResourcesContact

InformationE-mailsfeniello@northallegh

eny.org

Course Description

Thematic ApproachLiterature, Writing, Grammar, Media,

and Speaking and Listening When is a child no longer a child? How do you face life’s challenges? How do you find your purpose? What does history teach us?

LiteratureShort

Stories/Poetry Comprehension Interpretation Analysis Vocabulary

Course Description

Rules of the GameAmy Tan

LiteratureDrama

The Diary of Anne Frank Speaking and Listening

(Acting) Historical Context

Course Description

LiteratureNon-Fiction

Essays Biography Autobiography Magazine Articles New Articles

Course Description

LiteratureNovelsChainsLaurie Halse AndersonThe GiverLois LowryMonsterWalter Dean Myers

AR Books/Projects

(4)Independent

Reading Selections (4)

Course Description

WritingCreative WritingLiterary

Response Response to

reading selectionsFormal Writing

Five paragraph essay Informational Persuasive

Course Description

ResearchProject

People of character

What does history teach us?

Traditional sources

Internet sources

Course Description

Speaking/ListeningPresent formal

speechesShare select

compositionsContribute to class

discussionsTake notes based on

discussion

Course Description