Language Arts 8

Welcome to Language Arts 8!


Language Arts 8 has five units.

The Writing Workshop Unit is a resource to help improve your writing skills and become a more confident writer. These workshops are informational only, however, your ADLC Teacher could ask that you review a section of the workshops in their assignment feedback as a way to help improve your writing skills.
Unit 1 begins with Visual Communication. Each unit contains the instructions you need to complete your assignments. Complete each task in order, following the instructions carefully. As you finish each assignment, submit it to the Submission box for assessment.

This course has two exams. Both require supervision. These exams cannot be done at home by yourself. Contact your exam supervisor to arrange to write these exams after you have completed the required course work.
Note:  If you receive less than 40% on either of your exams, we recommend that you write an appeal exam because you will be assigned that score for the course. That is, a final exam score of less than 40% counts for 100% of your mark. Your assignment course work will not be applied to your final course score. 


The online assignments and exams are weighted as follows:

Instruction Assignments Title Duration
(weeks) 		Weighting
Unit 1 

Instruction
6 Assignments 		Visual Communication 8 weeks 15%
Unit 2 

Instruction
6 Assignments 		Non-fiction 8 weeks 15%
Unit 3 

Instruction
6 Assignments 		Poetry 8 weeks 15%
Midterm Exam Supervised Exam 3 hours 10%
Unit 4

Instruction
7 Assignments 		Fiction 8 weeks 15%
Unit 5

Instruction
5 Assignments 		Novel 8 weeks 10%
Final Exam Supervised Exam 3 hours 20%
TOTAL

30 Assignments 		40 weeks 100%



 
Alberta Education states that students should spend 150 hours per school year working in Language Arts.

That is at least 50% more time than students are expected to spend on any other subject.

Language Arts courses have a lot of work . . . and your teachers try to keep it interesting for you!

Plan to spend one hour per day, five days per week working on Language Arts

 


Ideally, you will submit one L.A. assignment per week. Do not hold onto and submit multiple assignments for marking at one time.

This allows extra time for holiday weeks and review for exams.