Mr. Companion's English 8 and Humanities 8 Classes:  Language Arts

Unit Objectives:

The student shall:

  • Develop a basic understanding of English Grammar
  • Recognize the various parts of speech
  • Demonstrate an understanding of sentence structure 
  • Demonstrate the ability to compose properly constructed paragraphs
  • Use correct punctuation on all assignments
  • Be familiar with the three major genres of writing: expository, narrative and descriptive
  Click here for some upper-level instruction on sentence structure and clauses 
     Click here to visit Purdue   University's on-line grammar instruction lab 
Click here to go to Owl practice exercises on grammar and punctuation