Grade 8 Language Arts Homework Spelling Test - No Excuse Words - These words are in the students writing folders and as they are titled there is absolutely no excuse for misspelling them. Reading  –   All students have their first term AR goal. The cutoff date for this goal is Nov.9.                 -  Students should be reading for 30 – 60 min/day depending on their present reading level. That would be about 15 – 45 min. 5X / week at home.                -  All students should have read and passed an AR test on a Realistic Fiction by Monday if they are doing their assigned reading. We have been moving at a very slow pace getting started into the school year but things will soon be picking up.