Doherty- ELA

Hello, and welcome to my 8th grade English class. I hope you had some fun this summer and are ready to get back to reading and writing! I may not have gone to Asheville Middle School when I was your age, but since this is my seventeenth year teaching here, it seems like I've always been an AMS Cougar. I love teaching and can't imagine doing anything else. I originally graduated with a B.F.A. from Savannah College of Art and Design, and I still am an artist. I just no longer do it full time. After working with the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club as a reading tutor and an arts and crafts teacher, I decided to get into teaching full time and attended UNCA where I received teaching licenses in English from 6th- 12th grade and Social Studies from 6th-9th grade. From the first moment I entered Asheville Middle School, I knew this is where I wanted to be, and I've taught here ever since. I love teaching English, because it allows me to support students in empowering their own voices through reading and writing skills. Although there are some things we will be reading together, you are going to have lots of choice in my class, so I hope you're ready!


Classroom phone number: 828-350-6321

Email: jennifer.doherty@acsgmail.net

Please join my class remind account! This will allow you to call and text me when I am not in my room, and you will get class announcements as well. If you have never joined remind before, you will need to download the app to your phone first. Remind Instructions Link


Online Class Google Meet InFormation

These are my synchronous classes with the days and times we will be meeting. For live classes students will go to meet.google.com and enter the code for their block. For example, if Susan is in my block 2, she would go to meet.google.com, click join a meeting, and enter AMSDoherty2.


  1. amsdoherty1 Block 1 meets on Mondays and Thursdays 8:45-9:25

  2. amsdoherty2 Block 2 meets on Mondays and Thursdays 9:25-10:05

  3. amsdoherty3 Block 3 meets on Wednesdays and Fridays 10:05-10:45

  4. amsdoherty4 Block 4 meets on Wednesdays and Fridays 12:05-1:30

Course Syllabus

Here is a link to the 8th Grade ELA department syllabus.

Syllabus Link

First Two Weeks Assignment Calendar

Here is a link to a calendar showing the first two weeks of assignments. These may change based on student need. In order to complete any class assignments, students will login to Canvas and click Modules. This way they will see date headers which will help them to know which assignments to do. Any assignments for the day appear below the daily header.

August 17-August 28 Assignment Calendar