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Just do the work, kind of easy as that. The work looks scary but the instructions are very clear and there's a ton of reference. Also, if you play video games, you will get by Mr. Fournie easily (in my case at least)!
He taught me English in my grade 8 year. The subject "language arts" was pretty simple and easy going for me. We wrote speeches, learned about grammar, wrote rant poems (which was my favourite), and we read some novels including the Chrysalids (which we didn't like), the Outsiders, and a little bit of Shakespeare. Our essays were quite simple and easy to follow.