Eighth Grade
Language Arts (2 periods per day)
Writing - Grammar, Use & Mechanics
- Writing for purpose of evaluation of literature and expression of own ideas
- Incorporating/citing others' ideas and works within one's own work
- Writing Process: focus on honing revision, editing and publishing skills
- Review of all grammar
- Concentration on agreement and parallel construction
- Verb tenses with focus on progressive tenses
Literature - Thematic Study
- Focus on writer's voice
- Use of dialogue and word use in examination of specific pieces of literature
- Character analysis
- Denouement and climax
- Conflict / resolution
Math
- Study of properties
- Integers
- Equations
- Equalities
- Exponents
- Polynomials
- Factoring
- Linear equations and graphs
- Systems of equations
- Absolute value
- Rational equations
- Radical equations
- Relations and functions
- Quadratic equations
Social Studies – Civics and 20th Century Post WWI
Content
- Democracy
- Constitution
- Bill of Rights
- Citizen and the Community
- Parities and Politics
- Voting and Elections
- Public Opinion and Interest Groups
- National Government Organization
- State and Local Government Organization
- Legal Rights and Responsibilities
- Civil and Criminal Law
- 20th Century Post WWII History
- The Cold War; Korean War
- The Civil Rights Era
- Vietnam War
- Gulf Wars
- America’s role in the world
- United Nations
Skills
- Identifying and analyzing point-of-view
- Reading and interpreting maps, graphs, tables
- Interpreting political cartoons
- Interpreting primary source material
- Comparing and contrasting
- Outlining
- Writing in response to content
- Oral presentation and debate
Science
- General properties of matter, mass & weight, volume & density
- Physical and chemical changes and properties
- Electric charges, currents, magnets, and electronics
- Momentum, velocity, gravity, friction, and Newton’s laws
- Energy forms and changes
Middle School Physical Education
Middle School Electives
