Please see the links above for information that deals with 8th Grade ELA this year.
Our Author link will cover the authors that we read during the year, for book-length works. Short stories will be added there as needed, too. We will begin the year with the classic To Kill a Mockingbird.
If something is provided for students in class, you will see it here, on the Handouts page. The newest handouts, along with the date they were provided, will be located here in case you need an additional copy.
The Writing page will cover the non-research writing that we do in class. As 8th graders, students will be expected to continue their growth with both short answer and essay writing, which is necessary for the 8th Grade ELA exam, as well as written work on Math and Science state tests. Students will be writing in many of their classes (General Music, Social Studies, Technology, and Spanish, as examples) and will begin to learn advanced writing concepts where appropriate
Research will focus on two different larger assignments that students will work on. Students began research last year on a product or company of their choice. This year, this will grow into a larger project due in June.
Finally, the iReady page explains our work with the program. Students in grades 3-8 at Panama use iReady, and the 7th graders, last year, made amazing progress on iReady, in many cases nearly finishing the program by the end of June. This year, students will look to completely finish out the program to maintain steady progress towards mastery of multiple parts of English.
Our Author link will cover the authors that we read during the year, for book-length works. Short stories will be added there as needed, too. We will begin the year with the classic To Kill a Mockingbird.
If something is provided for students in class, you will see it here, on the Handouts page. The newest handouts, along with the date they were provided, will be located here in case you need an additional copy.
The Writing page will cover the non-research writing that we do in class. As 8th graders, students will be expected to continue their growth with both short answer and essay writing, which is necessary for the 8th Grade ELA exam, as well as written work on Math and Science state tests. Students will be writing in many of their classes (General Music, Social Studies, Technology, and Spanish, as examples) and will begin to learn advanced writing concepts where appropriate
Research will focus on two different larger assignments that students will work on. Students began research last year on a product or company of their choice. This year, this will grow into a larger project due in June.
Finally, the iReady page explains our work with the program. Students in grades 3-8 at Panama use iReady, and the 7th graders, last year, made amazing progress on iReady, in many cases nearly finishing the program by the end of June. This year, students will look to completely finish out the program to maintain steady progress towards mastery of multiple parts of English.
