What's Happening

Literature Units

Grade 6- Novel- Hatchet

Grade 7- Drama- The Miracle Worker

Grade 8- Novel-  To Kill a Mockingbird

• All students will be working alternately on Vocabulary and Spelling units.

• Grammar Grade 6- Nouns as subjects, subject complements, direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of the preposition

• Grammar Grade 7- Adverbs- comparative and superlative, Interrogative Adverbs, Adverbial Nouns, Adverb phrases and clauses

• Grammar Grade 8- Verbals- gerunds, participles, and infinitives

• Students will be writing to various prompts in their Journal

Writing Workshop

Grade 6- Argument Essay

Grade 7-  Research Paper- Historical Topics

                -The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Essay

Grade 8- Research Paper- Scientific Topics