ELAR
This Week:
We read chapters 4-5 of the Narrative of Frederick Douglass .
Next Week:
Chapters 5-7.
We will be writing commonplace essays.
Books we will read this year:
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Christmas Carol
Lord of the Flies
Merchant of Venice
Diary of Anne Frank
Writing Rhetoric is our grammar/writing curriculum for eighth grade. It prepares our students to write complete essays. This year we will learn how to write commonplace essays, which are persuasive essays that attack and defend certain aspects of human nature.
History
This Week:
We talked about Lincoln's Assassination and Reconstruction.
Next Week: STAAR Reading on Tuesday.