ELAR
This Week:
We worked on our commonplace essays.
Next Week:
Frederick Douglass book test
We will have a Socratic discussion over the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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 worked on our map of the 50 states.
Next Week: We will continue discussing the Cold War.