ELAR
This Week:
We finished chapters 29-30 of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Next Week:
We finish the book!
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 Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and the Missouri Compromise.
Next Week: We will talk about the early presidency of John Quincy Adams.