ELAR
This Week:
We finished chapter 9 of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Next Week:
Christmas Break!
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 the after effects of the Revolutionary War! America promised Britain they would make a separate treaty with France but this violated their agreement with France.
Next Week: Christmas Break!