ELAR
This Week:
We started our new book, The Red Badge of Courage.
Next Week:
We will take our quiz on The Red Badge of Courage on Thursday, October 8th.
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 started our Colonial America unit. We specifically talked about dissenters in New England and why the abundance of America made people want to leave England.
Next Week: We will take our quiz on Colonial America on Thursday, October 8th.