WRITING:  6th Graders will focus on sentence and paragraph development, using more complex sentence structures, and use a variety of writing techniques to compose longer persuasive and narrative pieces.

GRAMMAR: Students will work toward a command of the English language, reviewing parts of speech, capitalization, and punctuation.

VOCABULARY: Students will acquire and use grade-appropriate vocabulary with the help of the Sadlier digital workbook. 

WRITING: 7th Graders will focus on longer paragraph and essay development, using a variety of organizational techniques.  Students will write persuasive, narrative, descriptive, and research-based pieces.

GRAMMAR: Students will learn about complex sentence structure using phrases and clauses, and they will review punctuation rules. 

VOCABULARY: Students will continue to the Sadlier digital workbook for vocabulary, learning grade-appropriate words, root words, and spelling rules 

WRITING: 8th Graders will prepare for high school by writing several longer compositions using internet research methods, narrative and descriptive strategies, and complex organizational techniques.  

GRAMMAR: Students will be expected to use all capitalization, punctuation, and spelling rules correctly.  They will focus on complex verbs and sentences.

VOCABULARY: Students will use the Sadlier digital workbook to review and learn grade-appropriate words, connotations, and figures of speech.