Greetings parents and students, and welcome to 8th-Grade language arts. This year we hope will be a challenging and stimulating experience for your child. Students will be asked to critically evaluate a variety texts, both fiction and nonfiction, in a variety of genres. We will read classics such as Romeo and Juliet and Of Mice and Men, as well as multiple short stories and informational texts that build student knowledge of the time period in which the core texts occur.
They will also be asked to express themselves in multiple creative and argumentative contexts. Ultimately, we will strive for your child to able to see 'beneath the surface' of any text and independently determine the full meaning of the it.
We look forward to an exciting year and seeing your children grow in ways they never thought possible.