8th Grade |
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English and Language Arts
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Produce the following types of writing:
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Expository writing
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Research essay
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Poetry
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Short stories
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Speaking and Listening:
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Group discussions
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Short speech
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Listen to read aloud texts and retell
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Read and comprehend text:
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Foundations and Frameworks units (F & F): Our reading program teaches the essential skills needed for comprehension in a unit-by-unit structure. Instruction is taught in small reading groups, utilizing visual tools, vocabulary instruction, group projects, and assessments.
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Read grade level fictional and nonfictional texts, poetry, dramas, novels, short stories, autobiographies, biographies and speeches with the purposes of retelling, summarizing, and interpreting the texts
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Identify and define literary terms and vocabulary:
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Define Latin and Greek root words and give examples of English words based on them
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Recognize troublesome grade level words; spell and use them correctly
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Grammar and Usage
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Understand what a complete sentence is
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Identify different types of sentences: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
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Correctly use punctuation: semi-colons, and commas in the place of conjunctions to form a compound sentence
History and Geography
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The Cold War, Civil Rights Movement, The Vietnam War
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Geography of Middle East, Canada, and Mexico
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Civics
Mathematics
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Develop higher-order problem-solving skills
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Algebra: linear equations, graphs, quadratic equations
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Geometry: analytical
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Introduction to Trigonometry
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Triangles and proofs
Science
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