Language Arts

Grade 8

Credit:

Term: 2 Semesters

Subject Type: Core

Prerequisite(s):

Sharpen reading, writing, and communication skills through structured grammar instruction and literature study. This full-year course prepares students for high school-level English by emphasizing clear, purposeful writing and thoughtful reading.

In this course, students will learn:

Critical Reading
Essay Writing
Literary Elements
Grammar & Usage

With lessons on parts of speech, punctuation, etymology, and paragraph development, students strengthen comprehension and composition skills through engaging, online instruction and interactive exercises.

Unit 1: Communication
Unit 2: Development & Usage of English
Unit 3: Punctuation and Literature
Unit 4: Words & How to Use Them
Unit 5: Correct Language Usage
Unit 6: Language & Literature
Unit 7: Critical Reading & Paragraph Skills
Unit 8: Writing, Listening & Reading
Unit 9: The English Language
Unit 10: Review

Students will choose from the following titles to complete a book report project:

A Dangerous Promise by Joan Lowery Nixon
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis
The Revisionary by Kristen Hogrefe
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Tracker by Gary Paulsen
Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Son by Lois Lowry
White Fang by Jack London

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