8th Grade Curriculum Guide
Updated March 2019
Here's what you will find in this guide:
*An interesting component of 8th grade is that students have a double period of Social Studies one semester and a double period of Science the other semester.
McDougal Littel - Literature Online
McDougal Littel - Grammar Online
Welcome Back!
Rebecca Caudill summer reading project
Short stories
Novel unit (The Outsiders)
Grammar
Fall and Early Winter
Literary analysis essay
Flowers for Algernon
Grammar
Winter to Spring Break
Native American Unit (including novel, poetry, writing, presentation, arguments)
Argumentative essay unit
Grammar
Let's Graduate!
Narrative essay
Life 101 research project
Biography unit (and biography breakfast)
Graduation speeches
Grammar
Reading RtI
This intervention is plugged in to support students based on assessment scores.
Progress Monitoring: STAR
Investigating and Questioning our World through Science and Technology - IQWST
Chemistry
Life Science and Genetics
Physical Science (Push and Pull)
social studies seeks to provide American citizens with knowledge about the world, nation and society around them, through the study of political science, history, economics, religion, geography, anthropology, as well as psychology
Civil Rights Era
Cold War & Vietnam Conflict Era
Current Events & Presentations
8th Grade Math is Divided into three distinct levels:
Accelerated Math
Honors Math
Grade Level Math
Triangles
Pythagorean Theorem
Congruence and Similarity
Surface Area
Scatter Plots
Data Analysis
Accelerated Math
Multi-step equations and inequalities
Functions
Linear Regressions
Direct/Inverse Variation
Systems of Equations
Exponents and Exponential Functions
Polynomials and Factoring
Honors Geometry
Perpendicularity
Properties
Angles
Congruent Triangles
Perpendicularity
Properties
Angles
Congruent Triangles
Pythagorean Theorem
Trigonometric Ratios
Circles
Curriculum has been collaboratively created with area schools.
Soccer
Football
Team building rec. games
Basketball
Square dance
Nitro ball
Floor hockey
Dodge ball
Volleyball
High ropes/climbing
Hand tennis
Pickleball
Indoor tennis
Badminton
Archery
Supplemental Source
Primary Sources
Portfolio Series by Turner, Barrett, Kendall
YouTube
Crystal DVD/Video
Scholastic Arts
This is a Semester Long class (Choice 1 of 3)
Elements of Art
Grid DrawingSurrealism
Cubism
Pointillism
Impressionism
Monoprint
Ceramics
This is a semester long class (Choice 1 of 3)
Schoology Blog
iMovie/Hologram Unit
Internet Safety
Swift Playgrounds: Coding, X-Coding
AIM is the name for our Gifted Course.
This course meets on A/B days. There are a variety of projects that students select. You can find this in the link below.