Grade 8 Year at a Glance
Year at a Glance
| 1st Trimester | |
|---|---|
| Religion | - Becoming the Person God Created You To Be: Leader in Me Review - Mystery of the Church: Images & Models of the Church, Salvation History, Prayer, & Service - Social Justice: Family Life |
| Literature | - Launching Reading & Writing & Benchmark Assessments: Vocabulary is Explicitly Taught Throughout the Year - Pronunciation, Parts of Speech, How to Use the Words in Their Writing - Short Stories; Elements of Literature Applied to Independent Reading - Critical Literacy Unit of Study: Critically Analyzing Contemporary Literature |
| English | - Free Write Writing Prompts; Exploring Writing in Different Genres - Free Write Writing Prompts/Sentence Structures & Types of Sentences/Revising for Structure; Comma Rules; Clauses vs Phrases - Narrative Writing Unit of Study: Exploring Author's Craft & Theme - Grammar: Verbals (Participles, Gerunds, & Infinitives) |
| Math | - Transformations - Line & Angle Relationships - Solving & Graphing Linear Equations |
| Science | - Thermal Energy/Heat - Periodic Table of Elements - Chemical Reactions (Bio-chem) |
| Social Studies | - Thinking Like an Historian - Prehistory & Early Settlements of North America - Life in Colonial America |
| 2nd Trimester | |
|---|---|
| Religion | - Marks of the Church: One; Holy; Catholic; Apostolic - Chastity & Marriage: Family Life - Confirmation |
| Literature | - Independent Reading Workshop, Applying Skills Learned in Critical Literacy Unit of Study - Historical Fiction Unit of Study: Analyzing How Setting Impacts Plot & Characters; Exploring How Different Times in History Impacted People's Actions & Beliefs; Mid-year Benchmark Assessments of Targets Students |
| English | - Free Write Writing Prompts; Subject-verb Agreement & Pronoun-antecedent Agreement - Argument Unit of Study: The Art of Argument - Grammar: Subject-Verb Core with Left & Right-Branching |
| Math | - Introduction to Functions - Systems of Linear Equations - The Real Number System |
| Science | - Types of Energy - Structures & Principles of Matter |
| Social Studies | - The American Revolution - The Constitution - Westward Expansion |
| 3rd Trimester | |
|---|---|
| Religion | - Church History - Witness of the Church: Living Christian Life |
| Literature | - Independent Reading Workshop, Exploring Different Methods of Note-taking for Literature, Reinforcing Skills Learned in the Two Units of Study - Dystopian Unit of Study: Analyzing Foreshadowing; How Science Fiction Mirrors Real Life; Character Traits - Fiction & Nonfiction Study of Various Genocides |
| English | - Writing Prompts- Reinforcing Skills Learned Throughout the Units of Study and Grammar Lessons - Informative Writing Unit of Study: Investigative Journalism - Grammar: Verb Tenses - Public Speaking; Creating & Delivering Speeches |
| Math | - Pythagorean Theorem - Laws of Exponents & Scientific Notation - Volume & Surface Area of 3 Dimensional Shapes |
| Science | - Forces & Interactions - Newton's Laws - Waves & Electromagnetic Radiation |
| Social Studies | - The Civil War - The Industrial Age - The Progressive Era & Rise to World Power |