8th Grade Language Arts

Course Length

2 Semesters

In this course, students build on their knowledge and blossom as thoughtful readers and clear, effective writers. A balance of literary and informational text engages students throughout the course in reading critically, analyzing texts, and citing evidence to support claims. Students sharpen their vocabulary, grammar, and listening skills through lessons designed to provide explicit modeling and ample opportunities to practice.

Students also routinely write responses to texts they have read, and use more extensive, process-based lessons to produce full-length essays in narrative, informative, analytical, and argumentative formats. In this full-year course, students develop a mastery of reading, writing, and language arts skills.

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Overview of Concepts

• Unit 1: American Heroes
• Unit 2: Lives of Commitment
• Unit 3: Everyday Heroes
• Unit 4: Rising to the Challenge
• Unit 5: Setting Goals
• Unit 6: Bravery and Resistance
• Unit 7: Belonging
• Unit 8: Rise to the Occasion
• Unit 9: Chance vs. Choice
• Unit 10: Making Communities Safer
• Unit 11: The Promise of America
• Unit 12: Out of Many, One