8th Grade Literature:
Books: Holt McDougal Literature textbook and novels, Interactive Reader, and supplementary reading materials
Focus: Literary elements, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing constructed responses to literature
We will study the following literature:
- Short Stories contained in the Literature textbook and supplemental materials
- Poetry (literary elements) in Literature textbook and supplemental materials
- Informational Texts
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Night by Elie Wiesel
- Poetry
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Students’ grades are calculated using a point system.
At the end of each trimester, a student’s grade is determined by dividing that student’s earned points by the total points possible for that trimester. Grades are updated at least every 2 weeks, and students are encouraged to monitor their own grades via PowerSchool. All assignments should reflect the student’s best effort and be of the highest quality.